TMD falls in love with coaches like Gene Smith falls in love with crappy college prospects.  He sticks by them no matter what, and anything that adds to his argument he promotes.  Anything that detracts from it he ignores or goes against.


If O'Brien were here last year, and did the same as Gus... and O'Brien were still doing the same as Gus right now, we'd be hearing about how the team lacks talent.  But because we hired his 6th choice (just out of the Top 5, mind you.  So obviously a stretch.  He probably only put Bradley on his list because the Eagles did, much like he'll wait until coaching candidates are announced to make his next list and then just go by what's popular).

 

Of course he'll argue the impossible.  That we'd be doing better with O'Brien right now.  (No evidence of this, and him taking the Texans to 3-4 is not proof)  


TMD can be smart, but he can also be stubborn as ol' Gene Smith when deciding to take Tyson Alualu or a punter in the third round.  Nobody's going to convince him otherwise.

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