I "gripe" about three things, and three things only TMAC:
1. Carr not owning up to his errors and not taking HIS offense on his shoulders. Forget our o line and its woes. He's got to overcome that TODAY and just find ways to move on without them. Too many people are getting caught up in how poor our o line is, and they bail out Carr in the process.
2. Stupid personnel moves. You CANNOT tell me I don't have a legitimate gripe about the inept personnel decisions such as Buchanon, cutting Swinton, cutting Sloan Thomas, etc. Anybody with an eye for football (and not for politics) could see that certain people on this team are WORTHY of not only making the team but also of starting, but they don't get the chance because of pure politics. Which leads me to my next "gripe" that you feel I am in unjust of having...
3. Capers. I just refuse to get all happy and giddy about Palmer being fired when both Palmer AND Capers should have been canned. Had I seen management say "You know what, both of 'em need to go...," you would see one happy Texans fan. My gripe list would be cut down to only 1 (Carr) because getting rid of Capers is the last step needed for our recovery to begin. The guy is DONE. No tinkering by Capers will make a lasting impression or change our teama round. Capers IS the problem.
But I'm some big loser because I don't get the faith and get the fire when they keep Capers (when he should be gone). So, politics is still alive and well.
You guys are so desperate for a STINKIN WIN that you will sell our team's future for it. As long as SOMETHING works and we get a win, it's OK by you. You get to feel good for a week...and then we get blown out the next week. The whole thing just repeats itself in some sort of sick cycle and all the while there are so many fans here who honestly only care about winning a game here and there and NOT caring about the long term future of this team.
I have seen veteran members of this board who in years past would defend this team to the hilt during a time like this, and now they are tired of this mess as much (or more) than I am.
So attack me personally if you want. I guess you're part of the group that thinks a few tinker moves will get us back on the right track. It might do the trick for a few games, but we'll always be right back here in pity party land wondering why-oh-why things went so horribly wrong when we had just began to win games again. And as long as a lot of the current coaches (Capers at the head of that list) remain and receive get-out-of-jail-free cards while they pin the blame on other people, I just don't see much to cheer about because the players cannot overcome that sort of atmosphere.
I can gripe if I want to. Put me on your ignore list if it bothers you so much. I don't care what you think of me or what you think about what I post. You're wasting your time if you think you're so important that I need to obey you and only write silver lining pie-in-the-sky posts that make me into some super-fan homer and some cheer leader for a team that honestly is not worthy being praised right now.
I'll say it and say it and say it: Capers getting canned will shut me up. Until that happens, nothing good on the field will last for long. And you all just need to brace yourselves for the reality that Capers making some bold moves is NOT the answer for any long term success. Which gets me back to my point that I made in my earlier post:
If these moves are so great, why didn't he make them weeks ago since even the casual Texans fan noticed that Buchanon is not the answer, the offensive plans and schemes are horrible, and Babin is only efefctive against the run and not a good pass rusher, etc., etc., etc.? All Capers' bold moves do to me is make me mad because he waited until the wheels fell off to fire Palmer, and to make player moves when he KNOWS he should have made them in camp or in preseason. So he didn't get some sort of out-of-the-blue lightning bolt revelation after this past game. He has known about this for a long time, and he's getting patted on the back for making these moves now when he should have made them before the season started. Faggins and Orr might have made a huuuuuuge difference in team attitude and performance in the first two games but we'll never know.
It's a short season (16 games) not 82 or 162. 16 games. Losing yor first two games just puts you in the worst position possible. Winning two-in-a-row only gets you back to .500 and you've got 12 games left. Tick tock, Tick tock. In the NFL, you can't come out of the gate slow and expect to make up ground easily. Just answer me this: Do you think Capers can turn this team around, or is he the problem? You know my answer. What's your answer to this question, TMAC?
