Lovie Smith A Head Coach Again

[megalodon30]

Good luck, Texans…

Texans choose Lovie Smith as their next head coach

The Texans have their man: Lovie Smith.

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[tlance]

That is a good fit.

Bad job, mediocre retread coach.

Sounds about right!

 

[DJ Fieri]

Good luck,

Maybe he gets more than 1 season.

 

[sonnyblack65]

Good luck, Texans…

Texans choose Lovie Smith as their next head coach

The Texans have their man: Lovie Smith.

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I think it was a good hire. This is a QB league and he didn't have that in Chicago or TB, hopefully Watson sticks around, or they get a decent QB

 

[sharkymcwrath]

I really don't mean to go there because Lovie comes off as a cool guy with a little HC success but with all this recent media racism shit....................is this hire in any way motivated by the recent Flores situation? I mean, Lovie was pretty good in Chicago but not so much elsewhere. I'm actually very surprised they chose him.

Or, is Smith being hired to oversee a rebuild that is doomed for the next few seasons only to be fired in two years and replaced by a white dude once the rebuild is complete?

Or, do the Texans really believe he was the best guy available for the job? Sorry but he just seems mediocre to me.

 

[Edonidd]

Didn't Lovie just get fired from a mid-bottom tier college team because he couldn't do anything there? Or am I thinking of somebody else? What about that screams NFL head coach?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Didn't Lovie just get fired from a mid-bottom tier college team because he couldn't do anything there? Or am I thinking of somebody else? What about that screams NFL head coach?

Nothing. Literally nothing. If there's a retread that should be getting another chance, it was Todd Bowles.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Nothing. Literally nothing. If there's a retread that should be getting another chance, it was Todd Bowles.

Yep, Todd Bowles definitely deserves another shot. Actually, failing with the Jets should never count against a coaches resume unles it's Adam Gase, lol.
As for Lovie, very likely the hire had something to do with the whole Flores thing but Lovie is a pretty good coach with a lot of experience. A pretty good hire, imo. Although I thought Culley did an admirable job given the circumstances.

 

[Southieinnc]

I really don't mean to go there because Lovie comes off as a cool guy with a little HC success but with all this recent media racism shit....................is this hire in any way motivated by the recent Flores situation? I mean, Lovie was pretty good in Chicago but not so much elsewhere. I'm actually very surprised they chose him.

Or, is Smith being hired to oversee a rebuild that is doomed for the next few seasons only to be fired in two years and replaced by a white dude once the rebuild is complete?

Or, do the Texans really believe he was the best guy available for the job? Sorry but he just seems mediocre to me.

I have no thoughts about the hire as I know little about Lovie other than he master-minded the 30th ranked defense in the NFL last year.

I am very aware of the Patriots rejects running the team. They are running the team into the ground with the owners approval.

 

[PDay8810]

I'm a little shocked Smith had interest in the head job.
Good Man, Good Luck!

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Didn't Lovie just get fired from a mid-bottom tier college team because he couldn't do anything there? Or am I thinking of somebody else? What about that screams NFL head coach?

Yup. But its nothing mid-tier about Illinois. Kansas and Rutgers are more recognizable than them. Illinois is one of the forgotten P5. They're on par with Vanderbilt.

 

[RememberTheKoy]

I'm just glad that this hiring wasn't influenced by race.

 

[Manster7588]

In before @mrschaney calls for Dalton to Houston

 

[msgkings322]

I really don't mean to go there because Lovie comes off as a cool guy with a little HC success but with all this recent media racism shit....................is this hire in any way motivated by the recent Flores situation? I mean, Lovie was pretty good in Chicago but not so much elsewhere. I'm actually very surprised they chose him.

Or, is Smith being hired to oversee a rebuild that is doomed for the next few seasons only to be fired in two years and replaced by a white dude once the rebuild is complete?

Or, do the Texans really believe he was the best guy available for the job? Sorry but he just seems mediocre to me.

Mediocre white retreads get new jobs all the time. So it's a sign of progress when a mediocre black one gets a job. Last time a mediocre black coach got rehired (after not having a head coach job for a while) in the NFL was Art Shell and that was a while ago.

 

[Clayton]

Pick a mediocre veteran guy to help the team transition from Watson to Mills. That roster is at least 1-2 years away from competing so no point in chasing after a younger coach.

I will say that this upcoming draft is the perfect time to rebuild a defense so if thats the plan then that could work out for them

 

[megalodon30]

Pick a mediocre veteran guy to help the team transition from Watson to Mills. That roster is at least 1-2 years away from competing so no point in chasing after a younger coach.

I will say that this upcoming draft is the perfect time to rebuild a defense so if thats the plan then that could work out for them

Could’ve said the same about the Bengals when they hired Zac Taylor. HC doesn’t matter as much as QB…

 

[sharkymcwrath]

Mediocre white retreads get new jobs all the time. So it's a sign of progress when a mediocre black one gets a job. Last time a mediocre black coach got rehired (after not having a head coach job for a while) in the NFL was Art Shell and that was a while ago.

Fair enough.

 

[UnrealTerm04]

Perhaps he took the job with all the draft captial that they will have.

 

[Janus]

I'm just glad that this hiring wasn't influenced by race.

No but the firing might be

 

[Red_Chaos]

Would have been better with a high school…coach..must be tanking so they can move the team overseas