We need another offensive coach to take over the Head coaching job to develop Teddy Bridgewater. These are the coaches the Texans should chase and interview. 1. Bill O'Brien 2.David Shaw 3.Gus Malzahn 4.Jon Gruden 5.Tom Clements 6.Darrell Bevell If none of these want the job, then Lovie Smith should be the next Head coach.
I live in Chicago and no, 75% of the fans do not want Smith back as their coach. He really wore out his welcome.
Yeah... despite the Super Bowl, his exit was just as demanded as Kubiak's was (in fact moreso, considering the Bears fired him after a 10 win season).
OK, 75% may be too high. I was basing it on a Bears fan group in Houston and they all wish Lovie was still coach. According to my brother (who lives in Chicago), Lovie's firing divided fans there right down the middle.
Houston has some level of interest in Lovie Smith, David Shaw and Wade Phillips amongst others. Ken Whisenhunt squarely on the Texans radar and is expected to interview ASAP. - Schefter <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Chargers OC Ken Whisenhunt and Texans GM Rick Smith worked together for 1 year on NFL comp committee. Whisenhunt will be Texans HC candidate</p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/statuses/409712645151793152">December 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Dungy, Cowher and Gruden have no plans to return to coaching in 2014. - Mortensen _______ Shanahan cleaned out his office and expected to leave the team when the season ended. Shanahan grew tired the way owner Dan Snyder empowered Griffin and openly esteemed him above other players but when Griffin got injured, he changed his plans and didn't think the time was right to abandon his team. - Mort It's the relationship between Shanahan and Snyder that nearly spelled the premature end of Shanahan's time in Washington last season and leaves his future there is serious question. - Schefter
John McClain is so clueless lol he said the texans wouldn't Hire a consultant this time . Does our own beat writer Know anything on the texans plans. We need david shaw , jon gruden, or lovie smith
When did he say that? Espn stated jon gruden Is possible and since he works for Espn I would assume They had some legit inside scoop that he could be intersted
Mort just said that. Gruden's eyes will remain with ESPN through at least the 2014 season. The former Bucs and Raiders coach has confirmed Gruden has a strong commitment to continue as MNF analyst, his popular QB camp series and his outreach to consult HS coaches across the nation. Other notable former head coaches who have no plans to return to the sidelines include Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...h-ken-whisenhunt-kevin-sumlin-on-texans-radar The Houston Texans have begun their coaching search having fired Gary Kubiak on Friday, and while owner Bob McNair has talked about NFL experience being a prerequisite for the job, several league sources maintain he still has a strong affinity for Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin, who himself has strong ties to the city of Houston. Sumlin has agreed to an extension at the college but the extent and amount of his NFL buyout is unknown and McNair could still pursue the coach. The Texans are expected to interview former Bears coach Lovie Smith for their opening and Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, a former head coach in Arizona, could end up on McNair's radar too. However if Mike Shanahan is let go by the Redskins, he would be a strong candidate in Houston. Kubiak's offensive system -- its calls and language and concepts -- are a direct extension of Shanahan, so there would not have to be wholesale changes there or big adjustments for the veterans on offense. The running game and block schemes and the chores of say, star receiver Andre Johnson or star running back Arian Foster, would remain the same and ditto for the duties of the offensive line. Texans GM Rick Smith worked on Shanahan's staff in Denver and those two have long had a good relationship. With McNair thinking he has a Super Bowl-ready team, and Shanahan having already won two Lombardi's, he meets the owner's veteran-coach criteria. Shanahan's son. Kyle, already had success in Houston on Kubiak's staff before he joined his father in Washington, and the situation with the Redskins could easily become untenable. Shanahan is in the final year of his deal and highly unlikely to get an extension. He's also staring at an uncomfortable situation with ownership whereby he could be asked to give up some personnel control, fire his son and make other sweeping staff changes and also coach out his contract in his lame-duck year. Texans' defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is now their interim head coach but he is not expected to garner any real consideration for the head coaching job. The Texans are in line to procure the top pick in the draft and are likely to draft a quarterback and are to likely pursue an offensive-minded head coach. Headhunter Jed Hughes is running the search. He already reached out to several prominent former head coaches over the weekend, several of whom were not interested in the opening.
Jay Glazer: Who is on Houston's list and other hot names? Lovie Smith, not contacted yet but later this week. ESPN said Gruden won't come back. Jim Mora(UCLA HC) Adam Gase(Denver OC) Mike Zimmer(Bengals DC) Dan Quinn(Seattle DC) David Shaw(Stanford HC) Maybe 4-5 openings: Redskins, Jets, Titans, Bucs, Vikings
