in Houston. And truly, what does this mean
when it comes to Deshaun Watson? Well, we'll
start with how this went out for the Houston Texans
. And uh from what I understand. Nicosia,
the general manager, other members of the Houston brass
and David Culley have been having meetings for the last
several days to do a thorough review of not just
his job status, really, how everything was going
in the football department and really just to completely take
stock of things. And throughout that process it was
clear that David Cooley's job absolutely hung in the balance
and Nikos Hero made the decision this afternoon that they
were going to part ways with David Culley. And
obviously the roster is what it is not a ton
of blue chip players. Most of the players on
one year deals and a lot of the money that
was spent on players who are with other teams.
So certainly David Culley had challenges. Never mind the
fact that the Shawn Watson, it was not on
the field one time this season, but they believe
obviously by choosing to fire him, but he was
not a coach that they should move forward with their
in game issues. There were disciplinary issues. There
was certainly an issue of how much confidence his own
players had in him. All that added up to
the Houston Texans moving on from cully after one season
, they now owe him$17 million over the next
three years according to colleague Tom police Zero. So
, a parting gift for David cully, He was
able to tell his staff in a two p.m. Central
meeting that he in fact was not being brought back
. So, what about Deshaun Watson? Well,
let's get to that. Deshaun Watson's status does not
change. It doesn't, Regardless from what I understand
of who they bring in, it would take something
unforeseen to get to Shawn Watson to change his mind
as far as where he is with the Houston Texans
organization. It really has nothing to do with David
Culley has nothing to do with general manager. Nick
a serial. This is about Texans ownership, What
he perceives as the lack of respect for him going
back all the way year from when they hired nick
Assyria and did not consult him. All that has
added up to him vowing to never play for the
Texans again. And I do not see that changing
. All right. Ian Rappaport eight teams now looking
for a new head coach. Thank you. Ian