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[–]TexansFaALongerWayToRun 5 points6 points  (2 children)


Great write-up! Thanks for all the effort. Now, if I may lodge a PSA concerning Texans fans...

My only gripe about being a Texans fan, is the Texans fandom. Sure, we're generally cool on reddit - but in-stadium and post-loss, our fandom seems to be filled with entitled assholes. The amount of hate Schaub and Kubiak got last year, for leading our most successful season ever, was astonishing. It's like, we've had 2 back-to-back good seasons, and now the fandom demands perpetual dominance on the level of the pats or packers, and anything less means we should fire schaub and kubiak, and put fucking Yates in. Ridiculous.

Also, you guys know the Texans superfan "king" dude that wears the big ass hat, the cloak and scepter? He was one of the first to start bitching and abandon ship during the Vikings game last year, and the whole section I was in (behind the endzone) were incessantly poor-sports and assholes (though there were a few obnoxious as fuck vikings fans actively and intentionally egging the whole section on).

Anyway, just venting some frustration. We have a fairly difficult schedule this season, but I'm confident we can win the division, or at least get a wildard berth. Here's to us!

[–]Texansebop 4 points5 points  (1 child)


I'm not going to argue about whether Tex fans were being poor sports. (Some most certainly were.) I do want to argue that fans were very much entitled to complain about Kubiak by the end of the year. I truly believe that there are only so many times a single person can watch a run up the middle on third and long without suffering some sort of mental instability.

[–]TexansWyteZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)


So your saying fans have every right to complain about kubiak running it on third and long. Well, given that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I agree. However, I disagree with the logic behind the complaints. Kubiak is simply taking the pressure off Shaub to make a stellar throw to a more than likely dbl teamed dre(shaub will favor this) just to have the ball intercepted. Its simple really, run it, punt it, let JJ and the rest of the D get you the ball back... Kubiak is just not a very risky guy. Like it or leave it I say. Not every coach has to try an onside kick in the SB to be successful, sometimes taking care of the ball on a play in which you have a long shot at completing anyways, can win you games even if it doesn't include top 10 plays... I support Kubiaks' system and if executed properly by players the sky is the limit..