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Matt Schaub: The Bizzaro Carr

Today's Chronicle featured two fine stories (here and here) on Houston's latest (and best) franchise QB.  While the points raised wouldn't exactly qualify as revelations for fans who have tracked the team through the offseason and preseason (e.g., Atlanta traded the wrong guy, The Schaub is the first to the facility and the last to leave every day, The Schaub is a great teammate, The Schaub seems to make the right decisions quickly, etc.), I was struck by how nearly everything written about Schaub is almost the exact opposite of what was typically written about Carolina's second-string quarterback.  

To that end, I realized that a reader could even go so far as to (1) insert Carr's name where Schaub's was and, where necessary, (2) add or remove a negative to the sentence to describe David Carr at various points of the article.  Lo and behold, the story still reads accurately.  This phenomenon is particularly evident in McClain's article.  For example, take this sentence:

"Schaub arrives for work early and leaves late. He spends a lot of time with his teammates."

Now, adjust the sentences and grammar as described above.  The revisions are in bold:

Carr does not arrive for work early and leave late.  He does not spend a lot of time with his teammates."

Indeed, McClain's piece in particular (as well as Dunta's nearly-unveiled criticism in Megan Manfull's piece) is as much a grocery list of Carr's foibles as it is praise of Schaub.  Not that I imagine any Texans fan would argue that Carr should still be the starting QB here, but stuff like this only reinforces the clear notion that Smithiak brought the right guy in for the job.

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I was just discussing this exact same issue at lunch.  It's like Schaub went back and read the last few years of media reports regarding Carr and has made it is personal mission to be the "Anti-Carr".  Whethere it's a ploy or his actual character, it's sure a welcome change.

by Scott on Aug 29, 2007 1:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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If The Schaub is the hero of this story (that's not really an if, is it?), then wouldn't that make Zoolander the "Bizzaro-Schaub", instead of vice-versa?

Seriously, I think we need to get things like this sorted out.....otherwise, our season will be a total loss.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Aug 29, 2007 1:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ouch
My head just exploded.  Thanks, Shake.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 29, 2007 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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