What Went Wrong For Bill O’Brien (Rebroadcast)
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday, the Houston Texans finally picked up their first win of the season at the end of a chaotic week for the team, after they fired their head coach and general manager, Bill O’Brien. Today, we’re rebroadcasting an episode that originally aired back in May, with The Athletic’s Aaron Reiss joining us to look at how O’Brien ended up in such a rare position of power, and some of the controversial decisions that may have led to his firing.
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| 0:27.2 | On Sunday, the Houston Texans finally picked up their first one of the season at the end |
| 0:31.6 | of a chaotic week. |
| 0:34.4 | Cal McNair, owner of the Houston Texans, has decided to part ways with Billy O'Brien, |
| 0:40.6 | who was the general manager of the head coach and the play-caller. |
| 0:45.2 | Today we're re-broadcasting an episode that originally aired back in May with the athletics |
| 0:50.3 | air and Reese about some of the controversial decisions that may have led to Billy O'Brien's |
| 0:55.8 | firing. |
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