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Brian Gaine Fired

"Im not my dad! Im not as passive! I wanted ******* Andre Dillard and he gets me a guy that isnt ready to step in! I eeded goddamn impact players and he wants to be loyal to Buffalo guys! I need changes and I need them right ******* now!" - Cal McNair (x-player) got the text from somebody he is close to in the office, that was Cals rant a few min ago
 
How sudden was the #Texans firing of Brian Gaine? A handful of people in personnel didn’t know it was happening until moments before the statement went out.

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) June 7, 2019
 
Texansballer74 said:
"Im not my dad! Im not as passive! I wanted ******* Andre Dillard and he gets me a guy that isnt ready to step in! I eeded goddamn impact players and he wants to be loyal to Buffalo guys! I need changes and I need them right ******* now!" - Cal McNair (x-player) got the text from somebody he is close to in the office, that was Cals rant a few min ago
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Huge if that's even remotely true.
 
zshawn10 said:
Considering Nick Caserio was Texans’ first choice as GM the last time and he and Bill O’Brien are good friends, I’m sure the first call will be to him to replace Brian Gaine.

— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) June 7, 2019


with friends like OB…

Texans better already have that hand shake agreement with whichever GM they want, because there's no way I'd leave NE/PHI (Douglas) with a HC controlling my career path.

Gaine was "his guy" too & he just took him fishing like Fredo https://t.co/sXd1k65jnA

— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) June 7, 2019
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Good info. I’ve read many reports today and those two stand out the most. Seems like stories are leaning to Douglas and the Eagles won’t stop him. For some reason Houston is considered one of the most desired landing spots in the NFL. I believe they already know who it’s gonna be. Perhaps someone’s sudden interest and availability precipitated this. Why else RIGHT NOW?
 
Texansballer74 said:
"Im not my dad! Im not as passive! I wanted ******* Andre Dillard and he gets me a guy that isnt ready to step in! I eeded goddamn impact players and he wants to be loyal to Buffalo guys! I need changes and I need them right ******* now!" - Cal McNair (x-player) got the text from somebody he is close to in the office, that was Cals rant a few min ago
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I don’t believe a rookie that the NFL thought to be valued in the 20s cost a GM his job. Especially before training camp has even started.
 
TexansFight said:
Hire Elliot Wolf now
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No good GM is gonna come be Obriens yes man

Texansballer74 said:
"Im not my dad! Im not as passive! I wanted ******* Andre Dillard and he gets me a guy that isnt ready to step in! I eeded goddamn impact players and he wants to be loyal to Buffalo guys! I need changes and I need them right ******* now!" - Cal McNair (x-player) got the text from somebody he is close to in the office, that was Cals rant a few min ago
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Dunno if true but he's actually repeating the mistake by being too afraid to make a decision without O'Brien. That was Bob and Rick.
 
zshawn10 said:
One name to watch for the #Texans GM opening: #Patriots de facto GM Nick Caserio. Houston put in for him last time and is expected to do so again, per me and @TomPelissero. We’ll see if the Texans get permission.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 7, 2019
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For the love of god I wish we’d try to get our own identity and quit being Pats unwanted stepchild.

Reaching on an OT in the first that should’ve went in the 3rd. Allowing the wanted to be taken, and the clowney situation. Gaine was awful. Thanks for Justin Reid, but nothing else
 
Would love Caserio or Douglas; if we get someone else besides them, then I don't know. To fire Gaine and get a downgrade at the gm position...
 
IDEXAN said:
I'm listening to 610 right now whn I hear this - is it April 1 !
610 Speculating that BG has been a badboy in a moral or ethical sense.
I dunno will SteelB apply for the open position ?
Is Rick Smith coming back ? Inquiring minds want to know ?
Cal is large and in charge !
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I’m Team steelb and Texian combo for new GM. Honestly, I think the Texans would be better run if our board consensus made decisions
 
It’s reported Douglas declined Jets offer only over money. Even their sportswriters think he’s temporary. Could be Cal got motivated once he understood what it would take to get him and made him an offer? Sudden availability?
 
On #Texans firing Brian Gaine, remember Gettleman getting fired by #Panthers partially due to extensions not getting done. Not only did Gaine make zero progress extending Clowney, he shopped him to the #Chiefs in April. Overall, this pivotal offseason in Houston was pretty quiet.

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) June 7, 2019
 
Yowsers. I mean, really, he had 2 probably but not for sure bad picks over two drafts, and he did very well outside of the 2nd round. I don't disagree with the free agency moves either. The non-moves, well, who knows what he tried or what O'Brien wanted.
 
"A heated exchange"

I'd guess that could have happened, or Cal's just doing a Bud Adams and trying to appease fans who didn't like our recent draft ratings and to make Gaine account for bad publicity. Got to one-up Fertitta in making his mark as a new, serious owner who won't wait for success.
 
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dalemurphy said:
This just highlights how incredibly poor the sports journalism in Houston is. Not only were we not given a single story about issues within the organization before this firing happened, nobody has any clue was caused it. Lazy and lame media!!
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You mean fat and lazy Pancakes McLane who is an joke and shill for the Texans is not a good reporter. Shocked I tell you
 
281Texan said:
Being great at punt coverage is meaningless. Unless you’re Bill O’briens Texans and punt or kick a field goal every offensive possession. Rather be good at offense or defense
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And that dismissal of ST is why the team sucked at it for so long and cost them multiple games. Heck it basically won the Buffalo game last season. Field position is important.
 
Yes, O'Brien finally did something to begin actual complementary football instead of using the term to motivate our defense to overcome the other two phases. Too bad he hasn't done the same to fix the offensive line coaching.
 
No great loss
Did nothing this offseason or in draft. JD still here and not happy now. Will be interesting to see what happens with JD
May tell us one of the issues
Hope BOB next
 
Texansballer74 said:
"Im not my dad! Im not as passive! I wanted ******* Andre Dillard and he gets me a guy that isnt ready to step in! I eeded goddamn impact players and he wants to be loyal to Buffalo guys! I need changes and I need them right ******* now!" - Cal McNair (x-player) got the text from somebody he is close to in the office, that was Cals rant a few min ago
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I’m really happy if that’s real. We have hope as a franchise if that’s true
 
And this is exactly the kind of **** that got me to the point of really not caring how this turns out.

Regardless of the sport good owners find good people who then hire other good people, draft and sign good people, and all together execute whatever “the plan” is. On average those owners teams experience success. Sometimes it’s interrupted by things beyond their control. Sometimes it goes on and on.

When Jim Crane bought the Astros he went and found a man (THE man) with the skills and a plan. It all flowed from there and here we are with a deep baseball team, a stocked farm system, a Championship, and multiple 100 win seasons.

When Bob McNair bought the Texans he went out and got a failed GM in Casserly who hired average-to-bad coaches and scouts none of whom had a plan beyond their own narrow scope of responsibility. They drafted poorly and accomplished little. No one seemed to learn anything from the experience because the same people (and their successors) in charge seem to be randomly getting the same crap wrong every year as they go along.

Successful teams start with good owners and we’ve never had one in Houston where football is concerned. Success in oil and gas, real estate, or some other business doesn’t make you qualified to be a successful NFL owner. It just gives you the scratch to get in the game. The McNairs are wealthy chumps. Their football team history illustrates that better than anything else ever could.

That’s why I stopped caring about football. The Texans suck.
 
Gaine's overly self-serious PCs and the video of him before drafting Howard where he seemed to be preaching and overpowered by emotion looked phony and creepy. I wouldn't be surprised if Gaine did something creepy inappropriate behind the scenes.

But many Texans staff have been like that, have a plastered-on "goodness."

Gaine being fired may well be as simple as Rick Smith being brought back because Cal thinks Smith is a "good, religious man," so it's okay to just dump Gaine for semi-cultural, non-professional reasons.
 
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Bleeding Green Nation reporting that the chance of The Eagles keeping Douglas is next to none. Even said the only reason he was not allowed to interview with the Texans last year when he was their first choice was only because of the playoffs. He makes sense at this point. Cal just HAS to know who his next GM will be before letting go a good one at this weird time. Sounds like the NE guy is being groomed for a higher position after BB is gone.
 
infantrycak said:
How?
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Maccagnan was with the Texans since the beginning. Cal has known him forever. When Mike became available, Cal began to look at Gaine with a more critical eye.

That's if Cal is really the guy behind the firing. If this is a move orchestrated by O'Brien, it must be someone with Patriot ties.

I can see Cal being upset with the lack of splash in the offseason. No big FA signings. No big tradeup in the draft. No Clowney extension or trade. No nothing. It's possible that Cal felt that Gaine didn't include him enough. Not in the way an old friend like Maccagnan would.
 
#Eagles VP of Player Personnel Joe Douglas may get the chance to choose between the #Jets and #Texans GM jobs.

I spoke to an NFL exec who said one job has a much better setup than the other.https://t.co/RTxCZDDLPi

— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) June 7, 2019

If Philadelphia Eagles vice president of player personnel Joe Douglas has a choice between the Jets and Houston Texans general manager jobs, one NFL executive thinks it won’t be a difficult decision to make.

The executive, who spoke to NJ Advance Media on the condition anonymity, said the Texans’ job is more appealing than the Jets’ opening.

The executive said Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins are better building blocks than what the Jets currently have in place.

"The quarterback is better and proven," the NFL executive told NJ Advance Media. "Hopkins is a beast."

The Texans fired general manager Brian Gaine on Friday.

Gaine’s firing comes just a few weeks after the Jets pulled a similar move with former general manager Mike Maccagnan. The Jets have already interviewed four candidates for the job, including Douglas.

Just 18 months later, the Texans job has been reopened and Douglas seems to be the top prospect on the market. Douglas was influential in building the Eagles’ roster that won Super Bowl LII and made a second consecutive playoff run last season.

Douglas’ résumé is even more impressive than it was in 2018. His results over the last two years as Howie Roseman’s right-hand man should appeal to the Texans.

If the Texans are interested in Douglas, the feeling could be mutual.

The executive pointed to the Texans’ recent success as an indicator of the organization’s appeal. The Texans have a record of 42-38 over the past five seasons. Houston has won three of the last five AFC South division titles. Texans coach Bill O’Brien has produced just one losing season during his tenure.

Meanwhile, the Jets have gone 28-52 during that same stretch. The Jets have finished last in the AFC East in four of the last five seasons. Along with that history of losing, Jets head coach Adam Gase was fired by the Miami Dolphins after a forgettable three-year stint.

"Houston has a better track record of success," the executive said while explaining the Texans’ job appeal.

Timing could also play into the appeal of both jobs. If the Jets are willing to make a hire now, as they are more prepared to do, Douglas could look to take the first job offered to him.

However, if Douglas is willing to be patient, a jump to Houston would make a lot of sense.
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Before the now-fired GM Brian Gaine took #Texans job, HOU was interested in #Cowboys exec Will McClay. He stayed in DAL then; #CowboysNation can, we’re told, assume McClay will again stay w Jones family. pic.twitter.com/jTygyeK6OV

— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) June 7, 2019

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/06/07/houston-texans-fire-gm-brian-gaine

We’ll get more dirt on the firing in the days and weeks to come, but Gaine should be able to deflect any criticism that comes his way. People in the business always mention how hard it is to get a second shot in the GM chair, but Gaine could counter by saying: Whose fault is it that we couldn’t protect Deshaun Watson in my only season here—the guy who had no first-round or second-round pick in his first year on the job, or the guy who kept calling designed runs for a quarterback already taking a beating?

Maybe the rumors are true, and Houston, along with the Jets, is chasing Eagles personnel man Joe Douglas. Maybe he’s that good. Maybe the Texans make some other creature-comfort maneuver to pacify the head coach because, at least from the outside, that seems to be most important. (Adam Schefter is floating a gaggle of Patriots executives.)

Either way, the team let someone go who didn’t deserve to be fired that way—like a person doing a bad job and not a person who didn’t even have the time and opportunity to build a foundation—seemingly because another person who should be taking equal blame for whatever is wrong believed that a change had to happen.
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