You know, it is possible that some of us have had personal interactions with Texans players, and that those players have said things that they would never reveal to the press. I've had a Texans player say things to me that I know he's never said to the public.
As I mentioned in this thread back in September, my son has played on that field when the stadium started hosting the annual Battle of Piney Woods (SFA vs. SHSU). He said the grass itself is nice, but there are some spots that they learned to avoid during pre-game walk-throughts.
On a side note, they just played that game last weekend. My son has graduated, but we were at the practice facility for a scouting event (Texans were hosting a youth event). JJ Moses was there as a Texans ambassador, and I asked him about the field. He knew that he had to be careful with his answer because of his employer, but he said EVERY field in the NFL has weak spots. Some you know because the field stays the same, but one like the Texans, it is game to game. He said some games it would be 'near perfect' with the seams aligned, while other games there were places you learned to avoid.
what can they do I don't think they can slide in one giant tray since they seem to like the tray Idea but maybe long pieces IDK
maybe they should just open dat rook and put in that natural grassand if tey have to replace it every week or other week so be it
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I think the best option would be to just grow a field in the stadium for 6 months and only host football game events during that period. During the other six months, rodeo, monster truck, Disney Ice, circus, whatever, could be accommodated by removing the field.
Have the best of both worlds with natural grass, but get rid of the pallet system and just grow a field for football season. Problems solved.
Sorry, but he totally lost me with that "putting our life on the line" crack.
Police officers, fire dept. folks, armed services folks... THEY put their lives on the line.
He makes big bucks playing a damned game.
He ought to get over himself.
I feel the same way when players say that they are "going to war" or call themselves warriors. Give me a break. It's a freakin' game. I respect that it's a contact sport, but it's not war.
I think the Texans are teetering close to the line of criminal negligence with the abortion of a field they have. CP didn't think it rose to that level. He said players get hurt all the time but did agree that the field looked worse than usual and that it is a bad playing surface.
Thanks for the reply. I figured CP would be pragmatic about it.
Not sure about criminal negligence, but I do think they could find a more practical solution like I mentioned above instead of allowing profit motives to drive hosting multiple events during football season. They are trying to compromise with a pallet system that causes these problems, but they need to put the Houston Texans and their assets (ie. PLAYERS) first and foremost during the season.