ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that embattled Texans General Manager Charlie Casserly will be replaced as the Texans GM after the upcoming NFL Draft:
A league source tells us that the Houston Texans plan to fire G.M. Charley Casserly after the 2006 draft. Casserly has been the franchise’s only general manager, joining the team more than two years before the Texans every played a game.
The plans to part ways with Casserly, we hear, are common knowledge within the upper reaches of the organization.
The move isn’t all that surprising. Owner Bob McNair brought in former Broncos, Giants, and Falcons coach Dan Reeves as a consultant late in the 2005 season, and charged Reeves with the task of, among other things, evaluating the team’s roster. Since that’s usually the G.M.’s function, it wasn’t a good sign for Casserly’s long-term job security.
And it’s not unusual for a team to hold on to a football executive through the April draft in lieu of firing him at the end of the season. Casserly, in January, was privy to much of the team’s free agency and draft strategies. He could have landed with another team and coughed up all sorts of sensitive information.
Casserly has spent nearly 30 years in the NFL, including 23 with the Redskins. He reportedly is under consideration for a position in the league office. His contract with the Texans runs through June 2007.
A few weeks ago, there were published reports that Casserly would soon be moving to a position in the league office. That all but sealed the deal for me. He’s gone after the draft. The only question is how long after the draft.
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