[ESPN] Bush turned pro after assurance of No. 1 pick

Thank you Deckard, until I hear it from Casserly/McNair/Kubiak, it's just all talk.

 

You don't think it is because VY showed the most unique combination of athleticism, compusure, size and leadership seen in college football, since well, never?

You really don't think it has anything to do with the guy beating an opponent with last 2 Heismans and loads of 1st round draft picks in their back yard with all the marbles at stake?

You really think all the controversy is because of UT fans. Really?

Why are so many of you so defensive of the Texans having an open mind and bringing all the players in person and judging them based on talent, skill and potential instead of media hype?

 

Reminds me of when Rudy T promised Rashard Lewis he would pick him. So Rashard went pro instead of going to UH. Then Rudy T left him crying in the green room.

 

The Texans are dead to me if they pass on Vince.

 

What I love is this. Everybody who wants VY says that we need to replace carr. What about Leinart then? He is rated higher on most scouts boards as a QB. But since he did not go to madison or UT, he is ignored. Its obvious that people are biased towards Vince or we would hear Leinart talk.

 

Im not a Vince Young hater at all. I think Vince will be a good NFL quarterback but I think Reggie will be a better pro than Vince. I could be wrong but only time will tell. Only problem I have is that with Casserly coming on saying he will pick up Carr's 3 year option then why would the Texans use a number one pick on a qb? Bush will be the pick and VY people need to get use to it so they won't be too upset on draft day.

 

I am all for taking the top 7 or so prospects in (QB, OT, RB, DE, LB) and exploring all possibilities including trading down. I have said Leinart is the surest prospect in the whole draft. But reportedly VY has a better arm and way more upside, even Leinart referred to VY as a "freakish athlete" who basically was impossible to stop, right after he beat Leinart and a minimum of 3 other 1st round compadres of his (Bush, White, Jarrett).

The Texans should not pass on an oppertunnity for the next Elway/McNabb/McNair type leader player. Those guys are so much more valuable than anyone else, including elite RBs, and you don't not draft them because you think you might have an above average youngish QB in place already.

 

Yeah, if Young were from CA and Leinart were from Houston and it was a tossup on who was better, then we should take Leinhart. It's the hometown story.

 

Good News.....Total BS, but good news. Bush '06

 

and Akili Smith

 

Who cares if McNair was tampering? Will he get fined? Lose a draft pick?

All I know is that we're drafting Bush.

 

See ya

 

Enjoy being a Cowboys fan!

 

Or a San Antonio Saints Fan.

 

KHOU should dump the Texans and show Vince's team. Can 610 dump the Texans?

 

I guess if that happens, the IQ of the fans will increase and we'll give you full credit.

Thanks in advance.

 

I don't believe this. Mainly because the pick is supposed to be Kubiak's decision. Kubiak hasn't had the time to scout either prospect, so there's no way Bush could have been given an answer. I call BS.

 

Like I said, only believe what is written by John McClain and not ESPN.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3589395.html


McNair: Bush pick not a lock
Texans owner says no guarantee made to USC coach


By JOHN MCCLAIN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Owner Bob McNair denied an ESPN report Sunday that he told Southern California coach Pete Carroll that the Texans would select running back Reggie Bush if he left the Trojans after his junior year.

The report said that after University of Texas quarterback Vince Young's performance in the Rose Bowl, Carroll called McNair to get assurances that the owner would make Bush the first pick in the draft.

"Pete Carroll did call me, but he talked to me about Bush and never asked if we were going to take him, and if he had I wouldn't have told him that because we haven't even hired our coach," McNair said Sunday.

The Texans will hire Denver offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak as soon as the Broncos' season is over. Denver hosts Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.

"We don't know who we're going to draft right now," McNair said. "After we hire our coach, the evaluation process will still have a long way to go. We want to pick the player we feel will give us the best chance to win."

Bush's advisers had disclosed several weeks before the Rose Bowl that he would leave after his junior year.

The Texans had planned to take Bush, but when Young entered the draft, they were forced to re-evaluate.

 

That settles that.

 

Well considering his options I doubt he would have said yea I assured him of being the number 1. So in reality we are back to square one which we will be until Carr's deal is dealt with and the draft arrives in April. Either way I'll be at Reliant come next year.

Nice try though.