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Why did Robert Saleh's Jets tenure go haywire, why Titans fans expect any different

Story byNick Suss, Nashville TennesseanTue, January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM UTC·4 min readIn Robert Saleh, the Tennessee Titans are hiring a coach with a career 20-36 record as an NFL head coach. That's a winning percentage of .357. Jim Schwartz has a better winning percentage. Josh McDaniels has a better winning percentage.

Why did Robert Saleh's Jets tenure go haywire, why Titans fans expect any different

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  • Mike McCoy has a better winning percentage. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo now that the Titans have agreed to terms with Saleh to make the San Francisco defensive coordinator the next full-time head coach in Nashville, as The Tennessean reported on Jan.
  • 19, Saleh brings all that baggage with him.
  • Saleh's tenure with the New York Jets was an unquestioned failure, one characterized by crummy offenses and a whole lot of unfulfilled hype.
  • Saleh's defenses were characteristically awesome, but that didn't result in any playoff appearances, any winning seasons or ―obviously ― Saleh holding onto his job. As Saleh steers into his second chance, let's look back at his first chance.
  • Here's a brief examination into what went wrong for Saleh with the Jets, what he needs to do to make sure his Titans tenure goes differently and what indications are in place that the infrastructure around Saleh might already be different enough to be encouraged. Robert Saleh and the New York Jets: What went wrong?Here's the short version: Defense good, offense bad. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2022, Saleh's second year, the Jets owned the NFL's No.
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