OT: Houston Texans latest to admit Sharky is right

by Sharky on Jul 23, 2009 11:39 AM CDT Comment 59 comments

So I got this football magazine, and it mentions this about the Texans.

"In the last week of last season, Kubiak turned over the playcalling to to offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan for the first time. An offense that had been one of the leagues worst in the red zone was four-of -four inside Chicago's 20, including three touchdowns in in a 31-24 victory. The playcalling is Shanahan's baby now"

I tell you, I'm shocked, shocked, the Texans would hire yet another young go-getter non-minority offensive coordinator (the first being Kubiak himself), and then turn the reigns over to him.

I mean, why would it hurt to leave Kubiak the playcaller? I mean that stuff doesnt matter right? It's all about the draft, isn't it?

Lol.

Sharky right again. Texans prove it with actions, not words.

Maybe the Texans will be worth a crap this season. In fact probably will. Then AJM can talk about how great their drafts have been, and how Jerry Jones is screwing up the Cowboys because of his terrible drafts..and pretend this whole offensive coordinator change meant nothing.

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Sharky

You’ve been gone for quite a while.

by Adam J. Morris on Jul 23, 2009 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Where did you go?

by cmkelly29 on Jul 23, 2009 11:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

man

this was a pretty badass sharky rant.

i think you’re much palatable now that you have stopped paying attention to baseball.

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

when did he pay attention to baseball?

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by t ball on Jul 23, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he was aware of the juan gonzalez trade

letting pudge go. ended around there.

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What depth of knowledge

Anyone casually tuning in to sports news could get that much.

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by t ball on Jul 23, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

um

we are talking about sharky. might you be taking this a little too seriously? you could use some chill

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dont' worry

I don’t take him seriously, and I certainly don’t take his baseball knowledge seriously.

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by t ball on Jul 23, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe you are taking our "liking" him too seriously

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing I've said

in this thread was typed while scowling or mumbling, I think Sharky is amusingly harmless.

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by t ball on Jul 23, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But I'll try some baseball

Hey Sharky – the Astros are playing well again and they’re on the front page of espn.com. Isn’t that weird?

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I know

I was considering making the patented “Astros in 5th place in division, still world series favorites” post a while back.

Of course now theyve already made their annual climb in the standings, so it wouldnt have much effect.

by Sharky on Jul 23, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So...

Aren’t we obligated to rec this up or something? Because there’s almost zero difference between this and a Miles post.

"You know, I’m playing entirely too much." - Andruw Jones

"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels

Hello Win Column

by lonestarJon on Jul 23, 2009 11:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sure there is

Sharky is much more entertaining than miles.

by Adam J. Morris on Jul 23, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

He’s like a groundhog coming out. If he sees his shadow and goes back into hiding, the Rangers contention will last for another 6 weeks (conveniently into September – yay!). If he doesn’t and comes out for good, it may spell the end of the 2009 Rangers.

A lot hinges on where Sharky goes from here.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 23, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So,this season depends on whether or not Sharky "Comes out"...

My money says he stays in the closet. :-)

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Jul 23, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

-1

I like Miles more. He has the insider scoop on everything

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Jul 23, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's just objectively wrong

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

miles is just a run of the mill knucklehead trying to make a nuisance of himself, while Shark was a legitimate paranoid schizophrenic who always had the potential for a complete meltdown right on the ESPN board.

by Brett Perryman on Jul 24, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I take offense

to that…

by miles on Jul 26, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Texans will still not make the playoffs

because they have a secondary that includes Jacques Reeves as a starter.

Peyton Manning should have about 25 completions to Reggie Wayne this year against the Texans.

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by willamos2 on Jul 23, 2009 12:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't the Cowboys...

…make the playoffs with Jacques Reeves as a starter at CB?

by Adam J. Morris on Jul 23, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

they didn't play the colts twice?

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did they?

Do you conisder the 3rd corner a starter?

by tyd3311 on Jul 23, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the AFC is much tougher now than the NFC was then

plus none of the other QBs in our division were good enough to pick on him consistently with any moderate level of success.

NE, IND, SD, and PIT are all making the playoffs for sure.

I don’t think Houston finishes in the Top 2 among the Bills, Dolphins, Ravens, Titans, and Broncos.

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by willamos2 on Jul 23, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not too confident about San Diego

I actually like the Chargers (closest think I have to a football team I cheer for), but they aren’t particularly well run and it is hard to have any confidence in Philip Rivers. Their success may hinge on whether Tomlinson can be healthy this season, which is a shaky proposition given his age (which hurts me to say, since we were in college at the same time).

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 23, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i just think the rest of that division isn't really special.

I’d put SD ahead of Denver and KC still.

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by willamos2 on Jul 23, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

especially with Cutler out of it, that division is far from special. Might give the ’98 NFC East or the AFC West a run for the worst division of recent memory.

'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56

"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard

by hinduplaya on Jul 25, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

meant the 98 NFC East or the AFC West from last year….

'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56

"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard

by hinduplaya on Jul 25, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any time you pay

Jacques Reeves as much as the Texans’ GM did and then make him a starter, there is no way you should be in the NFL.

'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56

"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard

by hinduplaya on Jul 23, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least the Texans did one thing right

Draft Mario Williams over Reggie Bush

You are obsessed with bodily wastes A turd being held under my nose, this team being a steaming pile, Jonny Donuts having a stinky diaper, the front office pissing themselves, the team crapping the bed…

I think you should seek counselling.

(AJM to Josey Donuts)

by Michael Cave on Jul 23, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And Ryans.

They had a good draft this year, too.

by brettgardner on Jul 24, 2009 7:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They can easily be a 10 win team this year.

by tyd3311 on Jul 24, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A lot depends on

Schaub’s health, I guess. Although I think they did themselves a lot of good by getting Grossman and Orlovsky just in case.

If their defense could improve to just average, though, you’d probably be right.

by brettgardner on Jul 24, 2009 8:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If that fucker could stay healthy, Andre could flirt with 2,000.

by tyd3311 on Jul 24, 2009 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you people never learn

If they win, it’s not going to have anything to do with the draft. I have a bad feeling they probably will be pretty good, but that will be due to Shanahan.

Kubiak was always pretty mediocre and holding them back, thats why they were 8-8 all the time, and thats why he’s not calling plays anymore.

Kubiak was never very good as an OC in Denver, either. He has a track record. He’s not horrible, he’s 8-8.

Shanahan has no track record, but he’s young, and his dad was pretty good, and if he was successful in limited action last year well, all signs point that way, but we’ll see.

by Sharky on Jul 24, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They also bypassed

that nutjob, Vince Young, thank God.

"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers

by DJCahill on Jul 24, 2009 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I overestimated Vince's mental toughness big time.

What a disappointment, the biggest being his reaction to being benched.

by tyd3311 on Jul 24, 2009 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was a different GM

The guy who drafted Mario, Charley Casserly, is over at CBS.

'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56

"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard

by hinduplaya on Jul 25, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

in part for that move if i believe

and the flack he took for it

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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"Taking steroids is only gonna make him whiff on those sliders in the dirt with more fury." -thedirkatron

by knockoutking on Jul 31, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet baby Jesus almighty

Sharky’s back!

We’ve missed you around here, you crazy old dog!

"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky

by RCCook on Jul 23, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Gosh I hate

The overrating of my posts upon “return”.

You guys forget what a tiresome, repetitive poster I become on repeated exposure, every time..

Hell I havent even been “gone” long…

by Sharky on Jul 23, 2009 12:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I remember fully

how tiresome you are. This post sucks, too. Congrats on your consistency.

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by t ball on Jul 23, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

Seconded

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on Jul 24, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He has returned

Just in time to offer us his take on Obama’s press conference last night.

"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley

by trza on Jul 23, 2009 12:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That was a press conference???

Sounded like an infomercial to me.

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Jul 23, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

heh

media with softballs? noooo.

atleast he went out of his way to put foot in mouth with his stupid comment…

usa

by Longhorn on Jul 23, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do tell

Break it down for us ~~plebes~~ noobs in that oh so perspicacious manner of yours.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on Jul 24, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOl

by Sharky on Jul 24, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he might be referring to Pres. Obama throwing that Mass cop under the bus..

Called the arrest stupid, while admitting he didn’t know any of the details.

But maybe he means something else. I guess I dunno.

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Jul 24, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Undoubtedly you're correct

And not to turn this into a political thread, cause nothing would make me vomit any quicker, but my god, what a dumb thing for Obama to say. The backpedaling started immediately.

by brettgardner on Jul 25, 2009 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get...

all the Sharky love. He’s a dipshit who’s far from entertaining.

Nice job throwing in the “non-minority” comment too.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jul 23, 2009 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

nobody, including him, takes him seriously

miles/josey could learn a lot

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jul 23, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sharky

It is nostalgia. Back in 2000, he would make 5 or 6 ranting, repetitive posts in a row, at like 4 a.m., on the ESPN Rangers board.

by Adam J. Morris on Jul 23, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn, was it 2000??

Wow, 9 years ago??

Amazing.

Well, I worked overnights (still do) so if I was posting at 4AM, it was because I would get off work at 2 AM..

Juan Gonzalez is probably my favorite athlete of any sport, ever.

It’s interesting, I’m not sure why I’m bringing it up, but that ESPN radio guy, Colin Cowherd, says that Troy Aikman’s Dallas Cowboys were the last pro sports team he loved.

I can really emphasize with that, for some reason.

by Sharky on Jul 24, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs