[Chron.com] Strength Coach Riley and Trainer Bastin Not Offered New Contracts

[Keith]

Interesting. Tough when people lose their jobs, but a fresh perspective seems needed here, especially in strength and conditioning.

From the Chron:

The Texans continued to make changes in their staff today when strength and rehabilitation coach Dan Riley and head trainer Kevin Bastin were told their contracts were not being renewed.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6196561.html

[Mike]

That is very interesting to say the least. Riley has a great reputation and the players seem to like his methods. I wonder if they will be going after the strength/trainer from Denver.

This year we had fewer injuries that I can remember, but I think that has to do with the fact we have better players than some of the tomato cans we rolled out in the past.

Kubes must feel comfortable in his own skin to continue to make changes, which I think is a good thing. Makes me wonder if we will see a short contract extension with him soon. Don't remember if he had a 4 or 5 year deal. I would assume it is a 5 year deal, otherwise he would be heading into a lame duck year and I doubt McNair would want that to be a distraction.

[WMH]

[QUOTE=Mike;6975]
This year we had fewer injuries that I can remember, but I think that has to do with the fact we have better players than some of the tomato cans we rolled out in the past.
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That is one of the funniest things I have heard!

[Bigtinylittle]

Don't knock tomato cans. Remember, when the tomato cans get injured, you can just replace them with other tomato cans.

[kravix]

Riley doesnt suprise me, his methods seemed out of date from the little I have heard. From what I have heard he was slighty anti calastetics, which seems odd to me as a younger person.

Bastion does suprise me. I though he was widely accepted as a good trainer. I wonder if this has something to do with the Pittman suspension. The team trainer is supposed to be an official rep for suppliment advice and such, perhaps he gave some bad advice?

It is also possible that Bastion was not communicating injuries correctly or perhaps he was helping players hide injuries from Kubes. There has been a history of Kubiak giving reports to the media on players that was way off, and I dont believe for a second that Kubes would straight up lie about something like that in order to throw other teams off.

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by kravix

I dont believe for a second that Kubes would straight up lie about something like that in order to throw other teams off.

Don't no where to find it, but Kubes pretty much got caught doing exactly this (not that I'm terribly opposed to it). It was a game where Ahman Green was listed as either questionable or probable/gametime decision but ended up not suiting up. When asked about it after the game because everyone thought Ahman would play, Kubes admitted that Green had told him at practice on either Thursday or Friday that he wouldn't be able to go. When I heard this, I remember thinking that if Kubes is going to hide injuries to keep the opposing team guessing, he needs to not confess to it postgame.