Originally Posted by
gut
real real backstory: O'Brien is out of his element as a personnel guy and is playing like a 12-year old on Madden. Houston would be doomed for the next decade if not for Watson....and even then they are still not looking good.
Since old man "cant let the inmates run the prison" McNair died, his son seems like a hands-off, just make money type guy. Why pay for a GM when the dumbass coach will do that job also?
o'brien might be guilty of some shit......but there is no way hopkins didn't bring this on himself as well. so,... there is no way this is all on o'brien.
you have to realize coaching and gm are helpless to this kind of reckless behavior that star players do. and there is nothing the brass can do about it