Texans Hire Bill O'Brien as Head Coach

[Keith]

Being reported now...happy new year!

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Keith

Being reported now...happy new year!

Well! Happy 2014, everyone.

[Joshua]

I like it hope it works out

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

I like it hope it works out

Who the hell knows how this will turn out but at least it appears that he offers a very different personality to the two prior coaches and that can't be bad. Judging from what has been said and written he'll stress intelligence and accountability, two things that the Texans have not enjoyed in over-abundance.

[BigBull]

I just hope O'Brien makes good choices for oc and dc.

[Keith]

Interesting local article on O'Brien and an interaction between him and a reporter a few weeks ago. O'Brien said right around the same time the Texans lost a second time to the Jags he would be gone from PSU in a month.

I grew to like the guy over two years because his personality is one I can understand. Like me, he tends toward boil-overs with multiple and often comical strings of F-bombs. While some people don’t understand that type of behavior, I think such venting is healthy as long as it doesn’t verbally abuse anyone. And O’Brien wasn’t venting at me, just to me.

Some of his frustrations revolved around what he saw as the lack of leadership at Penn State and his desire simply to fulfill his job description as the football coach, not university figurehead. ...

He’s made no secret that the NFL is his destination. He adores the pro game, the purity of it, without the university politics and pretense of the college version.

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index...der_arriv.html

[WMH]

@AdamSchefter: 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.