Has Bob reached Bud's status yet?

If he had a legitimate cause, and was doing things to actually help people instead of merely trying to push ridiculous political narratives while being disrespectful to the country that provided him with a lifetime of privilege, then I'd be all for it. Unfortunately that's not the case.

I will however, consider that opinion for what it's worth.

 

I don’t think the demographic who actively call into y’all shows move the needle much. The squeaky few like Bobby

 

Exactly.

The city refused to build a stadium for HIM... and him alone. They'd have rather lost an NFL team vs giving into his demands yet again.

That's a pretty tell-tale sign of true hatred. They were fortunate to get another team, which probably ended up costing even more in taxpayer dollars... but as long as Adams wasn't the owner, the city felt it was truly worth it.

 

Recency bias.

Also, do you know how hard it was to move the needle pre-internet era? Bud did that, in spades... for a guy who had such deep roots in the Houston community, he had absolutely no friends/partners who were willing to side with him when he needed help the most. That speaks volumes as to how one is truly perceived... forget about the fans turning on him, he had no friends in the city he called home.

 

Its also karma that at the time of his death, his franchise would have been worth 2-3x more in Houston vs what it was in Nashville.... as stadium deals became less important/impactful on a franchises' net worth compared to media and TV deals (which were heavily influenced based on the TV/radio market size).

 

The city was stupid and wrong for refusing to build us, the people of Houston, a stadium for football. The city played chicken with Adams and the city and the people of Houston lost.

The dome was a basball park being used for football and it was horrible for the fans. I know because I went to many football games in the dome. Sadly, the city had a love affair with that baseball park and made a bad decision by refusing to build a football stadium. I don't blame Adams for getting pissed and leaving. Football games shouldn't be played in baseball parks.

 

I would argue that the people of Houston won. It allowed them to get rid of Bud Adams and get a better owner....for the city to turn on without cause.

 

He's working on it.

 

Then Adams should have not used the city of Houston as leverage for a Dome renovation less than 10 years prior. Those were HIS demands (renovate the dome, or else!) and the city obliged as they loved the team more than anything else.

If he had even a single friend, support, amongst the city leaders... maybe he would have been advised better. Adams always shot his mouth before he thought. He would have been an absolute PR nightmare in the internet era (and probably would have generated even more vitriol than he actually did).

When a b*stard of an owner can actually drive you to no longer hold on to a team.... THAT's how bad it can get.

 

Nah. Most season ticket fans agree with Bob and would rather be done with the anthem protests.

 

Honest question -- how old are you?

 

Bud was a jerk who had good teams.

Big Bob is a jerk with crappy teams

 

LOL, there's so much wrong with that.

First of all, you are trying to make this a black or white issue, despite it being a right or wrong issue. You are wrong and you want to believe that all black people are wrong just like you are. That's simply not the case. There are wrong people of all races who don't understand idioms in order to feign outrage.

The simple fact is that not many people want stupid political BS on the field no matter who they are. The people who want SJW BS on the field are a tiny number of people that are largely irrelevant even among those who might otherwise agree with the politics behind it.

 

Not sure, but most people are going to think you're in your late teens or early 20s making statements like that.

 

I'm sure you'd try to argue that, but you'd be wrong. Perhaps you really are just too young to know what the hell you are talking about.....also, do you really think that Bud Adams forcing Vince Young on the Titans was a good thing? LOL, he set his franchise back several years with that nonsense.

Also, your attempt to make McNair seem like a racist who wouldn't want a black QB is pretty stupid given that Watson wasn't even the first black QB in Texans franchise history....again maybe you are just too young to remember Tony Banks



I get that people like you are primarily focused on the stupid narrative you want to push, but it's just not going to get you very far with those who know better.

 

It had EVERYTHING to do with politics. The reason for Kap kneeling was to protest a black criminal armed with a stolen gun being shot by a black cop.....and Kap wanted to use that to push a political narrative.

Also, with the "disrespecting the flag" big, Kap himself admitted to it. He said that the reason he was doing it was to demonstrate his lack of pride in the flag and the country it represents. A public display of a lack of pride is the same thing as a public show of disrespect. Sorry, you just won't win this argument no matter what after the fact spin you quote. His initial words will always betray his real intent.

You are right though, this really isn't a black or white issue, it's a right or wrong issue and you are wrong. What Kap was doing was bringing politics into football in order to push a false narrative and it ended up hurting ratings and attendance. He was wrong to pull that stunt and there's really no 2 ways about it.

The league is better off with players who are there to play, not make asses of themselves trying to push political narratives on the field no matter what that narrative is. Do that BS on your time off.