I'll admit to being inconsistent in that I place an enormous amount of blame on McNair for the state of the organization while ignoring Crane's many successive missteps in my evaluation of the Astros.
But the organization of football and baseball teams is totally different. You know this as well as I do so I'm not really sure why you're arguing with me. You're free to think that the Texans are closer to being good than I do and my general pessimism is well known around here so maybe you're right. I would love the team to go 14-2 next year under a new coach. I don't see it but who knows. Yeah, I know, the Chiefs. Look, the Chiefs sent more guys to the Pro Bowl last year than the number of games they won. They had plenty of talent. I don't see the Texans in the same place right now ready for an immediate turnaround.
But again, if you were to get a consensus of football people and baseball people on the state of each respective organization I am quite sure that the football people would stress the concerning problems that the Texans have and the baseball people would stress the impressive strengthening of the Astros' farm and the quality of the FO. I don't mean to make light of your situation but no one cares that you can't watch the games in Austin. That has no meaning to anyone evaluating the possibility of future success, not at this point. If Crane spends three years in television wilderness (and he might) that will surely begin to impact the team's ability to sign free agents but I don't see him signing any real free agent in the next decade tv deal or no.
They may lose 100 games again next year but the Astros have a solid plan that has the respect of everyone watching them. The Texans are completely and listlessly adrift. That could not be more plain.
Baseball's better on the radio anyway.
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