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"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
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
"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
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.
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!!
Hire Elliot Wolf now
"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
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
Easterby has apparently been BOB's eyes and ears around the organization.
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
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 !
You don’t have a real job do you?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
Keke, the promising TE group and ST doing a 180 do nothing for you?
You mean fat and lazy Pancakes McLane who is an joke and shill for the Texans is not a good reporter. Shocked I tell youThis 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!!
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
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.
I’m really happy if that’s real. We have hope as a franchise if that’s true"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
Yeah but I’ll take a good coaching staff and good offense over that
Wasn’t this supposed to be a joke, just making light of the situation! It’s obviously fake.I’m really happy if that’s real. We have hope as a franchise if that’s true
Who the hell are you? Keep your trap shut. I have been here since the beginningYou don’t have a real job do you?
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.How?
Who the hell are you? Keep your trap shut. I have been here since the beginning
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.
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.
Do you have a link to this video? I'd like to see it.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.