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One day after he was fired by the Tennessee Titans, Mike Munchak interviewed Sunday in Nashville with his alma mater, Penn State, according to a source. But that's not the reason he was dismissed by the NFL franchise in which he had spent 31 years as a player and coach. League sources said that Munchak stood on principle when Titans CEO Tommy Smith offered a multiyear extension at almost double his $3 million salary, conditional upon Munchak making more than a dozen staff firings and demotions. Sources said that Smith's guarded optimism after Friday's meeting that Munchak would agree to the conditions and return was in part tied to the belief that after Munchak slept on it, he would have a change of heart Saturday. That never happened. Munchak felt strongly about making his own adjustments with the staff, and also cited several factors that showed the team had made progress and was ready to contend in 2014. In the organization, there was additional concern about its...