HOUSTON – A week after Houston Texans president and CEO Cal McNair said he had not received news from quarterback Deshaun Watson since hiring general manager Nick Caserio, McNair said he has now “connected texts” with Watson .
“It’s no secret that he’s disappointed in communication during the hiring process,” McNair said, according to an interview with the Houston Chronicle and Fox 26 Houston.
The day the Texans announced the hiring of Caserio, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Watson was unhappy with the process, as, according to league sources, “Watson offered input on possible CEO candidates, but the Texans neither considered nor consulted those endorsed by their franchise quarterback. “
Now, McNair says jeans “fly [Watson] Watson learned on social media, not the team, that the Texans had hired Caserio, several sources told Schefter.
In the interview, McNair also said he will not fire Jack Easterby, the executive vice president of football operations for the Texans. Earlier in the week, Texans receiver Andre Johnson tweeted that he was on Watson’s side and criticized Easterby.
“The Texan organization is known to waste the players’ careers, ”Johnson tweeted. “Since Jack Easterby entered the building nothing good has happened to the organization and for some reason someone can’t see what’s going on. Pathetic !!!”
McNair initially said Easterby would not be involved in the hiring process for the next jeans general manager, but said at Caserio’s introductory press conference that he did ask for Easterby’s comments “about Nick as a leader” during the process. of decision.
“Jack and I have had a very special relationship,” Caserio said. “It goes back several years … I have great respect and admiration for him. Any personal decision that will be made will be taken as a group, but ultimately it is a responsibility that Cal has instilled in me, is to manage the side of the football operations staff. So that’s the expectation of moving forward. “
Schefter also reported that after the Texans changed wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, Watson’s anger level was “a 2. … This time, it’s a 10.”
Friday, Watson tweeted“I was on the 2nd and then I took it to 10.” Less than 30 minutes later, Watson he tweeted, “Future – Mo Real Vibrates!” This song contains the lyrics: “I was at 2 and then I took it to 10.”
“The change is tough and we are experiencing changes and I accept that not everything has gone perfectly,” McNair said in the interview. “It’s very difficult and we’re working on it. If the players, the media and the fans are upset, this is for me and I will apologize for my actions or communications that have generated mistrust and I accept the frustrations of these teams and fans”.