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[NcFinest9erFan]

Forgot where I read it but they said Pete would give Schneider final say on roster...

I believe it was Pete who killed the Wilson to Chi trade at the last moment.

Guess it really could happen this off season then?

[49erurtaza]

 

[NcFinest9erFan]

 

[NcFinest9erFan]

Texans fired HC David Culley, as NFL Network and Houston Chronicle also reported.

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[Forge]

1 minute ago, NcFinest9erFan said:

 

That's sad. He got a raw deal. But at least the severance is a full year's pay

[Forge]

Allbright brought up an interesting take that some think that this was done in an effort to hire Flores and hold on to Watson. 

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[Justone2]

2 hours ago, Forge said:

That's sad. He got a raw deal. But at least the severance is a full year's pay

The moment he was hired i expected it to be a one year thing because no one else wanted to go there at that point. And i bet Culley knew it would be too. 

[StevenK]

2 hours ago, Forge said:

Allbright brought up an interesting take that some think that this was done in an effort to hire Flores and hold on to Watson. 

Yea I saw that too! It would be a smart approach unless Watson just wanted to go to Miami. I mean they have nice massage parlors there too I would imagine 🤔…

[rudyZ]

On 1/12/2022 at 6:17 PM, StevenK said:

Miami feels like the old Niner team of Jed favoring Baalke over Harbaugh and we know how that played out…

Exactly. Forcing a square peg in a round hole. You want a working relationship between your GM and head coach. Not necessarily them both always agreeing. But challenging each other without aggression. If you're constantly in a confrontation with your GM, you're not going to get what you want. And if they both agree all the time, they're probably both missing out on things. I think this is what currently works with Kyle and John (and it might not stay like this forever), and what didn't work with Trent and Jim. It's so odd that the dolphins' owner would have issues with the coaching, but not the personnel side of things. The coaching might not have been perfect (starting 1-7 for instance), but the personnel surely isn't impeccable. If you fire the HC, fire the GM. Or fire the GM and let him choose whether he wants to work with the HC.

[rudyZ]

17 hours ago, Forge said:

That's sad. He got a raw deal. But at least the severance is a full year's pay

I think he did more with this roster than he should have. When we played them, I watched the offense/defense presentation at the beginning of the game and was shocked at how few players I actually knew... winning 4 games was a miracle. Or maybe he won too many games, and that's what got him fired!

[Chrissooner49er]

On 1/12/2022 at 12:44 PM, NcFinest9erFan said:

 

😲

I think it would be a mistake, but whatever. 

[Justone2]

2 hours ago, rudyZ said:

I think he did more with this roster than he should have. When we played them, I watched the offense/defense presentation at the beginning of the game and was shocked at how few players I actually knew... winning 4 games was a miracle. Or maybe he won too many games, and that's what got him fired!

Think it was more the Tomsula-effect where the record didn't tell the whole story.

[Forge]

Continues to be talk of Flores / Watson teaming up still moving forward. 

Mara (Giants) also apparently likes Flores. 

Really interesting spot there. Two top ten picks this year makes that a very intriguing trade partner for Houston as well. 

I suppose it ultimately comes down to what happens with Watson's legal situation