Baltimore took the lead for good with roughly 4 minutes left in the 3Q. But the Texans were within 5, with the ball, with 7-ish minutes left in the game. I don't think I'd categorize it a blow-out, either. (Though is was certainly no moral victory. Having said that, a) the game was much closer than the final score; b) anyone who watched that game cannot possibly think that a healthy Texan team (ie with AJ) couldn't beat Baltimore. It's not like they wiped the field with us.)
Whoops. Forgot it was 16-14 heading into the 4th. Still doesn't change the fact they were within a TD late in the game.
This whole thread is funny. If Kubes was fired, Cowher hired and took this team to the exact same position it is in now, Kube haters would be throwing Coach of the Year talk at Cowher.
Kubiak also had 5 years of mediocre preformance and many other coaching hires for other teams during his tenure had better/quicker success. If it was still the offseason, few would have batted an eye if Kubiak was fired. Oh well, I'll stop dwelling in the past, but Kubiak hasn't won me over yet.
I wouldn't say COY, but I'd be a lot happier, yes. Because I still feel Cowher is a better "Head Coach". Right now the Texans more or less have 2 coaches, Kubiak on offense and Phillips on D, with GM basically doing their bidding. I'd prefer a system where there's one guy above them. Either a great GM, or a great, true HC. But I won't complain too much as long as this dual-coaching thing works. Which seems to be the case now.
This thread is exhausting (I know I'm partially to blame) and I know I've missed a bunch of pages and skimmed others. Someone questioned how much football I watch when I made a statement about Kubiak in comparison to other coaches. I used to live in Vegas, in a casino. Other posters here can attest to that. So yes, I used to watch (and bet) on pretty much every football game for 2 seasons. I don't claim to be a football genius by any means, but I do think I can make a fair assessment as to how most coaches handle certain situations.
I don't know how I missed this, and I apologize for digging this back up; but this post is filled with so many wild inaccuracies, I feel obligated to clean it up. I never said I was going to leave the thread; I said I wasn't going to engage Bill Cowher talk, and since posting that, I haven't. And I didn't set the context; couple of d's did. And I have readily, in post after post, accepted Kim's opinion. It's valid. But it goes back to the parameters someone else set, parameters that Kim agreed to. And btw, if you've noticed, Kim's been rather absent from most of this and that's in part because we more or less agreed that his strategy had a lot of merit but that Kubiak's chosen strategy probably didn't cost us that game. This got prolonged and drawn out only after someone who didn't watch the game jumped in because he continues to reveal a bias when it comes to my posts and feels some sort of obligation to attack them at all turns, including completely and unfairly mischaracterizing the entire thread as well as my stated opinion, which I’ve corrected over, and over, and over again. Other than that, you nailed it. Kudos.
Jesus, the Grand Canyon is only the biggest God-damn hole in the world. Make that the second biggest.
1:15!!!!!!!!! 1:15!!!!!! Kubiak pocketed his timeout with the Ravens punting and 1:15 left before halftime. I love the Texans. I have this aspect of Kubiak. I hate it. I'm sorry for bringing up this thread, but Kubiak has not changed this part of his mind at all!!!!
On the road with no time outs against a defense like the Ravens and the ball on the 20, I think you still run out the clock... it would have just been with two hand-offs at that point. Pressing is what got us two turnovers to begin with. Play our game, trying to go 40 yards on the road, in the cold against a good defense in 60 seconds just wouldn't have been smart.
Say what you will, that was just stupid. You go for it. Have confidence on your team and your players. I bet the Patriots wouldn't have tucked their tail between their legs and gone to the locker room. ...and just to inflame the thread, I bet Bill Cowher wouldn't either.
