Word must have gotten around the Chronicle that it’s now okay to mention general manager Charley Casserly’s name in connection with the awful play by the Texans so far this season.
Here’s John McClain in today’s newspaper:
It’s mystifying how a team can fall so far so fast on both sides of the ball. Fans are certain they know who to blame.
Some are sure it’s general manager Charley Casserly’s fault because he’s the one who drafts the players and signs free agents.
Others are sure it’s coach Dom Capers’ fault because he hires the assistants and approves the offensive and defensive systems.
In truth, the blame for this monumental collapse should be shared equally by Casserly and Capers. That’s not a cop-out; that’s a fact.
Thanks for clearing that up for us “fans.”
Here’s some clarity of my own for the bigshot professional sports columnist: Until recently, too many sports journalists in this town seemed convinced Charley Casserly was not at all to blame, if we are to judge by the dearth of criticism from the city’s professional sports journalists of the GM’s role in putting this terrible team together.
Of course Casserly and Capers are to blame. It’s good to see some of our professional print journalists in town starting to come around to that view. It’s still not clear why Casserly has merited such hands-off treatment for so long, though.
