Amazing that you continue to rip Deshaun let’s take some stock: Plays injured all the time...never once complains about our stunning ineptness as providing him a decent offensive line Publicly supports his crappy head coach while he’s employed as that is what a leader does doesn’t publicly complain when he should be the starter and BOB decides to trot out Tom Freaking Savage Has the opportunity to stop playing when we are mathematically eliminated, declines and continues to play his ass off for his teammates, constantly putting his body in harms way to get first downs running in games that don’t matter Keeps his thoughts to himself while watching his inept coach/gm and an unqualified fake preacher mortgage the future for a left tackle, trade the best receiver in football for a washed up running back, grant amazingly terrible extensions to mediocre or washed up players in order to be a good leader agrees to an extension with a team who is literally the poster child for NFL organizational dysfunction as we drafted him and he is loyal is a player who consistently is praised for his competitive spirit, his amazing attitude and his skill set and proves that each and every year we have him allegedly (according to the Schefter article) just asks for some involvement in the hiring process, which is agreed (meanwhile Cal doesn’t do that, jumps on a plane with the fake preacher who 90% of the team (SI article) distrusts and dislikes and hired a guy who will support said fake preacher which is a giant red flag that perhaps the poisonous internal culture will remain in place (note-I think the hire is fine but am concerned on his Easterby comments and the process) and we refuse to interview his choice for head coach and who most of the NFL believes will be a great head coach. So he doesn’t want to talk as he’s furious. Yeah sounds like such a diva. I get the spoiled franchise athlete concern in today’s pro sports world, but trying to paint Deshaun as this seems pretty ridiculous
[...] The unraveling of the Texans that would lead to hiring a fifth general manager began in March of 2020 when O’Brien traded DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona. When the Texans started 0-4, O’Brien was fired as head coach and general manager and replaced by Romeo Crennel and Easterby on an interim basis. McNair started to think about hiring Caserio a third time, according to two people close to the owner. When the NFL changed a rule in May allowing front office executives under contract to interview for other jobs that would give them more responsibility — like control of personnel — Easterby stumped for Caserio again. The search firm that McNair headed included Rootes and Korn Ferry’s Jed Hughes. McNair added a five-man advisory group to aid in the process. The Texans interviewed four candidates and had two more in their sights. When Caserio started lining up interviews, McNair didn’t want to take a chance that he’d get another job before the Texans had a chance to interview him. McNair and Easterby left Houston on Monday morning. They flew to Bedford, Mass., to pick up Caserio and bring him back to Houston for an official interview. McNair and Easterby kept their trip secret because they didn’t want another team to hear about their pursuit of Caserio and expedite the interview process in a stepped-up effort to hire Caserio. On the flight back to Houston, McNair was finally able to talk with Caserio for the first time. He was impressed with the longtime New England personnel director who had made nine Super Bowl appearances and earned six rings. But something else stood out to McNair during the 3½-hour trip: Caserio’s devotion to his family and his religion. On Tuesday morning, Caserio had his official interview lasting three hours. By that time, McNair was certain he had found his next general manager. He didn’t want to do any more interviews. Late Tuesday afternoon, McNair and Suzie Thomas, the Texans’ executive vice president and chief legal and administrative officer, started contract negotiations with agent Bob Lamonte, who also reps Easterby. That night, Caserio reached an agreement on a six-year, $30 million contract and signed it the next day. The Texans were going to introduce Caserio as their new general manager on Wednesday, but the events in Washington D.C. caused them to delay the announcement for a day. On Friday, Caserio met with the media for the first time on a Zoom conference call. He was articulate, intelligent, humble and insightful, making a strong first impression. Now the hard part starts. Caserio has to revitalize a team that finished 4-12, has an unhappy quarterback in Deshaun Watson, a salary cap problem and no draft choices in the first two rounds. With a six-year contract, Caserio will have plenty of time to prove to McNair the third time was a charm.
Deshaun on the field is brilliant but it's becoming apparent that off the field he's a bit of a simpleton that is easily influenced by outside opinions. If he wanted leverage against the front office he shouldn't have signed the extension. Going through media sources to express how unhappy he is with hiring front office personnel to which he's not qualified to do, is a b**** move in my opinion. If he's on vacation, be on vacation, **** your woman and frolic in the sand, but if he's going to make a statement he or his agent should make a cogent statement not this "he's running trade ideas by his friends" or "he's not in the mood" bullshit
But do you not see why he would be upset? It isn’t a case of “we just need a GM or a coach”. From that SI article, it is a total cultural disaster in the organization with Easterby running things behind the scenes. Did you read it? Assuming you did. So we go and hire a guy who shares his agent and says he’s gonna still be around and we don’t even pretend to talk to anyone else. I totally understand why he is upset. He stated things need to change and things DO need to change. This could have been handled so much better and there are lots of questions if the poisoner is still allowed reign in the kitchen. I just don’t think Deshaun is acting like so many other athletes do (which also agitates me as well when people act like Harden). He signed the contract because he is smart...would you risk playing another year of a sport where any play can be your last and you have another year playing behind (at the time) a porous offensive line and a head coach who still runs an offense with slow, long developing routes causing you to have to wait to throw the ball?
All of this shouldn't surprise anyone here honestly this is exactly how Cal's pops ran the organization. Only taking on players and coaches with clean records and trying to follow the Patriot way.
Exactly I just don't get it. Are they trying to build up a church or a football team. This ownership has sucked from the beginning and the future doesn't seem too bright for Houston sports unless ownership changes.
I'd take Rick Smith back in a heartbeat and that's saying a lot. But even then dude helped draft Deshaun. The clowns we have running the organization now is just ridiculous.
I despise religion. ahead of politics, it’s the most destructive force on earth. People feigning arrogance based upon false beliefs and shunning others that don’t align. I really wish people questioned dogma and did research to debunk on their own accord. But people love what mama said - run forest run
What the **** does religion have to do with football? Cal is a moron running this franchise into the ground
Look, there’s nothing wrong with him being religious and a family, but that shouldn’t be the reason why you hire the guy. You hire him because he’s good at his job and the fact that he’s a family man is just a nice positive on top of that. Cal is such a clown.
Cal is so bad and the Houston Fake Preachers are so ****ed up that some candidates won’t even accept an interview with a team led by one of the best qb’s in the NFL and people are whining about Deshaun being upset. ****
