kubiak might not be the savior

[4Texans]

Ya Know, I'm excited just to see what a coaching change is going to do for the players we have on this team. You can't tell me that some of the veteran players that came from other teams totally forgot how to play football. (That statement should get a few replies)


And as I said before, I was a Capers fan, just not his of his AC's....

 

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We know Kubiak has been a great OC, and has had a lot of success being an assistant coach. You're right, we don't know how he's going to be as a Head Coach. I look at it this way. In today's NFL, and the "Win Now" attitude, guys like Tom Landry and Chuck Noll wouldn't has lasted long enough to take their teams to the SB. If you put Landry's first 4 years up against Capers first 4 years with the Texans, Landry would have been fired also. Capers may have taken the Texans to the Playoffs, but we'll never know.

Just like everyone is judging the top draft picks on potential, Kubiak's got the potential to be a great HC. At least our offense should be more exciting. And I was a fan of Dom Capers. I just wish he would have gotten rid of his Coordinators sooner.

IMO, Caper's undoing was all about his philosophies and unwillingness to change--knowing this, any successful coordinator would not have come here as long as Capers was HC. And, now, he's Special Assistant to the HC--not Asst HC or coordinator of any kind or even a position coach!? Miami's website said he took the job for a year (also said with little authority) hoping for something better to come a long---who were the 5 teams that offered him a DC job?

 

[4Texans]

IMO, Caper's undoing was all about his philosophies and unwillingness to change--knowing this, any successful coordinator would not have come here as long as Capers was HC. And, now, he's Special Assistant to the HC--not Asst HC or coordinator of any kind or even a position coach!? Miami's website said he took the job for a year (also said with little authority) hoping for something better to come a long---who were the 5 teams that offered him a DC job?

I have to agree with what Gary Walker said on Sports 610 the day after Capers was fired. "Dom wasn't fired for what Dom did. Dom was fired for what his coordinators did." Dom's downfall was letting his coordinators run the show and him not stepping in and making the changes. Walker said that the defense they ran was not the 3-4 that they ran in Jacksonville when he was DC and they had so much success. The Texans ran Fangios version of it. I think other coordinators would have come here, especially if they realized how much free reign and support Dom gave them. Pendry was out of Football until Dom called him. Wade Phillips could have kept his job in Buffalo if he would have fired Pendry. Fangio got the HC in Indy fired before Dungy, because the Defense was awful.

Anyone know what Pendry and Fangio are doing now?

 

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I have to agree with what Gary Walker said on Sports 610 the day after Capers was fired. "Dom wasn't fired for what Dom did. Dom was fired for what his coordinators did." Dom's downfall was letting his coordinators run the show and him not stepping in and making the changes. Walker said that the defense they ran was not the 3-4 that they ran in Jacksonville when he was DC and they had so much success. The Texans ran Fangios version of it. I think other coordinators would have come here, especially if they realized how much free reign and support Dom gave them. Pendry was out of Football until Dom called him. Wade Phillips could have kept his job in Buffalo if he would have fired Pendry. Fangio got the HC in Indy fired before Dungy, because the Defense was awful.

Anyone know what Pendry and Fangio are doing now?

First, if Capers could not control his coordinators, he had to go--a HC dictates the team's flow, not the subs. Personally, I don't think this is a good 'knock' to have on your resume--'unable to get effective results from my assistants.Result---Fired. Second, it was Wade's ST coach he got the axe over, though several other Bill's Coaches (including Pendry) were 'toast' as well. Third, I still believe it was Capers that controled/limited his assistants and not the other way around but--thank goodness--that is all history...