Bill O'Brien Texans Coach Fired
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mrbowling300
EOG Dedicated
With the Lions heading into the bye week and Patricia's last 6 losses coming after he was leading by double digits, i'm surprised he wasn't tossed today either.
mrbowling300
EOG Dedicated
Of course this is the Lions I'm talking about, and even FairWarning can confirm that they have a strange devotion to all of their employees. All the bums end up staying well past the time that any other organization would ax them!
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
They mirror the Bears in how they are run, no doubt. I can remember about 5 very good seasons they have had in 50 years, the most exciting being the Silver Rush season.
WildBill
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I think BOB had to go first because he's got too much power over the org. If you get rid of Patricia or Gase it really doesn't matter, the GM and the front office should be working on fixes with no assumptions that the current coaches will be around. But you can't fix anything in Houston until you get rid of the one guy who controls it all.
WildBill
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I have a few friends who are Lions fans. They can tell you all about their ONE playoff win in the Super Bowl era.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
They have some pretty loyal fans. If they ever got their act together, Ford Field would be a very hard place for the visitors to play in.
TheGuesser
EOG Dedicated
Romeo Crennel is a horrid HC, BUT he is a phenomenal 1st time Interim HC. In 2011 with KC he took over a 5-8 struggling KC team from Haley, and in his first game faced a 13-0 GB team, and beat them. He finished 2-1 and the Chiefs were stupid enough to hire him for the next season. As expected, they won 2 games, he was thankfully fired, they hired Dorsey and Andy, and the rest is history. But I expect Houston to play well initially the next few weeks as a sigh of relief from the dreadful O'Brien to Grandfatherly Romeo.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Their schedule lightens up now, agree with you on them playing better. I think the Jets or Detroit job will be more attractive for a new hire though. Don't forget, Houston traded their first two picks in next year's draft.
TheGuesser
EOG Dedicated
Houston has a young star franchise QB locked up though, the most valuable commodity you can have. It'll easily be the best available job for Bieniemy or whatever New Coach they get next year.
WildBill
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Coaches as GMs should be rare birds indeed. I get that a few of the really highly regarded coaches can make that demand, but the positions are just so different I don't get why you would allow it to happen unless you have a Bellicheck or someone of that caliber. GMs who are on the same page as coaches can be good, but should definitely have a level of separation so you don't get dumbass trades like BOB kept making.