Texans Can Culley

[HappyDays]

I get why people think Culley got a raw deal, but honestly he is not and never will be a championship caliber coach. Everyone knew it when they hired him and it's still true today. They hired an empty suit to get them through a wasted year. So the players played hard down the stretch, that means nothing. Any coach can get their team to try hard. That's why bad teams with bad coaches upset good teams every year. It takes an especially bad coach like Hue Jackson to completely tank a team's chances. Culley will get over it when he looks at his bank account.

 

Edited January 14, 2022 by HappyDays

[Einstein]

6 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

That is like the biggest farce ever. 

 

That poor guy got handed the rawest of raw deals with the roster and the QB situation.

He actually managed to pull the team together and win over the Titans and the Chargers.

 

Now he's gotten canned after 1 season, while the Ravens get 2 - 3rd round draft picks as a reward for shoving the poor guy out the door into a crappy situation.

 

Sheesh.

 

100% correct.

 

At least he gets $17 million for the 1 year.

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

The owner and front office gave their new coach a crap roster, the Watson side show, and nothing at QB.  They fire the guy of a team that had no chance to be competitive.  Culley may have gotten the best end of this deal.  He gets to collect the balance of his contract ( I believe it is about $17 M) and he doesn't have to deal with the morons in the Texans organization.  Once again bad ownership leads to very bad results.

[Bookie Man]

He's made some horrendous in game calls. He did decent with an awful roster awful roster, but his in game management was questionable. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

24 minutes ago, ßookie_tech said:

He's made some horrendous in game calls. He did decent with an awful roster awful roster, but his in game management was questionable. 

 

I think that goes with the territory of being a new HC.  I thought McDermott made some awful calls his first season here, and there are still some I question but overall I feel he's improved.  Given more time, Culley probably would improve as well

 

[Draconator]

5 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

CATNIP FOR VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bookie Man]

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I think that goes with the territory of being a new HC.  I thought McDermott made some awful calls his first season here, and there are still some I question but overall I feel he's improved.  Given more time, Culley probably would improve as well

 

True he would most likely improve. But to decline an Offside on 3rd down just to punt, that's unforgivable to me (For context - penalty would have given them 3rd and 10 at their own 43 yard. Game was 7-7 early in 2nd quarter. They picked up 12 yards on the play and punted on 4th and 2 inside opponents territory). Just an oddball move, I have never seen anything like that before. 

[TheBrownBear]

Not sure how he got a raw deal.  Got to achieve his dream of being a head coach and he's being paid handsomely to sit around for the next two years.  Culley wasn't on anyone's radar as a HC candidate.  There wasn't a team in the league that was going to hire a 65 year old with no head coaching experience, except for the Texans that is.  And still, remember how shocked everyone was when they announced the hire?

[FireChans]

6 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

It's not really a conspiracy theory when it's fact.

 

Culley was always a stop-gap, temporary solution who could have the rug pulled at any time, but got his HC gig and $8M before retiring. He went into this eyes wide open.

 

Pretty sure they're after Flores tho.

This isn’t even unprecedented in recent memory. 
 

Remember the Jim Tomsula era in SF? A glorified DL coach got hired to be HC after Harbaugh walked, and was subsequently canned after a year.

 

Plus there are reports that Culley’s contract wasn’t guaranteed past two years. If that’s true, he should have known EXACTLY he was the guy up until they found someone they wanted.  

[Scott7975]

Wow.  I thought he did pretty well considering the absolute ***** situation he was put in.  WTF would ever want to work there outside of ya ya there's only 32 of those jobs.

[stuvian]

I'm told things got off to a bad start when he refused to hold Easterby's hand in prayer meetings

[Matt_In_NH]

For those saying its unfair, I get where you are coming from but there is a lot of information the team has that is all internal.  Working with the guy for a year, seeing his leadership (or lack there of) in action.   It is possible they kept him with the same record if they feel like he is the guy to build them back up.  Also wonder if they are willing to try and patch things up with Watson and let him pick the coach like he wants (doubtful).

Edited January 14, 2022 by mattynh

[prissythecat]

3 hours ago, mattynh said:

For those saying its unfair, I get where you are coming from but there is a lot of information the team has that is all internal.  Working with the guy for a year, seeing his leadership (or lack there of) in action.   It is possible they kept him with the same record if they feel like he is the guy to build them back up.  Also wonder if they are willing to try and patch things up with Watson and let him pick the coach like he wants (doubtful).

Only a foolish owner would let a QB pick a coach .  You can have the QB talk to a coaching candidate to get input but the hiring decision always belongs to the person writing the check . Also, Watson is basically radioactive right now until his legal situation is resolved .  Not much the Texans can do with him .

[DrDawkinstein]

4 minutes ago, prissythecat said:

Only a foolish owner would let a QB pick a coach .  You can have the QB talk to a coaching candidate to get input but the hiring decision always belongs to the person writing the check . Also, Watson is basically radioactive right now until his legal situation is resolved .  Not much the Texans can do with him .

 

Watson never wanted to "pick the coach". As a matter of fact, he never asked or demanded to be part of it.

 

THE OWNER told him he would be part of the discussion, and then never bothered to reach out for any input. That is all on McNair for botching that situation in what could have easily been a simple phone call with Watson to let him feel heard.

[TheFunPolice]

Texans might want Flores, but why would he want to go there?

 

UNLESS Watson agrees to play there (assuming he can) due to Flores coming in. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, prissythecat said:

Not much the Texans can do with him .

Now there's a bad idea for a B movie.  QB with all sorts of baggage goes on the run to avoid assassins.  The assassins are secretly in the employ of the team, who hold a big insurance policy on the QB, with  a 'double indemnity' clause. 🤔

Edited January 14, 2022 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[Solomon Grundy]

20 hours ago, Warcodered said:

I mean they just hired the guy and he had no QB going into the season what were they really expecting from him?

They weren’t really!! They figured it would help them with the Deshaun Watson situation, IMO. I know there are only so many NFL HC jobs, but you can’t jump at any opportunity. I wouldn’t have never taken that job

13 hours ago, ßookie_tech said:

He's made some horrendous in game calls. He did decent with an awful roster awful roster, but his in game management was questionable. 

Sometimes when you’re dealing with crap, all you can do is throw it at the wall

[Process]

The fake uproar over this from white male reporters all over the country is absolutely hilarious. God bless america.

[Solomon Grundy]

37 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

Texans might want Flores, but why would he want to go there?

 

UNLESS Watson agrees to play there (assuming he can) due to Flores coming in. 

Didn’t Flores NOT want Watson in Miami?

1 hour ago, prissythecat said:

Only a foolish owner would let a QB pick a coach .  You can have the QB talk to a coaching candidate to get input but the hiring decision always belongs to the person writing the check . Also, Watson is basically radioactive right now until his legal situation is resolved .  Not much the Texans can do with him .

So you wouldn’t let Rodgers, Brady, Allen, Manning choose the HC they were comfortable with to coach them?

[DrDawkinstein]

5 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Didn’t Flores NOT want Watson in Miami?

So you wouldn’t let Rodgers, Brady, Allen, Manning choose the HC they were comfortable with to coach them?

 

Flores wanted Watson or any other QB not named Tua. Ross/Grier wanted Tua.