So you should know that the Texans and I have been trying at a reconciliation. I’ve tried dating other people, but Sundays just don’t feel the same without a little Battle Red. However, yesterday’s loss was hard to take. Let’s talk brass tax, Houston lost, on the road, to arguably the best team in the NFL. At the end of the day, I can’t get very upset about that. The only problem is they were in a position to win the game, and came up short like they always seem to against the Colts.
The biggest question I have this morning is, “How many times are we going to settle for coming close against the Colts?” It’s clear to me watching the Texans are very capable of keeping up with the Colts, but what or who is it going to take to get past what has to be a total psychological block? Andre Johnson couldn’t do it, Mario Williams didn’t do it, and Matt Schaub, while clearly becoming one of the best QB’s in the NFL, can’t do it either. A win yesterday would have immediately catapulted the Texans into legitimacy. Now we’re a team who has to go at least 5-2 (more likely 6-1) to make the playoffs.
Do I think it cane be done? Yes, but the team that could do that would have won yesterday’s game.
I woke up this morning to Van Halen’s Right Now. It put me in a good mood, and I figure you can hit play below, then read the rest of the post. It’s got my brain working, maybe sooner than I would have liked, and makes for good background music to this post.
Another mayoral election, another runoff. It’s November in Houston, TX.
When the dust settled, two candidates remain. Annise Parker and Gene Locke. There is irony here because I am sure if you asked someone anywhere in the United States to pick the two runoff candidates in a mayoral election in Houston that featured a white guy, black guy, a lesbian or Hispanic guy, they’d probably pick the white and Hispanic guys.
I have a few thoughts about the election going forward.
1. Will he, won’t he, will he, won’t he, will he endorse a Mayor?
While this was surely a bitter defeat for Peter Brown, he does find himself in the position to choose the next mayor of Houston. Part of me would be disappointed to see him come to endorse either candidate. Frankly, I don’t want to see it be that easy for Parker or Locke at this point. Still, I have a hard time seeing Brown endorse Locke after the way the election unfolded down the stretch. It would seem evident Parker would get an endorsement from Brown, if one is to be given.
2. Black voters?
There was a lot of talk about the power of the black voters in Houston. If we are to believe the candidates, there was apparently a divide amongst the community between Locke and Brown. Now that Brown is out of the race, where do his voters go? There was indignation amongst Brown’s voters when it was suggested by the Locke campaign their votes were bought. Will that ill will prevent them from supporting Locke in the runoff?
3. Somewhere over the rainbow?
Annise Parker stands to become the first gay mayor of a major U.S. city. While a lot will be made of the political impact of this event, I am more interested in the cultural impact. Electing a gay mayor to be a major step for Houston to be recognized as a major cosmopolitan city.
But let’s not pull the rainbow bus up to the steps of City Hall just yet.
Annise isn’t the first gay candidate to get to this point. Dallas was in the same situation in 2007. Their mayoral election even netted them a glowing article in TIME magazine. Ultimately, Ed Oakley lost to Tom Leppert to the tune of 58% to 42%. I couldn’t find the numbers of the general election that brought the runoff, but it is important to point out a different campaign quickly emerged that included anti-gay robocalls and general crazy conservative rhetoric.
The gay card has remained in the deck thus far in this election. While I do not expect Locke’s campaign to play it now, I am VERY concerned about the possibility of an anti-gay campaign to emerge from the shadows. In the end, Annise Parker being gay in irrelevant; it has no bearing whatsoever on her abilities to be mayor of a major metropolitan city. If she loses the runoff because of her sexuality, it will be a sad day for us all.
4. The other White guy?
While I mentioned Peter having the ability to decide the election with an endorsement, there there is another endorsement that could have a bigger impact. Will Bill White throw his support behind one of the candidates now? A White endorsement would certainly add a bit of flavor to what has generally been regarded as a pretty vanilla campaign.
When I first set myself to writing a series of posts about the last decade in Houston, this post was going to be about Bill White, and his decision to bring evacuees to Houston after Hurricane Katrina. It was, I thought, one of his brightest accomplishments during his tenure. That it is published today, November 3rd, 2009, shouldn’t be hard to figure out. Frankly I have struggled to write this post because on one hand, I didn’t want to write a gushing tribute to Bill White because while I do believe he is one of the greatest mayors in the history of this city, he’s not perfect. On the other hand, there is something to be said for the fact that no one in the current race has been able to openly criticize him for fear of losing voters. At the end of the day, this city, for the most part, loves them some Bill White.
So as I sit down to write about our beloved outgoing Mayor, I would like to pay special attention to one of the most definitive moments of his tenure, Hurricane Katrina. It is no secret Houston is an entrepreneurial city. Oftentimes, we are downright opportunistic, maybe to a fault. The Port of Houston stands as the most visible testament to our ability to take advantage of some else’s misfortune. At the turn of the 20th Century, Galveston was thriving as a major commercial center of Texas. In 1900, the hurricane of all hurricanes hit, and the Port of Galveston was severely damaged. It killed over 6,000 people, and changed the Texas Gulf Coast forever. The biggest change came as a result of the opportunistic leaders of Houston. They quickly pointed out to Washington that it was a bad idea to keep a major U.S. port in such dangerous waters. Houston, a good 50 miles inland, was a better option, they argued. Thus the Port of Houston was born, and the histories of these two cities was never the same.
However, despite the fact that the fortunes of these two cities was irreversibly altered, in the end, it made a whole helluva lot of sense. Fast forward 104 years later when Hurricane Katrina unleashed its fury on the city of New Orleans. We all remember the images, we all remember the outrage and sorrow. It was the 21st Century, how could this happen? Will anyone step in to help these people? In Houston, that call was answered.
When I went looking for an image for this post, I was shocked by what I found. I mean, I remember the images from the Dome, but to see them again now, I was taken aback. This is THE Astrodome, the House of Pain, the Eighth Wonder of the World, being used as a hurricane shelter. I honestly don’t know if there were many cities that would have thought up this idea so quickly. I’ll pause here to say I do not want to sound like I am bragging. This was a horrible event in the history of this country, but I can’t apologize for being proud that my city was able to do what it did for the people of New Orleans. Houston did what it does best, it opened its arms to people in need, and didn’t care who you were, only that you got what you needed. However, I will readily admit the decision to allow the evacuees to come to Houston wasn’t totally fueled by altruistic motivations.
As far as Houston was concerned, many were glad to help, others were wary about what we had let into our city. It is not worth bringing up here, but it wasn’t a match made in heaven. There were issues, there were problems and the city found out quickly it had to cope with the burden of a large group of people that were scared and desperate.
Frankly, I have little time for criticism over this situation. Particularly when those throwing barbs did not, nor ever intended, to likewise open their doors to help these people. I am not saying Houston was the only city to step up, but we did take on a greater burden.
While this post was to be more about Bill White, as I close, it is really more about Houston. As with the previous subjects of the X Marks the Spot series, it isn’t about the events themselves, rather the way they fit together to create a perfect harmony that allowed Houston to emerge as a greater city then we knew a decade ago. It would be ignorant to say some Houstonians didn’t recall the grisly images following Tropical Storm Allison when the coverage from New Orleans poured in. Nor would the fear of unemployment not haunt those of us who lost their jobs in the aftermath of the collapse of Enron. Houston knew what it felt like to fend for yourself in your darkest hours.
And no other time in this decade was that more evident than when a man by the name of Ike came ashore three years later . . .
I got an update yesterday about the Texas Bowl I would like to share with you. If Navy beats Temple tomorrow in Annapolis, they will stamp their ticket to the 2009 Texas Bowl. While it would appear inevitable the Midshipmen will be playing in Houston in December, it is still important for them to book their tickets as soon as possible to start building momentum for this year’s big game. That is why I am asking you to cheer them on to victory tomorrow!
You should also know that tickets to the game go on sale THIS Monday, November 2nd. Should Navy win, tickets on their side of the field will go quickly. That said, you might want to start checking out the ticket packages that are currently available.
Let’s go Blue and Gold!
Now sit right down and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a faithful trip.
That started from a Downtown port,
Aboard a pontoon boat.
The mate was an urban Houstonian,
The skipper Captain Ray.
16 passengers set sail that day
For a two hour tour, a two hour tour.
The weather was beautiful,
The tiny ship flowed true.
If not for the courage of the Partnership
The bayou would be lost, the bayou would be lost.
The ship set ground on the shore near Waugh Street Bridge
With Chardonnay, and Merlot too
Mexican Free-Tailed bats, and their pups
Appetizers
Really great friends and a camera man
Here on Buffalo Bayou!
I was excited when I was asked by my friends at the Buffalo Bayou Partnership to host a Bat Boat Tour on Buffalo Bayou. I had previously ridden their pontoon boat through the pylons of Downtown Houston at a previous BBP event at the Sabine Promenade. This tour would be my first legitimate jaunt down the Bayou, and my first intentional viewing of the burgeoning new stars of Houston pop culture, the Waugh Street Bat Colony.
Our journey began at the boat launch in Sabine Promenade park in the shadows of the Sabine Street Bridge. If you haven’t yet visited the Sabine Promenade, I highly recommend you make a visit. There is free parking available in City Lot H, enter off of Memorial. There is a map available here. From there you head west under the Sabine Street Bridge. 
While most of your trek will be in between Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway, shortly have leaving the Downtown area, you find yourself drifting underneath Memorial Drive.
One thing that struck me from the beginning is how lush the shores of the Bayou are. I don’t know if there are many cities in the world with this kind of natural resource literally sitting in its backyard. There has been a lot of talk about the idea of turning the Bayou into San Antonio’s Riverwalk. I’ve been a proponent of such a plan in the past, but after doing a Huckleberry Finn up the Buffalo Bayou, I have to say we need to keep it just the way it is. Of course, I would like to see more development along the Bayou, but not of the restaurant, cafe and residential variety. I want to see more parks like Sabine Promenade. I am anxiously anticipating the completion of the renovation of the International Coffee Building, the Partnership’s next great project along the Bayou.
So let’s talk about the Boat and the Tours. Your vessel is the Osprey, a 20-person pontoon boat. As you can see from the picture above, it seats everyone quite comfortably. You are asked to sit down while the boat is travelling. Nature has a habit of sticking logs in unlikely places along the bayou, so unexpected bumps are sometimes part of your tour. On our tour, we only had one small bump. In any case, your captain will regale you about the history of Buffalo Bayou while you drift slowly towards the Waugh Street Bridge.
You might ask yourself what’s the big deal about the Waugh Street Bridge. Where did these bats come from? Well, take a gander at the photo above of the Montrose Street Bridge. You see the gaps between the beams? The Montrose bridge’s supports go across the bridge between cement beams. Now look underneath the Waugh Street Bridge.
Instead of supports going across the bridge, the expansion spans are placed side-by-side the entire length of the bridge. The expansion gaps between the beams then became the perfect home for Mexican Free-Tailed Bats. Roughly 250,000 bats live under the Waugh Street Bridge. The famous bats of the Congress Bridge in Austin number 1,500,000.
The first thing you notice once you run aground near the Bridge, is the tell tale twittering of the bats under the bridge. The thing I find so fantastic about this whole experience is the location. I drive over the Waugh Street bridge multiple times a week. Here I was, sipping wine with friends underneath a bridge waiting for bats, and lots of ‘em, to take flight into the Houston evening. It’s certainly belongs on the list of things to do in Houston. For my part, I am going to plan personal cruises bi-annually; one near my birthday in April and another one weekend in October. One thing to know is you can pretty much book a cruise whenever you like. Give the Partnership at least two weeks, maybe more, and find 20 people. As long as they can find a captain, you’re in good shape. There is more information available about their public tours here. Whether you want to cruise the Bayou or see the bats, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has you covered.
Now, without further ado, I give you the stars of our Bayou, the Waugh Bridge Bat Colony!
This is going to be a real hard season to be a fan of the Houston Rockets. It’s not that the team is going to be bad, quite the contrary. However, without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, there isn’t a lot of hope in H-Town for a serious run at the NBA title. Well, that’s what they say.
For my part, while I agree a title is something of a pipe dream, but I believe this team is a lot better than anyone is giving them credit for. They were, for the most part, was the only squad to give the eventual NBA Champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, any competition in last year’s playoffs. Despite being without Yao and T-Mac, the team that will take the floor tonight in Portland is better than the team that pushed the Lakers to seven games in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals. Of course, a lot of teams are better than they were last season.
Despite the lack of hope, I find myself incredibly excited about this new NBA season. A lot of it has to do with the residual pride left over from last year’s playoff match-up with the Lakers. Outside of the two NBA championships, there isn’t a moment I was more proud to be a Rockets fan than games 4 and 6 last season. This team is capable of more than it appears on paper, and it’s going to make for an interesting season. I feel it is also going to pay INCREDIBLE dividends when the Rockets do, finally?, get Yao and Tracy back next season and beyond. These guys went to war last season, and they know how good they are when they work as a team. Together, they can become a third superstar Houston has been lacking to offset those nights when Yao or Tracy was unable to produce.
This season will be a clinic on adversity, and fighting through it. In the end, they are going to know how to get things done when they need to. Right now, I believe the Rockets will be in the thick of things for either the seventh or eighth seed in the Western Conference. That will likely result in a first round dance with the Los Angeles Lakers or San Antonio Spurs, and a likely first round ouster. However, if the best the Rockets can do is a first round and out, I’m going to be a very happy fan indeed.
I’m liking the San Antonio Spurs this season, and will even go so far as to say this will be Tim Duncan’s last championship. In any case, it’s entirely way too early to make any predictions. That’s why they play the games. I just wish more people would take that into account before writing this year’s Rockets.
I look forward to watching them surprise us all.
I don’t know if you are aware, but Houston has quietly built itself a very respectable collegiate bowl game in the Texas Bowl. I have had the wonderful opportunity to be involved with it since its inception in 2006.
Houston was in danger of losing its bowl license due to the lack of a strong corporate sponsor. If you want to get an idea of how bad things were, you can read this article by ESPN’s Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. (NOTE: While the article does a fair number of good points, Mr. Simmons is still a Boston writer and, therefore, unable to write a wholly objective article about anything to do with Houston.)
So, Houston was about to lose its bowl, but a gentleman by the name of Bob McNair (most AWESOME Houston sports team owner EVER!) felt Houston and collegiate bowls should not be separated again. (Houston lost its bowl once before when the Bluebonnet Bowl, our original bowl game, folded in 1987.) He stepped in, and created the Texas Bowl, a celebration of culture, heritage and football tradition of the Lone Star State. While it’ll never have the regal charm of a Rose or Orange Bowl, I’ll take the Texas Bowl over Meineke Car Care or Chick-Fil-A Bowls and day of the week and twice on Sundays.
The biggest challenge for the Texas Bowl has always been its match-up. On paper, they haven’t always had the best choices when it came to teams to invite to Houston to play in Reliant Stadium. And, let’s be honest, who wants to play a game in Houston when you have Hawaii, Las Vegas and San Antonio as alternate sites? Still, with an amazing amount of dedication and hard work, the Texas Bowl has been able to improve its match-up by choosing the #6 in the Big 12 and Big 10 Conferences. The Texas Bowl has always had a relationship with the Big 12 harkening back to the old days when the Southwest Conference seeded the teams for the Bluebonnet Bowl. Now they have an opportunity to bring in a “better” school. Even better, with the new agreement from the Big Ten Conference, Houston is assured of a quality match-up every year! With this new conference alignment, I have little doubt the Texas Bowl will be able to negotiate a Tier One Bowl (one step below BCS) contract going into the next round of conference negotiations.
I doubt the Texas Bowl will ever break into the vaunted bowls of the BCS, but that will have more to do with the lack of the Big Four (Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta) allowing any new members into their exclusive club. They just don’t appear to be very willing to expand the group beyond the current four.
In any case, the Texas Bowl needs your help. For any bowl game to be successful, there must be local support. This means you buy tickets regardless of what the match-up is. The new agreement will further guarantee you get a good match-up, so this shouldn’t be hard. As for this year, the bowl game is starting to look like a great match-up between (cross your fingers) Navy and a school from the Big 12. The current Bowl Projections over at ESPN are split between Navy playing either Kansas State or Iowa State. These teams have played in Houston in recent years, Kansas State in the 2006 Texas Bowl and Iowa State in the 2005 EV1.net Bowl. I prefer Kansas State because I saw what how well their fans travel, and combining them with the fans of the Midshipmen, this match-up could set Houston bowl attendance records.
I’m going to be writing more about the Texas Bowl in the coming weeks as we get closer to the announcement during the first week of December and the big game on Thursday, December 31. In the meantime, cheer the heck out of Navy. They need only two more victories to qualify for a trip to the Texas Bowl. Regardless of their opponent, I feel like their participation is the best way to close the first chapter Texas Bowl history as we look forward to new and exciting match-ups between the Big 12 and Big 10!
Travel + Leisure Magazine recently announced the results of its annual America’s Favorite Cities survey. America’s Favorite Cities is an annual survey where T+L chooses 30 U.S. cities, and has readers rank them based on number of various characteristics in 10 categories (People, Type of Trip, Hotels, Nightlife, Culture, Shopping, Food/Dining, Quality of Life/Visitor Experience, Airports and Holiday Travel. Houston (finally) made its debut on the 2009 list. Given the success of our debut, you have to wonder what took Travel + Leisure to include us on the list. I’m going to go over a couple of the most interesting results, but invite you to peruse all of the lists yourself.
People
One of Houston’s greatest assets is its people. Among the 30 cities in America’s Favorite Cities, Houston’s people ranked 3rd overall behind Austin and San Francisco. The sub-categories (Houston’s overall ranking in parentheses) in People are Attractive (8), Friendly (7), Intelligent (13), Athletic/Active (15), Diverse (4) and Stylish (6).
From Travel + Leisure
“Barreling in at #8 in attractiveness, Houston’s enthusiastic debut in America’s Favorite Cities has stirred up a lot of the top categories. The nation’s fourth largest city wins the #1 position for affordable hotels and ranks in the top 10 for theater, classical music, and museums and galleries.”
For the most part, these numbers make sense. What I find most interesting here is how these rankings translated into our third place overall finish in the People category. I wonder what our ranking would have been had we received a more respectable (and accurate) grade in the Intelligence and Athletic/Active categories. I’ll weigh our friends at Rice, the Texas Medical Center and in the energy industry against the brightest minds of any city anytime. In terms of our Athletic/Active ranking, I still have yet to buy into or seen proven, the idea that our sprawl directly correlates to a sedentary lifestyle.
Hotels
Another #3 ranking definitely shocked me here. It’s not that I don’t like our hotels. It’s just that I just don’t picture Houston Hotels when I’m reading travel magazines. For our part, Houston ranked #2 in Business hotels and #1 in affordable hotels. In the grand scheme of things, it’s unfair to the other cities in the country to rank the affordability of a hotel stay in Houston. We simply kick ass in that category. We scored a pair of 8’s in the categories of Big-name Luxury Hotels and Stylish boutique hotels. This is a category I see us becoming more competitive in once BLVD Place gets it’s major hotel plugged in. I’ve heard it’s going to be a Ritz-Carlton, but I’ve also not heard anything about it lately either.
Culture
This proved to be the most thrilling of results for me.We ranked 7th overall in the Culture Category, but it was our sub-category results that had me beaming. We had Top Ten finishes in Classical Music (5), Theater (5) and Museums/Galleries (8). Not surprisingly we got beat up in the last Culture Sub-category, Historical sites/monuments (18). Still, considering this is Houston’s debut on this list, I couldn’t be happier. I’m also going to go ahead and question the notion that historical sites and monuments are necessarily a good barometer of culture. For instance, what U.S. city can compete with Washington D.C. (#1 in Historical sites/Monuments, #2 Culture), with their collection of memorials? But does that mean Washington has more culture? I don’t think so. Of course, I don’t know what other category you’d put Historical sites in, I’m only questioning whether is shouldn’t be weighted differently.
Food/Dining
This is another category where I believe Houston will eventually having the opportunity to soar higher than its debut of #12. While we got decent rankings in Big Name Restaurants (6) and Ethnic Food (8), we got robbed (in my humble opinion) in Cafes/Coffee Bars (13), Farmers Markets (19) and Neighborhood Joints (19). If there was one category that Houston did not get a fair shake, it was Food/Dining. For one, I’d put us in the Top 5 for Ethnic Food. Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the country, and our food is reflective of that. As for our other rankings. Well, my dear readers, it’s your responsibility to take visitors to our cafes and neighborhood joints more! We need to get that reputation fixed!
Airports
Certainly not the most glamorous category, but Houston did ring up #1 ranking here. The only thing I want to say here is congratulations to the people responsible for developing a successful plan for making Houston’s airports better.
Houston vs. Dallas, FIGHT!
So the folks at Travel + Leisure include a nice little feature called City Face-Off. It gives you the opportunity to compare any two of America’s Favorite Cities in the ten categories. I’ll let you play with it as you will, but I had to take a moment to compare the results of Houston vs. Dallas. Regardless of which category you pick, this is the ultimate result.
Dallas fared miserably in this year’s America’s Favorite Cities. Their highest rating was for Luxury Stores (10), which was still behind Houston (5). They ranked in the bottom third of cities in most of the sub-categories. Frankly I was surprised by their results. Of the four Texas cities in this year’s America’s Favorite Cities, Dallas is a distant fourth. Of course it is still important to point out Dallas, by being included in America’s Favorite Cities, is considered to be one of the best 30 cities in the country.
Who really cares if they’re 30? Not me, no, not at all.
I wrote two weeks ago that I was no longer a fan of the Houston Texans. I was being mildly facetious, but have still rather enjoyed the freedom of not having to think about the Texans over these past two Sundays. However, I got weak yesterday, and fell into watching another game in which the Texans exhibited everything that makes them exciting and, ultimately, disappointing.
It’s not that I broke up with the Texans, it’s just that I think it’s better if we just see other people.
That starts at the top with Gary Kubiak. I’ve tried to be supportive, I’ve certainly been forgiving, but yesterday was a perfect example of why I can’t watch this team anymore. When you’re in a relationship, the key to its longevity is being a great partner at all times. If you’re “good” only to make up for your indiscretions, it’s going to lead your boyfriend or girlfriend to eventually question whether you’re really worth the trouble. Yesterday’s game was very winnable, but the Texans dug themselves a hole so big they had to be absolutely perfect in the second half to find a way to win. Here’s the thing, ONE mistake cost them the entire game. And I’m not going to blame Matt Schaub for this loss despite the fact his fourth quarter interception returned for a touchdown was the difference in this game.
Think of something you’ve broken up with somebody over. That is the Texans running game. It’s been a problem this season, a BIG problem, THE problem. And, with the game on the line, what did the Texans need to get a tie to force OT? Yes, the running game. So let’s say this problem you’re having with your partner is they won’t stop talking to their ex. Said ex invites you both to their birthday party. The Texans are RSVP’ing you’ll be in attendance!
So yeah, things between me and the Texans are on the rocks. Well, that’s not entirely true, the problems aren’t with the players, but with the Coach. And the worst thing that can happen for the good-for-nothing partner in these situations is another, more caring and attractive suitor will start coming around. It just so happens that one Mike Holmgren, is itching to get back to the NFL in 2010. Also, according to Terry Bradshaw, Bill Cowher is “desperate” to get back into the NFL. Both have Super Bowl victories under their belt. Our offense, sans the running game, is perfect for Holmgren, while our defense would become one of the NFL’s most terrifying squads in the NFL under the direction of Cowher. Either way, I see no downside. Also, Holmgren too the Seattle Seahawks, yes THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!, to the Super Bowl.
For those of you who doubt such lofty coaching aspirations, you don’t give Mr. McNair enough credit. If there is one man who could convince either coach of returning to the NFL with the Texans, it’s Bob McNair. Anyone who can wrest an NFL franchise from the city of Los Angeles is a man to reckon with.
As for Gary? Well, I didn’t think he was going to be able to keep his job this season unless the Texans at least made a legitimate run at a playoff position. Looking at the AFC right now, I just don’t see how the Texans, at 2-3 now, can make a run. The Texans play next week at the Cincinnati Bengals who are coming off a legitimizing road win against the Baltimore Ravens. That will be followed by two out of three games against the Indianapolis Colts, who I don’t see the Texans being able to compete against this season. That means the Texans must win 8 of their remaining 11 games, including a perfect December, JUST to be in a position to make the playoffs in what is a fairly stacked AFC. If the first five games are any indication, this team is not capable of that. Particularly when they were incapable of digging themselves out of a similar hole yesterday.
So it’s time for the Texans to start dating again. They shouldn’t have to try too hard to win some suitors. The offense has a rock solid foundation. I do believe our running game needs some work, but I feel it can be fixed with better coaching instead of a full personnel overhaul. The defense seems to be better each week. Coaching led to a dismal first half from both sides of the ball yesterday. Yes, they coached them back into the game, but remember that boyfriend that only does the nice things when he’s in the dog house? That is the Texans coaching staff.
So here’s to the Texans painting the town Battle Red with a new paramour soon. And sorry Gary, it’s not me, it’s you.
