Texans Hire Bill O'Brien as Head Coach

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Originally Posted by Keith

So, left to question here how much power Rick Smith still has.

But this has always been the question, hasn't it, how much power does Rick Smith have? My feeling gathered from various information sources over the years was always that Smith had, shall we say, limited influence on draft day. Maybe that was good, maybe not. Could you have done worse in the later rounds yourself? I doubt it. Would a monkey throwing a dart yield worse results? I doubt it.

Smith had no experience that would lead anyone to believe that he was suited for or prepared for the role of general manager of an NFL franchise. It always seemed to mew like Kubiak had brought along Denver's jailhouse snitch to be his yes man / bag man.

McNair fired Marciano, something I thought he would literally never do. Maybe as he ages fielding a winning team is beginning to trump some other considerations. If so that would be about the best offseason news I could have asked for.