they have been stealing money from houston fans since at least 2006 more concerned about 'signability' then winning. It has NEVER been about winning or the product on the field. Hear it in mcnairs own voice!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
No, Lovie’s issues on offense go beyond not having a QB. He wanted an incredibly vanilla offense and would chew out coordinators that didn’t follow his wishes. I lived through his tenure in Chicago. He isn’t incompetent (or wasn’t years ago) but he also was flawed and ultimately in the “okay but limited” group of coaches. He is incredibly arrogant though with the media. He would literally lie to the media about obvious things. His defensive players love him though.
I’m sure the 8-24 record had something to do with it. Lovie has done overall well in the playoffs though.
This is why I believe the Rooney Rule should be exempt if you promote from within. If they make McCown QB coach knowing in a few years he is going to be your head coach, then you have to subject minorities to sham interviews. Everyone knows it is a sham. The interviewers, the interviewees, the players, the NFL, and the media.
If McCown proves he’s a candidate over the next few years and earns his stripes the right way I don’t have a problem with it.
Nice insight. Any idea why the majority of discipline issues came from defensive players last year (Reid, Omenihu, Cunningham, King, etc...)?
Well they've never been less "profitable" than they are currently... and even then, they'll probably do just fine. But last year was literally the first year where thousands of tickets were unused or unsold each/every game. They had some of the worst local TV ratings amongst all NFL teams (after previously always being top 10 even when the team was just mediocre). Merchandise sales predictably take a hit with less people at games or watching on tv. Season ticket renewals at an all time low. Suite renewals at an all time low. They had to resort to the NFL version of two-fers towards the end of the year last year, something unprecedented in franchise history. In the end, the shareholders/board are finally going to have to admit that their on-field/front-office performance has finally impacted the bottom line. No more expansion novelty, no more household names for fans to buy tickets to watch, no more optimism that they could win with the 'right' scheme or right coaching personnel.
I was laughing my ass off at the notion that McCown was actually going to be an NFL head coach...a former journeyman NFL QB that, according to wikipedia, has never held a head coaching position at any level with the highest being an assistant coach at a high school where his son plays. Now that Lovie Smith somehow has entered the chat I regret ever laughing at Josh. At this point I would rather have an unproven guy with an unknown ceiling than Lovie Smith as head coach.
The new TV deals give each owner 300 million a year. Salary cap will be 208 million next season. Cal is well in the green without a single person showing up and that doesn't even include all the revenues from radio broadcasting rights, corporate sponsorships, etc, etc. Every parking spot, ticket, beer, and hot dog is just extra gravy.
Not to mention they are still paying Gaine, BoB and Culley and millions more in dead cap because of inexplicable moves. Our best hope is Janice putting Cal in timeout...
In case anyone cares… Pancakes says McCown had been told he was getting the job. Flores lawsuit changed that. Texans felt that could not hire McCown in this environment and had to pivot.
Oh I have no issue with McCown being head coach, in the future, if he proves it. However, it seems like the Texans want him for the head coach of the future. That's fine. Let him earn it. Let's say everything works out how the Texans expect it to right now. 1. Hire a Head coach 2. Hire McCown as QB coach 3. New head coach and Caserio kill it and in 2 years the Texans are in the AFCCG, or the head coach doesn't and the Texans suck. 4. Either no coaching change or time to promote McCown. 5 . We all know McCown was hired to be the Head Coach in Waiting. So does everyone else. Why should minorities be subjected to sham interviews when the whole goal in hiring McCown was to have him eventually be Head Coach? Rooney rule should not be applied to internal promotions.
And yet they went out of their way to say he was a finalist? C'mon. Either he's making guys finalists who he never was going to hire (pretty dumb), or he was forced to switch due to something related to the recent events. The latter is the more likely/plausible scenario. The former makes him actually look worse.
