Casserly no longer untouchable
Today, the Chronicle's John Lopez penned a column that examines Texans GM Charley Casserly's personnel decisions:
"We're 1-7, but we're not a 1-7 team," Casserly said. "This isn't a sinking ship deal. I'm not trying to blame coaching or anything like that. Sometimes these things just happen. If we make a couple of good moves, boom, we're back to where we should be next year."
On virtually every point in his decision-making over the past four years, Casserly points to what he feels was sound reasoning.
The Babin deal was made because the Texans believed Babin would be drafted before the pick was theirs, and defensive coaches desperately wanted Babin.
Regarding the offensive line, he points to tough-luck attempts at fixing things and weak recent drafts, with everyone in the organization agreeing that no top-tier tackles were available the past two years when the Texans were picking. Next year's draft, however, could yield a couple of plums, namely Miami's Eric Winston and Virginia's D'Brickashaw Ferguson.
Casserly refuses to acknowledge that Carr is anything but the franchise quarterback and the playoff-level talent he drafted in 2002. He points to rookies Jerome Mathis and safety C.C. Brown as players who have shown signs of blossoming and says Babin and linebacker Antwan Peek deserve at least another year to develop.
He sounds like someone fighting for his job. And he is.
That's really nice of Casserly not to blame the coaching staff (except while blaming the coaching staff).
Tom Kirkendall posts more on this story.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/10/05 10:24 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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