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THis is complete Bu****** with mcnair bringing back kubiak all I can say is that as long as the texans are profitable mcnair doesn't care about winning.
But we're different than other NFL teams. Our owner is a gentleman. He believes in people. He doesn't make rash, over-reactive decisions.
Some day, when we make the playoffs, you'll see. You'll be glad you waited. You will be there when hell itself freezes over, and can say you saw it all happen within your lifetime.
If you are old, I would suggest you have yourself frozen so they can thaw you out 30 years from now when we finally end up making the big time. Just don't do it at the same place where Ted Williams was held...they took baseball bats to his head and stuff. Take me out to the ballgame, bash my head with a bat, throw fastballs at my cranium, I don't care if I look like Matt.
Ted Williams' Severed Head Abused In Cryonics Facility: Former Exec
BOB BAUM | 10/ 2/09 09:18 PM | [HUFFINGTON POST]
Larry Johnson says in the book "Frozen: My Journey Into the World of Cryonics, Deception and Death" that he watched an Alcor official swing a monkey wrench at Williams' frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can stuck to it. The first swing accidentally struck the head, Johnson contends, and the second knocked the tuna can loose.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., issued a statement on its Web site denying the allegations and promising legal action.
"Alcor denies allegations reported in the press that there was mistreatment of the remains of Ted Williams at Alcor," the company said. "Alcor will be litigating this and any other false allegations to the maximum extent of the law."
Johnson says he worked for Alcor for eight months in 2003, first as clinical director then as chief operating officer. He included several photographs in the book, including one of an upside down severed head, not Williams', that had what appeared to be a tuna can attached to it.
Johnson says Alcor used the cans, from a cat that lived on the premises, as pedestals for the heads.
Williams' head was being transferred from one container to another when the monkey wrench incident took place, Johnson said in the book. When the head was removed from the first container, Johnson described it.
"The disembodied face set in that awful, frozen scream looked nothing like any picture of Ted Williams I've ever seen," he wrote.
Johnson said that an Alcor employee tried in vain to remove the tuna can.
"Then he grabbed a monkey wrench, heaved a mighty swing, missing the tuna can completely but hitting the head dead center,' Johnson wrote. "Tiny pieces of frozen head sprayed around the room."
The next swing, Johnson wrote, knocked the can loose.
Johnson also contends that there was a significant crack in Williams' head. He also repeated an allegation he had made earlier that samples of Williams' DNA are missing from the facility.
Johnson, who says he wired himself surreptitiously the last few months of his employment, was the source for a story in Sports Illustrated in August, 2003, that said Williams' head had been severed and damaged.
At that time, Alcor officials said there never was mistreatment of any of those frozen at the facility. The company said that severing heads is a common practice in its preservation, and that cracking has been noted as a problem in the procedure and is not the result of any mishandling.
Ted Williams died in July 2002. At the direction of his son, John Henry Williams, the baseball player's remains were flown from Florida to Arizona.
Johnson had not yet gone to work for Alcor, but he recreated the scene based, he said, on "conversations with the Alcorians who were in the room and performed the procedures, the files I have read, and the discussions I've had with other people involved, including members of Ted's family."
Johnson paints a macabre scene in a room packed with people, many of whom posed for pictures with Williams' body, both before and after the head was cut off. The book contends the head was "hanging by a thread" when an official entered the room and shouted that it was supposed to be a full-body freezing.
Williams' head and body were frozen separately, Johnson wrote.
The process, known as cryonics, is conducted with the hope that someday scientists will be able to bring the subjects back to life. The heads and bodies, along with those of cats, dogs and other pets, are stored in stainless steel containers at extremely cold temperatures.
John Henry Williams died of leukemia at age 35 in 2004 after a bitter court fight against Williams' daughter, Bobby-Jo, who contended the wishes expressed in her father's will should have been followed. In the will, Ted Williams said he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered at sea. She eventually abandoned the legal battle, citing lack of funds.
Johnson says in his book that he believes the small piece of paper used as evidence that Williams wanted to be frozen was fraudulent. The paper is signed by Ted Williams, John Henry and Williams' other daughter, Claudia.
The minute this announcement is made I'm out. I've enjoyed it here but I will never be able to "come around" with the way McNair does things. It is tough enough being fully invested for a lifetime in a team who has a crazy owner. I can't sit and watch another just make stupid decision after stupid decision.
I really hope people have the balls to make their voices known today.
If that happens, I will have no problem mentioning I was wrong. Next years schedule is going to be just as tough, AFC North, NFC South.
We ain't winning 12 games with Gary Kubiak as head coach.
I'm certain the Texans will "improve" to 8-8 next season. Proving once again that they're "on the right track".
Is this the guy?...Hire a proven no-nonsense ASSISTANT HC.........and assign him appropriate power.
The Browns are nuts. They should have stuck with the suckitude....er, status quo and kept Mangini.Glad to see that the CBA issues continue to keep teams from making coaching moves...
Never meaning no harm.:mariopalm:No cloak said no nonsense .. Wade is a good ole boy
The Browns are nuts. They should have stuck with the suckitude....er, status quo and kept Mangini.
Cripes, even the Browns are gonna kick our ass next year.
Too funny! We need a photoshop geek, I mean expert, to work on the Dukes of Houston.Never meaning no harm.:mariopalm:
They're sure to win the super bowl next year and every year after! Gruden is the best eveerrrr!!!Looks like Cleveland may target John Gruden when they fire Mangini tomorrow (www.rotoworld.com).
Glad to see that the CBA issues continue to keep teams from making coaching moves...
Despite the fact that the Houston Texans have lost four in a row and eight of their past nine, owner Bob McNair will not make a change at head coach and Gary Kubiak will return for another season, according to league sources.
McNair believes that if Kubiak can make certain changes to his defensive coaching staff, then he will be able to create a winning atmosphere, and no change at head coach would be needed, the sources said.
Houston ranks 29th in total defense (380.6 yards per game) and last against the pass this season (277.1).
One defensive coordinator candidate that will be considered, according to the sources, is former Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, whom Kubiak worked with in Denver, but the Texans have other options they will consider as well. It also doesn't hurt that Kubiak signed a two-year contract extension after last season and there is potential for a work stoppage in 2011.
Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL Insider. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
I don't have photoshop or I would. LOL.Too funny! We need a photoshop geek, I mean expert, to work on the Dukes of Houston.
They're sure to win the super bowl next year and every year after! Gruden is the best eveerrrr!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5981055
So he will return, and there is a possibility they don't even get wade?
They're sure to win the super bowl next year and every year after! Gruden is the best eveerrrr!!!
Uh no, but they clearly aren't using the CBA as an excuse not to make a change. I know that must have been lost on you...
TK,
True to your word, you waited saw how the season played out and got off the Kubiak bandwagon.
It's gonna be 2 long yrs watching the team play for 2 qtrs every game. Blowing leads like only they can.
Bringing in Wade is quite fitting. This team is Oileresque in many ways. From the owner to the HC etc...
Don't know if this has been posted anywhere:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5981055&source=NFLHeadlines
Adam Schefter reported that (league) sources indicated that Kubiak will be rertained.
Correction, I've never been on the Kubiak bandwagon, well, not this year. I challenge anyone to find a post of mine, from this year, where I am in favor of Kubiak. I've been pro Texans, I've been a it'll work out for the Texans sunshiner, but not pro Kubiak.
Looks like Cleveland may target John Gruden when they fire Mangini tomorrow (www.rotoworld.com).
Glad to see that the CBA issues continue to keep teams from making coaching moves...
I just heard that Charlie Wiess is going to Florida to be the OC, what are the odds he'd have taken the same position with an NFL team?
last page. Its ok though you showed good effort and are on the right track..
Mangina is at least on the second year of his contract, they'd be on the hook for 50% or less of his contract.
If fired, McNair will still be paying Kubiak for two more years.
Wade Phillips & several other coaches who will get the axe are on their last year, or will be going onto the last year of their contract.
Who are you kidding here? Honestly? Do you think that this entire forum doesn't have the ability to read or have any comprehension, or any kind of memory? If there has been anyone that's been "pro Kubiak" I'd probably crown you as the king of being that. Don't try and sit here and deny to try and make yourself seem smarter. You're sworn by Kubiak as if he's some sort of god or something.
Bull.
Accusing me of trying to look smarter???? With my post history....
Whatever.
On ClutchFans, they are saying Wade Phillips' sister called into SR610 about thirty minutes ago and said if offered the DC job, Wade actually won't accept.
Not sure if it's true or not that she actually called, but take it FWIW.
On ClutchFans, they are saying Wade Phillips' sister called into SR610 about thirty minutes ago and said if offered the DC job, Wade actually won't accept.
Not sure if it's true or not that she actually called, but take it FWIW.
There is nothing for you to deny here. You tell people to pull posts. Hell that's like 90% of your posts on this board. You saying that you haven't been pro Kubiak is as much of a fraudulent statement as anything I've ever heard. Why would anyone even waste their time with you at this point by doing that? You simply acted like you bailed on the Kubiak wagon when it was imminent that he had another season of failure, and even then you still made excuses for the guy. He's still your guy and you know it. But to say that you haven't been pro Kubiak is one of the funniest things that's been written by you and not the fact that you said it, but the fact that you actually think that any regular in here wouldn't no how false that statement was.
Too funny! We need a photoshop geek, I mean expert, to work on the Dukes of Houston.
Texans likely won't attract any promising OC/DC candidates if Kubiak kept
Enjoy mediocrity:kubepalm: