Kubes: I've Talked To Aaron Schobel

"I've talked to him the other day and had a great visit with him. I think it's just the matter of what Aaron wants to do."

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I wonder

If he thinks he’s worth more money than what the Texans are offering, and weighing other teams offers

Or if its true that he’s lazy when it comes to practicing and just wants to wait as long as possible to avoid camp/preseason.

by TexansPride on Aug 11, 2010 3:57 PM CDT reply actions

AOTA

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Aug 11, 2010 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions

LZ just said Schobel to Texans not looking good #trustme on Twitter

no details…I would guess $$$$$

"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair

by papabear on Aug 11, 2010 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

I can't imagine they want to pay a back-up big bucks

nor should they.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Aug 11, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions

McNair? More like McCheap

amiright?

Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?

by nolander on Aug 11, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Andre Johnson disagrees

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Aug 11, 2010 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

Have to rec this, even if it is Shake

I’ll give you a free kick at BRBapalooza….

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Aug 11, 2010 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Sweet

“Kick” is a Red Sox fan’s codeword for beer, right?

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Aug 11, 2010 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll ask one and get back to you on that

……..Oh WTH!!! Where’d my wallet go? Wikid pissah!

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Aug 11, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

well duh

it was a joke COME ON GUYS

Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?

by nolander on Aug 11, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

I think we should sign him,

if he is willing to take a small paycheck. This would be a great back up for Mario just in case something happened to him.

"You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right."- Charles Barkley

by bone31crusher on Aug 11, 2010 5:10 PM CDT reply actions

McNair not McCheap at all....

McTexans are just senseable. I do ant Aaron but we don’t need to overpay.

by The Ice Machine on Aug 11, 2010 5:53 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

How can the Texans claim to emulate the Patriots if we overpay on grey-haired DEs?

And they already have two starting DEs who were outstanding last year and are fully in their prime, plus they have a young stud third DE ready to break out this season?

Schobel at anywhere near his current pay rate of over $8 mill is unpossible!

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Aug 11, 2010 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions

fully agree RJ

If Scoebel wants to be reasonable and take half of that, which is fair because he will only be a situational player, then yes. As TDC said can’t pay starter money for a backup.

It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!

by oiler-texan diehard on Aug 11, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Mmmmmm.....

McTexans…….

drool

by Vega on Aug 12, 2010 7:50 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't see why we can't just sign him to a non-capped-season-friendly-contract.

If he wants his money, sign him for two years, front-load most of it this year, pay him a lot less next year.

I don’t understand why more aren’t doing this.

by krkenney on Aug 11, 2010 6:04 PM CDT reply actions

"why more aren't doing this"

Because even in the uncapped year, there are still restrictions against this exact scenario.

Someone posted it about 6 months ago, but there are only certain percentage changes in salary from year to year right now….thus, it is not allowed to front-load a contract.

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Aug 11, 2010 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Partially correct

The scenario is that a player can only get a maximum raise in salary of 30% in a contract renegotiation sense. You could still front-load the first few years though.

New contracts, to my understanding, can be structured any way.

Why people aren’t spending, even the Dan Snyders and Jerrah Joneses, is that A) people expect a cap to go in so they’re acting as if they have a cap and B) With 2011 being such a huge question mark….no one wants to do a whole bunch of new contracts.

As far as Schobel goes, the Texans don’t want to pay a 4th DE “big bucks.” Good as Schobel may or may not be, he’d be a reserve. Maybe he is the target and bringing in all these DEs are negotiation ploys, but I don’t fault them for not giving a back-up big bucks.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Aug 11, 2010 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions

eh, who cares?

if we get him it’s a luxury, if we don’t then it’s all the same and I’m still happy… it’s not like we’re arguing about if we really need him or not, but rather if we want him

It's hard bein whimpy

by WhimpyJimmy on Aug 11, 2010 8:33 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs