The Texans must get their 4th head coach right– Watsons NFL future depends on it. They also must determine what to do with Jack Easterby, who rapidly befriended the McNairs however also went out of his method to rationalize everything that OBrien has actually done. The extremely uplifting Easterby was OBriens most significant advocate on Kirby. How is that vibrant going to work with OBrien now following Smith and Gaine out the front door?
The timing was stunning.
But this is currently a truth: OBrien got whatever he wanted from the Texans and he never came close to doing enough with it.
Credit to Cal McNair for lastly stepping up and making himself heard. I likewise guarantee that McNair regrets listening to OBrien last summer, when Gaine was coldly fired as GM and the Texans granted OBrien even more power.
A 2-14 record in 2013 caused completion of Kubiak on Kirby. OBrien was employed by franchise creator Bob McNair to toughen up the “soft” Texans, who could never ever overcome Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
It didnt have to go in this manner with OBrien.
Monday afternoon, McNair stunned the NFL– and finally made long-frustrated Texans fans pleased– by getting rid of a king who had long worn out his welcome on Kirby.
Now?
He ended up 52-48 with just 2 playoff wins, and one of those postseason triumphes came against a third-string quarterback.
He angrily fought with nearly everybody– coaches, group workers, media, fans.
Completion outcome was years in the making and had become painfully apparent after the 0-4 Texans lost another game they didnt should have to win.
Watson is going backward– the 25-year-old franchise QB had a hard time to total simple passes Sunday throughout a 31-23 home defeat to Minnesota– and the Texans are routinely booed inside NRG Stadium.
You do not trade away DeAndre Hopkins since of an individual animosity the offseason after blowing a 24-0 lead in the playoffs against the Kansas City Chiefs.
There is no other method to write this: Expense OBrien brought everything on himself.
However the longer you were around him, the more you covered him and the more you heard, the end became apparent. The Texans were never ever going to come close to winning a Super Bowl under OBrien. And the king of Kirby was going to make the Texans fire him.
Monday was a true breakthrough for Texans fans. The coach that theyve begged to be rid of was lastly fired. In addition to the GM who traded away Hopkins and the playcaller who wasnt getting the most out of Watsons indisputable talent.
The Texans were never ever going to come close to winning a Super Bowl under OBrien.
There will be time for all the concerns. Twelve games still stay for a 2020 group that still might make the broadened playoffs.
There was another side to OBrien: Friendly, caring, funny, down to earth. Its an embarassment that fans hardly ever got to see it and the Texans invested seven seasons struggling to make it public. Sometimes, he could be great to deal with– real and refreshingly truthful. In general, the wall around OBrien kept getting higher and thicker because 2014, and the Texans hard-to-please leader kept getting in his own way.
They likewise must figure out what to do with Jack Easterby, who quickly befriended the McNairs however likewise went out of his method to describe away whatever that OBrien has done. The extremely uplifting Easterby was OBriens greatest supporter on Kirby. How is that dynamic going to work with OBrien now following Smith and Gaine out the front door?
I stated Sunday night on television that CEO Cal McNair was the individual who truly needed to address for the Texans horrendous start.
I wrote in Mondays Chronicle that 99 percent of NFL owners would have currently fired OBrien.
OBrien did simply that, simply like he did everything else. And now the HC/GM/quasi-OC who made it through Rick Smith and Brian Gaine on Kirby Drive is gone.
OBrien and the Texans took way excessive pride in their lightweight AFC South banners. They were never ever Super Bowl competitors– and never came close to the franchise peak in 2012, when Gary Kubiak assisted the Matt Schaub Texans to a 12-4 mark.
Hopkins is in Arizona, Miami owns the Texans next first-round pick and Houstons NFL team is once again amongst the worst in the NFL.
You do not go through all those bad and typical quarterbacks for years, then keep blaming everybody around you.
Its a huge TBD for Deshaun Watson and where the Texans go from here.
Even when the Texans won 11 games under OBrien, they were aided by among the weakest divisions in the league and held back by their own constraints.
Heck, I wrote after 51-31 Chiefs last January– quickly the worst video game in Texans history– that the Texans required to get it over with and fire OBrien right away.
King OBrien. Head coach, basic manager and offending playcaller (once again) OBrien.
In general, the wall around OBrien kept getting higher and thicker since 2014, and the Texans hard-to-please leader kept getting in his own method.
He constantly was his own worst opponent.
Right now, Texans fans would like to have the very best of the conservative Kubiak years back.
