Would the Texans, should they suffer a 16-game losing streak in a 17-game season in 2021, keep Culley? I am not so sure. Teams that have 16-game in-season losing streaks since the advent of the 16-game schedule (1978) do not tend to keep their head coaches (see the 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns). The Texans do host the Jets, so there is a chance for a win, but it is hardly a slam-dunk proposition. This team is showing itself among the worst teams in history on the road. There is a high probability that the Texans will not win another game the rest of the season. How disciplined is this team? Not very, which coupled with a deficit in talent, equates to a historically bad team. That does not reflect well on the talent, and it especially does not reflect well on the coaching. Worse, the team, laden with veteran players, leads the league in penalties. The team has the worst offense in the NFL by scoring and the defense, while exceeding last year’s total in takeaways, is hardly that much better. Yet, since that 1st half 14-14 tie against Cleveland, the Texans have devolved into the team that many thought they would be. Factor the 1st half of the next game, when the Texans went blow-for-blow with the contending Cleveland Browns, and you might think that the Texans might be a team that might now win a lot of games, but one that sacred the hell out of other squads, proving themselves that team that nobody really wanted to play. The 2021 Texans did not strike anyone as a team that would be all that good, and some could argue they exceeded expectations when they won the season opener against Jacksonville. However, if a NFL team is playing excessively bad, then such moves could be warranted. No one intends to make a NFL head coaching hire to only fire said hire within 1 year. Who would want this job, anyway? You’re a sacrificial lamb for an Easterby in sheep’s clothing.ĭavid Culley on the Hot Seat? Setting aside the fact that sites like can trend towards click-bait-like headlines (they employ Jason La Canfora), this may not be as far-fetched as previously thought. The talent is AA level, and that’s the biggest problem of all. What really is Culley’s fault, though? You could have Vince Lombardi as the head coach, Andy Reid as the offensive coordinator, and Bum Phillips as the defensive coordinator, and this team still doesn’t win more than four (4) games. And, let’s be honest, it isn’t that much worse than Bill O’Brien’s in-game management. Culley wasn’t hired because of his football experience, so what we are seeing as far as his poor clock management, etc., shouldn’t be a surprise. Perhaps, at this point, a little too well. Now? Phew, that’s a tough call.įirst, a quick reminder that Culley is a patsy, and he is serving his role very well. Two weeks ago, my answer would have been a firm no. But considering Culley was likely brought in as a placeholder while the team was “undergoing remodeling,” is he really in danger of being fired mid-season?
In normal situations, a new coach who goes 1-8 is the latest soon-to-be-ex-coach of that franchise. That brings us to the question proposed to the BRB Masthead: Oh, and up next are the Tennessee Titans in Week 11. This is another lost season in Houston, and the only question now is how bad will it truly get under a first-time head coach who is in way over his head here. They’ve been thumped by nearly every team they’ve come up against, and while they hoped the return of Taylor from injured reserve would help, they were wrong - the Dolphins sending them home with another messy loss. The Texans have now lost eight in a row, and they show zero signs of life. When you’re finding ways to be worse than the Jaguars, you’ve got to start cleaning house. (Culley really is the Barney Fife of head coaches, isn’t he?) It shouldn’t come as any surprise that our beloved, bungling, sitcom-esque head coach, David Culley, tops that list.
Patrick Walker at CBS Sports put out his list of NFL coaches whose backsides are burning right about now. Not sure who came up with the term “hot seat” for this particular scenario, but it’s just as much of an NFL glossary term as “A-Gap” and “Bill O’Brien Sucks As A General Manager”.well, maybe not that second part.
This is normally the time of year when football writing people and their talking head counterparts start speculating about which NFL coaches are in danger of getting fired.
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