We’re all looking to better ourselves in the new year, but it would also help if our sports teams didn’t drive us crazy, right?

Through the monotonous say-nothing coach speak, wins and losses, injuries and heartbreaking trades, sports fans go through it all and stay watching.

Houston sports fans have much to be thankful for entering 2025: the Houston Texans are set to win the AFC South, the Houston Astros made the playoffs (though exited earlier than usual), Rockets are off to a decent start and Texas football is in the playoff for the second year in a row, there are a few things many might like to see Houston’s biggest sports figures do differently.

As with the rest of us, maybe they should heed a few suggestions in the new year. Here are some New Year’s resolutions they could implement in 2025.

Jim Crane: I will not be afraid to pay my best players.

According to FanGraphs, the Houston Astros do have the fifth-highest payroll for the 2025 season, but absent from that list is star outfielder Kyle Tucker and third baseman Alex Bregman. The Astros traded Tucker, a three-time All-Star, to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for veteran corner infielder Isaac Paredes, right-hander Hayden Wesneski and Cam Smith, a 2024 first-round MLB Draft selection at third base. The depth was needed, especially with Jose Abreu turning into a disaster at first base and Bregman likely being too expensive to keep. But that’s just the thing: maybe just pay the guys who have won you a World Series because they deserve it? Surely keeping Tucker and Bregman on the payroll would’ve been tough, but the team reportedly shorted Bregman with a $156-million  offer—not even close to his likely asking price of $200-million.

These departures beg the question: Why not just spend like the teams who made the World Series this year? Gone are the days of Astroball—the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees had the highest combined payroll of any two World Series teams ever at $550 million. The New York Mets, who made the NLCS and fell to the Dodgers, had the highest payroll of all 30 MLB teams.

Houston Texans Injured Reserve: We will invest in alternative healing

Obviously, NFL teams have the best of the best when it comes to nutrition and medicine, but maybe the Houston Texans need to take the Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers hippie approach to injury prevention. Brady seemed to find the fountain of youth, playing through age 44 with few injuries using his TB12 method: 80-percent plant-based and 20-percent animal based diet, 8:30 bedtime, diamond memory-foam mattress and hydration routine. Rodgers has turned to psychedelic teas with healing properties like ayahuasca and a 12-day darkness retreat called “Panchakarma,” and he’s still playing at 41. Not sure which one of these methods would be most effective, or if a spiritual healer should be called upon, but with multiple starters out for season, including wide receiver Tank Dell, it might be time to call in reinforcements.

Amen Thompson: I will not fight opposing teams (unless they deserve it)

We all get fired up in the heat of the moment, but throwing Tyler Herro on the ground and causing a multi-player, multi-coach skirmish is a bit much. In addition, Thompson said the fight, “wasn’t personal,” but is now serving a two-game suspension. The brouhaha resulted in multiple ejections, a loss and a bevy of league fines.  for the team. Jalen Green, Fred Van Vleet and Rocketshead coach Ime Udoka garnered a combined $135,000 in penalties from the dustup. So, if the fight wasn’t personal, was it worth it? Maybe save that energy for personal grudges.

C.J. Stroud: I will get Nico Collins the ball

Now, more than ever, Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud needs to ride the hot hands. With Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell out for the season, the quarterback will lean on the weapons he still has, and that’s Nico Collins. Collins is nearing a 1,000-yard season with 63 catches on 94 targets for 968 yards, averaging 15.4 yards per catch. He’s had the best season of all the Texans wide receivers.

Joe Espada: I will not use two closers

There are a lot of decisions that aren’t left up to Joe Espada: keeping José Abreu and paying for Tucker and Bregman, to name a few. But he is the man that sets the lineup and makes the in-game decisions. Using Josh Hader in the first round of the Wild Card Playoff to keep the Tigers at a 3-run lead was a choice… especially since he used Hader the next day in the elimination game, which was much closer. On top of that, both Bryan Abreu and Ryan Pressly were used, so had the Astros gone to a third game, they would’ve had no closers.

Tilman Fertitta: I will bring back the Houston Comets

Fertitta is making a strong push for an NHL team, but bringing back the Houston Comets would be a for-sure win as women’s basketball continues on an upward trajectory. The Houston billionaire announced in September he is in “active conversations” with the WNBA about the potential return of a franchise to the Bayou City, and is putting together a bid for an expansion team using the Comets branding and namesake.

Such a return would be more than welcome in Houston: The Comets were technically this town’s first sports dynasty, winning four straight WNBA titles—something no WNBA team has done. And let’s face it: this city knows a lot more about basketball than hockey.