Ryan Glasspiegel
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What a difference four losses can make. During the offseason, Texans owner Cal McNair was touting as “bold” many of Bill O’Brien’s strange decisions, including one to trade away their best receiver, DeAndre Hopkins. Now, the Texans are 0-4, and O’Brien has been fired:
Romeo Crennel is the likely interim HC, per source. https://t.co/jfL2wPL6YD
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 5, 2020
The Texans cannot rebuild through the draft, as their first- and second-round picks belong to the Miami Dolphins, thanks to trades for Laremy Tunsil and Kenny Stills. They better hope they can lure a wunderkind coach in the offseason because the roster is going to be rough for years. They do have Deshaun Watson locked up, but there is no guarantee that he stays healthy. And if there are no other offensive weapons around him, he won’t be able to do much anyway.
You could tell just by the look on O’Brien’s face after they lost at home to the Minnesota Vikings that he was out of answers. He seemed to know he was gone, despite having a strong relationship with the team ownership.
O’Brien’s likely interim replacement, Romeo Crennel, has six years of NFL head coaching experience with the Browns and Chiefs. His lifetime record as a head coach is 28-55.
about 3 or 4 years overdue
Yep. His behavior when they were on Hard Knocks was all you needed to see. Petulant child.
This guy made Christian Hackenberg look like an All-American at Penn State and had them playing above talent level on a consistent basis. What the hell happened? Peter principle? College coach only? Just got stupid?
Good question…love to see back at good,ol PSU
Peter Principle. The NFL GM/Head Coach position is too big for his britches.
Go back and watch him on Hard Knocks. Watson saved his job way back. He’s a petulant child. Maybe he’ll grow up into a big boy now. Just kidding. He’ll be in the studio somewhere acting like he has ALL the answers.
To be fair, the Minnesota loss was bad but the first 3 losses were tough opponents. But as a Redskins fan, Cousins can be streaky and sometimes good. That being said, I think its completely reasonable to lose those first three.
IMO Watson has been woefully under-coached since he left Clemson. He should be close to the same level as Mahomes and Russell Wilson right now. Not as bad of a job as you might think for a good young coach because you’ve got a franchise QB. Finding the right GM will be the bigger challenge.
As a former, pre-woke TN Titans fan…
PRICELESS
LMAO Ryan…you called it what, yesterday?
Or was it the day before…getting to be a blur with covid.
Ha it was a day. You could see the look on his face. The world moves fast.
The only thing they can do is trade Watson and get draft picks back and start over. J.J. watt also
I agree
The GM faux pas are much worse than anything he’s done coaching…
He should’ve never been given any influence over personnel or draft picks. That was his demise.
Crenel is not the answer to the interim position. I’m a MSState alum and Romeo reminds me of the what Sylvester Croom did at MSState. All defense….
Cal McNair has ruined the franchise for 4 years minimum by giving an arrogant buffoon like O’Brien total control. Four draft picks for a tackle and a reciever and the best receiver in football for a one-legged running back who hasn’t played 16 games since 2014.
Next? Dave Gettleman. Please.
If I’m a Texans fan, then I’m out for blood for whoever is responsible for allowing Doh’Brien to trade the team away and then get rid of him 4 games in. Pull the trigger sooner, idiots.
I think he wanted to be like his mentor Bill Belichick. Belichick releases or trades a great player in their prime and it always seems to work out so O’Brian trades Hopkins and…….LMBO