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Houston Texans GM Rick Smith was a guest of Marc and John on SportsRadio610 Thursday morning. If you're like me and wasn't able to hear the interview live, you can read the transcript provided by the staff at houstontexans.com (links below).
Smith discussed a number of topics and it was the typical GM-speak for the most part. But the following exchange caught my attention (specifically, what is underlined):
Radio host: "We’ve asked Wade Phillips numerous times about the 3-4 and how different Texans personnel members fit in, but your quick thoughts here on Mario Williams and Brian Cushing in that 3-4 defense, what they might look like?"
Rick Smith: “I am excited. I’m excited from a personal standpoint, guys, to be honest with you, because at Purdue, I played in the 4-3 defense. In Denver, we played the 4-3 defense, and here, we played (it). So I’ve grown up in a 4-3 defense and this is really my first exposure to a 3-4 from a personal standpoint. Obviously, we’ve watched it and studied it and understand it, but from the standpoint of us playing a 3-4, this is the first time.
So how's that make you feel Texans fans?
Kudos for being honest, Rick, but there's such a thing as too much information. Note to readers: he did say 'personal' not 'personnel.'
But what a deal. Here's a guy entering his sixth season as an NFL GM, presiding over operations of a football team that's gone 37-43 during his tenure, and he's taking '3-4 Defense 101' this semester.
I don't know about your company, but at mine, we don't have orientation or on-the-job training programs that extend to your sixth year of employment.
http://www.examiner.com/houston-texans-in-houston/texans-gm-this-is-my-first-exposure-to-a-3-4