Rarely in NFL history has a head coach had a riches-to-rags to riches story when it comes to coaching success. When Bob McNair hired Bill O’Brien, O’Brien was touted as the best head coaching candidate in all the land. An offensive super-genius, quarterback guru, and otherwise hot commodity, O’Brien woudl take over a team that went 12-4 just one season prior to his arrival. He should have been a shoe-in to take the Texans to the next level.
Well, here we sit, seven seasons into O’Brien’s reign, and the team has yet to improve back to a 12-4 record or advance a step closer to Super Bowl glory than they had before O’Brien moved to Houston.