Had to be done. Throwing the 3 yard pass on 4th and 4 with the Atlanta game on the line was the low point for me. Even with a talentless team, a good coach at least has inspired troops and can move the ball somewhat. Whiz was horrible and I wanted to give him a chance to develop a QB, but it was just that uninspired.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Firing coaches after 1.5 seasons on the job says as much about the hiring process as it does coaching competency.</p>— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/LRiddickESPN/status/661597983872557057">November 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whisenhunt was a name tagged for the Texans HC job. Wiz was the OC for the Chargers that year and made the playoffs.</p>— PDS (@PatDStat) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/661599558976212992">November 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Texans didn’t wait for the Chargers season to end and moved to hire O’Brien.</p>— PDS (@PatDStat) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/661599707198681088">November 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I thought Winston was supposed to be the coach killer.. oh well im learning something new about these 2 qbs every week lol
Mariota got kenny fired like rg3 got shanahan fired both qbs have similar skillsets... both are college qbs.. i see it ending the same way
Nah, its still at Wiz... who was the head coach who benched him in Arizona... around the time when Wiz was still able to win enough games to get them to their one and only Super Bowl.
Crazy how that happens when you've used 3 high first round picks on QB's and none of them are a sure thing. Also usually coincides with a new coach and a new GM.
Who was the third? Are you going all the way back to VY? Their drafts just haven't been good regardless of position.
Considering that Locker was only 5 years after VY, and Mariota is only 4 years after Locker... it's hard to get better if you continue to make the same sort of unsuccessful draft decisions every 4-5 years that contribute to "bad drafts" (and as it is, it takes about 3 years to declare a draft as "bad" or not). Granted, Mariota may turn out better than the other two (still, not a given)... but then again if he doesn't, they're likely still back here in 4-5 years regardless of who the coach is.
As opposed to all the success teams have by avoiding top draft pick QBs. The Texans have been a fantastic defense spending all their 1st round picks on defensive players.
