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New Titans GM Carthon Jokes Wife Almost Left Him When He Explained His GM Dream

Related Topics: Ran Carthon, Jon Robinson

The Titans took Friday to introduce their new general manager Ran Carthon, after he was hired to replace Jon Robinson who was fired in December.

Carthon went through a litany of “thank yous” in his opening statement, but the most amusing moment came when the new GM thanked his wife for all of her love and support.

It turns out that while Carthon always dreamed of being an NFL general manager once his playing career ended, his wife did not believe it was a realistic goal.

“Finally, my wife.” Carthon began. “We’ve been together 20 years now and she brought up the point … it was the spring semester of 2003 and she asked me ‘What did I want to do outside of playing football?