"I went by the cemetery to talk to my dad," Kubiak said. "When I got there, I told him, ‘Dad, I...

"I went by the cemetery to talk to my dad," Kubiak said. "When I got there, I told him, ‘Dad, I can’t believe we’re finally here. We’ve got a playoff game today.’ I know he was listening. My dad loved this city. He grew up here and worked here, and when I came home to coach, he was very proud of me. Saturday was a proud day for him, too."

-Gary Kubiak, trying to make me cry and successfully making me feel like a heel for ever questioning whether he should be coaching the Texans this year

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He did make me cry

Sniff.

by winohamster on Jan 12, 2012 11:18 PM CST reply actions

Win one for the Kuber!

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Jan 12, 2012 11:33 PM CST reply actions 3 recs

Yeah, I got tears

My dad passed on 01/01/02. Ten years to the day before we got our first play off win.

My father would have been proud, too.

Dammit, now you got me bawling, Tim.

Shit.

Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

by Gerbillogic on Jan 12, 2012 11:41 PM CST reply actions

shoot you know what I mean, end of season, going to play offs, pass me a beer and a hanky

Super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

by Gerbillogic on Jan 12, 2012 11:48 PM CST up reply actions

My Dad's birthday was January 3rd

I went to his grave and had a word with him, he was a big fan of the Texans, and the Oilers, until…well, you know. I wish he was still here to see this team, with Bum Phillips son Wade getting us into the playoffs. I got very emotional, I know how hard it is to go there, but it must be done. let’s make our dads proud of this team Mr. Kubiak, take them all the way!!!

Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore

by Chrxtopher on Jan 12, 2012 11:44 PM CST reply actions

Dang ya'll out game is on nfl network

by Hstntxns on Jan 12, 2012 11:53 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Oops my fault, stupid people dont need smart phones

by Hstntxns on Jan 12, 2012 11:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions 4 recs

lulz

thanks for the chuckle

Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.

-Catch 22-

by Jordann on Jan 13, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions

My grandfather died 12/22/06

He was a Cowboy fan, back in the days of Tex, Tom, and Captain Comeback. Back when the Cowboys actually earned the respect they think they’re entitled to today.

I know it’s never a “good” time to go, but that was one draining Christmas. RIP Grandpa

Kubiak believes in you

by JayRedd on Jan 13, 2012 12:52 AM CST reply actions

Hope this will quell the insults from fans

That and winning should help…I never minded reading legit coaching capability concerns on this blog but I was always a bit turned off by some of the insults that were posted (none lately). I have met 2 people over the last few years associated with the organization and there opinion of him is that he is a really humble and respectful person and i can see he comes across like that during his interviews and pressers…my 2 cents

by Hangbok on Jan 13, 2012 1:36 AM CST via mobile reply actions

I always liked Kubiak.

I liked what Shanahan had to say in that article. Obviously Kubiak is very respected in the league. I wish the fans would give him a little more credit and be a little easier on him when things aren’t going well.

All it took was shoring up the D and look where we are at…

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by WhiskeyR on Jan 13, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions

This^

Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.

-Catch 22-

by Jordann on Jan 13, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions

What article?

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

The one linked up top

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by WhiskeyR on Jan 13, 2012 12:01 PM CST up reply actions

lol, right.

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

Yep

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 13, 2012 9:54 PM CST up reply actions

I don't drink the KoolAid myself

I’m a raging WadeAde-aholic.

But, happy for Kuby and all Houstonians.

by SuperSerial on Jan 13, 2012 4:37 AM CST reply actions

This team's ability to make me cry

really pisses me off. In a good way, I guess.

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

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by MDC on Jan 13, 2012 8:45 AM CST reply actions

Good Luck against Baltimore...

…as a Steeler fan, I’ll be rooting for the Texans.

I attended the Steelers/Texans game this year, and though it didn’t turn out the way I wanted, I was made to feel welcomed by your fans, which I appreciated.

Aside from the natural hatred any Steeler fan feels against Baltimore, the other reason I’m rooting for you guys is that your ownership has class. Many other team owners would have bailed on Kubiak years ago, with his apparent inability to get past the Colts. Your owner stuck by his HC, gave him the latitude to get the players needed, and gave him the confidence of job stability to get the job done. That is no better illustrated than by the way the Texans’ have overcome losing your QB(s), WRs, RBs, and Defensive players for most, if not all of the season, yet still playing tough and winning.

The other reason I admire the Texans, is that your owner reminds me of the Steelers ownership family, the Rooneys. From what I’ve read and heard, the McNair family has never forgotten its roots in North Carolina, and maintains ties with the schools and communities back there; yet they do it quietly and with class – unlike the Jones and Snyders of the NFL.

Again, just wanted to wish you guys luck this weekend.

United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.

by PaVaSteeler on Jan 13, 2012 9:40 AM CST reply actions 7 recs

Rec

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Jan 13, 2012 9:47 AM CST up reply actions

Rec'd. Thanks for the comments and glad you were treated well at Reliant.

It’s no mystery McNair reminds you of the Rooneys. He has said he wants to model the Texans on the league’s ultra-stable, conservative franchises. I don’t remember for sure, but I think he has specifically mentioned the Steelers as a model.

"How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!"
-Chief Inspector Dreyfus

by FreedomRide on Jan 13, 2012 10:13 AM CST up reply actions

Bug Bob has openly said he uses the Steelers as his blueprint.

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

Big Bob, lol

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

...and I should have read the replies before typing.

Double play of failure.

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 10:50 AM CST up reply actions

FYI

Preview is your friend.

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." -- Homer Simpson

"There is no rehab for stupid." -- Chris Rock

Never try to baptize a cat.

by texanslady on Jan 13, 2012 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks. =]

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 11:44 AM CST up reply actions

Seeing those pictures

makes me wonder where the critique “Kubiak doesn’t show enough emotion during the game” came from.

Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.

-Catch 22-

by Jordann on Jan 13, 2012 10:08 AM CST reply actions

I do feel bad for wanting Kubiak gone

Bill Cowher, lol, what was I thinking? I recently started contemplating what would happen if the Texans did get rid of Kubes. It just seems like a bad idea all around. What do you do with Foster without someone to run the ZBS? It would be stupid to run a power system with the best Zone Blocking runner in the game. then all of our linemen and receivers are practically perfect for the ZBS, I can’t see them overpowering people.

I think we’re stuck with Gary for a while, for better or worse.

by Toolshed1 on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM CST reply actions

This was the problem I had after the Raiders and Ravens losses.

I was still doubting Gary the HC (not OC). But I absolutely did not want to go through the rebuilding process necessary.

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Jan 13, 2012 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

I kept telling people to be careful what you wish for

Losing Kubiak means nothing short of a total rebuild.

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 13, 2012 9:58 PM CST up reply actions

"When asked what advice his father might have for him before the Baltimore game"

"I think he’d say something like, ‘Boy, keep playing that great defense, and don’t stop feeding the ball to number 23."

Official hype-man of the Flour Bluff Academic Decathlon team

by thebluffrat on Jan 13, 2012 11:18 AM CST reply actions

good fucking advice

"Lets go rip the mothafu#kin heart out these haters!"

by F-BombTheJets on Jan 13, 2012 5:49 PM CST up reply actions

The old man was wise

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Jan 13, 2012 9:58 PM CST up reply actions

Im watching the Texans Ravens game on replay

I had forgotten how many crappy penalties were called in that game.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Jan 13, 2012 11:52 AM CST reply actions

I had forgotten about that no call on 4th and 1 from the Baltimore 20, where Terrence Cody dragged Foster down by his facemask. We ended up getting the ball right back on a sack/fumble, but I remember being really pissed seeing that live.

by MadMartygan on Jan 13, 2012 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

Sounds like the next to last play in Indy.

Foster makes the catch and nearly has his head ripped off on a no-call.

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Jan 13, 2012 12:45 PM CST up reply actions

ya, thats one of the ones I was referring to

there were several in the first half, but the zebras seemed to clean it up in the second half. Nothing to indicate they were anything but inept.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM CST reply actions

reply fail

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

meant to reply to Madmartygan

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

GARY KUBIAK, HOUSTONIAN

Tim,
Your post illustrates why I never came off the Kubiak bandwagon. He, like a lot of us, is a native Houstonian. He bleeds to bring a winner here. There is no one more committed to doing so. For Cowher, etal, it would be a job, for Gary, it is his life. I am so happy that the team has turned it around.

p.s. I am glad we fell into Wade as our DC, otherwise, we may never have made the next step.

meaningful football games in '08...MAKE THAT 09, okay 10, definitely 10..i am an excellent driver...2011 = defense > awful.

by do on Jan 13, 2012 1:06 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

The reason I never came off the bandwagon is because he's truly one of those geniuses that can ALWAYS field a top offense.

How many teams are trying to find QBs? We never have to worry about that with Kubes. You don’t fire those kinds of guys. You take away power in areas they suck (like hiring a DC), but you don’t fire them.

by willieboyd on Jan 13, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions