Name one individual in the front office that displays accountability, professionalism, being a statesman. Who currently displays these rare traits in the Texans FO?
Does our ownership suck? Yes. But honestly, at this point, I'm sick of Watson's childish tweets. You can't just screw the organization for years to pacify him. FO. Hold his feet to the fire, dare him to sit out. If he does, we tank, get the number one overall. Then trade him.
At this point the media has nothing to lose by sticking with the current stance regardless of whether or not they have legit sources. Still makes the Texans look incompetent (payback for Amy Palicic), still gets more clicks than saying “Watson and Cal make nice”, still keeps the coaching speculation relevant, and still keeps other markets in touch with them as they try and formulate potential proposals based on Watsons desires. What doesn’t make sense is why neither side has made anything official. Yes, it “only being January” works both ways. Detroit made their intentions official yesterday because there’s no point in keeping that a secret.
Or unless you have competent leadership, which we clearly don’t. Our situation is exactly why players should be empowered, as opposed to spending their careers surrounded by incompetence.
Right on cue. Only on Sunday, nothing new in the report other than “Chris Mortensen said” and they’re going out of their way to try and ensure all quality coaches think twice before taking this job.
I'm thinking Watson's point IS to start a new precedent of owner accountability and player empowerment. So the ridiculousness is accepted part of it. He maybe sees he has no organizational success to gain, so really nothing to lose now. But can have the honor of being an owner accountability revolutionary breaking up the "old boys club". Yes sticking it to "The Man" is a tired cliche, but then Watson isnt making up the internal problems and mad for no reason. Still, he'll do just enough not making it a complete sh¡tshow, to protect against huge dollar loss so will play the silent game
Let me ask you something... Why does Deshaun Watson deserve to be instantly granted exemption from his contract that he signed, especially when knowing what ownership was currently in place? Seriously...what exactly is the reason he is entitled to that? Is the reason “because it’s what he wants”? If so, then I am not sure that’s overly compelling. If he wants out, he shouldn’t have signed that deal with that many years and all that guaranteed money.
I’ve never seen a story drag out this long where not much of anything has changed or transpired since the very initial report... and not a single official word from either side. And tweets and “reports” that only come out on Sunday during pregame shows. I applaud the media coordination... but even joe public is getting tired of the same story that Watson isn’t happy.
Watson hasn't addressed the Texans issues publicly nor has spoken with team officials during the offseason...since when is either childish or worthy of being described as "antics". His actions to date are neither new to professional sports nor overdone. I mean, all he's done to date is enjoy his offseason and tweet rap lyrics. Some of y'all are making him the bad guy for that? What do you want him to do? Tell the team in January that he wants to be traded? There's no coming back from that and he knows that. Maybe he's still giving HOU a chance if the Texans can solve their clear internal problems on their own. But his general silence on the issue is warranted, valid, and cannot be characterized as the diva mentality that we see so frequently in sports. It's the offseason! Why does he owe the Texans a call back right now?
We don't know what bs ownership has been selling to Watson about culture change b4 the offseason even occurred . I guess he finally realized that the owner can't b trusted and that mcnair many attempt to become the religious patriots of the south is a waste of his time. Yea he might be foolish for believing in the owner, but Watson actually wants to win can't say the same for McNair. Religion > football cred. The gm hiring was done poorly, coaching hiring is being done poorly. What has the owner done so far that u think we are gonna win a ring? Maintain the teaching of christ influence on the team? Watson wanted to make things work, McNair doesn't its that simple so now Watson wants out.
Watson's not entitled to anything. Unhappy players don't get traded by teams because it's in the best interests of the player. They get traded because the player can make sure it's in the best interests of the team. See: James Harden. Or Anthony Davis. Or Kahwi Leonard. Or Jalen Ramsey. This is nothing new. You can go back to players like Eli Manning or John Elway who forced trades from the teams that drafted them because they didn't want to play, despite having literally no leverage at all. Having a face-of-your-franchise that doesn't want to be there is not good for the health of your franchise. That's why they get traded. You can force someone to work for you - you can't force them to not cause chaos in the process. That is the leverage players have always had.
Doesn't matter which head coach it is, I don't see a reason for them to want the job if Watson isn't a Texan.
Nfl players literally crush their bodies and brains and destroy their future lives for this. They can do whatever they want. Tommy boys like cal mcnair are eyeroll. Nobody goes to games to see him sitting in a booth.
It’s the opportunity of a lifetime...to coach the first pseudo-missionary football organization. It’s like a church but with the reach of the NFL, too good to pass up (if you don’t care about winning on the field, but winning through our savior Jesus Christ)!
