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12-21-2010, 07:57 AM
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I'm not that excited about Cowher. I'd really rather have a younger guy, somebody who is clearly very hungry and has some smarts. Right off hand I have no idea who that would be, but these name guys who are part celeb like Cowher or Chucky on MNF don't appeal to me that much ?
Take a look at how Shanny is doing in Washington ? There's a pretty good comparison to Cowher in several ways. How's that working out ? Right. Actually i wouldn't mind have Shannys kid here to be the Texans HC, but that's clearly out of the question. 
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12-21-2010, 08:45 AM
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12-21-2010, 09:50 AM
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an outstanding defense. Cowher on the other hand is far more impressive to me, but I suspect too many other opportunities for him to end up down here.
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12-21-2010, 02:48 PM
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As for Cowher, he won a superbowl in his 2nd to last season of coaching. I don't think hunger is an issue even though he was 8-8 the following year. He also isn't higher profile now like you claimed. And if there were too many opportunities for him to end up here, his people wouldn't be floating his name out here for our job before it even opens. We need two things in Houston (1) better defense, and (2) to create a winning culture. It would seem Cowher is a hit on both counts. The only problem is it is looking more and more like this is all make believe and Kubiak will be back.
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12-22-2010, 08:17 AM
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The report i heard, and I can't remember where, was that Cowher was interested in returning to coaching in the NFL, but wanted to go to a team that was within reach of the playoffs/SB with just some tweaking. According to this report, they went on to list his teams of interest as the Giants, Dolphins and Texans, in that order. So according to that report we are not #1 on his list. So the interest in this thread may be overstated anyway.
Last edited by kRocket; 12-22-2010 at 03:42 PM.
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12-22-2010, 10:11 PM
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Well......not so fast. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Bill Cowher has a wish list of three teams -- the Texans, Dolphins and Giants. Of the preferred three, the Texans are best situated to make a rapid rise. Their offense is top-notch, though their defense is not. But Cowher knows defense. The Dolphins are the team that Bill Parcells built -- and abandoned when he saw it wasn't going to work. The Dolphins have no quarterback. The Giants are tempting because they have Eli Manning and Justin Tuck and are in the Big Apple. Hard to turn that down if Tom Coughlin gets canned. But barring Coughlin's ouster, my guess is Cowher resurfaces in Houston, where he can capitalize on the shifting winds of the division. The Colts are vulnerable, the Titans are in turmoil and the Jaguars are headed to L.A. Cowher is just what the Texans need. kmurray@tribune.com He'll return -- to studio Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times On Sunday's edition of CBS' "The NFL Today," Bill Cowher is going to play sports scientist and go into his "lab" to conduct experiments on ways to improve football. He'll look at everything from reseeding playoff teams, to widening the field, to why coaches aren't given unlimited replay challenges. What Cowher isn't going to do is announce he's coming back to coach. Cowher likes being a TV analyst, and he doesn't have a burning desire to return to the sideline -- especially it's for a team that's not positioned to win. NFL owners are going to be very careful about making splashy coaching hires while the labor situation is in dispute. You can expect to see Cowher on Sundays next fall -- but expect to see him in a studio, not holding a clipboard. sfarmer@tribune.com Talents to Miami Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune Bill Cowher has the luxury of being very selective. He can wait for precisely the right NFL job to open up because he likes being a broadcaster. And he can demand exactly what he wants in his contract because he will be the most sought-after candidate. There are not many potential job openings that would appeal to Cowher. Even though he lives in North Carolina, the Panthers likely wouldn't meet his contract requirements. It's unlikely the 49ers would either. The Cowboys' situation might be too messy with Jerry Jones involved. The strongest possibilities are the Giants, Texans, Dolphins and Broncos, assuming those teams make changes. The Giants could be the best fit for Cowher, but they probably will stick with Tom Coughlin. The most likely place for him to end up, then, might be Miami. dpompei@tribune.com Houston fits best Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel If Bill Cowher wants a cushy job at a good salary, he'll stay on the CBS set next year. But if he wants to return to coaching, the Texans are his best fit of the three teams on his short list. The Giants would be the best job. But the Mara family won't and shouldn't fire Tom Coughlin. The Dolphins job has too many problems. The Texans and Cowher work, though. Houston has the league's fifth-ranked offense with all the necessary parts: good quarterback in Matt Schaub, dynamic playmaker in Andre Johnson and solid running game. Where Houston needs reorganization is defense. It just needs some good offseason moves and better coaching. And what's Cowher's specialty? Defense. Everything says Houston is the best fit. dhyde@tribune.com http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,893717.column Last edited by Blitzwood; 12-22-2010 at 10:27 PM.
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12-24-2010, 02:35 AM
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As far as the arguments about the talent vs. confidence argument goes I watched the Oilers from day one and they had more moral victories than any team in history, but the day they drafted the "Tyler Rose" that all changed. They offensive linemen knew that if they gave him just a hint of daylight he was gone and that turned them into one of best offensive lines in the NFL. That matured the defense also and the Oilers never made it to the SB until they got to Tenn, but they never accepted moral victories again. BTW, although I know a lot of people on this board don't like him, but it is very likely that Albert Haynesworth is not going back to the redskins. He happens to be one of the best players in the NFL at the position that we need most in the DL. His complaint was after he signed with the Redskins, Shanny came into coach and wanted to change to to a 3-4 from the 4-3 that they had signed AH for. He did not want to play NT and then he and Shanny got crosswise. He didn't handle it well but it was not his creation IMO. That would immediately transform one of our biggest problems into one of our biggest advantages against other teams. Then the draft and rest of FA could be devoted to LB's and DB's with a OL or two. Last edited by kRocket; 12-24-2010 at 02:54 AM.
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12-23-2010, 06:38 AM
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12-23-2010, 09:44 AM
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Losing breeds losing. Guys start expecting it. They start waiting for something to go wrong. Even on my couch I have started to cringe and wait for disaster every time this time we play well. This is a losing culture. The opposite would be a winning culture where a team expects to somehow pull out every game. They expect the breaks to go their way. They expect an OL to take a kickoff 71 yards. They expect to be the team that gets the pick 6 in OT, not the other way around. Our guys need a reason to believe that they are going to win. That the breaks are going to go that way. A few QBs are capable of creating that feeling on their team. Maybe 1 defensive guy. But mostly that comes down to the head coach. And you better believe Bill Cowher standing on the sideline would go a long way towards our players shaking off the feeling of impending doom we now operate under. As for superior talent fixing #1, good luck. Because I really wonder if we just blew our 1st round pick going with Jackson over McCourty, or if you swapped the two, you would see McCourty falling down and Jackson picking off passes. Or our multiple #1 picks and FA signings on the DL. What can we really spend on the DL to get consistent pass rush that hasn't been spent already? So good luck fixing our Defense through personnel changes made by the same guys who got and coached the current personnel.
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12-23-2010, 10:18 AM
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In the second year of the Texans history, I think it was Gary Walker who was pretty upset after several losses and he said "we need to stop talking about how we benefit from losing and start focusing on winning".
So to say there's a losing culture in Houston would be accurate...we're used to losing and while our expectations are high in the public's eye, I don't think McNair truly is expecting much other than a write off. Am I high? No but when a lone no name right tackle can fend off a "premier" DE in just about every single game, well, the evidence indicates that I'm very sober, like the facts.
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12-21-2010, 08:46 AM
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I can't get excited about Cowher, since I honestly don't think this is in the cards for 2011 (if there is a 2011 season). I think McNair has already decided that Kubiak is coming back, and since he pays the bills...... Now, when , not if, we do the same damn thing next year, and if Cowher doesn't end up somewhere else this year.......
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