Bears Wire shares thoughts on the Texans hiring Lovie Smith as coach

The Houston Texans are going with Lovie Smith. Bears Wire editor @AlyssaBarbieri chimes in on what the former Chicago coach can bring to a team.

The Houston Texans have finally found their guy.

After spending nearly a month searching for David Culley’s replacement, the Texans have decided to promote defensive coordinator and associate head coach Lovie Smith as their fifth full-time coach in franchise history.

To get an idea of what Smith was like with the Chicago Bears, his first coaching job, and what went right and wrong, Bears Wire managing editor Alyssa Barbieri fielded some questions to summarize the Smith era in the Windy City.

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