Texans fire GM Brian Gaine after one season

In a late-Friday-in-June news dump, Brian Gaine was fired as the Texans’ general manager because, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, he simply wasn’t good enough. It took Houston until this point in the offseason to make this determination, insisting that no one moment led to this change.

Just like the Jets’ firing of Mike Maccagnan after the draft and a free agency spending spree, it’s all about the person who can walk into the owner’s office and say ‘I alone can fix this.’ It’s how most of our businesses and day jobs work—and it’s how your favorite NFL team works.

If the team owner or acting president or de facto leader isn’t answering your phone calls or asking your advice about the direction of the team, you should probably polish up your LinkedIn profile, before the guy across the hall makes it a foregone conclusion.

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Gaine, who was hired January 2018 and inked a five-year contract, inherited a roster so bad that the Texans were forking over draft picks just to get rid of their worst players. He made moves early in free agency last year, notably helping Houston land Tyrann Mathieu (now with the Chiefs) on an affordable deal. And the team finished first in the AFC South and made the playoffs as a three-seed in 2018.

Gaine attacked the Texans’ biggest need in the draft this year, picking tackles with the team’s first and third picks—and everyone in the building appeared to be excited. He now won’t get the chance to see how this plays out. Somewhere between then and now, with just a handful of consequence-less practices as evidence, it turns out whatever Gaine did wasn’t good enough.

The Texans finished last season 11-5 to win the AFC South but lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the wild-card round.

Until the Texans hire Gaine’s replacement, Houston’s football operations will be led by Chris Olsen, the team’s senior vice president of football administration.

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