Well most likely a few of his Dallas guys would follow him, and I have Dishman on my short list for the DB coach.

Looks like Bob opened the wallet a bit to make this happen.....Sure hope it works.

From ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/s...cherreport.com


A source told ESPN.com senior NFL writer John Clayton that Phillips' deal is worth $2.1 million over three years. The contract makes Phillips the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the NFL.

Given the urgency to fix our D, I appreciate McNair shelling out the big-bucks for his new DC.

The Good 'Ol Boy concept is certainly alive and well with the Texans.

There's a couple key differences, though:

1. In Year 3, the Browns made the playoffs and won a playoff game. The Texans didn't make the playoffs.
2. In Year 4, the Browns were hit with the fallout from the in-season announcement of the franchise's move to Baltimore. The Texans didn't have to deal with any distraction even close to that scale.

ok, just to be correct, above is off by a year, use year 4,5 not 3,4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Belichick

year 1 6-10 (same)
year 2 7-9 vs 8-8
and 3 7-9 vs 8-8
year 4 11-5 vs 9-7 and to playoffs
year 5 5-11 vs 6-10
whatever, just being correct maybe
so if scoring overall 36-44 vs 37-43,
so Kubes one game better on 5 years on his first coaching assignment, likely would be more happy since had the 11-5 and one playoff appearance

main thing, would like to welcome Wade Phillips as a coach to Houston, look forward to him and players helping Texans and Houston have a great defense next year and many years to come.

And Bellichick turned out pretty good, we gotta hope Kubiac does similar soon, hopefully hiring Wade will help get us there.

I was looking at Del Rio's stats the other day:

2003 JAC 5 - 11
2004 JAC 9 - 7
2005 JAC 12 - 4, playoffs 0-1
2006 JAC 8 - 8
2007 JAC 11 - 5, playoffs 1-1
2008 JAC 5 - 11
2009 JAC 7 - 9
2010 JAC 8 - 8

Totals = 65 - 63

He's got stats similar to Kubes (average/below average) except for the obvious spikes where he went to the playoffs - twice in 8 years. According to the latest, he needs another spike really quick or he will be gone after 2011. I'd say Kubes needs a spike pretty dang quick, himself. :p

Fisher, Kubes, Del Rio..... the AFC South hangs on to their coaches...

I'm with Nconroe, welcome back Wade. Glad to see you finally made it back home.

On a side note, has anyone caught what Wade is doing later this month? Coaching the East-West Shrine Game. He will have hands on, in the meeting room, and on the field time with roughly 50 of the 2nd tier prospects in this years draft.

That is invaluable when it come to draft time.

I know the top guys go to the Senior Bowl, but Wade will have time with our scouts and be able to have a first hand look at the talent.

Nice gig.

Here is the current list of players for the game, doesn't look complete nor divided up by teams just yet. (bolded players I have interest in seeing play in this game)

PK, Thanks for the link here. I learned a lot from that series. Most anybody that is not directly involved in the game, like me, will learn something if they read it. For those interested, I recommend reading all 7 sections. I couldn't find the last 3 sections from the link above, so I Googled "guide to NFL defenses", opened part 7, and used the links from within the Times blog.

If you want a blast from the past, here is the thread from 2 years ago on the Texans hiring Bush as the DC -

http://www.inthebullseye.com/forums/...read.php?t=367

Although I'm usually happy to toot my own horn, it actually depressed me to go back and read this (particularly my reservations). What depresses me even more is that the Texans appear to be conducting themselves in essentially the same manner still. Although Wade clearly has the superior resume and has some tangible results which can be pointed to, once again I see a coach and front office with absolutely no experience, much less success, on defense making up their mind before even remotely interviewing or evaluating all potential candidates. The continual failure to exercise even a little due diligence astounds me.

Well, from what I understand, they may atleast use a little methodology for picking new LB and DB coaches. Appararently Wade will get to choose a few who he thinks will be good, they will be called for interviews, then all get to agree on who those coaches are.

Similarly with defensive players, apparently Wade will have a strong part in the decisions who to get for defense starting now.

But, it was interesting reading the concerns from a couple years ago and seeing how some of those repeated this time.

And it should be great to have Wade seeing so many potential draft picks first hand at the Senior bowl.

Perhaps Wade will be a big help in our analysis of who to draft and get in FA this year, time will tell.

reading that sting makes me a little sick to my stomach.

kubiak should have absolutely ZERO input as to who wade brings in

Wade should be able to pick his own defensive people. Kubiak has already shown he knows next to nothing about defensive personnel.

The head coach has to be involved in the hiring of all assistants. He has to have at least nominal say. Otherwise you end up like this year's Cowboys where the head coach is only in charge of one side of the ball and the other side's players and coaches know it. So you either fire Kubiak or you don't (and for whatever reason, we didn't). But you don't cut him off at the knees and let his staff and players know he has no real authority over half of the team.

He has to be involved in the hiring and he has to make the choices based on Wade's input (which I would expect him to follow).

whether true or not, the perception is that mcnair rbought wade in, and kubiak really didn't have any say so. i know they tried to spin it after the season like gary was interviewing him, but i don't think that was the case. that said, i don't think letting wade having complete control over the defensive coaches he brings in would cut gary off at the knees anymore than his complete ineptitude at hiring assistance has already done

The way to deal with ineptitude is to fire a guy. You simply cannot have an NFL head coach who is only in charge of half his staff. And if it is the case, then you better make sure only he and Wade know that. Wade is a guy who actually seems like he wouldn't take advantage of it. Especially after Garrett tanked him this season to take his job.

The Texans asked the Cowboys for permission to talk to LB coach Reggie Herring and were denied.