![]() ![]() I did say that I thought the hiring of Wade Phillips would make Gary Kubiak a better coach because he would no longer have to hold his defensive coordinator's hand during the games. I have been quite vocal in the past about how I didn't think this team would ever win with this current regime at the helm. It is easily his greatest moment as a head coach and even has me believing he just might make a solid NFL head coach after all. To me, it just might be a defining moment for Gary Kubiak. Especially since on the next offensive possession, the team went out and scored on five plays. It may not have seemed like much to a casual NFL fan who doesn't follow this team on a day-to-day basis, but it was a pretty big deal. He got the entire offense into a huddle on the sideline and gave them a good thrashing where everyone in the stadium and on TV could see it. ![]() Most Texans fans have seen this movie too many times and began to get restless until they saw Gary Kubiak on the sideline. With the momentum shifting to Pittsburgh in a close game at home, the offense came onto the field and had a quick three and out. But something we saw this past Sunday has made me finally realize that this guy just might have what it takes to be an NFL head coach after all. Just yelling at your team isn't going to make them play better, I know this. I could care less about that, in all truth. He doesn't have to be a media darling that says outlandish things that gets the focus off his team or anything like that. I'm not saying he has to grab players by their face masks, screaming and spitting all over them, to make a point. One thing I've always accused Kubes of is being too easy-going and too nice to his players. In all these facets, he just seems more intense and focused this year than I've ever seen. He is focusing on the offense and letting Wade Phillips do his thing on the defensive side of the ball and not interfering. He is pulling guys out that are underachieving, regardless of their expectations or where they were drafted. He is holding players accountable for bad play. He knows this is his last chance, and he is going above and beyond what he has done in any of his previous five seasons. All of a sudden, he is coaching with a sense of urgency. So, the biggest thing that these two differences have done for Gary is that they are making him a better coach. I apologize, I have been known to ramble on when it comes to this topic. While this all sounds like doom and gloom for Gary Kubiak, let me get to the point of this article. He seems like a different guy this year, and he is no longer going to accept excuses or mediocrity. But this season, I've seen him leave his suite up high and come down to the sidelines in crunch time of a close game. Something that Bob McNair has never been is a meddling owner like a Jerry Jones-type. He made the decision to hire Frank Bush when there were better options out there. So all those people who said it wasn't his fault that the defense was so bad, that's just wrong. So he thought he'd hire all of his buddies to run the defense, and it backfired in his face. We all know that Kubiak is a brilliant offensive mind, and it really didn't matter who he hired on that side of the ball, as he was pretty much going to be the offensive coordinator with head coaching privileges.īut the guy wasn't brought here for his knowledge of how to run an NFL defense. In hindsight, it was an awful decision on multiple levels to let him hire his own guys for the entire coaching staff. But it also made him look bad after the Texans fielded a historically bad defense last season that probably should have cost Kubes his job. It showed confidence in his head coach, sure. Why, you ask? It's quite simple.īefore this fiasco all started, Bob McNair had given Gary free reign to hire whoever he wanted for his coaching staff. From that moment on, I've been good on the decision to give Kubiak a sixth, make-or-break season. If you don't know, this is the date that the team hired Wade Phillips to replace the atrocious Frank Bush as defensive coordinator. However, my tone quickly changed on January 5th of this year. ![]()
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