Should Rick Smith keep his job?

[Keith]

Wanna take a trip down memory lane? Funny to think ItB has been around long enough to help us with some perspective.

Thread from June 2008 when Bob McNair extended Rick Smith's contract early: http://www.inthebullseye.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68

Caused me to write an article to question it even though 2008 was still some pretty optimistic times for the Texans.

The most successful move during Smith's tenure (trading for Matt Schaub) is one that may be more largely credited to Kubiak than Smith.

From that article:

I'll give Smith some credit, as he has done three things rather well.
1. He was hired after Charley Casserly was shown the door. Not a tough act to follow, is it? I think the first two years of another Charley Casserly would look terrific after the first one.

2. Smith has worked the Bronco network, getting hired by the team employing Gary Kubiak, hiring a Denver scout to head up the Texans scouting department and perpetuating what has been a fairly successful system in the NFL the past decade. Kudos for Smith, but really, the praise here belongs more to Kubiak.

3. Smith has McNair for a boss, the same forgiving man who kept David Carr around one year (and $13 million) too long, and who has allowed his team to spend big, misguided money much earlier than needed, like with the contract extension given to Domanick Davis more than a year before his rookie deal expired.

Ecch. If Kubiak goes, Smith should go with him.