Come on, "Come On Man" man

Stephen A. Smith, Michael Irvin and Dan Orlovsly discussed the Texans for about 11 minutes. Here’s part of what Stephen A. Smith said. pic.twitter.com/OZUJT0xb97

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“The Houston Texans organization, I’m going to say something loud and clear over the national airwaves and I don’t give a damn what anybody thinks,” The First Take host said. “African Americans need not apply. This is not an organization that has been fair to African Americans.

“And I have [Lovie Smith and David Culley] as an example. You can use Romeo Crennel and the kind of situation they put him in the past. I don’t like this organization.” …

Secondly, the assertion is that the Texans are unfair to black head coaches. Yet, he gives three examples of black head coaches in Houston. In fact, their last three head coaches (although Crennel was only the interim head coach after the team fired Bill O’Brien) have all been black.

But hiring black head coaches is not enough. You must hire a black head coach and then retain him, regardless of performance. The Texans fired a white head coach, Bill O’Brien, hired a black coach to replace him on an interim basis, then hired a black head coach full-time. Then, after firing him, hired another black head coach.

Smith bringing up Romeo Crennel is an interesting point. The Texans organization put him in an unfair position, Smith says.

The question is, which position does he deem to be unfair?

[The Texans played terribly this year and only barely avoided the #32 slot in a league of 32 teams. Who *should* have gotten fired? The janitor? — Ed]