The Texans will not appoint Jack Easterby as their next GM. That’s what team president Jamey Rootes told reporters earlier this week, and that was hammered home on Thursday by team CEO Cal McNair.
“Let me reiterate: Jack will not be our general manager,” McNair said when asked about the club’s Executive Vice President. “But, he will have a significant role in helping shape our future here within the Texans…(Easterby) is going to be an incredibly valuable part of our franchise moving forward as he works with our next general manager and head coach. I want to build something that our fans, players and staff are proud of. It’s okay to be under construction right now.”
The Texans kicked off their construction in earnest earlier this year by firing head coach/GM Bill O’Brien. The process has been a trying one for Texans fans, who watched running back David Johnson go on IR while DeAndre Hopkins added an all-timer to his highlight reel for the Cardinals. On the other side of the ball, cornerback Gareon Conley has been ruled out, leaving the Texans paper thin in the secondary. On the plus side, interim head coach Romeo Crennel has them in the win column, which is more than O’Brien was able to do. The Texans will look for win No. 3 this week against the Patriots.
How many times do they need to report that this guy won’t be their GM? Is the topic that serious that multiple reps have to say something? It seems really odd
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In Houston, there is a lot of frustration and fear that this ownership will allow another incompetent person run the organization. Just like O’Brien managed to find his way to the top, people don’t want someone that has no experience in building/running an organization to find their way into that position. There’s been a lot of chatter on it.
Using your summary, its ownership that’s incompetent. I don’t disagree, but whomever they bring in as GM & HC won’t be successful.
The owner died and the GM stepped down for personal reasons in quick succession. That’s how O’Brien seized too much power. I highly doubt that’ll happen again.
Ohhh! Noted.
That was my question too. There was an article about this same topic right on here yesterday.
The quickest path to success would be to ask Jerry Jones what he would do…and then do the exact opposite.
You want Cal McNair to call Jerry Jones before deciding not to make himself GM?
Pardon the Lord Of The Rings comparison, but Grima Wormtongue needs to go.
Cal, just sell the team.