I've been a Kubiak supporter for most of his tenure. I was willing to let him grow and thought he would eventually become the next "it" coach. I have to be honest, I'm questioning that now.
I'm not saying the season is over, throw it out the window and I'm not saying that we can't make the playoffs with him, I believe we can. I am asking if we can become a dynasty with him. When you look at great coaches, they get more out of the players than everyone else. Name a game in which the Texans have ever performed beyond expectation since their inception? We have two signature wins over the entire franchise history. 19-10 and the fist time we beat Indy. Other than that, how many games have we won that we really shouldn't have?
I used to think it was talent. And it was. That lack of talent is not a problem though. You see this a lot really with teams. It is almost like you need one coach to come in and get you the talent to win and then another coach to come in and take them to the next level. Sometimes I wonder if coaching from behind, talent wise, for 3 or 4 years doesn't somehow impair a coaches ability to coach a team when he has more talent than the guys on the other sideline.
Don't consider coaching for a minute. Just think about player talent. Offensively how many teams have more talent than we do? I'm still thinking too. The Saints? There are a few teams that have maybe as much talent, but it is hard to find a team that you can say "Oh, they have way more talent than the Texans". Why do we stall? Are we too careful? Do we lack discipline? Maybe it IS the personality of the coach.
What about on defense? Now sure that is a work in progress but honestly, even without mario we have an excellent front seven. What about on the back end? JJo is a top flight corner. Manning/Quinn is a very servicable S combo. Yeah, we're weak at the 2nd corner spot but outside of that is there really a MAJOR weakness on the defense?
Our defense has even performed pretty well this year. Its not a stretch to say that the defense has kept us in games. Miami? Even the Indy game, the defense set that up nicely the fist couple of drives. Baltimore? Until we started getting desperate and selling out for turnovers the defense did a lot of nice things (including the takeaway to give us a TD).
Maybe the problem is the coach. Maybe somebody needs to tell him he has more talent than anyone in the league.
The one bright spot? One of our perennial underachievers (JJones) will be less relied on. When AJ comes back with AJ/Mason/Walter I'm suddenly a lot more confident in the offense. JJones can get on the field to stretch the field but I hate, absolutely hate, relying on him to make plays for this team. My hope is that Kubiak puts it together the last ten games. If we finish 8-2 or 7-3 then maybe he gets it and puts it together. Anything less than 7-3 in our last 10 games should see him looking for an opportunity to be an OC again. We're going to find out in very short order how badly we needed a reliable WR2.
Mike
I'm not saying the season is over, throw it out the window and I'm not saying that we can't make the playoffs with him, I believe we can. I am asking if we can become a dynasty with him. When you look at great coaches, they get more out of the players than everyone else. Name a game in which the Texans have ever performed beyond expectation since their inception? We have two signature wins over the entire franchise history. 19-10 and the fist time we beat Indy. Other than that, how many games have we won that we really shouldn't have?
I used to think it was talent. And it was. That lack of talent is not a problem though. You see this a lot really with teams. It is almost like you need one coach to come in and get you the talent to win and then another coach to come in and take them to the next level. Sometimes I wonder if coaching from behind, talent wise, for 3 or 4 years doesn't somehow impair a coaches ability to coach a team when he has more talent than the guys on the other sideline.
Don't consider coaching for a minute. Just think about player talent. Offensively how many teams have more talent than we do? I'm still thinking too. The Saints? There are a few teams that have maybe as much talent, but it is hard to find a team that you can say "Oh, they have way more talent than the Texans". Why do we stall? Are we too careful? Do we lack discipline? Maybe it IS the personality of the coach.
What about on defense? Now sure that is a work in progress but honestly, even without mario we have an excellent front seven. What about on the back end? JJo is a top flight corner. Manning/Quinn is a very servicable S combo. Yeah, we're weak at the 2nd corner spot but outside of that is there really a MAJOR weakness on the defense?
Our defense has even performed pretty well this year. Its not a stretch to say that the defense has kept us in games. Miami? Even the Indy game, the defense set that up nicely the fist couple of drives. Baltimore? Until we started getting desperate and selling out for turnovers the defense did a lot of nice things (including the takeaway to give us a TD).
Maybe the problem is the coach. Maybe somebody needs to tell him he has more talent than anyone in the league.
The one bright spot? One of our perennial underachievers (JJones) will be less relied on. When AJ comes back with AJ/Mason/Walter I'm suddenly a lot more confident in the offense. JJones can get on the field to stretch the field but I hate, absolutely hate, relying on him to make plays for this team. My hope is that Kubiak puts it together the last ten games. If we finish 8-2 or 7-3 then maybe he gets it and puts it together. Anything less than 7-3 in our last 10 games should see him looking for an opportunity to be an OC again. We're going to find out in very short order how badly we needed a reliable WR2.
Mike