Bob McNair Says He'll "Make Some Changes," But Is Gary Kubiak One of Them?

Same Old, Same Old….. get used to mediocre

and the other business has the potential to be great but doesn’t have the right pieces in place, I would tell the owner they were doing a great job, are on the right track and to not change anything also. Wake up McNair, why would they want you to change anything when you’re sitting there at 5-8?

and we get together as friends who network with each other regularly. After a killer year of blowing out my sales numbers (to their misfortune and loss as competitors), I usually pick up the bar tab and tell them; “you guys are on the right track and keep up the great work!”

How many of these NFL owners really want to see the Texans in the playoffs? They would love for us to keep between 5 and 8 wins a year to stay out of the playoffs and in the middle of the draft.

How many of these owners really watched the MNF game? How many continued to watch after half time? I can’t imagine them sitting around watching this game. I think Bob was dooped by his peers.

Yet totally predictable. I get the logic of keeping Kubes and all, but man…I cannot fathom another owner employing a head coach for six years who’s never made the playoffs and has only had one winning season, barring some sort of very unique circumstances (e.g., franchise moving to a new city).

Silver lining: With his refusal to fire his underachieving head coach, McNair is making the Texans’ head coaching gig the most attractive job in the entire NFL.

Is McNair naive or is he shrewd?

Does McNair listen to others and act on what they say or does he listen and then use what they tell him to plot against them?

Is McNair happy towing the line and giving the fans mediocrity or is he serious about winning?

Is McNair sleeping on the job or is he charging out of his corner fighting mad?

Is McNair personally too close to his employees or is he able to shake that hand and show some the door that needs to be shown the door?

Does McNair listen to other owners or does he listen to the fans?

Does McNair have a business plan to win or does he have a business plan to stay profitable?

I could go on, but you get the point…..

I’d lost confidence in him and wanted him fired. But right now, I don’t mind if he comes back, provided we get a REAL defensive coordinator in here. I don’t know why I’ve changed my mind, maybe its just that I know he’ll be back, maybe its that I don’t want our offense to take a step backward. I don’t know, but a a good DC is a MUST for this organization.

Kubiak and the Texans will do just enough to keep Bob thinking,,,“we are so close, to being that special team”

As fans of the Texans we must embrace mediocrity, because this is who the Texans are and they always will be until Kubiak is gone.

It’s like golf, it sucks really bad and I hate it, then I hit that one sweet shot and I’m hooked again…..(to be honest I haven’t played golf since my now 14 year old daughter was an infant, but that’s how I felt then)

The Texans can be so disheartening that trolls and haters can’t even make up stuff to bash us fans anymore, because we bash the team so bad for the crap they put us through.

I think Kubiak will deliver us some playoff appearances at some point, but we will still be mediocre.

But I aint leaving….GO TEXANS!!!

on Jan. 3rd and someone worth a shit is hired by the end of the month, I will be ok for another year. I’d like to see how the team could do with even a mediocre defense. If it doesn’t make the playoffs with an improved defense, then thats the end of the line for my bandwagon.

We’re the team everyone feels sorry for. Perfect.

• eye roll **

Maybe Bob McNair is just taking this moment to make his tried and true, tested statements to see what the temperature of the fans is. Maybe, BRB is his answer-machine. Hear me out. McNair, behind closed doors, gets with his confidantes and devises a plan of action.

Bob: “Guys, I need some guidance on this. I am lost!”

Confidante #1: “Well, we have to be consistent and make it look like you can’t make decisions.”

Confidante #2: You ARE too close to the coaches."

Bob: “It would hurt their feelings if I just came down on them and fired them. My feelings would be hurt, too.”

Confidante #1: “We have to make it look like you have no choice.”

Confidante #2: “I know! Let’s prepare the usual statement. Bring the other owners into it!”

Confidante #1: “Yes, we need to elevate fan anger somehow!”

Bob: “But we just lost a game after a21 point deficit comeback, in OT! How can we anger them more?”

Confidante #2: “Wait! The other owners think what you are doing is swell!”

Confidante #1: “Right! Tell them that. The fans will react. The fans will tell you what to do!”

Bob: “You mean, I will have no choice but to listen to the fans and fire the coaching staff?”

Confidante #2: “BINGO!”

Bob: “Hahaha! For a minute there, I thought you were serious….”

Confidante #1: “Tow the line?”

Confidante #2: “Yeh…. just because the BRBers think it, that can’t persuade us.”

Bob: “Okay, set the press conference up. I need to practice my down-home Texas sincerity.”

How honest could he possibly be??

Haivng said that, it is only fair to recognize that with a MARGINALLY better defense this team would be in the playoffs.

Of course Kubiak hired Bush…so….another bad playcall….

I guess this was not a surprise to hear. Good qualified coaches would line up in droves to come to Houston – it is likely to not take much to fix.

Lord kept contradicting callers who listened to what McNair said that thought McNair was saying he would change things. Lord insisted that is not what McNair said. He went back and replayed it several times and he got all stuck on the exact words McNair spoke. I thought I was listening to an analysis of Clinton-speak, “I did not have sex with that woman……..” pause, “Monica Lewinsky.” but you know what, no matter what McNair said, exactly, is there anyone here that believes we will see real action and real change.

Is how our players regress from year to year. Like someone will have a great rookie year and Smithiak will look like a genius, then they’re start sucking and ultimately be benched or released.

That to me means bad coaching. But I would guess it has more to do with position coaches.

Wow! No matter what, you guys keep it exciting while still giving us the W. Keep up the good work.

been average. But those have been with a great December record. Not so much this year.

Get a real DC playoffs 2011. Simple.

…TT, but a quick glance over there shows a critical mass type meltdown in progress. It’s actually quite comical in a way, they are trying to organise rallies against Bob and sending him letters with their tickets and jerseys. No, I’m not making it up, really…

How you can say Bush is a “sacrificial lamb.” That term generally implies innocence is behind sacrificed. FB is NOT even close to innocent. Ditch every single D coach (maybe keep the LB coach), plus the DC. Even if we sign/trade for some average secondary players next year, we’ll be able to kick some serious tail.

We should remember that the Texans and the Titans both had the toughest schedules this year and to throw the youngest secondary in the entire NFL against the Mannings, Rivers, McNabb, Romo, and some of the others…well…what did you expect?

Cowher, came in as DC? I doubt he would, but make him assistant HC and if/when Kubiak….well acts like Kubiak then OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

I’m not sure I expect Schaub to connect on every pass. Yeah, he started the game slowly, then the receivers who are normally pretty solid began dropping balls. I just don’t buy this idea that the O have to play perfect every play, because that’s what you’re asking them to do to account for the ridiculously bad D.

Also, not taking up for Kubiak, but if he had run in OT and got stuffed or worse, fumbled, then you would have been the first to say “why didn’t you stick with what was working in the 4th qtr Kubiak!”.

Everything is clearer in hindsight.

…and I’ll be happy.