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Questions for Kubiak today on his radio show

Marcus

Marcus

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I plan on calling in. What do you want me to ask him? And phrase your words carefully, as I got to get it past the screener. Also, if I choose your question, I'll read it off directly from the board. And I'll give y'all a heads up on what question I choose before I call in.

Here are some examples that come to my head so far.

Coach, can you tell me why you decided to play conservative on the last drive of the second half, as it looked like from the way Carr was moving the ball, you had time to at least try for a field goal.

Another one:

On the deep balls to AJ, was Carr purposely throwing up jump balls by design, or was was he just underthrowing them?

I could probably phrase those better coherently, but those are two just off the top of my head.
 
If you had to give a gameball to someone on the team for last weekends game, who would it have been?

Do you expect Faggins, Flannagan, and Peek to be back on the field in Dallas?

What happened to Biesal, and will he be ok?

Given he success the D had with blitzing, will this be implemented more in the future?

Who will cover TO in Dallas?

What scheme was the defense using in the final 5 minutes of the 4th quarter?
 
I would ask about the tackling, or lack there of. First off, commend him on his first NFL victory as a head coach, that's a huge win for him and this franchise. So, I would say something along the lines of:

"Congratulations on your first win as a head coach. It was a great win for this city and the franchise. I would like to ask you what are your plans for working with the defensive unit on their tackling fundamentals? It seemed like we were in proper positions to make plays yesterday, but the runner was able to pick up extra yards because he was not being wrapped up when hit by defenders."

Something along those lines would be nice to hear....maybe you should also add into the mix that it was nice to see the defenseive unit be more aggressive this week. We need to keep from harping on him this week, IMHO.
 
I got one:

Coach, When Carr decided to throw that long deep ball to AJ down the sideline, do you think that maybe next week the offensive line will do a better job in not getting in his face when he throws it?
 
gtexan02 said:
Who will cover TO in Dallas?
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Ha! A light just went on.

Hey Coach, you had high praise for Dunta Robinson's play in the Redskins game. Do you think you might have jinxed him, as it looked he didn't have that hot of a game yesterday? And what did you think of the entire secondary as a whole?
 
Coach, will you ever have confidence in your 5 year, starting veteran, QB to run a 2 minute drill?

Or,

You have coached some great QB's, and some average ones. When do you think Carr will be up to an average QB and allow him to run a 2 minute drill?
 
Coach Kubiak, what will you do during the bye to improve your running game?

Coach Kubiak, Carr had a great game, but how many times during the game do you think his decision making could have been better?
 
Cjeremy635 said:
I would ask about the tackling, or lack there of. First off, commend him on his first NFL victory as a head coach, that's a huge win for him and this franchise. So, I would say something along the lines of:

"Congratulations on your first win as a head coach. It was a great win for this city and the franchise. I would like to ask you what are your plans for working with the defensive unit on their tackling fundamentals? It seemed like we were in proper positions to make plays yesterday, but the runner was able to pick up extra yards because he was not being wrapped up when hit by defenders."

Something along those lines would be nice to hear....maybe you should also add into the mix that it was nice to see the defenseive unit be more aggressive this week. We need to keep from harping on him this week, IMHO.
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Very nice. That leads it so far.
 
Kaiser Toro said:
Coach, will you ever have confidence in your 5 year, starting veteran, QB to run a 2 minute drill?

Or,

You have coached some great QB's, and some average ones. When do you think Carr will be up to an average QB and allow him to run a 2 minute drill?
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Smart-aleck sarcasm ain't gonna fly, KT. You're gonna have to do better than that.
 
Lucky said:
Why was Brad Bedell activated over Eric Winston?
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That's a good question too. The first thing that came to mind when Salaam went down was, well at least we'll get to see Winston play. Then I hear them say Bedell was in at LT, as I stood there with a Capers look thinking I guess they must really think Winston isn't ready yet. Who knows?:francis:
 
Marcus said:
Very nice. That leads it so far.
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I agree...great question. Leave the 2 minute drill question for somebody else. Judging from the calls that he already gets on that show, that'll probably be asked by every other caller...just rephrased every time.
 
HOU-TEX said:
That's a good question too. The first thing that came to mind when Salaam went down was, well at least we'll get to see Winston play. Then I hear them say Bedell was in at LT, as I stood there with a Capers look thinking I guess they must really think Winston isn't ready yet. Who knows?:francis:
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From everything I've heard outside of this board, Winston was very raw coming into the league. This may be a surprise considering that he came from Miami. Possibly his success there came from a combination of pure ability and being surrounded by other top players. Miami usually has more talent on the field then the teams they face, so they all can look pretty good.
 
I watched the Texans' highlight show on channel 13 last night and Bob Allen interviewed Kubiak. Bob asked him about the difference in our defense yesterday compared to our first 3 games and IIRC Kubiak said something to the effect of "I just told Richard to go out and be aggressive". I am curious to know, if this is correct, why did we wait so long to get aggressive defensively, especially after playing much better offensive teams in weeks 1-3 compared to Miami.
 
Coach Kubiak, do you plan on bringing your balls to Dallas in week 6? And, if so, do you plan on taking them out of the jar and using them?
 
I'll listen today as usual and hope to hear your call Marcus. That being said, I hope the fans don't intend on reaming him a new one after yesterday's performance. I think this team is a work in progress and we looked much better defensively than we did a week before. I hope to see us make progressive strides like that every week that will lead up to us having a good record and maybe even playoff asperations next season. It is a shame to have people pick you apart for every single action you make. This team is learning along with the coach right now and people need to remember that he wasn't part of the "five year plan" debacle we had to go through. :ok:
 
How about something more positive.

Coach congrats on your 1st win as head coach of the Houston Texans. You beat a team supposedly headed for the super bowl. Our next game is against our most obvious hated rival the Dallas cowboys. With the time off will our injured starters be back in the line up?
 
HOU-TEX said:
That's a good question too. The first thing that came to mind when Salaam went down was, well at least we'll get to see Winston play. Then I hear them say Bedell was in at LT, as I stood there with a Capers look thinking I guess they must really think Winston isn't ready yet. Who knows?:francis:
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I was surprised by that, too. I thought Winston was the swing man. Another good question.
 
I got to take care of some business. I'll be back to check this thread later. Thanks for the input.
 
It doesn't take a whole lot to sound smart on that show. There's usually a bunch of guys calling in making the same comment (and taking 5 minutes to make it.)

It usually goes something like this:

"Hi, Coach. This is Bill from Cut-n-Shoot.

Now I been a Oiler fan fer a long time and we had the House of Pain...:listening

David Carr spends too much time trying to look good on the sideline 'stead of winnin' the game....:yap

Reggie Bush...Vince Young...:blah:

Now, Steve McKinney's an Aggie and dips Copenhagen....:listening

My question is when do you 'spect we can get Gary Walker in the game?"
 
Nice win, Coach. The team seems to respond well to an agressive style of play, so I was wandering why we got conservative in the 4th qtr when we went up 17-6 and started 'playing not to lose.'
 
here are the questions id like him to answer- mixture of my own and 1's ive read on this thread


id def like to ask about the 2 minute thing also.... but put it nicely- remember we won..you rip him if we do that and lose otherwise try to make him change his mind next time we're in the same situation ...and whatever you do dont let him use a 'not enough time' excuse...Congratulate him on the win and then phrase the question like 'but Coach i was very surprised to see us go ultra-conservative near the end of the 1st half- in my mind if you have 1:50 left and 2 T.O.'s, its pretty standard to at least try and get into FG range with so much time left. was there a reason you decided to try and run the clock and basically give up a possession?'


you could ask about the tackling but thats an easy question to answer imo-'obviously some of our tackling was poor but we'll work on it during the bye and get better' etc.

maybe ask him about possibly re-signing Wand if salaam is out for a bit

ask him if any1 of the injured players have a chance to be able to start v dallas

also ask him something like 'with the succes of the blitzing yesterday, will you carry that type of aggressive gameplan over to the dallas game with Dallas, much like miami, having a questionable o-line line and immobile qb'.... phrase it as rhetorically as possible so he will!!!
 
Runner said:
From everything I've heard outside of this board, Winston was very raw coming into the league. This may be a surprise considering that he came from Miami. Possibly his success there came from a combination of pure ability and being surrounded by other top players. Miami usually has more talent on the field then the teams they face, so they all can look pretty good.
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He didn't always play LT. He came out of high school as a tight end.

Converting him from LT to RT also made his rookie transition a little harder because the technique is different. I know why they did it, but it doesn't make it any easier.
 
Texans_Chick said:
He didn't always play LT. He came out of high school as a tight end.

Converting him from LT to RT also made his rookie transition a little harder because the technique is different. I know why they did it, but it doesn't make it any easier.
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I agree. It all contributes to the end result - he's not NFL ready yet. Many fans are convinced that if he'd play he would be a top notch tackle immediately. I don't think that is realistic given his circumstances, the state of the rest of the line, and the level of competition in the NFL.

I don't want to see the Texans short circuit another budding career. He'd likely end up on the fans' and coaches' bad side if he had to play the rest of the year.
 
Marcus said:
I plan on calling in. What do you want me to ask him? And phrase your words carefully, as I got to get it past the screener. Also, if I choose your question, I'll read it off directly from the board. And I'll give y'all a heads up on what question I choose before I call in.

Here are some examples that come to my head so far.

Coach, can you tell me why you decided to play conservative on the last drive of the second half, as it looked like from the way Carr was moving the ball, you had time to at least try for a field goal.

Another one:

On the deep balls to AJ, was Carr purposely throwing up jump balls by design, or was was he just underthrowing them?

I could probably phrase those better coherently, but those are two just off the top of my head.
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How about:

Coach, are you aware and understand the importance of this Texans/Cowboys game?
 
Hey Battle Red Bull -

Is that your van in your avatar?

If is it, how much do you want for it?:)
 
If I were the one asking the question it would go something like this: "Coach, do you have any idea how much crow I'll have to eat from Cowboy fans if you guys don't win that game?"
 
Question:

Coach, when will we see S. Gado play a more significant role in the Running game. 10 carries in 3 games.
 
Lucky said:
Why was Brad Bedell activated over Eric Winston?
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I second that one. What is the story on Eric Winston ? This guy was drafted
only one click behind, that is immediately behind our starting LT until his season-ending injury, Charles Spencer.
He's become as much of a mystery this season to me as Seth Wand was last season. I dunno, is it only a coincidence that they are both offensive tackles ?
 
WhyIsItAlwaysNextYear said:
Coach do you find most fans to be completely ignorant S**its as I do, or do you excuse them for not knowing their heads from their a**es due to a lack of actual football experience!

I will hang up and listen!
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Don't even think of tempting me like that. :D
 
Well, as luck would have it, I'm going to be tied up on a business matter, so I won't be able to call.

If someone else would like to call in . . . give a whirl. You might get some info that you haven't learned already . . ya never know.
 
coach kubiak was marios' first sack in his career one of the weakest sacks you have ever seen? greenwood and weaver almost wrapped up culpepper he got away and fell into marios grasp. do you think it was a little immature to celebrate the way he did after such a weak sack? how many more times this year will we see him celebrate like that?
 
cbnjwill said:
coach kubiak was marios' first sack in his career one of the weakest sacks you have ever seen? greenwood and weaver almost wrapped up culpepper he got away and fell into marios grasp. do you think it was a little immature to celebrate the way he did after such a weak sack? how many more times this year will we see him celebrate like that?
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Those are great questions, for a troll.
 
seen the commercials lately trolls still popular. by the way it was a weak sack the defensive line played really well yesterday but mario basically fell into his first sack
 
cbnjwill said:
coach kubiak was marios' first sack in his career one of the weakest sacks you have ever seen? greenwood and weaver almost wrapped up culpepper he got away and fell into marios grasp. do you think it was a little immature to celebrate the way he did after such a weak sack? how many more times this year will we see him celebrate like that?
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Well answer me this if Mario was not there then there would not be a sack right. Plus with as much pressure he has on him right know getting your first sack in the NFL you will be hyped up like that. Also when the staduim explodes in cheers you have to celebrate big.
 
cbnjwill said:
seen the commercials lately trolls still popular. by the way it was a weak sack the defensive line played really well yesterday but mario basically fell into his first sack
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Great, since you are on your weak sack crusade you might want to call the NFL and have them rescind their guidelines on how they keep this statistic. Strahan got his record in a weak way and the NFL ain't budging. Unfortunately you will have to endure this life changing ambiguous statistic which I would be remiss in not stating, benefitted a player on a team you are a fan of.
 
cbnjwill said:
coach kubiak was marios' first sack in his career one of the weakest sacks you have ever seen? greenwood and weaver almost wrapped up culpepper he got away and fell into marios grasp. do you think it was a little immature to celebrate the way he did after such a weak sack? how many more times this year will we see him celebrate like that?
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Kubiak says:

No! Nothing weak about it. A sack is a sack.
No! And again, it wasn't weak.
Every damn time he gets one!

Dude, you need to get a grip.
 
HOU-TEX said:
That's a good question too. The first thing that came to mind when Salaam went down was, well at least we'll get to see Winston play. Then I hear them say Bedell was in at LT, as I stood there with a Capers look thinking I guess they must really think Winston isn't ready yet. Who knows?:francis:
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That's BULL, I watched him for almost all of the preseason practices and preseason games. He was raw only because they asked him to learn the right side instead of leaving him on the left where he had three years more experience than Spencer. He is faster than Spencer, quicker off the ball and has greater lateral mobility. Unfortunately Spencer was Sherman's pick so he got the apple on the left. Now though Winston is smooth on both sides. Comments I have heard is alot of the staff doesn't understand why Sherman won't play him. Could it be he might show up Spencer?????????Maybe we need to ask Sherman why he wants the O-line to be a Green Bay retirement center......
 
cbnjwill said:
seen the commercials lately trolls still popular. by the way it was a weak sack the defensive line played really well yesterday but mario basically fell into his first sack
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Wow. We just cant be supportive of Mario can we? Mario cant get a sack, so he sucks. Mario gets a sack, it wassnt worthy of a sack. What does he have to do? You say some dumb things.
 
Super Mario said:
Wow. We just cant be supportive of Mario can we? Mario cant get a sack, so he sucks. Mario gets a sack, it wassnt worthy of a sack. What does he have to do? You say some dumb things.
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I think that's the main componet to his being a troll.
 
Crazyhorse said:
He was raw only because they asked him to learn the right side
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There is some truth there. The switch would definitely slow development.

Crazyhorse said:
He is faster than Spencer, quicker off the ball and has greater lateral mobility.
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I would say every lineman on the team is quicker off the ball than Spencer. Speed off the snap is one of his biggest weaknesses.

Crazyhorse said:
Unfortunately Spencer was Sherman's pick so he got the apple on the left. Now though Winston is smooth on both sides.
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I know the left side is the big money side, however a starting right tackle makes good money compared to a journeyman or a guy out of the league. Winston should keep his chin up and maintain his confidence.

Crazyhorse said:
Comments I have heard is alot of the staff doesn't understand why Sherman won't play him. Could it be he might show up Spencer?????????Maybe we need to ask Sherman why he wants the O-line to be a Green Bay retirement center......
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I'm not going to comment if this is true about Sherman or not because I don't know. However, the NFL isn't a fair place. I'll give you this much: coaches don't always do what is in the team's best interest; they play politics and look out for themselves just like any other profession.
 
Kaiser Toro said:
Everything I said was fact. Unfortunately there was no need for sarcasm.
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Sorry to break it to you KT, but everything you said was not fact.
Your entire premise is centered on a straw man argument that ASSUMES that lack of confidence in Carr drove the decision to run out the clock.
You want that to be the reason, but that doesn't make it a fact.
It could have been lack of confidence in the Oline to protect Carr, for instance.
There could be other reasons for the decision as well.

Logic - 1
Strawman - 0
 
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