National report predicts Amy Adams Strunk could make the best decision possible for the Titans during head coach search

If the Titans’ embattled owner really does this, Titans fans should be very pleased

Easton Freeze — Tennessee Titans Beat Writer
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With two games left to play in the Tennessee Titans’ painful marathon of a season, many have their eyes at least partially toward the impending head coach search coming in the new year. The Titans’ front office has been hard at work researching and collecting background on every potential candidate since Brian Callahan was fired in October, and once they get the green light in January to begin the interview process, I expect them to work quickly.

The structure of that process is yet to be publicly finalized, though. And the involvement of different parties within the organization is key to figuring out who is truly responsible for the next head coach of the Tennessee Titans. But according to at least one league source, as reported by CBS’s Jonathan Jones this weekend, owner Amy Adams Strunk might be about to do something fans of her team should really appreciate.

Amy Adams Strunk rumored to be taking a back seat in 2026

CBS’s Jones wrote this in his latest insider notebook of the Titans’ controversial owner:

“But maybe even more importantly than the quarterback is Tennessee’s owner. Amy Adams Strunk has not developed the best reputation in hiring circles after firing a winning GM (Jon Robinson), a winning head coach (Mike Vrabel), a GM after two years (Ran Carthon), a head coach after 23 games (Callahan) and putting together an initially confusing front office setup, all while rarely speaking publicly and never taking questions from independent media.”

Anybody paying attention to recent Titans history knows this is the truth, of course. Strunk’s words and actions have not been in alignment. Her insistence on reenforcing the notion that she has a quick trigger while refusing to align the timelines of key figures has painted an ugly picture for her and her operation. And she continues to have her cake and eat it too, as a “hands-off” owner who enables her football people to make the football decisions… until the key moments when she decides to step in and be hands-on.

But Jones continues with this quote from a league source, and it points to a potentially new and welcome approach from Strunk in the new year:

“‘It’s been a tough few years for the owner, and I could see her fading more into the background,’ said one AFC team source. A less involved owner, especially one who has struggled with showing patience, would make the Titans’ job more attractive.”

If Strunk wants to truly empower her football people to do football things, while also distancing herself from opportunities to further incriminate her as a decision-maker, she should do this. And she should make sure it gets out that she’s doing it.

The owner of the team needs to be kept in the loop on a hire as important as the head coach, of course, but she doesn’t need to be involved in every element of the interview process. She doesn’t need to be at the head of the table during deliberations. She needs to let the people she trusts to do this job.

And frankly, if we’re barking up trees that won’t actually change what’s bound to happen anyway, her son-in-law and Titans Chief of Staff Bryce Wasserman doesn’t need to be involved in this process either. He was involved last year during the GM search, and I’m sure he will be again in the head coach search. I like Wasserman, and this has nothing to do with his ability to do his job well or judge coaching candidates in an interview setting. This is about a conflict of interest. This is about his mother-in-law, the owner, not about Wasserman himself.

I have no idea whether these rumors about Strunk’s future involvement are true. But they’re coming from somewhere, and the Titans’ owner would be wise to make them a reality this January. Be a real hands-off owner.

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