Bill O'Brien new Houston Texans coach.

[arkana04]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter32s

Filed to ESPN from me and @mortreport: Bill O'Brien has reached agreement to become the new head coach of the Houston Texans, per sources.

[PrincetonTiger]

A smart move by O'Brien

[Dustin]

Wouldn't be surprised to see the Texans trade a 3rd rounder for Ryan Mallet and trade out of the 1st overall pick. 

[CantBeStopped]

I wouldnt trade for a NE backup qb. We already saw what their backup can do as a starter on a different team.

[Warhawk]

I suspect that O'Brien will be good, but not for like 3 years.

 

Which is a good thing for him I guess, since Houston has generally been pretty patient with coaches.

[WastedColt]

He did a fantastic job at Penn state. As he is in our division i hope it doesn't go the same way with the Texans

[MTC]

Pretty good hire for the Texans. 

[21isSuperman]

No Bill Belichick disciple has done well on their own as a head coach.  Mangini is no longer a head coach, nor is Crennel or Josh McDaniels.  With that said, O'Brien seems very different from those guys.  I think it's a good hire by the Texans

[Fx Stryker]

Darn, I love him as our head coach. Well thanks for turning around out program Bill. Good luck, but not at the expense.of the Colts!

[GoColts8818]

No Bill Belichick disciple has done well on their own as a head coach.  Mangini is no longer a head coach, nor is Crennel or Josh McDaniels.  With that said, O'Brien seems very different from those guys.  I think it's a good hire by the Texans

and Weis hasn't exactly set the world on fire as a college coach.

 

With that said I think O'Brien is pretty good but the NFL is a different animal. 

[BOTT]

Feel bad for all the players and recruits he lied to.

[Andy]

Good hire for the Texans.

 

I agree with Bloodonthetracks, he's leaving behind a lot of broken promises, but the NFL is the NFL. 

[GoColtsGo5150]

Dammit! Now that means they will go after Allen Robinson ( to maintain that PSU to PSU connection)

[braveheartcolt]

Dammit! Now that means they will go after Allen Robinson ( to maintain that PSU to PSU connection)

 

It that an IT term?

[amfootball]

Wouldn't be surprised to see the Texans trade a 3rd rounder for Ryan Mallet and trade out of the 1st overall pick. 

That would not be a bad move as then they will get a boat load of picks for the 1st overall but the issue is QB is their biggest need and Mallett still seems like a work in progress. His accuracy is not always there and no mobility either. I think they get their QB with the first pick given they can have whoever they want. I hope they get Manziel.

[Dustin]

That would not be a bad move as then they will get a boat load of picks for the 1st overall but the issue is QB is their biggest need and Mallett still seems like a work in progress. His accuracy is not always there and no mobility either. I think they get their QB with the first pick given they can have whoever they want. I hope they get Manziel.

 

I also hope they use the #1 overall pick on Manziel. 

[azcolt]

PSU needed someone with a pulse and no connections to the prior regime and who could win a decent number of games. He met those standards but didn't exactly set the world on fire with the product on the field, especially considering the B1G was pathetic. I don't understand the excitement over this hire.

[chad72]

I pity the lame duck players that are already there for a year. Now, they can't play in a bowl game for 2 years and the coach who got them there in the first place is no longer there either.

[oldunclemark]

It should be 5-10 years.

 

Penn tgot over VER easy.

 

the entire football program should have been shut down.

 

O'Brien needed to get out...good for him

[BOTT]

It should be 5-10 years.

 

Penn tgot over VER easy.

 

the entire football program should have been shut down.

 

O'Brien needed to get out...good for him

He knew what he was getting into when he took the job. And by punishing the penn st football program you are punishing the wrong people.

[No 1 Manning Fan]

I wouldnt trade for a NE backup qb. We already saw what their backup can do as a starter on a different team.

And we've also seen that a NE backup can win 3 of Super Bowls.

[MacDee1975]

PSU needed someone with a pulse and no connections to the prior regime and who could win a decent number of games. He met those standards but didn't exactly set the world on fire with the product on the field, especially considering the B1G was pathetic. I don't understand the excitement over this hire.

 

Exactly.  He has 2 years of experience at being a head coach in his entire life, in college, where he went 15-9.  Hardly a worldbeater.

 

I'll always remember him for making the strange decision of going for it on 4th and 2 on their own 33, with essentially an entire quarter left in a game in which they were down 11 points to Indiana.  Of course, they didn't make it, Indiana scored 2 TD's in the next 3.5 minutes to put the game away and beat Penn State for the first time ever in 16 attempts. 

 

Head scratching in-game decision, to be sure, not to mention that Penn State really wasn't an impressive outfit in either of the 2 years he coached them.  Never thought that same guy would end up being an NFL head coach a few months later.

[Synthetic]

What are they thinking!?

 

Do the Texans want to become the Browns of the South?

 

No one under Bellichek's coaching tree has ever had any success coaching. It says a lot about him as a coach when none of his guys can ever do anything.