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Solomon: Texans are best team that city has to offer

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by Big MAK, Jul 23, 2012.

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http://blog.chron.com/jeromesolomon/2012/07/when-does-football-season-start/

Welcome to the dog days of the Astros’ and Rockets’ summers.

Oh football, football, wherefore art thou, football?

(Hey, I was at the Globe Theatre yesterday, so I have Shakespeare on the brain. Granted, Willie Shakes’ passage in Romeo and Juliet has a different meaning than my usage here, but I figured I would classy this entry up a bit for the literary geeks among you.)

Just a couple years ago, who woulda thunk the Texans would now be the most stable and entertaining of the city’s big three sports franchises? Well, besides me, that is?

I recall being chastised by Rockets’ brass and fans for writing that the Texans were closer to being a championship contender than any team in town, after the Rockets had pushed the Lakers to seven games, the closest series Los Angeles had in its run to the championship.

I got the same flak from Astros fans, who wanted to lay blame for the team’s fall at the feet of Cecil Cooper.

Now over at Toyota Center the Rockets are selling the pickup of a guy who was cut by two teams last year, including the Rockets, as a miracle? Do you have your WWJD (“What Would Jeremy Do?”) bracelet in Rockets’ Red yet?

And over at Minute Maid the Astros, who are running a garage sale to unload a bunch of useless junk, are on pace to lose only 105 games (they lost a franchise-record 106 last year).

Can it get any worse?

Well, yeah, if the Rockets foolishly tout Omer Asik as the signing of the next great big man in team history. If so, that’s going to be one hilarious press conference. Wish I could be there.

The Big E. Moses. Ralph. Dream. Yao. Omer?

Asik is more likely to spring a leaf off of the Cliff Meely-Lee Johnson-Chuck Nevitt-Kelvin Cato branch of the Rockets Family Tree.

Oh, I’m sorry, do you think I’m being too hard on a guy who averaged 14.7 a game last season? That’s not bad for a young, second-year player.

Problem is, Asik isn’t young. He is 26 years old, just months younger than Dwight Howard. And I’m not talking 14.7 points a game. I’m talking 14.7 minutes a game. Yes, minutes.

Hey, maybe Asik can make us all forget about the biggest Turkey, I mean biggest flop from Turkey, the Rockets ever wasted a draft pick on (See: Turkcan). But generally speaking, backup centers with no offensive game are a dime a dozen in the NBA, not $25 million each. But it ain’t my money.

And the Astros … my goodness. Who are these guys?

After they were dissed by Manny Acta, who is quite possibly the only person in the history of the world to turn down a multi-million dollar job offer in Houston to accept the same job in Cleveland, yes, Cleveland, they hired Brad Mills.

Mills should have known he was in trouble when at his introductory press conference then-owner Drayton McLane said “… we selected Terry for his experience, his ability, his integrity, his ways to communicate.”

No, Brad Mills isn’t nicknamed Terry. Actually, Bradley is his middle name; his given first name is James. (He does have a best friend named Terry Francona.)

Anyway, Mills said then that there are only 30 of MLB managerial jobs available, so he wasn’t about to pass up one just because his new boss didn’t know his name. Oops.

Nobody told him that he would be the only MLB manager of a minor league team.

Of the 11 position players who played at least half the games in Mills’ first season as manager (2010), only third baseman Chris Johnson remains. That’s the Chris Johnson who is on pace to hit a whopping 10 home runs this season.

With the Astros basically getting rid of everybody associated with the team with more than three years experience, and the Rockets darn near throwing parades (and the Chronicle printing requisite special sections) for guys who weren’t good enough to start elsewhere but are treated like they will be saviors here, man, these are the dog days of summer.

When does football season start again?
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#1 Big MAK, Jul 23, 2012

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These shock talk sports journalists sure don't have a hard time with the "i told you so's", but when's the last time one of them has used a full blog post to admit to an error or flip-flopping?

#3 DieHard Rocket, Jul 23, 2012
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do you think so, doctor?

#4 MadMax, Jul 23, 2012
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They better be after a near decade of suckass, they better be good.

#5 713, Jul 23, 2012
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:mind blown:

#6 conquistador#11, Jul 23, 2012
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Water is wet!

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Worst team in the MLB for 2 years in a row

vs.

3 draft lottery in a row

vs.

playoff team with tons of young talent

#8 Bandwagoner, Jul 23, 2012
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#9 Garner, Jul 23, 2012
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Ya think?

#10 Mr. Clutch, Jul 23, 2012
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We landed on the moon.

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is the offseason over yet?

#12 fallenphoenix, Jul 23, 2012
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I am still reflecting upon this.

#13 Jontro, Jul 23, 2012

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He's so bad at reporting. How does he still have a job?

#14 liljojo, Jul 23, 2012
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He's one of those "writers" that thinks wherefore means where.

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He's one of those "writers" that thinks wherefore means where.
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Woops, my bad. I didn't take the time to read the next part after reading the whole "wherefore" thing, and it looks like he realizes that he used the expression incorrectly. My baaaad.

#16 Apps, Jul 23, 2012
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What? Nuh ugh, the Rockets still have that giant of an Asian on their team and the best point forward in the game!

Plus the Killer Bs!!! Ugh how you gonna right them off like that Jeromey Rome?!?

What dat bout dawg?!?

#17 FLASH21, Jul 23, 2012
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Meh... Its just a fluff piece. Relax.

Solomon is actually pretty funny and entertaining on the radio - I've heard him a few times on 97.5. He's kind of in the Michael Smith mold.

#18 HR Dept, Jul 24, 2012

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Solomon proves with each column he writes that the only thing you need in order to be a sports reporter is ten fingers to type with.

#19 Raven, Jul 24, 2012
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This would have been proven true even during the 8-8 Kubiak years. My how our baseball and basketball teams have fallen.

#20 br0ken_shad0w, Jul 24, 2012

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