Gary Kubiak

     The Coach Gary Kubiak watch is officially on in Houston. Sure, the Houston Texans lost a hard fought battle to the perennially good Indianapolis Colts. The problem, however sad it is, is not that they lost; but the way that Houston is going about their special brand of losing.

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Coach Gary Kubiak has instilled a system that is not player-dependent. That is a rare thing in this league. The Dallas Cowboys are dependent on Tony Romo. The San Diego Chargers seem to be dependent on Shawne Merriman. The Philadelphia Eagles are dependent on Brian Westbrook. The Detroit Lions are dependent on Barry Sanders, oh yeah, he is retired. That might explain a few things.

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 Here we go! After poor performances in the first few weeks of the season, the Texans are righting the ship. The Texans were like Ashlee Simpson singing live, but now they are much more like a digitally remastered version of Sinatra.

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in the Houston Chronicle that made a very compelling argument concerning the Texans and Head Coach Gary Kubiak. The crux of the opinion was based on a comparison with the early stages of Coach Kubiak’s career and that of Jeff Fisher of the now Tennessee Titans. It asked us to be patient, with Kubiak and brought up some interesting truths. 

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t Schaub was trying to get his head in the game.  One thing that also showed through was coach Gary Kubiak’s obvious frustration with his first string quarterback.  If  Kubiak had been a pimp, Schaub would have probably gotten back-handed. Despite his frustrations though, he kept is star quarterback in the game and his confidence and decision making abilities seemed to improve even after he threw the interception that ultimately cost them the game.  What the Texans need to do now is monopolize on their weak points.  Use their weaknesses and turn them into strengths and ultimately cause the other team to use their own strengths against them. Kind of like a Judo Master uses the strength of his opponent against him. 

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Inexplicably though, Coach Gary Kubiak chose not to take the points.

Here is a brief recount of just some of those possessions and what should have happened.

With 5:20 left to go in the third quarter and the score at 24-12 Titans, Houston chose not to kick a field goal. Fourth down and 4 yards to go, the Texans completed a 1 yard pass to Steve Slaton.

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