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Old 06-10-2019, 12:09 PM
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There is a rumor that Gaine inquired into the Jets job through his agent, and McNair did not want the man leading the charge on the new direction to be looking to move on, so preemptive strike.

Now there is the chance that this is total fabricated
Two things can be true at the same time, that they caught him looking to move to the Jets AND they realized that his FA signings were terrible and that he got pantsed in the draft.

Demanding accountability for performance at high levels within the organization has not been a hallmark of the Texans to date, so who knows, maybe Cal is ushering in a new paradigm. Or maybe this take is just more of my relentless optimism.
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Old 06-10-2019, 02:06 PM
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I just read 3 articles on this in the Chronicle - Sunday's paper.

Brian T Smith - describes OB as "difficult to get along with" and wonders why the McNairs keep ceding him a little bits of more power as the years go by.... That the Texans should hire the best GM for the job and not who OB wants. Bottom line - he wonders if the McNairs know how to win....

Jerome Solomon wonders why OB hasn't been fired yet, that Gaine was not a McNair hire but an OB hire.

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Maybe Gaine was too stubborn. O’Brien definitely is.

Being loud and unbending doesn’t make a person more right. O’Brien makes confident, wronger than wrong calls almost every Sunday during football season.

Two hardheads battling over decisions is not the atmosphere Bob McNair envisioned, cultivated and demanded.
John McClain mentions that the Texans will have three GM's on the payroll (Smith/Gaine/new guy) and that the Texans considered Gaine a better personnel man than a GM.

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McNair, the team’s chairman and chief executive officer who has been overseeing the organization for the last two years while his late father, Bob McNair, battled cancer, made the decision to fire Gaine. It wasn’t a knee-jerk reaction but one he considered for several weeks.

Whether you agree or disagree, McNair thought Gaine was a better personnel man than a general manager. Rather than going into another season hoping the situation would improve, McNair elected to fire Gaine with 3½ years left on his contract.

Although it won’t fall under his job title, expect O’Brien to gain more influence over departments that usually come under the auspices of the general manager.
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Old 06-10-2019, 02:16 PM
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... the Texans considered Gaine a better personnel man than a GM.
As they say on the interwebs, lol wut.
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Old 06-10-2019, 04:17 PM
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The fact that the idiots at the Chronicle don't like O'Brien makes me think more highly of him. They are in business purely based on momentum.
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Old 06-10-2019, 06:31 PM
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As they say on the interwebs, lol wut.
I think he means that personnel is just one part of being a GM. There's also medical, training, strength and rehabilitation and nutrition.

Radio speculating that Nick Caserio, Patriot personnel director since 2008 contacted the Texans and said he was ready to come on down.

I put his chances of getting the job @ -10000 (a $10,000 bet will win you $100. So, we are swapping out one personnel guy for another personnel guy.


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The fact that the idiots at the Chronicle don't like O'Brien makes me think more highly of him. They are in business purely based on momentum.
Well! If you can't trust the Chronicle bringing the truth, who can you trust?

Full article:

Solomon: This Texans divorce doesn’t add up
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Old 06-12-2019, 06:44 PM
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Chron - Patriots file tampering charges against Texans over pursuit of Nick Caserio

McClain - McClain: A battle looming between Texans, Patriots for Nick Caserio
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