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powerfuldragon
Enchilada Aficionado.
Look at today's chron. It says Calhoun will be up in the box calling plays, but they'll have to go thru kubes. Kubiak also said that he may call a few plays or the whole game. The article goes on to say he may even give sherman a chance to call a few.
painekiller
All Pro
Here is the direct quote from Kubiak http://www.houstontexans.com/news/news_detail.php?PRKey=2762 "(on play calling) “I am going to call the play. Offensive coordinator, Troy Calhoun, is my eyes upstairs and anything that comes from up there goes through me. I feel very confident that he can call the game and I am working the same way I did with Denver Broncos head coach, Mike Shanahan for years, we both prepared to call the game. There may be a segment where I am calling the whole thing or there be a segment where I say Troy (Calhoun) you take it this series or you take it the whole game. We will even get (assistant head coach) Mike Sherman calls. I think as many sets of eyes that you can have and people that have had that experience on doing that the better you are as a group. We will do it that way. The bottom line is that it’s coming from me to (QB) David Carr all the time.”
Superstar said:I just heard on ESPN 790 that Kubiak is calling all the plays. I guess Kubes does not trust the offensive coordinator to make them. Hey to me whatever it takes to win so be it!
I'm surprised more head coaches don't call the plays. If my job performance is based on the team's performance, I would feel most comfortable calling the shots.
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
trane said:
I'm surprised more head coaches don't do it in their area of expertise. Jacking with the side of the ball you are not expert in and letting the one you are go to pot results in an Assistant Coach position in Miami.
powerfuldragon
Enchilada Aficionado.
Scooter
Funky
infantrycak said:
beat me to it. if you've got a defensive guy as your head coach, he should put a lot more faith in his offensive coaches and focus more of his time on his strengths. kubiak's the final say so, but i'm much more comfortable having him running the offense and giving smith more free reign over the defense (something capers got backwards).
Superstar said:
I don't think trust has anything to do with it. I doubt Kubiak would hire someone if he didn't trust their judgement.
As painekiller's post mentioned, I think it's more about a chain-of-command that Kubiak has established, and he uses the rest of the staff for analyzing and seeing things that he might not catch with his own two eyes.
I thought Carr was calling all of the plays. 
threetoedpete
Hall of Fame
Txn_in_VA said:
agreed, how many angles can dance on the head of a pin ? Whatever they did last game...keep doing it.
bayoudreamn
Rookie
Superstar said:I just heard on ESPN 790 that Kubiak is calling all the plays. I guess Kubes does not trust the offensive coordinator to make them. Hey to me whatever it takes to win so be it!
The OC is calling them from the booth. Kubes has the mike to the qbs ear and can override the OC. He said that in some of his comments this week.It's in one of the quotes articles.
It's the same article where he talked about their communications problems, I think it's 8/16/06.
texflex513
Rookie
Double Barrel said:
I agree...Kubiak stated that he has full trust in his staff and is completely open to any suggestions that they give to make the texans a better football team. I think he takes everything they add into consideration before making a decision.
Ibar_Harry
All Pro
I have a different take on what might be happening. I think Kubiak wants to add an element of unkown to the mix. He wants to change up signal callers at times which will vary what's called. We all tend to develop patterns and the easiest way to vary the calling is to have a different person call the plays. All of the named coaches are very competent in regards to play calling.
I believe they have even mentioned that they want the players reacting and doing their own thing because the coaches will not always be available. That adds a different variable to the mix. It will be interesting to see what latitude Carr has once the play is call. I believe all of this is to make us as unpredictable as possible. In one of the Carr comments he was saying that many of the plays are the same, but they don't necessarily line up the same way. Its easier for the line because they know what's going to happen, but hopefully the defense does not. Its like Carr said about not being in the same spot every time it makes it harder for the defense.
All these comments are by a head coach who knows how to play the offensive side of the ball. The Texans passed their first exam now its time to pass the second exam. Go TEXXXXANS.
I believe they have even mentioned that they want the players reacting and doing their own thing because the coaches will not always be available. That adds a different variable to the mix. It will be interesting to see what latitude Carr has once the play is call. I believe all of this is to make us as unpredictable as possible. In one of the Carr comments he was saying that many of the plays are the same, but they don't necessarily line up the same way. Its easier for the line because they know what's going to happen, but hopefully the defense does not. Its like Carr said about not being in the same spot every time it makes it harder for the defense.
All these comments are by a head coach who knows how to play the offensive side of the ball. The Texans passed their first exam now its time to pass the second exam. Go TEXXXXANS.
quicksilver
Overweight
Hookem Horns said:I thought Carr was calling all of the plays.
Last year's staff allowed Carr to call the plays for one half of a game last season. It was the best half of football the offense played last year, as I recall. Apparantly that was putting us at risk of losing the first pick of this year's draft, so they put the kibosh on it after just the one half.
quicksilver
Overweight
Ibar_Harry said:
Excellent observations, Harry!
Ibar_Harry said:
You're reading my mind, man. These are my exact thoughts last night when I was talking to a friend about Kubiak's chain-of-command.
Opposing teams will look for patterns in playcalling, and try to exploit them. So when Kubiak lets Sherman or Calhoun call a play or game, it adds an element of unpredictability to the mix. Teams will have hard time trying to find patterns.
And Kubiak is a coach that will change things in the fly, even right before kickoff. He's not scared to try different angles and change his scheme in midstream.
I'm as stoked about watching Kubiak as anything else on this team. His presence has brought a whole new dimension to our football team, and you could just feel it at the game last Saturday. Even though it's only pre-season, I felt like I was watching a professional football team for the first time in awhile.
infantrycak said:
or St Louis
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
srstex said:Actually Carr called the plays on two different halves, and one was great the other resulted in no points. BUT, that would equal an 8-8 season if he had that same success over the year. But of course that was last year.
Wow this keeps on getting misstated. Carr called the 1st half of the St. Louis game (24 pts at the half--27 at the end) and the 1st half of the Cards game (24 at the half--30 pts at the end).
Adding to the point...Sherman and Calhoun may see something to exploit that Kubes misses and Kubes is allowing them the freedom to point that out and get it the game easier. That tells me Kubes is a very confident fellow and not afraid to let others have good ideas. Control freaks tend to be less confident of their abilities, therefore keeping pertinent information and authority away from people they view a threats to their power. I'm at work and typed this in spurts. Hope it makes sense. BTW...this system has done well in Denver. I bet it works here, too.Double Barrel said:
