Ah, so you've got excuses when it comes to baseball failure for a decade, but when it comes to football failure for 2 years it's the end of the world. Gotcha.
No, I agree they Astros were a failure for a decade. But the owner cleaned house and brought in an excellent analytically minded front office. Now they are one of the most promising teams in the league. In the playoffs chase, young, and one of the best farm systems. The Texans right now are basically where the Astros were with Purpura or Ed Wade. Who said anything about end of the world? Texans can turn it around by firing Rick Smith and building a competent FO.
The Texans haven't been incompetent for two years, they have been for the vast majority of their existance. Things can change, luck in the draft getting a franchise QB, stumbling upon a brilliant coach or GM. However, right now there isn't much to be excited about as far as the Texans are concerned. Ownership seems fine plodding along with whatever Godfather Rick wants to do.
And that's nothing more than a super pessimistic viewpoint. The Texans have a lot of young talent.....of course if you are of the opinion that football is a one on one game played between QB's I could see how you might think that. If you realize it's a team sport, you'd think differently though. Also, it's not a safe assumption that the Astros have anything to look forward to, they've been a failure for a decade, and they just choked away a chance at the playoffs, who is to say they won't continue to choke away the few opportunites they get before their team is gutted by teams that can afford to pay more. It's only a matter of time before Correa bounces to a team like the Yankees that will pay him 200 mil or whatever.
Luck is part of it. But wasting picks trading up and signing injured or aging players is generally just stupidity, not bad luck.
In the last 4 years, they've won their division twice and had only one losing season....that's not an incompetent franchise.....but it's clear where your complaints are based on.
Youre just wrong. The Astros are surrounding their young talent with competent and inexpensive players. The Texans are surrounding their young talent with crap and overpaid veterans. Hence the Astros being in the playoff race and set up great for the future while the Texans not.
It isn't a pessimistic outlook, it is a realistic outlook concerning the Texans. Correa isn't even a free agent for 6 more years.
The Texans were as much in a "playoff race" as the Astros are this season. The Texans "almost" made the playoffs last year just like the Astros are going to "almost" make the palyoffs this year. The difference being that you are down in the dumps and whiny about the Texans because of recent success and you are super happy about the Astros almost success because they've been a joke of a franchise for a decade. The only difference is expectations. The Texans won their division in back to back seasons just a few years after having their very first non-losing season in 2007 and they've only had 2 losing seasons since then. Since they've been pretty good over the last 8 or so years, we expect them to be good and freak out when they're not. We expect nothing from the Astros.
It is a mediocre franchise. They rebuilt for years, for what turned out to be a 2 year run, including choking away home field advantage throughout the playoffs and taking a b**** slapping in the divisional round. That is the franchise peak. The Texans have managed their cap in a mediocre manner, drafted mediocre and had on the field mediocre results.
Or you're just overly negative about it because you wanted the team to draft a QB in the first round and didn't get your way....
No, I am honest based on what the Texans have been and likely to be in the immediate future.... Overall mediocre. There isn't really anything to look forward to other than wasting JJ Watt's prime. Things can always change, but at this juncture I see no reason to believe they will.
Of course you don't, because you are overly negative. Anyway, it's cool, there will always be Debbie downers but man you guys get tiresome sometimes. If you truly feel that the franchise has no future, why continue to follow it? Wouldn't you be happier jumping ship to a front runner?
I don't mean to sound like a dick about it, but you are acting like the Texans are the Browns or something when it's just not the case.
Tyrod Taylor is looking quite impressive for the Bills. Texans could've traded for him before they did..
