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Head Coach Candidate (Lovie Smith Hired) 2/7/22

The 2011 Texans were the best team in franchise history...had Schaub not gotten hurt, I believe they would have gone to the Super Bowl. Even though the 2012 team had a better record, the 1-3 record over the last four games when they should have had the #1 seed locked up really showed their true colors. The defense regressed during the last part of the season, and the offense was too inconsistent. They probably were fortunate to beat the Bengals in the wild card round, and the next week the Patriots seriously exposed them for the second time in the season.
 
Let's make it clear..............Janice McNair is the co-founder, senior chairman and current owner of the Houston Texans, ... Cal is the current CEO and day-to-day operating head of the franchise. But his mother serves as principal owner and thus represents the Texans at owners’ meetings............No major decisions regarding the franchise is ever made without her input and approval.
 
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Double Barrel said:
This is what I've been saying all along.

Folks get worked up about my ridicule of Easterby - and I do it mainly because it's fun and he's low hanging fruit - but ultimately Jack is just a symptom of something much more fundamentally dysfunctional: bad ownership.

Cal is the moron that gave O'Brien ultimate power after a historical playoff choke and flipping the bird at fans. What successful owner does such a thing? And he's the owner that ultimately signed off on trading away a star player for [insert random reasons here].

At the end of the day, we have a baby Bud Adams here that will ultimately be the source of continued failure simply because he is clueless and is easy to manipulate.

So expecting this owner to do anything more than continue the folly that he's already displayed is. . .well, wishful thinking.

I just look forward to the day when he starts groveling for taxpayer money to renovate the stadium we built. It's only a matter of time.
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You owe Bud Adams an apology.
 
Number19 said:
Can't really tell if you are discounting ALL inexperienced candidates, or only McCown. There are quite a few positive comments supporting DeMeco and Jarod. Are you discounting them as well? These two have little more experience than Josh. I've listed three long established experienced coaches at the top of my list. But if inexperienced resumes are being considered, then McCown is at the top of this list, for me.

What you are ignoring is that the Texans may be shooting for a strong, hands on, GM model. If an inexperienced HC is hired, Caserio may be running the show from the top and the coordinators running the offense and defense from below.

The run on candidates have begun, with two teams hiring today. The Texans have not had a long list of interviewed candidates. Kevin O'Connell and Mike McDaniel are still involved in the playoffs. One will become available next week. We don't know if either of these will be interviewed, but my point is that McCown seems to be on any short list the Texans may have and I, for one, would be OK if he was hired. My emotion would be one of curiosity to see how Caserio's plan for the Texans work out going into the draft, OTA's, training camp and the season. McCown would be something different. The Texans have gotten it wrong in the past. Something different may be good.
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Well, DeMeco and Mayo aren't even being thought of by the Texans to be interviewed (at least that we know of), but I'll play along.

DeMeco Ryans resume under NFL coaching experience:
2017 - Defensive quality control coach
2018 - Inside LBs coach
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Defensive Coordinator

Jared Mayo resume under NFL coaching experience:
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Inside LBs coach

Josh McCown resume under NFL coaching experience:
2021 - Didn't even bother trying to get experience

And for the record, I personally don't think Ryans is ready to be a HC, nor do I think Mayo is, but at least both have multiple years of the grind of being a coach. McCown has never experienced that grind. And no, being a backup QB for 20 years isn't the same.
 
Speedy said:
Well, DeMeco and Mayo aren't even being thought of by the Texans to be interviewed (at least that we know of), but I'll play along.

DeMeco Ryans resume under NFL coaching experience:
2017 - Defensive quality control coach
2018 - Inside LBs coach
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Defensive Coordinator

Jared Mayo resume under NFL coaching experience:
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Inside LBs coach

Josh McCown resume under NFL coaching experience:
2021 - Didn't even bother trying to get experience

And for the record, I personally don't think Ryans is ready to be a HC, nor do I think Mayo is, but at least both have multiple years of the grind of being a coach. McCown has never experienced that grind. And no, being a backup QB for 20 years isn't the same.
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He grew up experiencing the grind from birth. He's from a family of coaches. Originally from Jacksonville Tx. Before you say being a football coach in a football crazy town like Jacksonville isn't the same, then I would say you need to go watch some Texas HS Football. For instance you think the HS at schools like Katy/Northshore/Westlake or Southlake Carroll? You should see the pressure that is put on HC's in Southeast Texas. During season 16 hr 6 day work weeks and having to work basketball/Baseball etc.. games in the offseason. If you're an asst coach you get to teach a couple of classes on top of this.
 
steelbtexan said:
Do you think Florio would've reported this if it wasn't true?
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I am not conspiracy guy, but there is plenty of evidence that Florio is overly negative towards the Texans. Oh, I believe that O'Connell interviewed with the Texans; it has been floating around for a week. Why O'Connell didn't get a spot on the Head coach tracker is for speculation.
 
TheRealJoker said:
Yes. He’s a tabloid journalist chasing clicks. See: His Derrick reporting at the trade deadline.
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Agreed about Derrick, alot of reporters that I respect like Rapsheet got Derick's situation wrong.

This is a very different situation, I dont see how reporting a HC interview, whether they did or not, would increase clicks and why somebody would falsely report an interview that didn't happen.
 
Ladies and gents if anyone knows…

Is there an NFL requirement that teams announce HC interviews? Up until recently it was all whispers, rumors, team or agent leaks etc. Now teams generally announce who they have interviewed. I was wondering if that was a league mandate or just some sort of culture change and teams copying other teams.
 
Porky said:
Ladies and gents if anyone knows…

Is there an NFL requirement that teams announce HC interviews? Up until recently it was all whispers, rumors, team or agent leaks etc. Now teams generally announce who they have interviewed. I was wondering if that was a league mandate or just some sort of culture change and teams copying other teams.
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No one likes leaving themselves open to speculation from an agent or media why they were they were rejected. Best for both parties. My theory at least.
 
Speedy said:
Well, DeMeco and Mayo aren't even being thought of by the Texans to be interviewed (at least that we know of), but I'll play along.

DeMeco Ryans resume under NFL coaching experience:
2017 - Defensive quality control coach
2018 - Inside LBs coach
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Defensive Coordinator

Jared Mayo resume under NFL coaching experience:
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Inside LBs coach

Josh McCown resume under NFL coaching experience:
2021 - Didn't even bother trying to get experience

And for the record, I personally don't think Ryans is ready to be a HC, nor do I think Mayo is, but at least both have multiple years of the grind of being a coach. McCown has never experienced that grind. And no, being a backup QB for 20 years isn't the same.
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Don’t forget he was offered an assistant HC position last season & turned them down
 
Porky said:
Ladies and gents if anyone knows…

Is there an NFL requirement that teams announce HC interviews? Up until recently it was all whispers, rumors, team or agent leaks etc. Now teams generally announce who they have interviewed. I was wondering if that was a league mandate or just some sort of culture change and teams copying other teams.
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Initially, I thought it was a Texans' PR department move. After checking, it appears other teams are doing the same on their official websites.
I don't think it's a mandate because the Raiders, Bears, Dolphins and Colts are not tracking interviews on their sites.

Head Coach Tracker | HoustonTexans.com
Head Coach search tracker: Bowles, Pederson, Caldwell interview (Updated Jan. 5, 2022) (jaguars.com)
Tracking the Denver Broncos' head-coaching search
New York Giants Head Coach Interview Tracker | View candidates list
2022 Head Coach Tracker (vikings.com)
 
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TexansFight said:
Please get informed and stop being obtuse.

Bill O’Brien has deservedly earned much scorn for his poor work as a Texans general manager. Easterby was there every step of the way.
At an off-the-record schmoozefest with media prior to the 2020 season, O’Brien and Easterby made it clear they were lockstep partners in ruining, er, running the Texans.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1484562194612334595
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If someone told me that another poster cited Jerome Soloman as a credible source, I would say that person shouldn't be allowed near rational people
 
There's so damn much misinformation in this thread that I don't know where to begin to try and untangle it and get to the truth.

Most of you have bought into the Houston sports radio story of things and really, none of its factual, they are just playing 6 degrees of bacon - Texan's version with a really terrible outcome.

No, the team isn't helping itself with coaching hires like Culley and McCown but that's really irrelevant to the story that's been fabricated.
 
maverick512000 said:
Steelers are an exception for the entire league and are well known to hold onto coaches longer that any other team. Doesn’t hurt that they tend to get really good coaches including their current one.
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The thing is Chuck Noll started really bad with three losing seasons before the sucess. And by today's standards may have been fired after his third straight losing season.
 
Corrosion said:
There's so damn much misinformation in this thread that I don't know where to begin to try and untangle it and get to the truth.

Most of you have bought into the Houston sports radio story of things and really, none of its factual, they are just playing 6 degrees of bacon - Texan's version with a really terrible outcome.

No, the team isn't helping itself with coaching hires like Culley and McCown but that's really irrelevant to the story that's been fabricated.
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I don't know about most. I know for myself, I don't know what the Texans are doing behind closed doors nor do I care. They lost my interest after their last farce of a head coach search, the one that brought Culley. As far as the fabricated story you are referring to, I don't watch, hear, or read anything Texans anymore. I highly recommend this approach to Texans fandom.

I'm not sure why people even speculate on what the owners (majority) and Texans front office is thinking/doing, have thought/done. The results speak for themselves, and those results? 8-25 since an embarrassing finish to their last playoff appearance.

Personally, I'm over it. They were a less than mediocre franchise when Bob was alive, and it's been all downhill from there.

Marketing franchise.
 
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banned1976 said:
I don't know what the Texans are doing behind closed doors nor do I care.
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Lol, so you're that guy huh? Claiming you don't care but here you are.....feeling the need to post that............you don't care on a Texans fan forum lol...


Feel like there are alot of Johnny's from major league on here declaring the same thing. but instead of saying **** like "wild thing, you make my butt sting!......." Y'all are saying "Cal McNair, you can kiss my derriere!" or some **** like that...

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but doing it on a texans football fan forum...doesn't have the same desired effect.....much like ol' Johnny discovered in the movie.
 
Speedy said:
Well, DeMeco and Mayo aren't even being thought of by the Texans to be interviewed (at least that we know of), but I'll play along.

DeMeco Ryans resume under NFL coaching experience:
2017 - Defensive quality control coach
2018 - Inside LBs coach
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Defensive Coordinator

Jared Mayo resume under NFL coaching experience:
2019 - Inside LBs coach
2020 - Inside LBs coach
2021 - Inside LBs coach

Josh McCown resume under NFL coaching experience:
2021 - Didn't even bother trying to get experience

And for the record, I personally don't think Ryans is ready to be a HC, nor do I think Mayo is, but at least both have multiple years of the grind of being a coach. McCown has never experienced that grind. And no, being a backup QB for 20 years isn't the same.
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This is typical Houston Texans method of operations. I mean their Executive Vice President of Football Operations is Jack Easterby. Easterby has zero, nada experience for that job. Even Bill Belichick says Texans VP Jack Easterby is 'not a personnel person'.
 
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