Where were we in the first half ? This alone is enough to can him. That along with the fact that he can't win within the division.
The solution is simple, just have Kubiak AND Adelman coach both teams. good first half and good second half.
Sorry, the defense is the biggest culprit, but the way the offense keeps having these halves of doing nothing is a serious problem. And when you have problems on both sides of the ball, you can't absolve the coach. It's not just one or two minor problems. It's not just the blocking scheme. It's not just a lack of pass rush. In fact, aside from a few things that are going right(Arian Foster, Andre Johnson) nothing is consistently working. That's on the head coach. Coming out flat is on the coach. Playing a passive defense when you aren't that talented is on the coach. Running when you should throw it is on the coach. Throwing it when you should run it is on the coach.
There's really no excuse, we need someone that can come in here and max out these players potential. Kubiak can't manage a game. In the frist half with 3 TO's left kubiak sets up like we're going for the score and then lets the time expire? what's the point?
We have to look at everything. 1. Rick Smith - Do we have GOOD Players? 2. Coach Kubiak - Is he putting the players in a place to be successful 3. Frank Bush - is he scheming the defense to optimize the player's abilities Blame is - Bush then Kubiak then Smith Rocket River
There are lots of problems with the team, but if a person can't recognize how big of one this coaching staff is, it's only because they don't want to admit it.
Doesn't matter... if they bring in a new coach, everybody likely goes. Especially if its a Brian Billick-type who is going to want complete control. The question becomes if you get a new coach, who do you want? Do you want the best coordinator available who deserves a chance to be a head coach, and preferably a current defensive coordinator (since that is our biggest weakness). That immediately leads to the Ryan brother in Cleveland. Or do you want a guy who has been an established coach before. Presuming Cowher wants nothing to do with Houston, that leads to guys like Billick, Gruden, Wade Phillips, Parcells (yea right), Romeo Crenel.
I am going to blame smith first. The texans were 13th in Defense last year (16th points allowed) and they are dead last this year. The main difference is the secondary and cushing's roids. If he had just paid duanta and kept what we had we might be at least a little better.
How come other teams like the Steelers with Mike Tomlin and Ravens with John Harbaugh strike gold when they pluck assistant coaches from other teams?
They weren't 2-14 teams that were WORSE than an expansion team when they hired their new coach. We were. Unfortunately we had to get all new players from top to bottom (with less draft picks)... those above guys inherited pretty darn good teams to begin with. If there's a new coach, HE likely gets that sort of payoff with this somewhat established bunch (but likely will remold certain aspects). For instance... Arian Foster and the O-line are total Kubiak success stories. A new coach likely scraps the zone blocking all-together and may render Foster simply ordinary. I dunno... but Foster looks to be a product of the system more than any other Texans player.
Look at the Titans players on D, look at the Patriots. Texans have bigger names on D than both of those teams and our defense is complete trash compared to them.
Kubiak has a very big say in personnel decisions. He's also the one who brought Smith in. You say Kubiak is just playing the hand he's been dealt and it's not his fault we don't have talent on defense. Well, yes it is when he's also the one dealing the cards. If you can't deal yourself a decent hand, you get no sympathy when your cards suck.
There is talent on defense... just no talent or experience at the coaching level. They should have brought in a guy who had done it before.
John Harbaugh inherited a 5-11 team, granted I think the Ravens were better than the record indicated. Well they tried that with Dom Capers, so the Kubiak hiring was sorta the natural thing of doing a 180 of what was done before.
