FIRE Nick Caley Thread

Nick · Jan 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM

Hemingway said: ↑

We haven’t wasted it yet. I think this team can make the Super Bowl this year. They will probably get blown out, but that would still be a spectacularly successful season. I’m not sure that we will ever see an easier path.
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Indeed…. It’s just not standard practice to pair a first-time play-calling coordinator with a young QB.

I would be thrilled to see the litany of examples in history where this worked out in the NFL. My guess is there is maybe 1 or 2 specific cases out there over the last 20-30 years, and the only one that’s specifically coming to mind is the MIke Martz-Warner combo from 1999.

Shroopy2 · Jan 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM

Nick said: ↑

Experience matters. I’d prefer the young OC’s and young HC’s get OTJ play-calling training for teams that aren’t flush with expectations.

Sure, there’s a dilemma that one can’t get experience… till they get experience… but it’s painfully obvious that the lack of seasoning on that side of the ball has plagued the team all season. Yes, they are getting better. Yes, they’re probably about where they would have been had they put up just a few more TD”s. And yes, next year can only be better with this year behind all of them.

Just hate wasting pre-extension years from WAJ, Stroud, and a defense that is as opportunistic and stifling as anything in Texans franchise history.
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I'd have been happy with a Mike McCarthy hiring, & that type. That's like "exactly" what the team needed. I think Chip Kelly would have worked out better with the Texans than Raiders. Raiders got better on D with Carroll, but just dont have anything on offense past Bowers.

People said that Demeco didn't want to be "threatened" by an experienced coach. I sure hope that's not the case lol, or this franchise isn't for real

jch1911 · Jan 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM

Shroopy2 said: ↑

I'd have been happy with a Mike McCarthy hiring, & that type. That's like "exactly" what the team needed. I think Chip Kelly would have worked out better with the Texans than Raiders. Raiders got better on D with Carroll, but just dont have anything on offense past Bowers.

People said that Demeco didn't want to be "threatened" by an experienced coach. I sure hope that's not the case lol, or this franchise isn't for real
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Kelly was earning $6M as OC in Vegas; Cap was making $M 6M as HC in Htine]

Edit: some sources say Cap got humped to $8M

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