After the Giants fired Joe Judge, many people thought that this season's head coach could end the storm, and did not think that the team would follow in the footsteps. On Friday morning Beijing time, the Houston Texan announced that it had officially cut head coach David Cooley. The latter has only been in charge for one season at the Texans, and he was cut alongside the team's offensive coordinator Tim Kelly.
Under Cooley's leadership, the Texans have a 4-13 record in the 2021 season, ranking third from the bottom in the league in scoring, sixth from the bottom in the league, and first from the bottom in the defense! That's akin to their 4-12 record last season, when manager Bill O'Brien was sacked after a 0-4 start.
Obviously, the Texans that Curry took over last offseason were a mess, with quarterback Deshaun Watson sitting on the bench throughout the season in off-court trouble, quarterback Taylor also suffering long-term injuries, and rookie quarterback Davis Mills as the starting quarterback with a 2-9 record. Mills did a pretty good job in the second half of the season, and the Texans had some players who did pretty well, but that wasn't enough to make up for the gap in the team's record.
Texas general manager Nick Caserio said in a statement that he and Cooley had "fundamental differences" over the direction of the team's long-term development, while the team officials also issued a statement shortly after the layoffs, saying that "it is difficult to make these decisions, but Caserio believes that this is necessary for the future of the team and we look forward to continuing to build our squad and find the right coach to lead us forward." ”
Cooley also became the league's eighth manager to be laid off, and he was also the sixth manager to be laid off after the end of the season after Vic Van Gio, Matt Nagy, Mike Zimmer, Brian Flores and Judge, and Jon Gruden and Urban Mayer were fired in the middle of the season. So there are currently eight teams in Raiders, Jaguars, Broncos, Bears, Vikings, Dolphins, Giants and Texans looking for a new head coach.
(Aibao)