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They're on some next level. Born Again schtick.

Texans are starting to remind me of the old time Raiders (but in reverse). Very secretive org, fly in the face of convention, uniforms that never change, don't go around talking about themselves or leaking info to get media attention, us vs them mentality....just bury in. The difference ...focused on gathering up faith/born again players, whereas Raiders focused on riff raff and cast-offs.
 
GG.exe said:
They're on some next level. Born Again schtick.

Texans are starting to remind me of the old time Raiders (but in reverse). Very secretive org, fly in the face of convention, uniforms that never change, don't go around talking about themselves or leaking info to get media attention, us vs them mentality....just bury in. The difference ...focused on gathering up faith/born again players, whereas Raiders focused on riff raff and cast-offs.
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The hand of Easterby , I told you last year, the believers will all drink cyanide together at the end when it unravels. Ive seen this movie before.
 
A11dAtP0w3R said:
The hand of Easterby , I told you last year, the believers will all drink cyanide together at the end when it unravels. Ive seen this movie before.
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If only there was a prop bet -- create your own world event
 
GG.exe said:
The difference ...focused on gathering up faith/born again players, whereas Raiders focused on riff raff and cast-offs.
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I’d prefer the riff raff
 

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TheGreatBarryB said:
I’d prefer the riff raff
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As long as the Born Agains can play football and coach football as good as the riff raffs. Tho it'll get tiresome quick too if they promote their faith and have big prayer sessions before and after every game in front of the cameras. Shoving it down peoples throats is never right.
 
GG.exe said:
As long as the Born Agains can play football and coach football as good as the riff raffs. Tho it'll get tiresome quick too if they promote their faith and have big prayer sessions before and after every game in front of the cameras. Shoving it down peoples throats is never right.
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I wouldn’t even mind if all Texans problems were just being shit. I can take it if they were just shit. But all this and more in Texas makes it one of most unlikeable teams on sports
 
TheGreatBarryB said:
I wouldn’t even mind if all Texans problems were just being sh*t. I can take it if they were just sh*t. But all this and more in Texas makes it one of most unlikeable teams on sports
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Any time politics/religion and social issues infiltrate sport is cringe
 

Josh McCown reportedly is the favorite to become the next Texans coach​

Posted by Mike Florio on January 29, 2022, 8:08 AM EST

It looks like the Texans really are going to do it.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that former NFL quarterback Josh McCown is the favorite to become next head coach of the Texans.

McCown is getting a second interview, a clear indication that a former player with no college or pro coaching experience could indeed go straight from playing to serving as an NFL head coach.

McClain notes that McCown has “earned a lot of respect as a future coaching candidate during his long NFL career.” The key word, in our view, is future. As in, after serving for a period of time as an assistant coach, working his way up the ladder and learning the inner workings of what to do and what not to do when ultimately doing the job.

Could McCown eventually figure out how to be a head coach by being a head coach? Sure. (It worked for Jerry Jones as a woefully unqualified G.M.) But that doesn’t make McCown one of the currently most qualified people to get one of the six open head-coaching jobs in the current cycle. The supply of qualified head-coaching candidates far outweighs demand. There definitely are more people who are better suited to getting the job than McCown or any other former player who has never coached.

To show how unconventional the move would (will) be consider this. The Saints need a coach. Will they interview Drew Brees for the currently vacant job in New Orleans? Did the Chargers interview Philip Rivers last year? Have Peyton Manning or Eli Manning ever been considered seriously as potential head coaches, with zero apprenticeship?

Is anyone clamoring for Tom Brady to make a decision as to playing so that the Dolphins, Texans, Jaguars, Raiders, Vikings, or Saints could interview him to become their head coach? How about Ben Roethlisberger? Is anyone thinking about interviewing him?

Regardless of whatever potential the Texans subjectively think McCown may possess, every name listed above has significantly more NFL playing experience than him. So if McCown’s extensive roster experience justifies considering him to be a head coach with no actual coaching experience, why aren’t some of these other guys getting chased to become coaches, too?

It tends to prove that this one is sufficiently outside the box to, as Myles Simmons would say, stay there.

Yes, the Texans can do whatever they want. Owner Cal McNair, still firmly under Jack Easterby’s Jafarian spell, will do whatever Easterby suggests. G.M. Nick Caserio, who was able to serve as the shadow coach during 2021 games, directing David Culley like a puppet via a shared headset, will get to continue to be the coach without being the coach.

And maybe, just maybe, it will work. The question is whether it should be given a chance to work. The question is whether others who are more deserving to get one of the few available chances to be NFL head coaches should be ignored.

Consider this. Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has as many years of experience as an NFL assistant coach (16) as McCown had as a player. For the second straight year, Bieniemy can’t even get an interview for the Houston job. McCown is on interview No. 3.

As explained regarding the curious ongoing inability of Bieniemy to get the opportunity he has earned, no one has been willing to make the bet that Bieniemy is ready to jump from coordinator to head coach. But the Texans aren’t even willing to sit down with Bieniemy in an effort to determine whether he’s ready to become a head coach.

Again, the Texans can do whatever they want. And the rest of us can point out that what they’re about to do crosses the line from unconventional to unfair to the many candidates, regardless of race, who have greater objective credentials and who have earned the opportunity to show that they can do the job.
McCown, who nevertheless may become a great coach, simply hasn’t earned the opportunity to try to do it. Many others have. One of them should be the next coach of the Texans.
 
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The Texans will conduct a second head-coaching interview with Eagles DC Jonathan Gannon on Saturday.​

Gannon is the Texans' second finalist after they gave Josh McCown a second interview on Friday. Signs have been pointing to Nick Caserio and company being desperate to give coaching first-timer McCown a shot, though Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer reports Gannon is a "very strong" candidate with connections to Caserio. Gannon has previously talked to Denver and Minnesota this cycle.
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SOURCE: Ian Rapoport on Twitter
Jan 29, 2022, 9:03 AM ET
 

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Interesting if they do offer it to him, does he take it?

League wouldn't mind it, you feel both outcomes work for them in regard to the other goings on.
 

Jack Easterby continues to stay a step ahead of everyone​

Posted by Mike Florio on February 7, 2022, 10:10 AM EST

Jack Easterby may not know much about operating a football team. He definitely knows how to stay one step ahead of anyone and everyone who may be trying to drag him down.

Easterby, who has become sufficiently trusted by Texans owner Cal McNair to basically run the show in Houston, has survived various controversies and questions through shrewd manipulation of P.R. and media.

It started when questions emerged about whether and to what extent his background, as characterized by Easterby himself, reflected a factually inaccurate effort to inflate his qualifications and experience. Because the only person who was in position to do anything about it — Cal McNair — didn’t care, nothing happened. It also didn’t hurt that Easterby (or someone at his behest) managed to get multiple members of the media to write positive profiles of him.

Then, once SI.com took a much closer look at the rise of Easterby from part-time, unpaid chaplain of the Chiefs to the persuasive right arm (and prayer partner) or an NFL owner, Easterby was backed into a corner. So he wisely assumed a very low profile.

From that lower profile, he made his biggest power play, trumping the Korn Ferry consultants who had been hired to help the team hire a new General Manager and bringing in his preferred choice for the job, former Patriots executive Nick Caserio. A follow-up item from SI.com shared a rumor that Easterby persuaded Cal McNair to pray with Easterby for wisdom in deciding on the new G.M., with Easterby fully aware that the new G.M. could end up getting rid of Easterby.

Easterby and Caserio then flirted with hiring Easterby’s good friend Josh McCown before giving the job to relative unknown David Culley, who allowed himself to be micromanaged by Caserio throughout a season that actually went better than expected, given the overall quality of the roster. Easterby and Caserio then came up with an apparently pretextual reason to fire Culley, pushing the implausible notion of “philosophical differences” with a coach who was doing or saying nothing to suggest that he was in any way pushing back against whatever it was that the Texans were planning to do.

Caserio caught most of the public flak for the goofy explanation regarding the Culley firing, while Easterby continued (by all appearances) to quietly push buttons and pull levers in an effort to finally hire McCown, despite the fact that he has no college or pro coaching experience. As one source with a keen eye for such matters pointed out over the weekend, the decision to interview an objectively unqualified Hines Ward for the position of head coach likely was intended by the Texans (and specifically Easterby) to balance out the decision to interview the objectively unqualified McCown for a second straight year.

The Flores lawsuit changed everything, obviously. The Texans, despite a current level of organizational dysfunction unmatched by most other teams in the league, surely realize they can’t choose a completely unqualified and inexperienced white candidate over Flores, who has three years of head-coaching experiences, went 8-1 over his final nine games with Miami, and swept the Patriots in 2021.

Enter Lovie Smith. He wasn’t one of the three finalists as of a few days ago, but once it became clear that Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon wouldn’t be the compromise candidate between McCown and Flores, they had to find another one. They found Smith.

Easterby (or someone else with the Texans) has managed to get some in the media to push the idea that Smith was a candidate all along, even if he previously wasn’t a finalist. The more commonsensical view is that the Texans knew they couldn’t hire McCown, knew they wouldn’t hire Flores (who took aim at the team’s treatment of Culley in the lawsuit filed last week), and knew they needed an acceptable alternative. At least for now.

So don’t be surprised if it’s Smith. And then don’t be shocked if he’s fired due to “philosophical differences” or whatever in a year or two, so that they can finally hire McCown.

Through it all, Easterby will keep playing chess (while most in the media willingly play checkers), finding a way to sidestep any and all controversies, even after he “crip walked on water.”
 

Lovie Smith: Keeping Pep Hamilton “a must” for Texans​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 8, 2022, 3:11 PM EST

The Texans promoted Lovie Smith to head coach this week and they also bumped Pep Hamiltion from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator in a move that Smith described as crucial during a Tuesday press conference.

Hamilton worked with rookie quarterback Davis Mills during the 2021 season and Smith said that “it always starts with your quarterback” during the press conference. Smith stressed his desire to create continuity for Mills as he continues to develop and that he feels Hamilton, who worked under Smith with the Bears early in his career, is vital to that process.

“It was a must,” Smith said, via Cole Thompson of SI.com. “One of the first things I did right away was say, ‘Pep, we need you.’ We have a relationship.”

The Texans own the third overall pick in this year’s draft, so they could explore other quarterback options this offseason but there aren’t any surefire prospects at the position and that may turn out to be a positive for Mills as he moves into his second season.
 

Lovie Smith will continue to call the defensive plays as head coach​

Posted by Charean Williams on February 8, 2022, 1:01 PM EST

Lovie Smith has been a head coach for more seasons than he has been a defensive coordinator in his career. He became the Texans head coach today after one season as the team’s defensive coordinator.

Smith, though, will keep calling the plays next season.

“You know this past year I had so much fun,” Smith said in his introductory press conference. “I’ve never gotten away (from calling the plays). . . . I’ve, of course, been a head coach awhile. A lot of those years I was heavily involved with the defense. At the purity of the sport, I love coaching. That’s just not coach talk, having my hands on.

“I loved calling plays last year. I will be calling the defenses this year. Just look around right now, most of the head coaches who are offensive guys, they all call plays. For some reason, a lot of the defensive guys don’t. I think I can help our program the most right now with me in that same role, so I will be doing that.”

Smith needs more talent than he had last season when the Texans ranked 31st in yards allowed and 27th in points allowed.
 

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Texans announce full 2022 coaching staff​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 21, 2022, 2:19 PM EST

Texans head coach Lovie Smith has been wondering why his team can’t follow in the footsteps of the Bengals by making a dramatic turnaround in the standings next season and the team announced the full makeup of the coaching staff that will be helping him in that effort.

Smith was the defensive coordinator under David Culley last season and the team will not have anyone in that role this season. They hired defensive line coach Jacques Cesaire, safeties coach Joe Danna, defensive assistant Dele Harding, and assistant defensive line coach Kenyon Jackson to go with the returning defensive assistant Ben Bolling, defensive assistant/nickels Ilir Emini, linebackers coach Miles Smith, and cornerbacks coach Dino Vasso.

Pep Hamilton was bumped up from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator. He’ll be joined by running backs coach Danny Barrett, tight ends coach Tim Berbenich, assistant offensive line coach Hal Hunter, wide receivers coach/pass game coordinator Ben McDaniels, offensive assistant DeNarius McGhee, offensive assistant Robbie Picazo, offensive line coach George Warhop, and offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach Ted White.

Special teams coordinator Frank Ross and assistant special teams coach Frank Ross round out the staff in Houston.
 

Lovie Smith doesn’t plan on Nick Caserio being involved on game day​

Posted by Charean Williams on February 24, 2022, 9:30 PM EST

Former Texans head coach David Culley admitted last season that General Manager Nick Caserio regularly communicated with him during games. Caserio defended his involvement on game day, pointing out he also wore a headset while director of player personnel in New England.

“My philosophy and goal has always been to just provide information where necessary, be a resource and be as helpful as possible, whatever that constitution is,” Caserio said after firing Culley.

While Caserio mainly listened while wearing a headset with the Patriots, he actively participated in Houston.

Culley had no previous head coaching experience before last season. However, the Texans’ new head coach, Lovie Smith, has spent 16 years as a head coach with stints with the Bears, the Bucs and at the University of Illinois.

In an interview with Rich Eisen this week, Smith made it clear he doesn’t expect Caserio to participate in any discussions during games.

“People do it a lot of different ways,” Smith said on the Rich Eisen Show. “I’ve been the head football coach for a long period of time. I haven’t had the General Manager involved on gameday and don’t plan on it. Things were done differently at different places. We have a system that we’re pretty comfortable with here. Nick and I have talked about that. Nick’s going to be available to help in any way that we think he should. We feel pretty good about that.”
 

Justin Reid: Hiring Lovie Smith a “tremendous” for Texans, “not opposed” to re-signing​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 25, 2022, 4:07 PM EST

Texans safety Justin Reid was benched for a game during the 2021 season by head coach David Culley for violating team rules and his reaction to that decision became reason to think he’d be moving on as a free agent this offseason.

Culley’s departure and the Texans’ choice of a new head coach appear to have changed the outlook for Reid in Houston, however. Reid called the decision to hire Lovie Smith as the team’s head coach a “tremendous move.”

“Honestly, it made a bigger impact than I would have thought it would have,” Reid said on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “I didn’t know he was in the running. I think it kind of caught everybody by surprise whenever they ended up hiring him. I think he’s more than qualified. He’s done it before, he’s been to a Super Bowl and he gets his guys to play hard for him. I don’t have anything against any of the other candidates, but I actually have a deep love and respect for coach Lovie Smith, his coaching philosophy, the way he’s able to get the best out of his players.”

Reid said he’s “not opposed to the idea of staying” with the Texans, but noted that there’s a lot to play out between now and the start of free agency next month.
 

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