Texans GM Casserly resigns

[LeftWideOpen]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2440274

I think most people saw this coming.

[ben pequeno]

texans aren't worth a thread.

[sundaysetsashes]

why did he resign right after the draft

[thejetstolehome]

why did he resign right after the draft

i think i heard something on PTI about him potentially going into the league office.

[Chriz2z]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2440274

I think most people saw this coming.
Yup

[fromwithin]

i think i heard something on PTI about him potentially going into the league office.

yep theres a front office position open at the NFL office, and he's expressed interest in it.

[thejetstolehome]

yep theres a front office position open at the NFL office, and he's expressed interest in it.

anything important or...?

[FondestMemory]

anything important or...?

the same position art shell had. vice president of some sorts.

[ThriftWhore]

He's gone before the backlash of not taking Young or Bush comes to fruition.

[bigmike]

He's gone before the backlash of not taking Young or Bush comes to fruition.
according to nfl live yesterday, he was intending to leave after the draft and consulted basically the entire front office and coaching staff and the concensus was to take mario williams. so he didn't pass on reggie bush and then duck out before he got the backlash. he consulted with everyone and that's who the majority in the organization wanted. why, i don't know.

[fromwithin]

why does espn say that they planned on drafting bush, but he wouldnt take only an 8% raise from alex smith's contract so they took williams.

[FondestMemory]

why does espn say that they planned on drafting bush, but he wouldnt take only an 8% raise from alex smith's contract so they took williams.

the texans didn't want to have a holdout situation. they weren't going to draft somebody if they weren't going to be able to have them show up at the beginning of training camp.

the biggest factor between the two was signability. they offered bush enough that was easily top pick money. it was 8% higher than what alex smith made last year. bush thinks he more valuable and a better top overall pick, he wanted more. they could have still drafted him, but chances are they'd end up paying him more than they wanted to and that would probably happen at the very last second, causing him to holdout for a few days.

negotiations with williams were easy as cake, because his camp didn't expect him to be the top pick. they negotiated decent top pick money that was loads more than he would have gotten at number 2, so they knew they'd be able to sign him right away.

then looking at it logically, they end up investing less money in a position of more need and there's no holdout or contract dispute.

[bigmike]

the texans didn't want to have a holdout situation. they weren't going to draft somebody if they weren't going to be able to have them show up at the beginning of training camp.

the biggest factor between the two was signability. they offered bush enough that was easily top pick money. it was 8% higher than what alex smith made last year. bush thinks he more valuable and a better top overall pick, he wanted more. they could have still drafted him, but chances are they'd end up paying him more than they wanted to and that would probably happen at the very last second, causing him to holdout for a few days.

negotiations with williams were easy as cake, because his camp didn't expect him to be the top pick. they negotiated decent top pick money that was loads more than he would have gotten at number 2, so they knew they'd be able to sign him right away.

then looking at it logically, they end up investing less money in a position of more need and there's no holdout or contract dispute.
In my opinion, you pay reggie bush what you need to to get him on the field.