I never said they didn't want to win a Super Bowl, I said they didn't want to win a Super Bowl as bad as some other owners. Bob McNair was always more concerned with what the other owners thought of him, than the product on the field. They have been mediocre, thus far the Texans have been a mediocre franchise and unless they get lucky, they will continue to be mediocre as long as they keep operating the same way. Mediocrity breeds mediocrity.
You said it wasn't a "burning desire." Again, there's no evidence to suggest they don't have a burning desire; the evidence suggests whatever their desire, they're not very good at it.
I wish I could like this post 1,000 times. I also wish fans could understand this very basic understanding of the way the Texans org works. Then maybe real change would happen.
Having the 2nd most cap space and a QB on a rookie contract with your top FA signing as Bradley Roby suggests otherwise.
Oh I have a very good idea of the way it works. It's how a mediocre franchise can have a 2.8 billion dollar valuation. You're right though I cant change anything.
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Yeah, I stand by the fact that it isn't a burning desire (or hasn't been thus far). We have the fact that McNair didn't brag about the performance of his team, but about how all the other owners were complimentary of his the moves the Texans made. We have an owner that kept Rick Smith as his GM for over a decade, we have an owner that has kept O'Brien as his head coach for 5 seasons even though the results have overall been mediocre. They didn't just keep BOB, they gave him a 4 year extension. BOB has been allowed to blame his OC, then run the offense for years and then promote his lackey to be his OC. The Texans have sat on cap space for 3-4 years now. That doesn't even get into the little gems dropped about how the Texans are the least progressive organization in the NFL when it comes to technology and data. Hopefully Gaine proves to be very good........ because we aren't going to have ownership hold anyone accountable as long as the team isn't an embarrassment to the McNair's. I hoped that dimwit Cal McNair would be a change but so far it doesn't appear much has changed, especially with BOB saying everything is exactly the same.
Spending money stupidly is not a better strategy. It's just not. Other than LeVeon Bell, there were no game changers available in free agency. The Texans did not want to pay a premium to make what likely amounts to incremental progress. They might've been *better* - but better doesn't = good. How much of their cap space did you want them to burn to be mediocre or average?...
What?...... Look at his actions, man. Where has he reduced costs? Taken resources away from his front office or coaches? Endlessly meddled? Give me one example of him overriding a decision that was rooted in anything other than trying to win. Those things don't exist. In terms of ownership. I mean... those are gold star. For the record, I would've fired Rick Smith when they fired Kubiak. BUT... are you going to deny the talent that passed through here during Smith's tenure? It's pretty substantial. He hasn't always managed it properly (Brooks, Jones being two very recent, bad decisions; Bouye being another) - but let's not act like his track record was just an endless pile of crap. He drafted Duane Brown. He drafted JJ Watt. He drafted DeAndre Hopkins. He traded up for DeShaun Watson. Again, I'm not defending him, per se (though I probably have a higher opinion of him than you) - but I think his continued employment was - if not fully justified, at the very least, defensible. Source it. Other than Arkush Nuggets (TM). The Texans' approach to free agency, btw - not overpaying and locking themselves into disastrous long-term deals while searching for undervalued bargains.... Hmmmmmmm what organization does that sound like? I don't agree. They definitely have a longer rope - which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But they fired Dom Capers one year after the team went 7-9 and looked pointed in the right direction. They fired Kubiak 11 games into the season *after* posting the best (still) record in team history - a year in which he almost literally died on the sidelines, BTW. They cut bait with Osweiler after one disastrous season... They don't act as swiftly as fans would like but they also haven't created an unstable environment of chaos in which players and coaches are constantly looking over their shoulders. I'm not BOB's biggest fan but... in five years, he has more winning seasons (4) and more playoff appearances (3) than the franchise had in their previous 12. I think they could do better. At the very least, as you know, I advocated for them forcing his hand on the OC front as they did with Kubiak and his DC... But his continued employment, as with Smith's, an be defended.
