Monday Night Football Reaction: Houston Texans Must Fire Gary Kubiak

December 14, 2010   ·   David Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

The Houston Texans lost the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night in an overtime thriller in which the Texans put together a miraculous comeback before Matt Schaub threw a pick six in overtime.
Firing Gary Kubiak may seem drastic; after all, he's taken the Texans to another level since his hiring.  Why fire him?
Sometimes one head coach can only do so much for a football team.
Under Dom Capers, the Texans slowly improved each season: 4-12 to 5-11 to 7-9, but then they dropped off to 2-14, and Capers was fired.  He improved the team's talent, but he hit a plateau where he was incapable of helping the team further.
Under Kubiak, again the Texans went on a streak of improvement.  From their disappointing 2-14 season, they went to 6-10 to 8-8, 8-8 again to 9-7 last year just missing the playoffs.
This season though, they are 5-8 with three weeks left in the season, and it looks as if the Texans have hit another plateau.
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