All these national media types are so unbelievably unbearable. All sanctimonious and crap. Acting like the Texans firing Culley and Lovie was proof a racist owner/organization. Acting like they weren't clowning the Texans for each of those hires after they happened. Acting like they didn't know the entire time that Culley and Lovie were nothing more than bridge coaches at best. Acting like Carolina or Denver of all places are somehow better destinations than Houston. I'm sorry, Carolina? A good destination? A team with no QB, no cap space, no top-5 pick, who hasn't done anything remotely successful for the past 7+ years. That Carolina? And good lord, now we're acting like Denver is a good place to coach? As if they haven't been a garbage franchise for the last 10 years? As if they didn't just throw away a massive amount of draft capital for a washed up QB and still owe him over $200 million for the next 3-4 plus seasons? And all that for a QB who is widely considered a locker room cancer and a QB who's former teammates were all dying to cheer against the second he left the Seahawks? Those Denver Broncos are supposed to be an attractive destination? Is Houston a perfect destination? No. Caserio still has a ton of question marks surrounding him. And Cal has proven time and time again that he can be absolutely clueless (although I think there's reason to believe he's growing and developing into a better owner). But so much of the dysfunction of the franchise stemmed from BOB, Watson and Easterby. Now you've got all three of those guys out of the building. You've got more draft capital over the next two drafts than any other team (4 firsts in 2 seasons is MASSIVE). You have the 4th most cap space this offseason and will have a ton next offseason as well. And from DeMeco's perspective... Houston is a place where he knows he will be absolutely adored no matter how his first year or two goes. He will have a longer runway than he would anywhere else. He'll have more support from the team's alumni than he would anywhere else. If anything, Houston is the perfect destination for him to succeed. We obviously all know this already, but the national media doesn't know a damn thing about the Houston Texans (or most franchises for that matter outside of your east/west coast teams) and this is just yet another example.
He's been with Cal multiple times. I'm not sure he has a title or anything, but he's been very active with the org for months now.
Good post -- I would only quibble about "perfect," but you could say "a surprisingly good option" and maybe "best available" for Ryans, given his personal journey and history. I really hope he succeeds and that he's given some tools to work with. It's so much easier to look like a genius when you have a Fred Warner flying around on one side and Samuel and McCaffrey on the other.
Once again the national media talking complete nonsense. Basically acknowledging that the Broncos are dysfunctional themselves if the team would "offer him so much he can't say no" as their only way to get DeMeco. And on top of that, so much of the Texans' dysfunction was due to Easterby, BOB and Watson. Cal has for sure had his moments of dysfunction as well, but let's not act like Denver is some bastion of organizational functionality.
That was then. This is now and they have just gone through four coaches in as many years. And quit listening to the talking heads out there pushing Cal and Nick's PR agenda aimed at revising history. Their hiring of "bad canidates" was due to deliberate decisions made at the top of this organization to hire unqualified coaches who could be used as scapegoats. Last time I looked Watson had no ability to make decisions for this organization (and I use that term very loosely).
So hard for talking heads to accept that DeMeco CHOSE Houston. If Denver is such an appealing spot and soooo much better than Houston why isnt Sean Payton there if they are willing to do whatever to fill the position. Hmmmm. Just more shade being thrown at us so it will make the rise back to respectability that much sweeter.
The fact that the Broncos are dysfunctional does not invalidate the well documented fact of the Texans being dysfunctional as well. And the blame for ALL of the Texans dysfunction is due to the utter incompetence of Cal, BoB, Jack and Nick. The responsibility and the blame belongs to the ones making the decisions and last time I looked that didn't include Watson.
Using the four coaches in four years thing is lame because Romeo was a lameduck interim coach in his 70s that had already tried to retire. Culley situation was a time when the Watson thing was a major handicap. They went outside the box to hire Culley, but he wasn't a scapegoat. They weren't going to get an elite head coach at that time. Bieniemy wanted the job, I don't know what is wrong with him and why he can't get hired, but Culley being hired as a scapegoat is ridiculous. They knew they weren't going to win, but that doesn't mean you have to fail. They wanted stability in the organization and to build a program. Culley turned out to be horrible at basic head coaching functions like clock management and knowing who was on the roster. So what. It was two bad hires in a row, but acting like it was some sort of grand conspiracy to hire bad coaches and it's a disastrous situation is preposterous, but no surprise coming from certain talking heads on the radio or certain posters who revel in being alarmist and negative. It was two bad hires. That's it. The organization was in turmoil following the OBrien ouster. He gutted the organization and the roster. Hopefully they've rebuilt it. I don't know. I'm less than optimistic.
Basically for two years the organization was in flux. Two years. The year prior they quickly realized that OBrien had lost the team and moved on. Romeo was an interim coach that's it. The Easterby thing got out of control. But no need to act like the Texans have been a trash franchise for a decade. They were solidly mediocre or slightly above it during Obrien's years. He was a pompous ass that drove the car off the cliff. If they are making a great hire right now with Demeco (which time will tell) and Caserio is a good GM (very skeptical on this) then a two year blip of correcting the organization isn't that chaotic.
