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I had a great chat with Texans owner Bob McNair on Monday night. He never wanted to be put in a position where he would need to make a move on Gary Kubiak and thankfully Kubes produced a 9-7 season and earned himself a new deal last night from the boss.
I could never understand all of the chirping going on about Gary last summer and into this season. The easy thing to go was to day “He needs to go now!”. If you know football and know this team that would be stupid. In 4 seasons on the job Gary has one winning season and only one losing season mixed with the pair of 8-8’s. That’s a team that’s very close, not one that falling back. Criticism makes for a good read and a few crafting headlines but don’t buy into the negative chatter that just doesn’t seem to stay away from my Ebag or the local talk shows. I read it all and it’s just a headscratcher.
I always felt the guy could coach and have written about it often. Kubiak had the players’ confidence in him and this system and just needed more time …..and talent.
You Texans fans should be writing thank you notes to the club’s Reliant Stadium offices in c/o Kubiak. Show some love to this guy. Mr. McNair and I chatted about the progress over the past 4 years and that now the table is set for a solid foundation starting in 2010. McNair will pay a fair wage he told me for Kubiak comparable to what other NFL coaches in his situation are making. I believe him and now it’s done.
Kubes was in his final year of a contract. Unless you just came off latest banana boat in the ship channel, you knew a new deal was coming. No coach coming off a franchise first winning season and with obvious progress in place was going to coach without assurances. McNair wasn’t going to let it happen and he didn’t. He sounded estatic last night about the future.
Are the Texans there yet? Not quite. They need more help and based on their track record, there is no doubt that Gary and GM Rick Smith will get it done. Look at what they’ve done to this point. Very few misses and quite a few home runs.
There’s more on the way. If you’ve been off the bandwagon you might want to hop back on..





