Did John McClain violate Texan's media policy?

Written by: Lamont

Today as I was listening to the Blitz. During the second hour they announced that Kareem Jackson was practicing at safety.

I thought about a specific bullet point I seen in the Texans's media policy.

Kareem is a Corner Back and media has speculated for years about him playing Safety.

As I listened to Fred and AJ, I asked myself, should I even know this information? Don't get me wrong, I love knowing it but the Texans under Bill O'Brien operates in secret.

I wanted to know who put this out.  I went to Twitter and you know the rest of the story

Chances are, a professional like John McClain cleared his tweet with the Texans, right?

I doubt it, John is displaying that he's the big man on campus and the rules do not apply to him.  I mean, what are the Texans going to do, remove the Tennessee Oilers Beat Writer?

#Texans Training Camp Day 1: John McClain says Watson reminds him of Warren Moon

Let me began by saying, Warren Moon is my favorite QB and I love the DeShaun Watson pick.  I like Warren because he threw a pretty ball and had a hell of a team but they flamed in the playoffs.  I like DeShaun Watson because the young man appears humble and he balled out in college.

Houston Chronicle's John McClain is either drunk or desperately trying to get clicks.  The first day of Training,  John delivered this beauty,

Ed Reed be like

On the surface, this tweet is harmless until you really think about it.  It's probably the dumbest shit I've seen John tweet.  I mean, this tops him crying on Twitter about Ed Reed snubbing him at the airport.

John enjoys the fact that he is one of the few in Houston who has seen both players in their NFL rookie years during the off-season and Training Camp,  I give him John that, but come on, it's lame and lazy to compare a rookie to a Hall of Famer on the first day of camp.

I read this tweet and I thought he was talking demeanor but his emphasis on "one practice" I thought football.  Either way it's simple.  It looks like he's doing the "compare black QB to black QB" coupled with nostalgia to really drive it home.

The funniest part, I am sure Warren Moon who was an established Pro in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and nearly 30 years old loves to be compared to a 21 year old kid from Clemson.

As I read the tweet, I pictured John sitting back on this zinger all spring and summer long the moment the Texans drafted DeShaun Watson.

FED UP WITH HOUSTON TEXANS BEAT WRITER JOHN MCCLAIN? - LM - 7-09-2012

John "The General" McClain 1st Fan Fest 

Written by: LM

FED UP WITH HOUSTON TEXANS BEAT WRITER JOHN MCCLAIN?

I have been observing the Houston Texan’s Beat Writer John McClain “THE GENERAL”.  I understand The General’s job in the beat writer capacity is to report facts as it pertains to the Texans.  I admit, the whole “Beat Writer” title meant nothing to me or shall I be honest, I didn’t know the parameters of the job.  Now, I have a solid understanding of a beat writer.  It becomes a little tricky when it comes to John because his role as a Beat Writer frequently blends with opinion.

No need to “sugar coat” this, when I hear John McClain on air, it seems as if he’s more interested in Robert Griffin III, Tennessee Titans and Hollywood ten times more than the Texans. As a rabid Texan Fan, part of me believes this could be by design for John to avoid saying the wrong thing about the Texans.  Example:  Few weeks back while talking to In the John said “the Texans could have traded Ben Tate for a 1st rounder with the Browns”, it caught a little local steam and his very next visit he said he was wrong.  What I am getting to, the conspiracy theorist in me believes John’s “security blanket” is to appear aloof about the Texans in order not to say anything wrong or out of place in regards to the Texans.

These days, all of the local media is trying to stay in the good graces of local professional teams, credentials come at a premium.

MATT SCHAUB ONLY BLEW ONE GAME?

This past Sunday, I was listening to John McClain on with Fred Davis and Ted Johnson (SR610), and Matt Schaub came up.  The General suddenly transformed into Ray Charles and forgot a lot.  During the segment, John basically said he can only remember ONE game Matt Schaub blew, Baltimore Ravens and oh yeah we are all preposterous.  Contrary to Josh Innes beliefs, we are not all “sheeple” who wants smoke blown up our ass, be honest.  I am jacked about this season and I can only imagine the possibilities with the return of Matt Schaub but I am not a fool.  I can think of at least three games off the top I can blame on Matt Schaub.

• 2011 Raiders
• 2010 Chargers
• 2009 Cardinals

In the Raiders game some say Schaub could have rushed, and some say Jacoby ran the wrong route.  I say, Matt was the last Texan to touch the Hog Skin.  If I’m not mistaken, Schaub had other options he could have gone to and oh by the way, that’s the same game, an Oakland Raider Tommy Kelly said Matt Schaub Choked.

In a position to go in for the win, Matt Schaub threw a low ball to Andre Johnson that bounced off his ankle and landed in a Charger hand.  Some argue, Andre could have caught the ball but I would say, why throw the ball at Andre's ankle.

When John McClain made his comment, I instantly thought about the 2009 Cardinals game.  For John to say, Schaub only blew one game, I think to myself “wtf man” he blew the Cardinals  very similar to the Ravens and some can even argue, the Cardinals “Pick 6” was even bigger because we ended the season 9-7 and watching the last games of the season to get in the playoffs which we didn’t.  We finished the season the year we played Baltimore 6-10.  

I am sure others can name more games that were a direct reflection on Schaub’s play.  As far as Schaub never loss a game but the Ravens, it seems as if we are assuming games are only loss in the 4th quarter.   It would be easy for me to pull games where Schaub and the Texans played like crap for a half or three quarters and finally made plays in the 4th quarter when the games were so out of reach the opponent’s defense laid down.  Yep, I am talking about the season the media all likes to go back to when referencing Schaub’s 9,000 yards while conveniently forgetting we were all bitching about the Texans not playing a full game.

Check out the audio below.

JOHN McCLAIN on WITH FRED DAVIS/TED JOHNSON

WRAP IT UP

Lately, when I hear John McClain, it’s a “damn if you do, damn if you don’t”.  Damn if you talk about Texans because he sounds like a “homer”, Damn if you don’t because people will demand more Texans talk.

Earlier I said John’s Texans aloofness was a defense mechanism but to be real, when I hear John, he sounds so disinterested with the Texans and giddy about everything “NOT TEXANS”.

When he was on with Ted Johnson, John is noticeably excited talking about the Patriots and when it's time to actually talk Texans, well you heard it.

Listen to this other audio below.  John join "In the Loop". Just Listen.

John McClain “I wouldn’t say it, if it wasn’t confirmed” and the next appearance, admitting to a mistake.

I don’t dislike John but he is clearly displaying a giddiness for everything “NOT TEXANS” while being a "blah" when talking about the Texans.  The audio I presented, you hear John being more excited to talk to Ted Johnson about the Patriots and telling Nick Wright basically to move on from the Texans talk, I need to get my Jerry Sandusky Pulp Fiction One liner in.

I wish John McClain could sound more interested in the Texans.  In addition to, when he talks about the Texans, I don't want any of this UTOPIA crap of Texans do no wrong. There has to be a middle ground in John's information dissemination.   Lately I have been looking at Mark Berman (Fox 26) as the Texans Beat Writer.

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