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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. Texanstradamus

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    This thread can officially be closed
     
  2. Texanstradamus

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    Well I mean the other thread of should we fire O’Brien lol
     
  3. SemisolidSnake

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    Closed and archived in a place of honor on these boards.
     
  4. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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  5. SuraGotMadHops

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    I had predicted this thread would get to 350 pages before he was let go, almost made it there.
     
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  6. Roc Paint

    Roc Paint Contributing Member

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    Fire Deshaun Watson Lol
     
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  7. coachbadlee

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    Fire the offensive line.
     
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  8. Rudyc281

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    Fire David Johnson
     
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  9. coachbadlee

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    Fire the football.
     
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  10. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    Bill O'Brien to coach CFB Tennessee is rumored.
     
  11. houstonstime

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    Real question. Would you take hiring Caserio, moving BOB back to HC only... over what is happening?

    kicker: it has to stay that way for 3+ more years...
     
  12. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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  13. javal_lon

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    Oh hell no!..
     
  14. SamFisher

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    Turns out 11-dimensional chess B-O-B was on board with this thread all along:

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...anchise-robert-kraft-tom-brady-bill-belichick


    Ultimately, according to the book, Kraft, Brady and a few others discussed scenarios about who would replace Belichick. If offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left after the season to be a head coach elsewhere, New England could hire O'Brien and he could perhaps one day succeed Belichick.


    "The plan was fanciful," Wickersham writes, "but O'Brien heard about it. He was in a power struggle of his own in Houston, fighting with general manager Rick Smith, a 'dysfunctional' and 'toxic' situation, according to the Houston Chronicle. The leaks from O'Brien's camp, claiming he wanted out, were so aggressive as to be suspicious, as if he knew he had a golden parachute. In the end, though, the [Texans] chose O'Brien over Smith, giving the coach more control over football operations. O'Brien later joked to a confidant that it was a somewhat empty victory. 'I was trying to get fired,' he said."​


    Folks, you've been played.
     
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  15. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    This MFer was trying to get fired while goobers on the BBS spent years defending him. LMAO.
     
  16. gucci888

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    Dude tried to get fired and ended up getting promoted. That is literally the Texans in a nutshell.
     
  17. SamFisher

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    Poll Results: Should we fire Bill O'Brien?
    Members who voted for 'No'

    Add another dimension onto this chess match a suspiciously similar BOB account voting against the firing he was secretly seeking
     
    #6277 SamFisher, Sep 29, 2021
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  18. cmoak1982

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    He was “trying” to get fired. Yeah right, a mouth will say anything.
    Easy to say when you haven’t hit on any promise you made.
    His way of saving face to his “friends”
     
  19. DatRocketFan

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    Dumbass franchise. Promoting a sht ass coach to gm after that chiefs game where we got ass blasted.

    The same coach that wanted to quit. Imagine being one of the consistent poster that was defending this ******* for years.



    @Mr.Scarface

    Thoughts?
     
  20. cmoak1982

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    Cal is stupid. They shouldn’t have given him any more power.
    But…..O’Brien wasn’t trying to get fired. Saving face for how bad he was doing.
     

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