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Fire Bill O'Brien

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by DonnyMost, Sep 23, 2016.

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Should we fire Bill O'Brien?

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  2. No

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  3. Abstain (for the moment)

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  1. juanm34

    juanm34 Member

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    All Bo'B had to do was criticize/callout the way the game was officiated. I'm sure Uncle BOB would of payed his fine, but noooooo!
    He kept his mouth shut. Smh..
    fire this man!
     
  2. SuraGotMadHops

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    He got punked by the refs and he took it like a punk. He shouldve gone nuts at the press conference.
     
  3. juanm34

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    Exactly show some heart. He should of ripped that podium to shreds and gone bananas. Most likely trying to show his future employer how well mannered he is .
     
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  4. DonnyMost

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    I was actually impressed by the team. A win would have been a big feather in BOB's cap, but the refs had other ideas. Screaming and cussing wouldn't have changed that.
     
  5. Mr. Clutch

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    I wonder what RAC is thinking with some of these decisions
     
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    Refs and O'Brien were equally bad last night.

    Out of all of the questionable decisions/non-decisions, that 4th and 4 punt was mind-boggling. The defense had a good 3 quarters but were gassed in the 4th, and were coming off of two possessions where they got absolutely TORCHED. I know analytics aren't big in football but that's one that would scream "GO FOR IT" 100% of the time. Instead you trust your defense to stop a team that had scored on 3 straight possessions going most of the field on each drive...over getting 4 yards?

    To top it off, OB said that it looked more like 4th and 6 from his vantage point, which begs the question, why do you not have a spotter upstairs that can be in your headset instantly after a play telling you the 1st down distance (and situations to challenge/not challenge, etc?

    I'm just sick of watching stupid football and poor team management. OB and this staff are way behind the 8-ball in game management and it's showing against good teams.
     
  7. mick fry

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    Need some young energetic blood to light a fire. Maybe lure baby Shan as OC or even HC and Vrabel DC or HC.
     
  8. Buck Turgidson

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    This, so much this. Every team is going to have its good years and bad years, I get that, but the 2 things that are totally unacceptable to me are incompetence by the coaching/management and lack of effort by the players.
     
  9. zeeshan2

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    Totally forgot about the play where Duane Brown reports eligible and it's a pass intended for him! Luckily, Brock completed the pass to himself /s
     
  10. ima_drummer2k

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    The effort was there last night, I thought.

    I'm not down on BOB because he didn't yell enough during the postgame presser....it's strictly because of his in-game decision making. Declining a penalty that would have given us a 1st down (yes, we got it eventually, but that was just weird...), the non-challenge on 3rd down, the play call on 4th down, the ill-advised punt.....just seems like we have instances like this every game. These are seemingly easy decisions that even a teenager playing Madden on X-Box would know how to handle.
     
  11. Buck Turgidson

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    I was unclear but that was not in reference to the Texans, just in general.

    On 1st and goal at the 1. Just brilliant.
     
  12. cheke64

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    It's time for a change. Bob is acting like a McHale. No passion like Mike D antoni.
     
  13. houstonstime

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    To be honest, the way the refs were calling this game.. it pretty much WAS 4th and 6...
     
  14. Bobbythegreat

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    It was basically 4th and an inch farther than you are going to make it, no matter how far you go.
     
  15. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Right...it worked out, just like handing off the ball twice against Jacksonville when a kneel down would have worked just as well. But, how many more of those odd decisions will he make before he gets Porter'd?
     
  16. Mr. Clutch

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    If you look at them on the sidelines, O'Brien is always looking confused, wandering all over the place, screaming like a lunatic, not sure where he put the challenge flag.

    RAC is on point, super focused on the game, talking on his headset and analyzing his huge sheet of plays.

    Gruden talked about how RAC was disguising everything he does defensively. Very New England. Wasn't O'Brien supposed to do that with the offense?
     
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  17. juanm34

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    He's thinking he might have a head coaching gig lined for him at the end of the season.
     
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    We talking about Herman yet?

    Seriously though..anyone doubt McNair won't make the phone call to gauge his interest? It would be interesting tohear how TH handles that...probably would say too much too soon, but he wouldn't have to move his family again either.
     
  19. TheFreak

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    I hope he's thinking about why his defense gave up 35 and 75-yd TDs in the 4th quarter.
     
  20. TheFreak

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    O'Brien has Osweiler at QB which limits what he can do offensively. The defense lost the game for the Texans along with the refs. The D was barely on the field at all and still gave up 2 back-breaking big plays for TDs in the 4th quarter. I guess you'll disregard that since Romeo has an IHOP menu like Kubiak did?
     

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