Bob McNair Would Rather Save His Money Than Sign High-Priced Free Agents

by Rip Jersey on Jan 11, 2011 6:02 PM CST

“Most teams are stressed economically and do not have the money,” Mcnair said. That was his answer to the question why teams can't spend indiscriminately on free agents. Let me translate that for you.

"The Texans will not spend big money on free agents."

So, if you have dreams of Nmadi Asomugha coming to the Texans, well, that may just be a pipe dream. Trying to get that difference-maker CB or NT in the free agent market is not on Bob McNair's To-Do List. Rick Smith could easily go out and get that difference-maker if the purse strings weren't tied, but that isn't the case. Bob says, "most teams." When Bob says that, he means "the Texans." It is time to start understanding Bob-speak. Bob won't go out and buy a playoff team.

What is the best free agent acquisition ever by Bob's Texans? DE Antonio Smith, maybe? He is really just an average DE and his play has not done anything to elevate the Texans defense, which was arguably the worst in the NFL this past season. Smith's frequent mistakes in the form of offside and personal fouls resulted in many extended offensive drives by the opposing offenses this past season.

The Texans have a poor history in free agency. Too many significant free agents that have been acquired have turned out to be duds. He has learned his lesson. He wants to save his money.

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Will they ever sign a free agent

who is still in their prime and can be a game changer from day one? I do like the idea of building through the draft but we have to hit every pick from Impact players(1st & 2nd) possible starters(3rd & 4th) to Solid depth(5th-7th). We cant afford to miss if we never really go out and get some real solid players in free agency. Do they have to be players like Nnamdi? no but when players like Richard Marshall are available for only a 2nd take it.

and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."

by Joe25 on Jan 11, 2011 6:12 PM CST reply actions

Rip...

All you do lately is bitch and moan about one thing the Texans aren’t doing. You’re becoming like Richard Justice from the Comicle now, really just adding to the comedy of the whole thing. After all, we’re not even in the damn offseason yet, and you are acting like the F.O. has already failed. At least stop trying to read into every word that is said, and every non-word that isn’t said. You aren’t a psychic, and you don’t have it figured out.

With all that said, keep on bitching about everything because you’re making yourself look like more and more of a candy assed fan than any of us could hope to be. You’ve become the worst kind of fan…the one who thinks he knows more than everyone else and pushes that belief on everyone else. I still love ya 6 ways from Sunday cuz you’re Rip n’ all, but lay off it man. It’s annoying and downright childish. Kinda like when a 5 year old doesn’t get the candy he wants in the grocery store checkout lane.

by Fuzion on Jan 11, 2011 6:28 PM CST reply actions 12 recs

But...But

That team got two world class free agents

by Ivan A on Jan 11, 2011 10:58 PM CST up reply actions

FYI...

Texans had the 3rd highest payroll last season. It’s not a matter of not spending….it’s a matter of not identifying and developing talent.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Jan 11, 2011 6:54 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

This.

Patriots., Colts, Steelers: dominant teams that are pretty much always passive in free agency. If you could really “buy” a playoff team, then organizations like the Redskins and Raiders wouldn’t be perennial doormats.

It’s early. Shit, the season isn’t over yet, and there’s no CBA. Nobody has signed Asomugha. And you know what? 31 teams aren’t going to sign him. The Texans are going to get a good player in free agency this year; that I guarantee you. But as Bob has indicated, he’s at least aware that free agents alone aren’t gonna cut it. We’re not going to have a good team until we draft and develop better.

by Nashmeister on Jan 11, 2011 7:40 PM CST up reply actions

Fuck your facts

right in the heart man. We are here to completely over and mis interpret quotes. Also, Troll, because thats all rip does anymore.

"this team has no chance whatsoever of winning a World Championship said the writer of a Giant blog in Jan of 2010"

by nolander on Jan 11, 2011 11:06 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

Let's talk about identifying and developing talent, and then paying the talent so that they have the third highest payroll

How’s that working out? 6-10, 8-8, 8-8, 9-7, 6-10… no playoffs.

How can we interpret that? Rick Smith. Is he to blame? Maybe. Who is Rick Smith’s boss? Bob McNair. Gary Kubiak. Is he to blame? Who is Gary Kubiak’s boss? Bob McNair.

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 12, 2011 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

I'm surfing the web at work today

Clearly our CEO should be fired.

I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.

by DaGoaT on Jan 12, 2011 10:56 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs

Badass

Someone should definitely steal this and make it their Sig.

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

by Shake on Jan 13, 2011 1:49 PM CST up reply actions

jeez

did you take a training class over at the mothership forums recently? Just reading your titles lately has me slitting my wrists.

I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.

by DaGoaT on Jan 11, 2011 8:45 PM CST reply actions

Haha!

Sorry about that!

I don’t think anything I’m bring to light is original. Bob McNair needs to be accountable in my opinion. Owners are criticized constantly, for being too hands-on, for not being hands-on enough, you name it. This owner, Bob McNair, needs to be held accountable, too. He is steering the ship. He’s no going away, but he needs to do a better job of steering the ship.

I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.

by Rip Jersey on Jan 12, 2011 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

How do you hold an owner accountable?

Short of fans boy-cotting games, and I doubt things are that dire for most people… It’s not likely he’ll give himself a fine or give away the majority of the team to someone else so he doesn’t have decision-making authority any longer…

It’s his team, if he wants them to run out the tunnel in Pink on Green Uniforms or with 46 tight ends, and everything else inbetween… there’s not a whole lot that we as fans can do about it even if we wanted to hold him “accountable”… I’ve always been a firm believer that if you own something, no one else should have any right to tell you what you have to do with it.

by Bryan72076 on Jan 13, 2011 12:18 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs

Rec'd

a Bryan’s post.

Hell will freeze over tomorrow guise.

"Eff you mothereffer!"

-Bernard Pollard-

by Jordann on Jan 13, 2011 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

He has actually been playing the voice of reason recently

"this team has no chance whatsoever of winning a World Championship said the writer of a Giant blog in Jan of 2010"

by nolander on Jan 13, 2011 1:44 PM CST up reply actions

Which may be an indicator of the level of discourse in general...

"the laws of physics are immutable and shit" - tehGrindCrusher
"Because this is a blog and I’m an argumentative bastard." - tehGrindCrusher
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by DilloTex on Jan 14, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions

Sherlock Holmes ladys and gentleman!

"this team has no chance whatsoever of winning a World Championship said the writer of a Giant blog in Jan of 2010"

by nolander on Jan 11, 2011 11:06 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

We kicked his ass to the curb

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid

by The Night Owl on Jan 12, 2011 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Rivers said

Because they signed Rackers and W.Smith, best they can hope for is probably a 7th

and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."

by Joe25 on Jan 12, 2011 2:12 PM CST up reply actions

really that does not even come close to what dunta is suppose to be worth.

i think we going to get a third pick.

by southpaw70 on Jan 13, 2011 3:29 PM CST up reply actions

We should have "flamingo'd" his other knee like Napoleon McCallum's!

Nah, that’s way too harsh. Remember the horror? A few folks in our living room ran to the bathroom to puke when watching the game live. I wonder if Ken Norton needed therapy:

On September 5, 1994, during a Monday Night Football contest and the Raiders’ opening game of the season at the San Francisco 49ers, McCallum’s career ended prematurely when 49ers linebacker Ken Norton Jr. twisted him to the ground. McCallum’s cleat stuck in the ground, forcing his knee into a horrible dislocation. Norton lay pinned underneath a motionless McCallum for a couple of minutes while trainers attended to McCallum.
McCallum suffered a complete hyperextension of his left knee, almost to a right angle. He suffered a ruptured artery in his left knee, and tore three ligaments, tore the calf and hamstring from the bone, and suffered nerve damage in the knee. McCallum was told that if the surgery did not go as planned, there was a chance his left leg would have been amputated.

by MeMongo on Jan 12, 2011 10:28 PM CST reply actions