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Titans Name Bruce Matthews OL Coach

Im glad he didnt go to Dallas .... I really hate that team and their owner , as much as I do the Steelers and Titans.
 
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Corrosion said:
Im glad he didnt go to Dallas .... I really hate that team and their owner , as much as I do the Steelers and Titans.
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^^^^ My thoughts on it also. I also think that he is a great guy to have in the locker room to help the guys on technique that they may listen to more than Benton. Hard not to put credibility in what a HOF'er has to say.
 
TheRealJoker said:
It certainly doesn't hurt the young guys to bounce ideas off of this guy.
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His staying tells me that is one more person who believes in what the Texans are doing. I think that is the biggest benefit to the young guys.
 
thunderkyss said:
His staying tells me that is one more person who believes in what the Texans are doing. I think that is the biggest benefit to the young guys.
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Either that or he doesnt believe Dallas to be a better situation ....


Honestly I believe the offense is headed in the right direction ..... for the most part. They just need to find some consistency .... and a killer instinct. They ahve the personel and the system , now its time to put it together.


The defense .... so much work to do , so little time (pending there is no work stoppage). Hoping that Barwin and Ryans can return to form might be a recipe for disaster , add to that the need to find a NT as well as secondary help .... ugh. I dont see them being as bad as they were this past season but that isnt saying a whole lot.
 
Corrosion said:
Either that or he doesnt believe Dallas to be a better situation ....


Honestly I believe the offense is headed in the right direction ..... for the most part. They just need to find some consistency .... and a killer instinct. They ahve the personel and the system , now its time to put it together.


The defense .... so much work to do , so little time (pending there is no work stoppage). Hoping that Barwin and Ryans can return to form might be a recipe for disaster , add to that the need to find a NT as well as secondary help .... ugh. I dont see them being as bad as they were this past season but that isnt saying a whole lot.
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If they could improve to 15-20 on defense, that would go a mighty long way.
 
We had the 7th ranked rush offense and 4th ranked pass offense (3rd overall) and thats all that matters. This guy is thinking about his career, and being an OL coach here is going to provide you with a nice resume if we can stay top 10
 
i did some NUmber crunching

in 2009 we scored 421 Points
in 2010 we scored 390 points

thats about a 31 point drop from 09 just sayin
 
thunderkyss said:
His staying tells me that is one more person who believes in what the Texans are doing. I think that is the biggest benefit to the young guys.
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What they are doing is probably paying him decently and giving him a job in a town he has probably lived in for years. Hopefully the next HC of the Texans will retain him after Kubiak is fired next season.
 
Norg said:
i did some NUmber crunching

in 2009 we scored 421 Points
in 2010 we scored 390 points

thats about a 31 point drop from 09 just sayin
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Where did you get that information? nfl.com has:

in 2009 Houston scored 388 Points (10th in the NFL)
In 2010 Houston scored 390 Points (9th in the NFL)
 
DexmanC said:
And about 4 wins as well also just sayin
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Houston actually scored two more points this year than last year. The four extra wins in 2009 probably had to do with:

In 2009 Houston's defense gave up 333 Points (20.8 PPG)
In 2010 Houston's defense gave up 427 Points (26.7 PPG)

94 Points more given up by the defense is the difference since the offense scored more points this year.
 
JCTexan said:
Houston actually scored two more points this year than last year. The four extra wins in 2009 probably had to do with:

In 2009 Houston's defense gave up 333 Points (20.8 PPG)
In 2010 Houston's defense gave up 427 Points (26.7 PPG)

94 Points more given up by the defense is the difference since the offense scored more points this year.
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^ Biggest factor right there. The Texans putrid defense in 2010 cannot be exaggerated. They couldn't have stopped a parked car last year. Just absolutely disgusting.
 
Hookem Horns said:
What they are doing is probably paying him decently and giving him a job in a town he has probably lived in for years. Hopefully the next HC of the Texans will retain him after Kubiak is fired next season.
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Oh, I'm sure Wade will retain him. Oiler Blue and all.
 
Hookem Horns said:
What they are doing is probably paying him decently and giving him a job in a town he has probably lived in for years. Hopefully the next HC of the Texans will retain him after Kubiak is fired next season.
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I think Bob McNair wants to keep Bruce Matthews because he's PR gold in this town and Bob loves him some PR gold.

The Texans are a pre-fab franchise with no heart, no soul, no passion, and no clues to how to get any of that. McNair gives it all away in his comments. He says they don't want to lose Bruce because he's "an important member of their team"?

Really? I sincerely doubt that. He's an offensive line assistant. I'm sure he does a good job but he wouldn't take any time at all to replace. By his own admission he started at the very bottom floor of coaching. He has considerable experience and I don't want to discount that but he's got two years experience teaching.

Bob then says "He's a Hall of Fame player" and now we're getting somewhere. Bruce Matthews is a guy in the HOF and since the Texans won't even sniff that kind of honor until Andre Johnson retires (assuming he doesn't eventually tire of their **** and leave) that makes Bruce the closest thing McNair can get to some tradition. His team has none. He points out that Matthews was one of the most popular Oilers players and therein lies his value to the Texans. That would be "Marketing" and "PR". Nothing more.
 
Hervoyel said:
I think Bob McNair wants to keep Bruce Matthews because he's PR gold in this town and Bob loves him some PR gold.

The Texans are a pre-fab franchise with no heart, no soul, no passion, and no clues to how to get any of that. McNair gives it all away in his comments. He says they don't want to lose Bruce because he's "an important member of their team"?

Really? I sincerely doubt that. He's an offensive line assistant. I'm sure he does a good job but he wouldn't take any time at all to replace. By his own admission he started at the very bottom floor of coaching. He has considerable experience and I don't want to discount that but he's got two years experience teaching.

Bob then says "He's a Hall of Fame player" and now we're getting somewhere. Bruce Matthews is a guy in the HOF and since the Texans won't even sniff that kind of honor until Andre Johnson retires (assuming he doesn't eventually tire of their **** and leave) that makes Bruce the closest thing McNair can get to some tradition. His team has none. He points out that Matthews was one of the most popular Oilers players and therein lies his value to the Texans. That would be "Marketing" and "PR". Nothing more.
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Bruce Matthews = essential MARKETING piece, on-essential FOOTBALL personnel
 
Is it just me, or are some of you guys acting as if McNair sweetened the deal to get Bruce to stay?

He's on contract with the Texans through March 1 right? He went to see Jerrah... he decided to stay where he is.. in Houston. Am I missing something?
 
thunderkyss said:
Is it just me, or are some of you guys acting as if McNair sweetened the deal to get Bruce to stay?

He's on contract with the Texans through March 1 right? He went to see Jerrah... he decided to stay where he is.. in Houston. Am I missing something?
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No, you didn't miss a thing. That said, I'm on record (in another thread), that if Bruce has an opportunity to go somewhere and gain more experience coaching, he should. After all, at one point, he was like the third assistant offensive line coach, behind Gibbs, and (someone else who escapes me)....

In any event, I'm glad he's stayin' around.

BTW, the "marketing" angle by some posters was weak. Really weak. If Bruce had moved on, do people really think that would affect fans decisions to renew their tickets? ..... HA!!! Hardly!
 
PR or not PR, I am glad he stayed.
If his professionalism and competitive nature can rub off on any of our players, that is priceless.
 
Texan_Bill said:
Didn't the Texans attempt to talk to Munchak at one time and the Tinnbreds refused?
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Wow! Hadn't heard that, but here you go:

The Texans have removed Tennessee Titans offensive line coach Mike Munchak from their list of candidates to replace offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.

Before the Texans could formally ask for permission to interview Munchak, Titans coach Jeff Fisher called general manager Rick Smith on Tuesday. Fisher and Smith are members of the NFL's competition committee.

Fisher informed Smith that the Titans wouldn't be granting permission for Munchak to interview. In other words, don't waste your time.

Under NFL rules, coaches under contract can't switch jobs -- even for promotions -- unless they're given permission. The only exception is for an assistant to become a head coach.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6800366.html
 
Texan_Bill said:
... if Bruce has an opportunity to go somewhere and gain more experience coaching, he should. After all, at one point, he was like the third assistant offensive line coach, behind Gibbs, and (someone else who escapes me)....
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Gibbs has always said in Houston, he was very hands off. I believe he was actually here to coach the coaches. From my understanding, it's been Matthews who was actually one-on-one with the guys.

I think he's being groomed & all this talk about him now makes me believe he is doing well & has a bright future ahead of him as a coach.

Which is cool I guess, especially for you Oiler fans.
 
I wonder if it was a wise move by Matthews, career wise ? The HC up in Dallas is just starting out his term with that organization while the incumbant regime in Houston is on double-secret probation. Of course Matthews has lived in the Houston area for some time, perhaps his wife was very reluctant to pull up stakes and start traveling to job sites in her middle-age ? I wouldn't be surprised if Mrs. Matthews had the final vote on the Matthews family relocating for another employment opportuntiy, afterall financially they should be set after Bruces lengthy NFL career as a player ?
 
Texan_Bill said:
No, you didn't miss a thing. That said, I'm on record (in another thread), that if Bruce has an opportunity to go somewhere and gain more experience coaching, he should. After all, at one point, he was like the third assistant offensive line coach, behind Gibbs, and (someone else who escapes me)....

In any event, I'm glad he's stayin' around.

BTW, the "marketing" angle by some posters was weak. Really weak. If Bruce had moved on, do people really think that would affect fans decisions to renew their tickets? ..... HA!!! Hardly!
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Benton?
 
Texan_Bill said:
No, you didn't miss a thing. That said, I'm on record (in another thread), that if Bruce has an opportunity to go somewhere and gain more experience coaching, he should. After all, at one point, he was like the third assistant offensive line coach, behind Gibbs, and (someone else who escapes me)....

In any event, I'm glad he's stayin' around.

BTW, the "marketing" angle by some posters was weak. Really weak. If Bruce had moved on, do people really think that would affect fans decisions to renew their tickets? ..... HA!!! Hardly!
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Marketing and Public Relations get used interchangeably more often than not (right or wrong as that may be). Having Bruce on the coaching staff is kind of like having Wade around. He's got built in "warm fuzzy feelings" where the old Oilers fans are concerned. Gary's "former Oilers ball-boy" story doesn't tug at the old heart strings like it did 5 years of bumbling idiocy ago so having these former Oilers around answers the need for nostalgia in the crowd. Having one on the coaching staff, and perhaps the greatest of all is even better.
 
10-12 wins would give me a case of the warm and fuzzies.

It still bothers me that BoB had Bum and Dante schill for Kubiak.

That should tell you where BoB's heart is.

Anything to keep business as usual.
 
This was posted to HT.com a week ago. Haven't seen it, figured this is a good place to stick it. Lots of good stuff in this article (so read it), here's a little snippet about Bruce Matthew's role here.

You’ve got four coaches working to some degree with the running game and offensive line – you, Dennison, assistant offensive line coach Frank Pollack and offensive assistant Bruce Matthews. How do you divvy everything up?

“I think that’s one of the great things here. We’re all on the same page. No one has an ego. You just jump in and do everything you can to go, and it’s a bunch of good guys to work with. Between Frank Pollack and I, we’ll alternate which groups of the line we’re working together with, but we really make a point that it’s with all of them. Obviously, Bruce does a lot of our prep work and that type of thing in the office, and Rick’s involved with running the whole offense. So in terms of the minutiae and that type of thing, we’ll do it that way in terms of drills and even how we watch the line. It kind of follows a little theme, and it seems to work pretty well.”
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It would suck to see him with the Titans but its a legit promotion and we still have good coaching along the OL with Benton and Dennison. I mean Matthews is technically behind Frank Pollack as well. I know he would probably love to stay here but if he is really serious about being a coach I don't know if he could pass up the opportunity.
 
HOU-TEX said:
Even a jive turkey like McClain can put two and two together and come up with this scenerio. The article is just that, the Gobbler speculating. There's a chance Bruce will leave, but the Gobbler's gobbler is just jiggling for now.
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I wonder if they'll leave tickets for Elvis ?
 
It's such a non issue. Our oline coach is making chicken salad with chicken ****. We have more important things to worry about than basically an honorary coach.
 
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