Dubenko.
You could have gone to other teams. Why? The Texans and did
you give serious consideration to the other teams? Especially
Danvers. Ain't you interviewed there?
And
how close did you come to go into the Broncos?
Thanks for the questions on out. I'm thankful for the
the Denver Broncos and we had great interviews. They're great
people there,
but
when it came down to it, there's no place. I wanted to
be any more the age town.
So it was an easy. It was an easy pick for me, is
a no-brainer
to be here. All right. Be home. It was a no-brainer, so it
wasn't a difficult decision at all. It's very easy.
It's business suit season in the National Football League.
We've had two of the coat and tie press conferences. The only
time you will ever see an NFL head coach looking like Tom
Landry, the introductory press conference
Frank Reich earlier this week.
D'Amico Ryan's just a, that's a new approach. Okay, we see guys
stand at the podium. We see guys, sit behind a table. This
configuration, the Texans came up with
with a couple of
nightstands and he's sitting on Folding chair in the middle.
I don't know if there's started today. They brought in some
consultant on how best to present your head coach, but
it's just, I've never seen that one before
with. You can actually see that the coach has legs are. Yeah,
it's just
that's, that's different. So we'll have three will have
three more of these business suit season? Press conference
is coming up, Sean. Payton eventually we think
and the Cardinals and Colts inevitably We Believe will hire
coaches, so we'll see. See how the next three go. But two down
three to go and they can put their suits back in the in
the closet until
the next time. They're hired to be a head coach of a team.
You know, the one thing I thought of, I watched a bunch
of clips about D'Amico Ryan's and it's very clear to see
why the Texans wanted him. Three reasons, number one,
he loves that franchise
that franchise, gave him a chance
to basically burnish his reputation and earn his spot as
an all,
as a pro bowl player.
That's number one. Number two,
He is immensely self-assured.
And I noticed this, you know, I don't know him. Well, in all,
I've only met him a couple of times. So I can't tell you
anything really inside about D'Amico, Ryan's.
I just know this from his players
and the reason why I thought
that of all the coaches in this cycle except for Sean Payton,
the one guy I would want is D'Amico Ryan's. It was a very
simple reason.
The players who play under him, who play for him,
don't feel that way.
They feel like they're playing
with him.
And I think you know I talked to a couple of guys on
the Niners including Fred Warner,
who essentially had, he had a great line
you know to me he goes
this guy did what I'm trying to do
You know, I mean at the highest level of the sport
and he's one-on-one with me
and he is giving me the faith that I can do this.
And and look, I'll also say this those guys loved. Robert
Saleh love them.
And to me, go Ryan's, was the perfect replacement
for for Salah because he's one of them.
And I think that's one of the things today.
If you're looking for a coach now, look,
he's got to figure out who's my offensive coordinator,
who's my quarterback coach,
who is going to teach a quarterback to take us
to the promised land?
That's him. Important. He knows that's not his Forte. So thou
that becomes
the most important job in this organization
who is going to take the quarterback,
put the arm around the shoulders,
give him tough love when he has to and who's going to take that
quarterback? Whoever he is, you know, with the number two pick
in this draft, whoever he is
who's going to take that quarterback and make him great?
Yeah and if that God does a good enough job, he's going to
be a head coach somewhere else. Then you have to find another
offensive coordinator. That's how the caveat that I mentioned
from time to time when you hire a defensive coordinator to be
your head coach. I want
Sean Payton Drew Brees joined at the hip for 15 years.
And I know no matter how successful we are, I don't have
to worry about losing my quarterback, whisper, that's
going to be part of the challenge for the Texans, but
hey, being so good
that you lose your offensive coordinator to another team. As
a head, coach would be the Possible problem, the Texans
could have. Because in recent years,
they have been more dysfunctional as a football operation,
the commanders have been overall more dysfunctional for
non-football reasons, but the Texans have been the most
dysfunctional football operation in the NFL and this
for their sake. Hopefully breaks the cycle. They had one
and done with David Kali
one and done with Lovie Smith, D'Amico Ryan's will not be one
and done. The question is, how quickly can he turn this team
around? I think we all believe that.
He will.
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