Holy $#%t!! Winston Cut!

[nunusguy]

I don't listen to too much Sports-Radio, but had to tune into 610 last night to get their take on the release of Winston who of course also works for 610.
Wow are they defensive about that whole thing, and for more than any reason because they seem really upset that they got blind-sided like everybody else about Winston's release ? Seems like they felt as if Smith/Kubiak should have given them a scoop on the story ? Where have they been ?
Poor old John McClain admits he has no idea what's next ? And you know I like John, I find his corny movie/meeting the stars stories and his stories about the old days with the Oilers entertaining, but of course John has no knowledge of the Xs & Os, no clue, no real football knowledge and certainly knows nothing about player evaluation.
I don't know how many times this Barry guy got upset by listeners calling him out for being so ignorant about the reasons for Winstons release, but then he admitted he was hurt that Winston hadn't returned his calls even though he's called other local media personalities. It was all pretty entertaining. But 610 also had some guy on named Greg Cook who was very knowledgeable about the whole thing, as I think he's a former NFL player ?

[cadams]

yeah, i think cook is a former player.

mcclain is a moron when it comes to football knowledge. how, i honestly don't know. you would think that from just reporting on football for as long as he has been some knowledge would have rubbed off on him, but he really seems clueless on most things that aren't spoonfed to him.

[Arky]

Greg Koch (spelled differently). He fills in at 610 a lot... He's a Houston boy, went to the University of Arkansas for college in the 70's and had a pretty good NFL career at Green Bay. I think he was an offensive tackle...

Barry Warner has been a Houston media guy like forever. Big ego, blowhard - a lot of people don't like him - I think he's kind of amusing cause he's so FOS.

[Nconroe]

I think overall Winston did pretty good, will be missed, and likely he'll get a pretty big pay day in free agency.

not sure we can find a perfect replacement, but do hope we keep Meyers and likely Brisell.

Almost all the radio and TV guys are amusing entertainment and everyone has their own opinions anyways.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

not sure we can find a perfect replacement, but do hope we keep Meyers and likely Brisell.

Worried about Myers. His agent was on Sirius earlier today, and mentioned the Nick Mangold contract. 8 yrs, 58ishMM, 20ish gtd.....

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

Worried about Myers. His agent was on Sirius earlier today, and mentioned the Nick Mangold contract. 8 yrs, 58ishMM, 20ish gtd.....

I'm not sure Myers is worth that much, IMO, but whatcha gonna do? Myers is "solid" but not great... It would kind of suck to go through the whole bring-in-a-new-guy-and-get-him-up-to-speed thing....

Winston, OTOH, at one time, was part of the promising young players at his position that Kubes brought in. I think you could argue that he has fallen a few positions on the team list - the Texans now have a number of players at their respective positions that are doing a better job than Winston was doing at his....

[barrett]

Winston and brisel are more valuable to us because of our system and run game emphasis than they will be to most teams. Washington being penalized $36 million in cap space helps us more than anyone because of how valuable our guys are to them.