See. A parking spot might even motivate some employees. Also, if he was handing out game balls after wins, isn't that similar? Again, my point is that no player is above the team, but you would think there are "bigger fish to fry" than to take down pictures on a wall:
EDIT: I found the article. This is how Brandon Brooks felt about the situation:
BLG: It’s just accepted? It’s just how it is?
BROOKS: I’ll put it this way. I was going into my third year in Houston. O’Brien had just come in. And, you know, players who’ve made Pro Bowls, All-Pro [teams], whatever, they had their pictures on the wall and stuff. It was down the hallway as you go to lunch, you get to see how the players handle their business. When he came in, man, all those pictures were taken down. TVs in the cafeteria were off. He would never tell you what to say to the media, but he would always be like, ‘I can’t tell you what to say to the media. But some things that you might want to mention is like: I’m here to do my job. Stuff like that. You know what I mean? So eventually you get the same answers from all of the guys, you start realizing what’s going on.
https://www.battleredblog.com/2018/5/31/17411952/brandon-brooks-didnt-like-playing-for-bill-obrien