The Houston Texans are one of many final NFL groups nonetheless and not using a head coach.
That’s reportedly set to alter Monday.
NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport and several other colleagues are reporting that the workforce is planning to rent Lovie Smith to be their subsequent head coach.
The #Texans are shifting in direction of naming Lovie Smith their head coach for 2022, sources inform @TomPelissero, @MikeGarafolo and me.
No deal is completed, nevertheless it’s headed that means.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 7, 2022
This certain is a shock contemplating the search gave the impression to be all the way down to Josh McCown and Brian Flores.
The Texans fired David Culley after one season and are actually set to rent somebody from his workers to guide the workforce in 2022.
That comes as a shock and has all the NFL world reacting in quite a lot of methods to this Monday information drop.
Lovie Smith completed with an total report of 17–39 at Illinois, whereas going 10–33 in opposition to Huge 10 groups.
He’s undoubtedly the correct candidate for the Texans.
— Elvin Ryan (@ElvinRyan_FF) February 7, 2022
NFL World Reacts To Texans HC Replace
The final consensus right here is that the Texans don’t know what they’re doing.
And that’s no offense in opposition to Smith.
He simply confirmed up as a late candidate and it looks like the workforce was scrambling all alongside.
Can somebody from Texans Twitter please clarify how and why the Texans are about to rent Lovie Smith as head coach? Appears like they may as effectively have stored David Culley if that is the route they have been gonna take.
Additionally appears like an astoundingly underwhelming and uninspiring rent.
— Roosh (@RooshWilliams) February 7, 2022
I’m not mad on the Texans for making Lovie Smith their head coach. I’m extra upset concerning the course of . Like why it take a month to rent a man “in home” and once more why are we the final workforce 2 years in a row to rent a coach #Texans #NFL
— blacknificent™ (@Dre_Bonez13) February 7, 2022
Smith was the workforce’s defensive coordinator in 2021 so there may be loads of familiarity between him and the entrance workplace.
So both he was within the combine all alongside, or he was seen as a backup plan.
So everyone knows the Texans are going to “Culley” Lovie Smith and rent McCown subsequent yr, proper?
— Mark F. (@mfuery38) February 7, 2022
Texans actually gonna make Lovie Smith one other fall man
— Larry Del Bosque (@larrys_burner7) February 7, 2022
McCown and Flores have been every two sturdy candidates with main storylines surrounding them.
The previous has zero head teaching expertise, however was seen as a coach-like determine throughout his profession as a backup quarterback.
The latter has the resume to land a job, however his lawsuit in opposition to the NFL could have some homeowners pressuring others to not rent Flores.
That left the Texans to both make the rent they wished to and never fear concerning the noise, or go along with a wholly completely different possibility.
They seem to have chosen the simple means out.
#Texans actually going to rent two lame-duck Black coaches in consecutive years, aren’t they?
This screams of “let’s give McCown expertise so there isn’t as a lot backlash.”
He’ll in all probability be HC by this time subsequent yr. https://t.co/t0WrI8TIhr
— Justin Fried (@JustinTFried) February 7, 2022
Smith may at all times flip the workforce round in 2022 and luxuriate in a pleasant, lengthy tenure in Houston.
However the outrage will increase into 2023 if the entrance workplace units him up for failure as one other lame duck head coach.
