No one is saying that Kubiak is faultless or deserves no blame. The problem is with the idea that Gary Kubiak is inherently a bad coach. That's silly. He has a team full of garbage to play with and an offensive line that just flat out sucks. Even great coaches make mistakes and deserve some criticism. This is Kubiak's first year and I see many more positives over negatives with Kubiak.
Exactly. Its all about the gameplan. Kubiak is unprepared. Just look at what happens to us after halftime. We have to be the worst 3rd quarter team in teh NFL. Why is that, its because we come out of the half without adjustments, without improvements, without a better gameplan. Kubiak has a 188 or somethin running vs the bills, then 25 against the jets? and then around 125 against the raiders? The passing game is clearly inconsistent. Today we had -5 yards, give some credit to the top secondary in teh nfl. Kubes is clueless. What is one positive in Kubiak's first year?
He's really bad without a proper OL. Not many QBs can do well with this line, but at least he shouldn't turn it over so much. With a good line I think Carr can be pretty decent.
4 wins over last years two. Having the balls to bench David Carr. You asked for one I gave two. You can't really do much on offense with the talent we have. I've tried to support Carr for so long, but this is his 5th year and I dont see him doing much. If Rosenfels was healthy, I believe the offense would look better with him running it.
An improvement in the win column is expected with the talent improvements made and the firing of a terrible coach. Nothing consistent has come out of our wins. All i see is spurts of potential. His benching david carr and now not even letting him throw the ball shouldnt be a positive. He is clawing away at the kids confidence and not giving the team a chance to win. Rosenfals only did good because he played in garbage time where the defense cared less. He doesnt seem impressive to me.
With him clawing away at Carr's confidence, should only make Carr stronger. We will than see what Carr is made up of, but apparently not much. All he does is throw short passes and once and a while goes down field. With Sage, even though you say it's in garbage time ( you could still lose your job in garbage time) he goes downfield more. The one game against the Titans when Carr was benched and Sage came in, we looked impressive on offense. And garbage time is not a excuse. I'm not saying Sage is the answer, I'm saying Carr isn't.
It's hard to go downfield when you have to do 3 step drops the whole game. Any time he tried to hold on to the ball, a Raider was on top of him. That said, there is no excuse for his continued confusion in the pocket. Way too many times he has been indecisive and turnover prone.
we are missing THREE of our linemen. INCLUDING OUR CENTER. I too don't like how they never try to go down field, and rather throw short quick passes. I like the short passes when they are needed, but go down field at least every other possession or something. I'm not sure if it's because they don't like calling those plays, or if it's because Carr can't hold the ball longer than three steps because our line can't block for **** and he already has defenders up on him. This team needs a lot of work done to it.....
Coaching arguably lost us ONE game, the Buffalo game and that was Smith, the defensive coordinator. That was the one that we made Losman a PRO BOWL candidate with his effort and the prevent that prevented a win. Kubiak's mistakes have been about clock management and trying to run a REAL 2 minute offensive drive! The problem is Carr's decision making over and over again. Kubiak has ZERO confidence that Carr can make a game changing play. Carr's untimely turnovers (vs Tenn, vs Oak). What apparently people like you on here fail to get, Carr will NOT win us ANY games. He can manage games within the flow of the offense, but thank C&C idiot factory, those bastards screwed him up and as much as I hate to say it he is of NO worth to us as an NFL QB. You cant run an offense with 2-5 yd passes downfield. Carr keeps checking down and dumping the ball off. You MUST challenge the defense downfield or else, they will bunch the line and guess what you wont be able to run the DAMN ball! Exhibit A, last week in the Meadowlands vs the Jets. Kubiak is at fault? Carr has to know at 3 seconds, the ball has to be gone on a pass and if sacked he MUST protect the football! How is this Kuby's fault? He can only put them in position to make plays, the players have to make the DAMN plays! OL has to pass block, they didnt. Carr has to have pocket presence and awareness to keep his team out of bad situations, he didnt. Again, Carr has to be more effective running the offense, that only happened when they completely abandoned the passing game. That means the other players told Kuby give the D and the special teams a chance to make plays. When they did that the Texans had a chance to win the game without having to overcome bad plays, bad situations, bad field position and turnovers. If anything, Kubiak should be commended because he garnered a game plan in midstream however bizarre and maddening it worked. That makes him a bad coach? It's all about finding a way to win in this league, however ugly it appears. The D led by Ryans, Williams & Co., when they didnt have to play a short field found a way to deny the Raiders because their offense is awful. Another thing is, outside of a few draft picks and a few good FA's mostly from this year, our core of players is pathetic. We either have no depth and some good players or we have depth and not many if any, good players. Kubiak has made mistakes as a first year head coach but, until you give him an actual opportunity to run the complete repetoire he wants on offense (a REAL QB who will make the D honest) plus, a better core in the defense especially DL and DB, there will probably be many more times Kuby wont look that great as a head coach. I mean literally look at what he has to work with? Basically nothing. Sorry but I disagree with your assertion about Kuby and believe Carr will only possibly get it elsewhere not here. He needs a change of address, a fresh start to his career, thanks to Crappers and Asserly! He's gone in the offseason IMO.
i think he keeps dumping it off because he doesnt have time to throw it...he has been punished so much in his career that i think he is always thinking that he's gonna get hit from the blindside...we need carr to believe and trust that the OL can block for him so he can keep his eyes down field
Our talent level doesn't suck. Carr sucks. Happy feet is a good movie, but not good for a quarterback.
When your OL cant hardly keep the opposing DL for more than 3 seconds, yes your talent level does suck. When your DL STILL though improved, largely cannot mount a pass rush without blitzing, your talent level does suck. When you are playing rotisserie RB because no one really is stepping up into that role and making plays, ditto. AND ... When your secondary gets burnt like last weeks toast by JP Losman twice and then still cant stop him on a last second drive, blablabla ... ditto.
It's ok, you're in denial I understand but it is what it is. Most of our core are retreads that probably dont even belong in the league, but we have to start somewhere to begin with. Injuries on both sides of the line havent helped, just shown the gaping hole of competent talent.
Wouldn't blame Kubiak or call him a bad coach right now, only his first year here. I'd blame Carr before Kubiak.
The Texans talent level as a whole is downright terrible. I think Kubiak has the team headed in the right direction but with so many holes its gonna take time. I think its safe to say that this offseason will be VERY interesting.
You know what really hacks me off? It's that every Sunday we get to see the architect of this disaster on national TV pontificating about football as if he's some sort of authority on the subject. What a sick joke.
