Checking The Pulse: Should Gary Kubiak Be Back In 2010?

SHOULD he be? No.

Will he be? Yes.

Hard to fire a coach who is in contention for a playoff spot in Week 17.

I think my biggest problem with Kubiak (other than Chris Brown) is the fact that IMO, we desperately need to see some turnover at the level of Position Coaches.

I mean, is it really Kubiak’s job to teach our RBs how/when to properly secure the ball? No. But it is someone’s specific job (too lazy to research), and having all 4 RBs this year show a poor ability to secure the ball speaks directly to a poor coaching job. You know, common factor and all.

Obviously, I’m just throwing out 1 example here. But a head coach is the Manager of all other coaches. And he needs to know when to cut a bitch coach who is perfoming like shit poorly.

There is NO ONE whom we could realistically get that would Give us any better of a chance to win next year. There just isn’t.

One more season, better be AT least 10-6. And 3-3 in the division. We do play the NFC east next year.

If it fails then kubiak is gone and then you should still be able to get anyone. It really is a dream job, a sleeping giant if you will. Kind of like ATM.

Bengals and patriots rest starters, then each play the same team in the wild card round and lose. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

but I still vote undecided, and here’s why.

Say we lay an egg against NE’s backups.

Say the Jets and Broncos lose.

8-8 and we fumbled our playoff chances against NE’s backups?

Wait until the season is complete. Because we could also beat NE like a drum with their starters in, and go to the playoffs.

There’s no way you fire Kubiak after that.

I don’t want to have to repeat myself and explain why.

If Kubiak gets axed, I have a feeling that he’s gonna be taking Rick Smith with him.
I don’t know if we can get an upgrade at GM. Smith has done a great job acquiring talent and fixing the salary cap mess that Casserly left us.

but that if the team finished 9-7 and had a shot at/made the playoffs than he couldnt be fired. Thats where we are right now and thats why ive changed my mind to “undecided.” I still believe Kubiak is not the guy to take this team to the promised land, but there is no way Kubiak will be fired if we finish 9-7, playoffs or not. I know this is confusing, but I also feel he shouldnt be fired if we finish 9-7 even though I feel he cant take this team much further. I could be wrong about that and the only way to find out is to see what Kubes can do with 1 year knowing that his team has been above .500 even with key injuries.

success in Denver to not at least be given the duration of his contract. We are in the best position at this time of the season than we’ve ever been, and no coach should be fired after the team’s (any team) best year. Unless you are Jerry Jones…

there is a harmonious relationship between Koob, his coaches, and his players. he’s sending 4 guys to the pro bowl, with another 3 alternates. he’s taken a team, that once was a laughingstock under capers and casserley, a.k.a castrate me, and turned it around. and even when we DID lose games, you never saw players talking bad about him, which many are apt to do. keep in mind that koob was never a head coach before coming here, so LEARNING how to win is new to him as well, AS a head coach. the culture of the team has changed. the players have changed. Koob and Smith are the reason… i would expect next year to be even better.

This team is the best Texans team yet, and firing him and replacing him with someone else (at least from anyone who is a realistic possibility) probably has more downside that it does upside.

Unless Dungy or Fisher is ‘realistically’ available and willing to coach here, I’d keep Koobs.
Let’s hope 2010 we’ll have a good O-line/running game and no major injuries to the starters so we can judge fully the potential of this team under his tutelage.
In Smithiak we still trust.

There has to be a coach that uses 4-3 defense and something close to the current offensive scheme to fire kubiak.We should give him a year if there is no other coach.We have players for kubiak system and if we change the system that the players are used to,the texans will go back to rebuilding stage.What we need to do is finish building the team through the draft or younger players through free agency.Probably RB,DT,CB,FS,K,P are our most glaring needs.(Punter because Matt Turk is already old.)
Get a few not to old veterans through free agency to mentor some of the younger guys too.We also need a new defensive coordinator.Frank Bush or David Gibbs(DB Coach) arent doing their job.I think we have the talent if we stay healthy to be a 10-6 to 12-4 team if we stay healthy and if Slaton goes back to his old self or Foster turns out to be our running games savior we will have a winning season!

Winning record and he should stay. Beat NE, Kubes.

this is the best texans team we have ever had. he has had 3 years to get his system in, pick his coaching staff, get the QB he wanted etc. this was the year. instead, we are most likely not making the playoffs due to cincy having a mangina. we probly will beat new england due to their starters resting and we will go 9-7. but that does not cut it at all. it was playoffs or bust for kubes this year. we will not have a better team next year. this is the best we have.(i doubt our first round pick or any other draft pick will impact our team that much.) kubes is a very inconsistent coach, hence all of the second or first half debacles. i want a consistent coach who doesn’t change his mindset through out the game. sure, if kubes had maybe 1 or 2 games where one half went horribly wrong and that was it, i can live with 1 or 2 games. but try 4 or 5 games. the whole problem with this is that bob mcnair thinks that he is the best coach for us and he is our guy. that is bull shit. we have had similar results the past 3 or 4 years ending with an 8-8 season. i dont know why you guys still have faith in him. if this is not the best team we have ever had, please tell me and point out what other year we were better. im tired with kubiak. as long as he is the coach, i wont be a fan.

We’ll have to start a whole new thread to keep you guys from wanting his head.

While we are all sick of being 8&8 for the last 3 years (this year as well), The fact remains that this team was IN every game, and then found a way to lose. This is the hallmark of a young team. At the pro level, the talent level is so high that the difference is one of desire.
Kubes has givien pep talks to the team several times this season and the team responded with good games. Yet this team has played UN-inspired ball for long periods of this season.
This is a team that is on the cusp, ready to become a player in the playoff race every year. People talk about Chower coming to town. Remember that he had several years that were not SB years. The Steelers gave him the time to get what was wrong , right.
Another year can bring the maturity and our share of those close games and THEN we will have more than playoff pipe dreams to talk about.
8&8 again but we are closer than the 8 teams already making vacation reservations.