I have to disagree with the notion that McNair is running the Texans more like a profitable business compared to an owner that only cares about winning.
McNair the business man would have realized that from marketing and media exposure Young or Bush was much more profitable than the Mario pick.
The thing I have notice about McNair is that he seems very content with the revenues being generated by the Texans. The last I saw, the Texans were a top 5 revenue generating team. I think that because he has money rolling in, he does not seem to be very concerned at all about building or maintaining a fan base. When people complained about the draft, the response was "We still have a waiting list for season tickets". When games are not shown in the other cities like San Antonio or Austin, the response is "We don't control the TV". I cannot believe that a business man would ignore the entire rest of state. I am sure if TV stations stopped broadcasting Cowboy games in the other cities of this state, Jones would show some level of concern.
What I meant was, putting a winning football team together is very different from a profitable business. The economic pie to some extent is infinite and even a poorly run business can be successful under good economic circumstances. Not so in the NFL when it comes to winning.
In the NFL, there are clear defined winners and losers.
I think McNair probably delegates most of the stuff but it seems there to be an overall attitude from my discussion with them and what I have heard from other people. I don't like it and they sometimes seem a little pompess, like I should be thankful.
My overall point was about Carr, the longer he stays with the team and playing the way he is and Kubiak keeps towing the company line, the more I am going to think the Carr situation is more of McNair's doing. So, McNair delegates most stuff but I have a feeling his fingers are all into the Carr situation.
I don't think anyone expects this team to make the playoffs, but there should be a respectable showing even with the guys currently around Carr.
The newness is wearing off the Texans, and if the Texans keep playing the way they are, the waiting list will go away and other revenues will go away.
I am not putting another dime into this team outside of season tickets. I will eat and get drunk before the game so McNair gets very little money.
This whole situation is getting ridiculous and bordering on unacceptable. The more I think about it, there should be some apologies to the fans!