If you track the timeline, McCown, Gannon and Flores received 2nd interviews in that order with Flores coming the day before his lawsuit on Jan 31. McCown was already rumored to be the favorite at this point. Then the lawsuit drops on Feb 1. Early on Feb 6, it is reported that Gannon was told he would not get the job and that Flores and McCown are the two finalists. McCown reported as the favorite still on that same day. People react on twitter.
Are the Houston Texans about to hire former journeyman NFL quarterback Josh McCown as their next head coach? According to reports, the Texans are believed to be down to two head coaching candidates – McCown and former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores. Many believe that McCown, 42, is the...
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The Houston Texans are getting plenty of attention over the finalists for their head coaching vacancy. One in particular is being discussed thoroughly.
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Between the fan and media reaction and Goodall probably saying WTF, it is suddenly announced later that day that McCown is no longer in the running and that Lovie has emerged as a candidate and is interviewing literally Sunday night. Now let's pause for a second. Who interviews a candidate that has been in the building the whole time Sunday night and suddenly he is hired the next day?
Also they had concluded all their interviews by Jan 31 so why was there a delay in announcing the hire. It seems pretty obvious they were thrown for a loop with the Flores lawsuit the day after interviews had concluded took a week to try and figure out what to do, floated the idea of McCown being hired and then when fans, the media and probably Goodall shit all over that idea interviewed Lovie late Sunday night and hired him the following Monday.
