[Matt Jackson's Twitter] Rick Dennison will be the Texans offensive coordinator

And I was holding my breath for Major applewhite. =(

As long as dennison recognizes the texans' strength,(passing game)there should be no problem.

" Kubiak said on his radio show that he will likely hire two new coaches on offense."
Our we going to get another o-line coach?

 

Great news! He knows the system, and of course hes a former Bronco, lol.

 

Heard the rumor a few weeks back that Gibbs was going to Washington with Kyle and Mike...not to concerned if he goes, the system is in place and minus 08 the Texans were avg to below avg running the ball.

 

This is a great hire. While the offense was much improved with Kyle, Kubiak was still doing a ton of work with them, largely due to Kyle's inexperience.

It will be nice to have an established OC, and that can free up Kubiak to focus on other head coach things like how to make correct challenges.

 

Mort on NFL Countdown was saying that Dennison was Kubiak's best friend.

 

I do not know much about Dennison. What type of offense does this guy like to run? Is he a traditional play caller or does he like to call half back pass type plays with your third string running back?

 

Even though Kyle was elevated to primary play-caller, Kubiak still had a play-card sheet in his hands at all times.

Something tells me that no play was run without his final ok/blessing... and that he probably called a good number of them himself.

If anything, having a proven offensive coordinator may allow us to avoid those random halfs where we didn't do anything, while the other half we looked like the greatest offense ever.

 

I'm not thrilled by the continued "Kubiak Buddy Club" system of hirings, especially in light of our tough schedule on the horizon. But we'll see how things go.

 

Yet with all those great hires by Kubes, all we could muster is a 9-7 record this year and .500 records the previous years. So the assistant coaches aren't the problem if they are that good, it's someone else.

He could at least interview a few people to pick their brain and get a different outlook on what the Texans need to get better. But he seems satisfied hearing what he wants to hear.

 

The Kubiak Buddy Club has succeeded at losing close games and making games close that shouldn't be. Our Denver South experiment has spun out of control as Gary has drowned when faced with more than getting us to this point. The players showed a lot of heart and talent with the second half push. Kubes wasn't up to the task.....Trick plays inside the redzone each week (Imean some horrible playcalling), the inability to punch it in from the 1 in three games, ruining Slaton by having him change his bodytype, and the resistance to go get a RB...just a few. This team should have won 11 - 12 games...... and now we'll face a brutal schedule next year. We ARE loaded and will most likely go to the playoffs whether Kubiak is there or not. That said, Bob needs to wake up. He shouldn't have let this chance pass to bring in Cowher or Dungy.

 

Neither were an option.

 

This assumes a couple of things:

1. The Texans are ok with awarding Cowher a record $10M a year. Not even Shannhan will be making that much.

2. The Texans brass believes that a 3-4 defense will work in the AFC South. I am not sold myself.

 

did exbronco's routinely fumble and miss FGs? Was it the exbronco's who suffered season ending injuries?

so the players get credit for the good play and coaches for the bad games? interesting.

1 play all year...horrible but should have never been thrown. Also, could have easily been shan's call and he convinved kubes...who knows.

how about block someone? how about not fumble? that plus lack of short yardage backs hurts.

yeah...it was his "bodytype" that caused him to fumble. Dude's had a fumble problem in college also.

probably, but jets are better than we initially thought and save a few untimely fumbles and missed FG, they were right around 11 wins.

Loaded? subpar o-line? Question marks at rb. secondary average on a good day and DT still highly suspect...that's not loaded.

you assume they would want to come here and will even be coaching next year. What if they don't? then you look like the fool

 

All you guys thinking Kubiak and friends are underacheiving need to check your expectations.

Had this team won all the games it "could" have won, they would have ended up being 14-2. This is NOT a 14-2 team. Not with their running game, not with their kicking game, and not with their paltry sack ability and secondary coverage.

I'm not saying the coaches are infallible, just that changing the regime doesn't automatically fix everything. And in some cases, it could cause more of a setback.

I like the direction this team has had ever since Kubiak took over a team with MORE problems than the expansion version (and less money and draft picks to fix it). They have a solid foundation on offense, and several playmakers on defense acquired through the draft. They actually know how to protect a QB now. They aren't taken lightly by anybody around the league anymore.

They still have improving to do... which they have done each year with acquired talent or just simply "growing up". I see no reason why they can't continue to do so.