Nick Caserio has found himself on the hot seat for months now, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be leaving the Texans any time soon. According to John McClain of Sports Radio 610 (via Twitter), the Texans general manager “isn’t going anywhere.”
Caserio made a name for himself during his two-decade stint in New England that eventually culminated in him earning the role of director of player personnel (despite the title, Bill Belichick still retained final personnel decisions). Following multiple attempts at recruiting the executive, the Texans finally landed Caserio as their new GM in 2021.
From a glass-half-full perspective, Caserio has done an admirable job restocking the team’s draft assets as they embarked on a total rebuild. Deshaun Watson‘s sudden trade request (and subsequent sexual misconduct headlines) led to the organization deactivating the QB, but the Texans emerged from the year-long soap opera with three first-round picks from Cleveland. Houston had zero first- or second-round picks during Caserio’s first offseason at the helm, but the team had multiple firsts last year (resulting in Derek Stingley and Kenyon Green) and will be armed with a pair of firsts and a pair of seconds in both 2023 and 2024.
From a glass-half-empty perspective, Caserio saw his organization fall from 4-13 in 2021 to 3-14 in 2022. The team was never expected to compete right away, but Caserio has seemingly acknowledged some of his mistakes along the way. The organization surprisingly fired David Culley after only one season, and they let go of Lovie Smith following his one season as head coach in 2022. DeMeco Ryans will now mark the third head coach in Caserio’s three years with the organization, and just the idea of that coaching carousel had the Texans losing confidence in their GM back in December. Further, the organization fired Jack Easterby, the executive who played a major role in bringing Caserio from Foxborough to Houston.
Following a 2022 campaign that featured few highlights, there were whispers that Caserio could end up getting canned. The organization decided to stick with Caserio through yet another head coaching search, and it sounds like they’re committed to him running another draft. However, if the Texans fail to show any progress in 2023, there’s a good chance the organization could be looking for a new general manager next offseason.
What job security?
Teams are so quick to pull the trigger on coaches and gms now. Im not saying they should have 10 year long leashes, but at least give them time to put a plan into action and take effect.
I think it’s just a reflection of how our society now operates. Everything is created to be disposable and recycled.
….that’s not at all how society works, everything is created to be thrown away as soon as your done and go get something more gratifying in that moment
Unfortunately he just can’t sniff out talent.
Well thats not true. Roy Lopez has been a decent find in the 7th round of 2021
Dameon Pierce Christian Harris and Jalen Pitre all had encouraging rookie seasons from 2022.
When you’re giving out 1 and 2 year deals totalling less than 30 mill to veterans you’re not going to be getting much in the way of big name free agent signings.
Texans have a solid team that plays hard. They merely lack playmakers.
Looks like a creepy Viggo Mortensen… and you usually don’t have to include that qualifier in front of Viggo’s name.
He’s so fired.
Let him go back with Bellichuck