Why did the Texans give up on David Culley after one season?
The Houston Texans fired coach David Culley on Thursday. The move means the Texans will have to commence another coaching search after hiring Culley just a year ago.
Rotating through coaches every season is not conducive to executing a successful. Ask the Cleveland Browns from 2005-19. The Browns went through seven full-time coaches in that span, averaging about a coach every two seasons. The 2013-19 period was especially intense as Cleveland had four full-time coaches in that span, including two who were out after just a year in Rod Chudzinski (2013) and Freddie Kitchens (2019). The Browns’ 1-31 record from 2016-17 occurred during that span.
The Texans are in that cycle now after firing Culley.
According to Ian Rapoport from the NFL Network, one of the reasons the Texans fired Culley was because he was not willing to make changes to the staff on offense, which would have included firing offensive coordinator Tim Kelly.
Among the reasons #Texans coach David Culley was fired: He would not make changes to his offensive staff, source said. Houston had the No. 32 ranked offense, Culley wanted to stay the course. Now, OC Tim Kelly was fired and other changes coming, as well. https://t.co/hqn5IQeSP3
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 13, 2022
Leading up to the end of the season, Culley affirmed his commitment to Kelly as the play-caller along with the entire staff.
“I feel the same thing about our whole coaching staff,” Culley said after Houston’s 28-25 loss to the Tennessee Titans that dropped them to 4-13. “I’ve got confidence in this entire coaching staff, not just singling out one guy. I would want this whole entire coaching staff back.”
Clearly general manager Nick Caserio did not want the whole staff back, and Culley was not willing to make changes. Now, the organization made its second big change in as many seasons.
