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Originally Posted by nunusguy
Generally speaking I enjoy your new blog and find many of your comments informative and insightful. But you do need to temper you're tendancy to be
a "little reactionary" with a certain degree of deliberation so as to retain your credibility. For example, earlier you made what amounted to a "bet the farm" guarantee that Schobel would be a Texan in 24 hours (if not on this website, then another Texans website). So how's that goin lately ?
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Noted criticism. Regarding the Schobel article, I think it was a reasonable and well written article. It was not a "bet the farm" guarantee at all. Actually, it was more measured than LZ's assertions, for instance. However, I made a mistake with the heading: "Schobel will be a Texan in 24 hours"... When I editted the story for content, I simply didn't pay attention to the header. After BattleRed Blog quoted the headline as if it was breaking news, I realized the problem and made a change to it.
Here's the Schobel article, in blue(minus the header):
I’m not Adam Schefter but my sources are as solid as ESPN’s sources saying “Bret Favre is retiring”. Multiple reports assert the Bills will cut Aaron Schobel today. Given the fact that the Bills GM is on record saying that they don’t want him on the team and given his huge contract, I am confident the reports are accurate.
Why do I have confidence he’s coming to Houston? Well, I am not always a believer in reports from John McClain. However, yesterday, McClain directly quoted Schobel saying that Houston is the team he wants to play for. McClain doesn’t make up quotes. When he is speculating or trying to fill newspaper/blog space, he will say “I think” or “I’m hearing”… Also, there seems to be some real momentum to this deal.
I think it is a great deal for the Texans. I’m not a guy who usually gets excited about big name free agents and 30+ year old veterans signing with my team but this move would make a ton of sense. The Texans have two pure edge rushers on their entire 80 man roster right now: Connor Barwin and Tim Jamison. Both players are young and somewhat unpolished. Antonio Smith is actually a better interior pass rusher and Mario, though he provides an excellent pass rush, is not a classic edge rusher. Furthermore, Schobel is more skilled and fundamentally sound as a pass rush DE than any of those guys (it’s not even close). Also, he is exactly the kind of player the Texans pursue (“We want tough, smart football players with a passion for the game…”-Brian Gardner, director of football personnel).
Think about this: Aaron Schobel, on a wretched Bills team that rarely had a lead, registered 10 sacks last season while hobbled with lower leg injuries. Mario had nine sacks on a team with a prolific offense. I’d say Schobel could be useful!
Last preseason, another struggling team that changed front office and coaching staffs in the off-season, decided to cut a productive player in order to move on. Just like the Kollar relationship with Schobel, the Texans had an assistant coach with a history with that player… and, the Texans signed him. The coach was David Gibbs and the player was Bernard Pollard.
We are writing a fan blog, so I want my enthusiasm to come through in the article... as it does here. I don't see anything in the article I would change.
08-17-2010, 07:12 AM
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