The Houston Texans have brought in Dan Reeves as a consultant.

Frustrated and disappointed with a team that has the worst record in the National Football League, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has hired four-time Super Bowl coach Dan Reeves as a consultant in a move that ultimately may determine the fates of embattled general manager Charley Casserly and head coach Dom Capers.

After a 13-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday — the Texans' third consecutive defeat in the final seconds of regulation or in overtime — McNair called on Reeves, a fellow University of South Carolina alumnus, to help evaluate the personnel on his team, which has just one win in 13 games this season.

"None of us are happy with the performance of our team," McNair said Monday while introducing Reeves at a news conference. "We all want to do everything we can to improve our team. That's what this effort is all about."

McNair said he has hired Reeves for "a couple of months" but added that the relationship could last longer.

"It could be that it develops into some sort of longer-term relationship," McNair said. "A lot of that depends on Dan and how he wants to use his time, how productive it's been, how much he enjoys it, and how much value he can bring on a continual basis."

This Texans fan wonders if this foreshadows the eventual successor to Dom Capers or Charley Casserly – or both. Given that we are only three games from the end of the season, there is not much that Reeves can do to substantially help the 1-12 franchise turn the season around, but he could point the team in a new direction following the end of the season. Reeves is a proven winner, and these first four seasons have shown us that the current leadership is not what is needed to create a winning tradition.

UPDATE: The Chronicle's John McClain proposes a scenario in which Reeves will get the job of coach. Sounds rther like how Dick Cheney got the VP nod in 2000.

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