LOL, I'm pretty sure that's not the reason why they cut Carr, but if you want to think that, go right ahead if it makes you feel better. I know you guys don't understand this, but the world doesn't revolve around Vince Young's loud-mouth followers. Most of us have moved on. And, no offense, but we don't care that you'll never watch another Texans game again....no matter how many times you tell us...DaDakota... So keep trolling the Texans threads and trying to say "we told you so" if that's really what you want to do. Hell, we may even quote and reply to one of your posts every once in a while, just for kicks. But the bottom line is...we don't care that you hate the Texans. Sorry.
it's amazing isn't it? they don't root for the Texans but yet every move the Texans make seem to get them riled up. they come in here and spout about what an awful organization it is. really, why do that if you're so apathetic about such a team?
I don't hate the Texans, I am a displaced Houstonian. I WANT to like the Texans more than I do, but I just don't feel it, probably because I don't live in Houston anymore, but rather live in Austin. I want the Texans to do well, great in fact...and would love it if they won a superbowl or two...but I just will probably never have the passion for them, I did for the Oilers.... And, I would have if they did the smart thing and took Vince......heck, even Reggie Bush would be better than Mario Williams. Anyway, I just wanted to explain my thinking....I am more of a Vince only fan than a Titans fan.....I just enjoy watching greatness...and the fact that it is technically the old Oilers team he is doing it on...it trumps the new Texans...in my head.... not that you care... ! I reserve my HATRED for the Cowboys. DD
Well, you're A-OK in my book, then! Do you hate the Braves and Jazz, too? Then we'd have the perfect trifecta of hating Houston's sports enemies!
I love how you keep trying to act all angry about this. No one is stopping you from rooting for VY. Do what you want, and get over the Texans not drafting him.
These Texans fans on this board are so funny. They drank the koolaid and were defending that absolutely horrible draft screwup for so long, right until the last few games of the season. Now, they don't want to talk about it. Hilarious.
Imagine that, Texans fans don't want to talk about a Texans screwup. How about we talk about the Rockets losing to the Jazz in the playoffs when we had Barkley? What is the point?
THANK YOU. I couldn't have put it better myself. People that just keep on throwing out that Vince Young card needs new material. He's a good player and probably will be a special one, but to keep playing the same track over and over gets a bit tiring. Gee, last time I checked, being a fan meant that you supported your team and could find it in your heart (no matter how long it took) to forgive them for their idiotic mistakes and still root for them. I'll talk about last year's draft to whomever wants to listen.
Get used to it....it will NEVER go away. You think Portland ever got over drafting Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan? The only way it goes away is if the Texan's become a playoff fixture. It is.....but don't hold it against other fans and their different viewpoints... DD
It is funny to me to see grown men so obsessed over another man. Maybe this belongs in the Debate & Discussion topic.
Unless Vince "The Savior" Young gets at least 2 Super Bowl rings by the time his career is done, I can care less that we didn't draft him IF our team does improve. And by improve, I mean are playoff contending year in and year out like you said. Why do I have to set such a high standard for Young to accomplish? Because if Jordan didn't win those championships, you think Portland would have cared? They were perennial contenders year in and year out. The sting that hurts the most is that MJ got his rings, while the Blazers didn't. So if you want to use the VY to MJ analogy, then Houstonians and Houston Texan fanas will get used to it if the Texans become a respectable team and if Young's team doesn't decide to go New England Patriots on the league. Oh don't get me wrong. I have no problem with people bashing the Texans. It's just that, rather than making some more debatable arguments like "Our O-line suck because....." or "The Texans will never be good if [insert player] is still on the team", they just keep on bringing up "This would never happen if we had drafted Vince" or "Not drafting Vince will screw this team up for decades to come" It's like "We get it. Young is good (I'm not denying that fact one bit). Young has leadership qualities that Carr clearly did not show. But why can't you try and root for a team rather than just one single player? This is football; not basketball". But to appease the VY crowd, here's what I sometimes blurb out whenever I watch the Texans w/ my friends: "Y'know, if they took Peppers instead of Carr and kept having the same picks up until this year (2006), we could have just drafted Young. Our team would have been like Peppers, Andre, Dunta, and Vince. That would make everyone happy"
did you get over the Rockets drafting Hakeem over Jordan? since Hakeem only got 2 rings, i'm sure you're still bitter about it.
You are right, if Mario turns out to be a Lawrence Taylor type of player it will be just like Hakeem and MJ..... But, if he turns out to be just an average player...then it is Portland and Sam Bowie. DD
Outside Houston, Hakeem isn't even considered the best center ever. Jordan is considered the best player bar none.
The problem is, people were making the Bowie-Jordan argument (more for Bush) before any of these guys had played a game. Still, one year in, its a silly argument. In the NFL, the best TEAMS win... unlike the other two sports where the best players can have more of a singular impact.
In this example the Texans would be more like the rockets if they drafted Bowie ahead of Olajuwon and Jordan.
Since Reggie Bush was dragged into this conversation, I have to ask a question. What has Reggie Bush done to warrant any significant praise, much less comparisons to Hakeem Olajuwon?
