It is interesting seeing all the blame gaming and speculation on talk radio and message boards about the Texans.
Once in a while, you hear or read something that sounds spot on, but most of the time the stuff that people are saying is all illogical blathering. When a team loses, folks go nuts and start talking crazy stuff, parsing every public utterance, critizing every gesture, commenting on body language and facial expressions, doing hindsight drafts, grasping for anything that might be "The Answer."
Don't you wish you had a dollar for all the silly things people say about the Texans?
Sometimes I think the worst part of losing is hearing the stupid things that people say about the team after the loss. Factual discussions of the game I can listen to, but the speculating and stupidity just kills me. I don't like thinking that way about other Texans fans, but I just do. I can barely listen to 610 after the game when some of the more crazier comments are made.
And also the gratuitous ugly defeatest pot shots that people take after losses are hard to take too. I betcha
before the team plays on Sunday, John McClain thinks up a list of at least 10 snide insults and analogies he can make about the team. Then he just fills in the rest of his Monday column with a few stats. Hello, the team lost, it is obvious--stop just piling on with nasty tired stuff you think is funny and maybe throw in some thoughtful analysis instead of just insults.
I usually like McClain's stuff, but some of his columns on the Texans just seem like lazy Don Rickles stuff with a few canned stats thrown in.
I know that stupidity and ridicule come from your team having only 1 win, but it gets excessive after a while, and hard to find insight among all the blather.
Whenever I hear a statement of someone that says "As a PSL owner who spent bladitty blah money on Texans....", all I can think is that don't you think that Bob McNair who has spent zilliondy dollars on the team wants the team to be successful???
These days, there is parity in the NFL. The talent is similar but injuries and scheduling can really make a big difference.
See e.g.:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9798495/
Anyhow, the margin of error each year for a team is small. Tough schedules, loss of key players, trying to get team chemistry together, and learning up rookies etc, that for most teams, there is a thin line between a successful season and one that is not so much that way. Some stuff you do works, and some stuff you do nonworks.
I guess what I am trying to say is that there is no evidence that McNair is oblivious to how poor the team is playing, or that he is trying to run a team on the cheap like some losing franchises have, or doesn't care what the fans think about stuff.
So why boycott?
My best guess is that he believes that there is no point making a coaching change now and that a change will be made after the season, when we have more options. As an owner who is not nuts, he can't say that.
So, sit back, pop your beverage of choice, and watch the team we are lucky to have. See who can play. See who has no quit. See the rookies grow and learn. Because you can't fire the whole team, so you might as well cheer on these guys, and see who you want to stay your Texans.
All that being said, it sure would be nice if the Texans could destroy some suicide pools this weekend. Hard to do on their turf, but it sure would be fun.
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There is no way we are as bad as the team was then. There are just times when the team is going to struggle. Each year teams put a plan together...but so do all the other teams. Just so happens that some plans fail and some plans come together. When they fail you regroup and you get after it the next year.
