I was a season ticket holder back when the franchise began...being there for that first game when we upset Dallas was one of the greatest moments ever a sports fan. I eventually gave up the tickets because I just didn't have the time to commit to going to that many games, but I've been a loyal fan since the beginning.
I can't watch this s**t show anymore. O'Brien is a mediocre head coach, and an absolute joke as a GM. His personnel decisions over the past year have decimated this franchise and set it back several years. The only decision he has made that I've agreed with was the Tunsil deal, simply because they were so desperate at offensive line and you had to find a way to protect Watson. They overpaid, but I understood why they overpaid.
The Clowney and Hopkins deals are just obscenely bad. So incredibly lopsided. You know that both Seattle and Arizona hung up the phone and laughed hysterically after completing those deals. Those are two legitimate elite players in the NFL that were given away for pennies on the dollar. I'm not opposed to trading any particular player as long as the return is worthwhile. Both returns in those trades were laughable. How do you trade Clowney and Hopkins and not get ONE first-round draft pick coming back? It's front office malpractice.
I'll probably still watch the games on television. I love JJ Watt and DeShaun Watson and I wish them the best personally. But, I have to admit that I hope the team fails dramatically, because apparently that is the only thing that might get O'Brien out of here. This franchise is going nowhere but down as long as O'Brien is here. I hope Hopkins wins the MVP this season in Arizona. I hope we go 5-11. I hope it gets so ugly that even Cal has to see that O'Brien needs to go. It is just amazing to me that ownership has so completely bought in to somebody so bad at their job. O'Brien is just running the organization into the ground, and everybody can see this except the guy who signs the checks.
I think I'm going to be a Saints fan for the time being. Very well run franchise with one of the game's all-time great players and class acts at quarterback. If Cal cans O'Brien and hires a competent GM and a competent HC then I'll jump back on board. But, I can not support such unapologetic incompetence. I will not buy a ticket to a game. I wouldn't go if somebody gave me a ticket. I will not buy merchandise. I will not wear merchandise. The Texans won't get a single penny from me until this embarrassing chapter is over.
