No sir we lost that game against the Patriots. Nick told them to let them score in the 4th quarter. In which helped the momentum to shift in the Patriots favor. We we’re up 22-15. Culley basically said he did not understand why they were letting them score.
From the article I posted it sounds like they were tied and in the 2 minute situation. It sounds like Culley went to Nick because Culley says he immediately went on a line with Nick. You got Romeo Crennel and Caserio saying to let them score. Get the ball back with time and hope to score a touchdown to win. It sounds too that Culley wasn’t keeping up with what was going on. He said “All of a sudden now from that point on I’ve learned to be ahead of those things.”
Culley also made some head scratching in game calls. I remember there was a penalty he declined on a punt or something like that being discussed. It sounds like Culley needed that help a lot more than what we may have thought.
And let’s dial it back a bit - it has always been suggested that the HC should have a person to help with clock management, challenges, analytics.
It sounds like Nick did that to some degree and extent in New England.
Caserio has a deeper understanding about almost all phases of football game and front office operations than most GMs.
I get the second guessing. He is from New England and a lot of those guys flamed out. But he studied for years under one of the best learning all of the previous stuff I mentioned.
Caserio’s primary function in most peoples eyes is to evaluate talent like drafting well and cap management. Which it should be because that will get him fired.
But he is rebuilding the Texans organization. He is going to be involved in multiple areas because that is what he was taught. We have to wait and see if he actually knows what he is doing.
Also - this article is written by Florio who is always writing something negative or misinformed about the Texans. He is also misinformed about Caserio because he wrote “Caserio was to listen and not speak on the headset.” We know that is false.
“Just like I go back to the two-minute situation when we’re in it,” Culley said. “I immediately went on a line with Nick, and obviously he and [senior football advisor] Romeo [Crennel] talked about it, and he says, ‘OK, our timeouts now, how do we need to use these timeouts?’ And then immediately, ‘OK, depending on what happens on this play, we need to call it. If this doesn’t happen then don’t call a timeout.’ So all those things are discussed before we ever get to that point. We’re usually a play ahead of that. When it happens, then I’ve got to be ready to make that decision. That’s usually with all those kinds of decisions.
“I go back again to the New England game, I can remember just like it was yesterday that the conversation went, ‘Let them score.’ I heard the conversation, and then all of a sudden it didn’t compute to me at that time. All of a sudden now from that point on I’ve learned to be ahead of those things.”
A mild buzz emerged from Houston today after Texans coach David Culley spoke freely and candidly about his in-game communications with G.M.
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