Any facts to back up this claim? Very presumptive post.
Just watch, that's all I am asking.
Watch Kubiak when the ball is being moved down the field fairly effortlessly between the 20s, and watch Kubiak when we get near the goal line...there's as big of a poker "tell" in NFL coaching as you'll ever get...and guys like Sean Payton sure as hell play better poker than guys like Sparano. Right? Right.
Body language, how much he chatters into his headset, amount of interaction with the guys on the field, etc. You just know that Dennison is laying down his sheet and Kubiak has taken back the controls...and so do opposing d-coordiators who are smart enough to watch and gamble on it. It's why Kubiak has a 1-18 record vs. teams who eventually have a winning record--They know what our tendencies are near the goal line. It's poker.
Watch the way the offense itself operates between the 20s. Gets near the goal line, and those guys are automatically "eff'ing up" what got them all the way to the 5-yard line to begin with?????? I don't buy it.
Competing styles + designer of offense is the head coach = Kubiak wants to make the "critical" calls near the goal line.
Look, I'll throw in the factual evidence to my claims about this:
The halfback pass vs. the Jags was called on a FIRST DOWN play within the 10-yard line or so...and after the game Kubiak admits it was his call.
And because he admitted to calling that paticular play, in that particular game, it wasn't too much later in that same season that he also opened up in an interview and said, "We all discuss the game plan leading up to the game, but on game day I can intercept any call from the o-coord and change the call if I want to. But we all have buy-in leading up to the game. But I can change the call if I want to. But....like I said, we all have a voice on things. And I can change the call." I am paraphrasing and using sarcasm for added effect, but he was grilled after the Jax game as to why such a call would be made by his o-coordinator like it was in the Jax game. He chose to man up and admit things because of that one play. He wasn't going to duck the blame and let it land on someone else.
I mean, LOL. I'm not exactly making up stories up here. Out of all the things that I try to read the tea leaves on, this one (IMO) is logical.
Just watch. IMO, Dennison's lack of control near the goal line is adversely affecting us. Kubiak can't stand not being on control when it gets down to the part where we score points...he has built a powerful arsenal on offense and he can't move his troops once they've hit the beaches.
And this, IMO, is where the "The Texans are soft" tag comes into play. My apologies to Mr. Lombardi, by the way, because he is right. There's a "toughness ceiling" that the Texans cannot consistently break through.