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I don't believe I replied to you. I do understand how my opinion could be viewed as racist, if a person thinks only African-Americans live in the inner city. But we both know this isn't the case.
never seen an episode of the Jefferson’s or Good Times I take it?
Come on.. you want us to believe your priority is not what country a player's family is from? I would think all teams have that as a priority...I’m with you, I can’t not like someone just because of where they come from.
Caserio has until now been in a different mode because of the sh1t sandwich he was dealt.
Now is the time to make good decisions that build this team up.
I’ll be watching closely this year and the next.
Wow I am impressed! This has to rival some of the old 76ers postsNo, not at all. When they announced Caserio was the new GM, I do admit I did have an immediate concern. Thats only because history has consistently shown that all Belichick administrative assistants had never been good or successful managers. They were not adverse in most things required from a manager, such as, negotiating, trading for players, fiscal money management responsibility, player contracts, human resources, etc. Belichick never wanted them acting in those capacities. Their main job responsibilities were pretty much limited to player evaluations. And Bob Kraft was very clear in saying that in the last decade the Patriots acquisitions of player personnel had been disappointing and PFF graded Caserio's last five Patriot drafts as the worst in the league. That's just for starters. That was square one.
Once Caserio arrived in Houston I really had no bias only the use of past history to guide me. My question at the time was, is this going to be another Scott Pioli FUBAR of the Kansas City Chiefs. Therefore, moving forward, it didn't take long to get an early answer and understanding that Nick Caserio was lacking in general manager skills. His very first major Texans decision was to hire David Culley. He only did that after already hiring all of Culley's assistant coaches. So there you go and we are off and running. From the get go it looked like the another Belichick administrative assistant just did not know or understand how to be a manager. I was still thinking that maybe, just maybe Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby could still be right about this guy Nick Caserio they had so strongly recommended and demanded Cal McNair hire.
Since then Nick has earned every single criticism I have given him. Although twice I applauded Nick Caserio decisions. The first when he traded Roby, although he did get short changed on that trade as well. (started seeing a pattern here) The other is when he didn't trade DW4 before the trade dead line. I knew there would be more suitors and said there would be 1 owner/GM who could not resist the temptation. What I didn't know (but I kind of did) is that Nick didn't know how to play the game very well. A mental midget could have negotiated (3) 1st RD picks. What came after would take someone who knew what they doing to achieve the best outcome. That was not the case.
Now, have you taken into consideration that you are a homer, you drink a lot of Kool Aid, and that in your mind, Nick Caserio can do no wrong. You have an unabashed crush on Nick Caserio. Let's review objectively the how's and the why's Nick Caserio has earned so many criticisms in a such a short time. Should we start with the Culley hire?
Caserio FUBARS Extraordinaire:
1/7 - Texans hire Nick Caserio.
Jan thru Apr Caserio refuses to take calls from any teams about Deshaun Watson. A GMs job is to take calls, not ignore them.
1/27 - Caserio hires David Culley, the first HC opening, the last HC hire. Caserio's first hire is the worst HC hire in 2021. It's a also important to note that before hiring Culley, Caserio had already hired all of the assistant coaches. You don't see anything wrong with this picture?
3/2 - Resigns David Johnson to a $6MM contract (makes absolutely no sense)
3/11 - Caserio restructures Cooks contract. borrows $2.5MM from 2022, 2023, 2024 ($7.5MM). Restructure also cancels last year of contract. Cooks contract now expires after 2022 season.
3/20 -Caserio restructures Tunsil contract. By borrowing $10MM from future caps ($5MM 2022; $5MM 2023)
3/22 - Caserio trades for Shaq Lawson restructures contract, then trades Lawson to Jets, creates $1.8MM in Dead Cap Money. This really is a bonehead move and continues to bring into question does Caserio have any idea what he is doing?
3/23 - Caserio trades draft pick for Ryan Izzo. 8/31 Caserio cuts Izzo. - wasted draft pick
Caserio trades another draft pick for Ryan Finley. 5/24 - Caserio cuts Finley - another wasted draft pick
3/24 - Caserio restructures Mercilus contract. 10/19 - Caserio cuts Mercilus creating $7MM dead cap in 2022. Chalk up another bone head move.
3/30 - Caserio restructures Cunningham 4 year contract. Borrows $5.6MM from 2022, 2023, 2024. 12/8 - Nick cuts Cunningham. And the bone headed moves just keep on coming. Caserio at this point has clearly establish that he does not know what he's doing. He's flying by the seat of his pants and has no idea with this plane is flying.
4/29 - NFL Draft. Caserio uses (8) 2021 draft picks and (2) 2022 draft picks to draft (5) players. Don't forget Nick has already used 2 other draft picks on players he has cut. That's 12 draft picks to add 5 players to roster.
7/26 - Caserio trades for Anthony Miller. 10/6 - Caserio cuts Miller - another wasted draft pick. (Man, I sure do wish the Texans had that pick #148 today. Lots of good players still available at #148).
9/9 - Caserio trades Roby to Saints, restructuring contract to include eating $8.9MM in salary ($4.8MM in 2022). Value of 2nd rd pick, only gets a 3rd rd pick. Pick #49 looks a whole lot better than pick #80.
Nick Caserio created over $37MM in 2021 dead cap money. As a result Caserio had to restructure (5) contracts to create over $35MM in order to sign a bunch of over the hill 30 year olds to 1 year contracts in order to fill the roster.
Today Caserio is responsible for $51MM in reduction of 2022 salary cap thru dead cap he created. He started 2021 with $0 dead cap money in 2022, now has over $50MM.
Texans only had 27 players under contract in 2022, that's 10 players less than the avg team.
This is a mess, a clown show, a dumpster fire, absence of intelligent thought, lacking common sense and logic. An exercise in buffoonery, Tom Foolery, menopause brain, lacking in basic skills in accounting and economics.
Texans started 2021 season with 54 contracts and $6MM OVER the cap.
If Nick Caserio had made the following moves (below) they would've been $48MM UNDER the cap. That's $48 MILLION UNDER THE CAP. They would not of had to resort to mortgaging the future to the tune of OVER $35MM in contract restructuring, $37MM in Dead Cap in 2021 and would've added a 2nd rd draft pick. - TOTAL FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY
This is how 2022 started:
B. McKinney Release $7.00m D. Johnson Release $6.90m Z. Fulton Release $3.00m Du. Johnson Release $5.15m B. Dunn Release $3.25m B. Cooks Trade $12.00m J. Watt Release $17.50m Total Saved $54.80m
After hearing the Dolphins fired Flores, Caserio immediately fired Culley with eyes on hiring Flores. Since McDaniels had no interest in the Texans (I wonder why) Nick was going to hire the ex-Patriot Flores. I'm still not sure how Mark Davis was able to hire Josh McDaniels and Nick Caserio could not even get an interview? Can you help me out here @steelbtexan?
Oops, Flores files a lawsuit against the NFL and the Texans. No Flores for Nick or the Texans now. So after 3 interviews Caserio was ready to hire a person with no coaching experience at all as the new head coach, Josh McKown. Except now because of the lawsuit that makes hiring McKown a complete absolute PR nightmare for the Texans and the NFL. Caserio's only other option was Jonathan Gannon who withdrew after being told he could not hire is own coaching staff. At which point Nick Caserio falls down on his knees and screams like he's Zach Mayo, "I don't have nowhere else to go". At which point, Cal McNair, Cal McNair dammit, had to step in and hire Lovie Smith to finally put an end to all of this madness. Whew. That's 2 head coaching searches that turned into 2 nightmare horror stories.
and then there is the DW4 trade where Nick Caserio was able to get .70 on the dollar.
So, no I didn't wake up the day Caserio was hired and say I hate the guy. When I continually take a dump on Caserio, as you so eloquently describe it, it is because it is just like Smith Barney would describe it, every time Nick Caserio has been dumped on, he has done it the old fashion way, HE HAS EARNED IT.
In Lovie we Trust....
STAY TUNED.......DEVELOPING.......
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Where did Will Smith live before moving to Bel Air?
Hold on someone is at my door…
It’s Will Smith.
No I didn’t say anything about your wife…I was talking about your TV show…
Damn y’all! Will Smith just smacked the **** out me!
Which is the Falcons jersey?When trying to pump up your new team/fan base goes wrong. Apparently, his dumbass posted this picture on his IG account but didn’t realize he left his #4 Falcon jersey on the foosball table. LOLView attachment 9970
Which is the Falcons jersey?
What? There are 4 jerseys on the pool table correct?folded on the babyfoot table
Come on.. you want us to believe your priority is not what country a player's family is from? I would think all teams have that as a priority...
Just for whatever it's worth, we call it a foosball table..
It would not surprise if the hiring of Caserio instead of Omar Khan had something to do with Watsons extracurriculars. Cal was weak in the first place for allowing Watson to have sway over the GM pick.No surprise if it's true.
Still think it has to do with the team not having his back during the allegations.
But yeah, wouldn't surprise me.
I think the timeline of events shows that Cal McNair was talked into hiring Nick Caserio by Jack Easterby.It would not surprise if the hiring of Caserio instead of Omar Khan had something to do with Watsons extracurriculars. Cal was weak in the first place for allowing Watson to have sway over the GM pick.
Perhaps Cal finally realized that he shouldn't let a kid who can't keep his own business in order have a say in the org structure.
I'm very happy to be rid of Watson, but we are stuck with Cal. Our team had flaws with Kubiak, but it didn't feel like we were rotting from the inside. Hopefully the rot stops spreading now that almost all things BoB are jettisoned. We've lost so much already.
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Yeah. To waste that much time and effort clearly is pointing to an emotional disorder.Wow I am impressed! This has to rival some of the old 76ers posts
I believe the story was that Cal and Jack prayed about it, and picked the guy that wasn't going to fire Easterby if he took the job.I think the timeline of events shows that Cal McNair was talked into hiring Nick Caserio by Jack Easterby.
All of us choosing to be Texan fans point to an emotional disorder.Yeah. To waste that much time and effort clearly is pointing to an emotional disorder.
And yet we choose not to type out 1000 word diatribes of whine in a single post of butthurt.All of us choosing to be Texan fans point to an emotional disorder.
Right. I'm paid the same here, whether I write 1000 words, or one sentence.And yet we choose not to type out 1000 word diatribes of whine in a single post of butthurt.
Exactly. We all know what your conveying.Right. I'm paid the same here, whether I write 1000 words, or one sentence.
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And yet we choose not to type out 1000 word diatribes of whine in a single post of butthurt.
I'll stop writing 1000 word diatribes when the Kool Aid Brigade stop claiming Nick Caserio as the General Manager of the Decade. A question was asked, an answer was given. And yet they still read. A simple case of don't want some, don't start none.Right. I'm paid the same here, whether I write 1000 words, or one sentence.
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Then the story is that it is written in Jack’s contract that only the owner can fire him. So it kinda doesn’t matter what GM was hired.I believe the story was that Cal and Jack prayed about it, and picked the guy that wasn't going to fire Easterby if he took the job.
Mere coincidence, really.
I think the timeline of events shows that Cal McNair was talked into hiring Nick Caserio by Jack Easterby.
Or a case of the facts.Yeah. To waste that much time and effort clearly is pointing to an emotional disorder.
The other story was the shine was off Caserio after some bad drafts, and the Texans were the only team interested.The flaw in that theory is that the McNair's were chasing Caserio before anyone in Houston had ever even heard of Easterby.
Or a case of the butthurts.Or a case of the facts.
Every GM will have a few fumbles. But every GM is not coming into a situation like Caserio did. The cap was already messed up from the previous regime. Did Caserio make a few bone headed decisions, heck yeah. My thing is why aren’t we factoring in the crap he came into. All the bad contracts, the dysfunction going on in the front office and then add in Watson bull. Therefore, I do not agree with Texain. To me he sounds like a fan who already had his mind up as soon as we hired Caserio. And to be honest the constant bashing gets old. We all know how he feels about anything coming out of New England. My thing is this is the year Caserio tenure truly starts. After this season should tell us if he’s this or that.I definitely don't agree with Texians list of errors, but I will vouch that when Caserio was hired he was more optimistic than he is now.
He expressed concerns that Caserio would adopt the same errors we've seen othe Belichick disciples adopt which led to their downfall.
I acknowledge the argument can be made that Caserio has done exactly that albeit in his own way
The other story was the shine was off Caserio after some bad drafts, and the Texans were the only team interested.
Let's revisit the flaw in your flaw. Bob McNair's interest in Nick Caserio was ONLY because that is who Bill O'Brien wanted for his GM. Bob Kraft said no. McNair hired Gaine because he liked him when Gaine was the Texans Director of Player Personnel. Bob McNair died at the end of 2018. Shortly after Bob's death Bill O'Brien and Cal McNair thought it a good idea to hire Jack Easterby.The flaw in that theory is that the McNair's were chasing Caserio before anyone in Houston had ever even heard of Easterby. Caserio was the GM that Bob McNair wanted before he died and he settled on Gaines. Gaines had to be shown the door quickly and they looked under the barrel to find what was left and came up with OB as GM. Soon as possible though Cal was right back to hunting the white whale both he and his dad had been after till they finally caught him with 30 million and a 6 year contract.
....... My thing is this is the year Caserio tenure truly starts. After this season should tell us if he’s this or that.
He’s taken all those things into account.My thing is why aren’t we factoring in the crap he came into. All the bad contracts, the dysfunction going on in the front office and then add in Watson bull.
Let's revisit the flaw in your flaw. Bob McNair's interest in Nick Caserio was ONLY because that is who Bill O'Brien wanted for his GM. Bob Kraft said no. McNair hired Gaine because he liked him when Gaine was the Texans Director of Player Personnel. Bob McNair died at the end of 2018.
In 2019 Jack Easterby attended the Patriots ring ceremony spending most of his time talking with Nick Caserio about becoming the Texans new GM. Something probably cooked up by O'Brien and Easterby before Easterby flew to Boston. The next day after returning to Houston, Easterby fired Briane Gaine thinking they had a deal to hire Caserio. That was until the Patriots slapped the Texans and Easterly for complete buffoonery and tampering. Again, no Caserio but the consolation prize was Bill O'Brien was made GM and Nick Caserio was promoted to Executive Vice President of Team Development. The Texans Dynamic Duo.
It is now a month into the new 2020 season and there is a player uprising and mutiny and JJ Watt tells Cal that Bill O'Brien has to go, so O'Brien is fired. Cal makes Easterby the interim GM for the remainder of the season.
So in 2021 the search for a new GM begins. Korn Ferry is hired, Cal creates 2 or 3 committees to advise ( there were so many I can't remember them all), DeShaun Watson was told he would have input. All of this this was going on until early one Sunday morning when Jack Easterby went to Cal's house and convinced Cal that if they didn't hire Nick Caserio in the next 24 hours they would lose Nick to another team. It immediately became to hell with all consultants, committees and what DW thought. Cal fired up the jet, flew to Boston and returned the next day with the new Texans Dynamic Duo and his new GM onboard.
Something new I am learning is the Kool Aid Brigade's revision and rewriting of Texans history depends on the flavor of Kool Aid that is being served.![]()
You're correct Sir. Much of that crap has been factored in. Take all those bad contracts the Brigade likes to harp on. I agree there were some really bad contracts. And yet the person responsible for negotiating the bad contracts and dysfunction in the home office is still here, he the Executive Vice President of Football Operations, JACK EASTERBY. And what makes people think that Nick Caserio is a genius master negotiator, trader extraordinaire and writer of player contracts, when he has never done it before? Nick's main advisors and sources of information is Jack Easterby and Cal McNair? Cal and Jack fired everyone that had the expertise and were some of the best in the business.He’s taken all those things into account.
He believes Caserio chose the worst option in every case.
I believe Caserio chose the worse option in many, maybe even most every case.
We’re all waiting to see what Caserio will do in the future. He believes it will be more of the same. I believe odds aren’t good.
Just like we want to see consistent good play from the players, consistent good decisions from the QB. We expect consistency from the GM & right now it’s consistently below the bar.
TltrLet's revisit the flaw in your flaw. Bob McNair's interest in Nick Caserio was ONLY because that is who Bill O'Brien wanted for his GM. Bob Kraft said no. McNair hired Gaine because he liked him when Gaine was the Texans Director of Player Personnel. Bob McNair died at the end of 2018. Shortly after Bob's death Bill O'Brien and Cal McNair thought it a good idea to hire Jack Easterby.
In 2019 Jack Easterby attended the Patriots ring ceremony spending most of his time talking with Nick Caserio about becoming the Texans new GM. Something probably cooked up by O'Brien and Easterby before Easterby flew to Boston. The next day after returning to Houston, Easterby fired Briane Gaine thinking they had a deal to hire Caserio. That was until the Patriots slapped the Texans and Easterly for complete buffoonery and tampering. Again, no Caserio but the consolation prize was Bill O'Brien was made GM and Nick Caserio was promoted to Executive Vice President of Team Development. The Texans Dynamic Duo.
It is now a month into the new 2020 season and there is a player uprising and mutiny and JJ Watt tells Cal that Bill O'Brien has to go, so O'Brien is fired. Cal makes Easterby the interim GM for the remainder of the season.
So in 2021 the search for a new GM begins. Korn Ferry is hired, Cal creates 2 or 3 committees to advise (there were so many I can't remember them all), DeShaun Watson was told he would have input. All of this this was going on until early one Sunday morning when Jack Easterby went to Cal's house and convinced Cal that if they didn't hire Nick Caserio in the next 24 hours they would lose Nick to another team. It immediately became to hell with all consultants, committees and what DW thought. Cal fired up the jet, flew to Boston and returned the next day with the new Texans Dynamic Duo and his new GM onboard.
Can you say the new triumvirate of Fusterclucks Cal McNair -Jack Easterby and Nick Caserio?
I'm just glad that by next yr the cap will be cleared and the Calhoun's will have a boatload of draft picks. This was always going to be a 2 yr cleanup.You're correct Sir. Much of that crap has been factored in. Take all those bad contracts the Brigade likes to harp on. I agree there were some really bad contracts. And yet the person responsible for negotiating the bad contracts and dysfunction in the home office is still here, he the Executive Vice President of Football Operations, JACK EASTERBY. And what makes people think that Nick Caserio is a genius master negotiator, trader extraordinaire and writer of player contracts, when he has never done it before? Nick's main advisors and sources of information is Jack Easterby and Cal McNair? Cal and Jack fired everyone that had the expertise and were some of the best in the business.
I have posted this before but I personally believe Easterby was heavily involved in getting Gaine fired.Even if, and this is a big if, they had a recording of Easterby trying to convince Caserio to come to Houston to be the GM Massachusetts is two party consent state so unless they can show Easterby and Caserio consented to have their conversation recorded they would be in violation of state law.
You may have to post this a dozen more times because the Brigade is in full and complete denial.I have posted this before but I personally believe Easterby was heavily involved in getting Gaine fired.
Gaine was fired on 6/7/2019. If the HR matter was so bad why did Buffalo rehire him 2 months later on 7/23/2019 as senior personnel advisor. A job he still has today.
Try some Adderall. You would be so much better informed and educated if you could read a 3 sentence paragraph. This probably explains how you lost your way and fell in love with a fast talking salesman.Tltr
However the little bit I tried to read
Could it be that Bob McNair was sick and dying, so he hired Gaine because he knew him and didn't feel well enough to do interviews properly?
I have posted this before but I personally believe Easterby was heavily involved in getting Gaine fired.
Gaine was fired on 6/7/2019. If the HR matter was so bad why did Buffalo rehire him 2 months later on 7/23/2019 as senior personnel advisor. A job he still has today.
You may have to post this a dozen more times because the Brigade is in full and complete denial.
Well if the next 3 years are anything like the last year of decision making, it may be the worst ride ever created in sports..... In Lovie we trust that that wont happen.I'm just glad that by next yr the cap will be cleared and the Calhoun's will have a boatload of draft picks. This was always going to be a 2 yr cleanup.
How Caserio drafts over the next 3 drafts will decide if he's successful or not.
Houston Texans CEO Cal McNair asked Deshaun Watson's opinion on team's head coach, GM search (espn.com)I'd like to see some other confirmation beyond Watson's camp about the alleged "promise" made to Watson about having a say in the GM and HC hires.
It seems to be a narrative that was swallowed hook, line, and sinker, in January 2021, but the Texans have never commented on it and the only info we got was some BS gossip leaks from towel boy's people.
Now it's morphed into a national perception of "Texans owners did Watson wrong", which is total uncorroborated horse crap considering the sketchy source and obvious untrustworthy nature of Deshaun Watson.
CnD's post that is the intent of this thread makes more sense and is actually more credible than some anonymous Watson sycophant spewing nonsense to a TMZ media.
The Texans brass have made mistakes. I just don't believe that promising Watson anything was one of them.