The\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0are once again looking for a head coach after three straight seasons of firing theirs following a single year in the lead role.
\nESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith believes African-American coaches shouldn\u2019t fill out that job application.
\nTalking on his show, “First Take,” on Monday morning following\u00a0the firing of Lovie Smith, who is the third African-American head coach to be let go in Houston since 2020, Stephen A. Smith sounded off on the Texans and CEO Cal McNair.
\n“African Americans need not apply,”\u00a0he said. “This is not an organization that has been fair to African Americans as far as I\u2019m concerned. And I have these two as an example. You could use Romeo Crennel and the kind of situation they put him in in the past. I don\u2019t like this organization.”
\nBefore Lovie Smith, Crennel (2020) and David Culley (2021) were terminated after one season. Crennel took over once Bill O\u2019Brien was fired during the COVID year, going 4-8 with his group.
\nThen, Culley went 4-13 before he was let go, making way for Smith this season.
\nTEXANS PART WAYS WITH LOVIE SMITH AFTER ONE SEASON AS HEAD COACH
\nHouston hasn\u2019t had the most competitive roster these last few years, especially after trading\u00a0DeAndre Hopkins\u00a0and Deshaun Watson, two of their most important players who were key in making the playoffs in 2018 and 2019. Both of those seasons, the Texans won the AFC South but were never able to make a run for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
\nO\u2019Brien was playing both the head coach and GM role at the time of the Hopkins trade to the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0in March 2020, which received tons of backlash from fans and experts alike, some of which calling it one of the worst trades of all-time.<\/p>\n