How Stupid Do the Texans Feel?

[MC Hammer]

Yeah, I just learned that he's already the father of 2 children at age 18 He also has to work to get himself academically eligible before he can pick a college. He's deciding between the likes of Pitt, Miami, FSU, Nebraska...

The fact that he can't made HS grades shows that he has no work ethic. People who have a great work ethic aren't able to just turn it on for football and not turn it on elsewhere. The work he's put in is based on one thing. The hope one day he'll be rich because of football.

 

I hope he doesn't come to Pitt ... talented as hell or not.

[schillingouttheks]

Sadly, in this day and age, if you're as talented as him, you only need to have a great work ethic for football. He obviously has a work ethic, it's just spread out very well. It's also focused on football because he knows that's what will make him great. Look at Vince Young. I remember when he was interviewed right after the Rose Bowl when he was still on the field I knew he was as dumb as a doorknob. He was still a 3rd rounder in the NFL draft.

 

Work ethic in the classroom doesn't mean anything when it comes to being an elite NFL player, which is the argument.

[See Red]

The fact that he can't made HS grades shows that he has no work ethic. People who have a great work ethic aren't able to just turn it on for football and not turn it on elsewhere. The work he's put in is based on one thing. The hope one day he'll be rich because of football.

 

I hope he doesn't come to Pitt ... talented as hell or not.

 

I don't agree with that at all. I've never been one to try at all in school, that doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off when I played football or that I don't work my ass off now.

[MC Hammer]

Sadly, in this day and age, if you're as talented as him, you only need to have a great work ethic for football.

No sadly in this day and age people who think like you are one of the reasons we have such a high crime rate. They put all their eggs in one basket, and when they don't make it, for whatever reason, they turn to crime, because they never got an education. Hello, most recent example, Maurice Clarrett.

 

He obviously has a work ethic, it's just spread out very well. It's also focused on football because he knows that's what will make him great. Look at Vince Young. I remember when he was interviewed right after the Rose Bowl when he was still on the field I knew he was as dumb as a doorknob. He was still a 3rd rounder in the NFL draft.

He has drive, but not work ethic. He is driven to make a life out of football.

 

Vince Young in the one in a million that didn't need school. The problem is that too many kids that don't have enough talent and take after people who do. Never met a dillusional person?

 

Work ethic in the classroom doesn't mean anything when it comes to being an elite NFL player, which is the argument.

But it does when you don't make it, and you end up with no education, and have to either work at Burger King or become a criminal.

 

Don't forget, even if you have the skill, all it takes is 1 hit to end an NFL dream.

[MC Hammer]

I don't agree with that at all. I've never been one to try at all in school, that doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off when I played football or that I don't work my ass off now.

Then you don't have a good work ethic. You love sports, and care about them more than school.

[See Red]

Then you don't have a good work ethic. You love sports, and care about them more than school.

 

That's an ignorant statement. You know nothing about me. And the latter part of my statement referred to my work, aka my job which has nothing to do with sports.

[MC Hammer]

That's an ignorant statement. You know nothing about me. And the latter part of my statement referred to my work, aka my job which has nothing to do with sports.

 

Work Ethic

: Work ethic is a set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence.

 

 

Drive:

the trait of being highly motivated

[See Red]

I can quote definitions too, but what the hell does that have to do with anything?

[MC Hammer]

I can quote definitions too, but what the hell does that have to do with anything?

One you can turn on and off ... one you can't.

[Sox fan in Tex]

I'm not even going to read anything after the first post, because I know no one else on here consistantly watches the Texans. First off: Turn off ESPN. The national media is a piece of s*** when it comes to covering the Texans. Contrary to popular belief, the Texans are relatively deep at running back.

 

Wali Lundy and Vernand Morency were spectacular this preseason. I am confident with either back starting. Houston fans knew that Davis was going to miss a lot of the season before we heard the news he would be out for the year.

 

So no, the Texans don't feel stupid at all. The Saints can shell out all that money and keep Reggie Bush. Instead of drafting him, we improved the O-line and defense quite a bit. We're headed in the right direction.

[empirestrikesback26]

I'm not even going to read anything after the first post, because I know no one else on here consistantly watches the Texans. First off: Turn off ESPN. The national media is a piece of s*** when it comes to covering the Texans. Contrary to popular belief, the Texans are relatively deep at running back.

 

Wali Lundy and Vernand Morency were spectacular this preseason. I am confident with either back starting. Houston fans knew that Davis was going to miss a lot of the season before we heard the news he would be out for the year.

 

So no, the Texans don't feel stupid at all. The Saints can shell out all that money and keep Reggie Bush. Instead of drafting him, we improved the O-line and defense quite a bit. We're headed in the right direction.

You're out of your mind. You're going to rely on a no name rookie and a career backup for your running game? When you could have had super stud Reggie Bush? Now had Davis been healthy, I wouldn't have had as big a problem with this. Davis is a very good back and as good as reggie is, there really is no need. Now you desperately need an RB and there he is in New Orleans.

 

Good going houston, good going. Now when they win 6 games in the next 3 years, we'll know why. The management is s***.

[See Red]

I'll take a potentially great DE over a potentially great RB any day of the week.

 

Football games are won and lost on the offensive and defensive lines. It's easier to come by a great RB than a great DE. If you can't protect your QB, and get to the other QB, you can't win football games... bottomline.

[CrespoBlows]

I'll take a potentially great DE over a potentially great RB any day of the week.

 

Football games are won and lost on the offensive and defensive lines. It's easier to come by a great RB than a great DE. If you can't protect your QB, and get to the other QB, you can't win football games... bottomline.

 

I would too, but the talent levels of Reggie Bush and Mario Williams aren't even close.

 

Though, the Texans should have taken Fergueson over Williams.

[See Red]

I would too, but the talent levels of Reggie Bush and Mario Williams aren't even close.

 

Though, the Texans should have taken Fergueson over Williams.

 

I, admittedly, haven't seen Williams play more than once or twice, so I can't comment on that too much.

 

I'll agree with taking Ferguson over Bush. Goes along with my point that games are won in the trenches.

[schillingouttheks]

I just really don't believe Bush will be as good as everyone thinks he will be. He was great in college and everything because he relied mostly on his speed and agility. In the NFL, everyone's fast.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing him become a bust. I'm not wishing a bad career on him, but all the publicity he was getting during last year's college football season started to make me hostile towards him. It's nothing personal, but after all the "Reggie Bush this" and "Reggie Bush that," it starts to annoy you, and I wouldn't mind seeing him not live up to the hype.

 

Again, I'll be glad to see him succeed, it's just that all the hype and publicity around him bugs the hell out of me.

[CrespoBlows]

I, admittedly, haven't seen Williams play more than once or twice, so I can't comment on that too much.

 

I watched him a few times, he's a very talented player, but I see more of a Julius Peppers, rather than a Reggie White. That isn't a knock, but unless you're taking a White caliber player, I don't see any justification over selecting him over Bush. Besides, the Texans went out and signed a DE, Anthony Weaver, making the selection of Williams even more diminished. The Texans, in hindsight, probably should have went with Bush/Justice/Tapp, or Bush/Kiwanuka/Trueblood. Either one of those, would have been better then the Williams/Ryans/Spencer that they had.

[CrespoBlows]

I just really don't believe Bush will be as good as everyone thinks he will be. He was great in college and everything because he relied mostly on his speed and agility. In the NFL, everyone's fast.

 

Everyone's fast, but not everyone's 4.2 fast. Bush, has gamebreaking speed, and also is probably one of the most elusive players to ever come into this league. I'm not going to call him a Barry Sanders, because he probably isn't as durable, but he'll be an elite player.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing him become a bust. I'm not wishing a bad career on him, but all the publicity he was getting during last year's college football season started to make me hostile towards him. It's nothing personal, but after all the "Reggie Bush this" and "Reggie Bush that," it starts to annoy you, and I wouldn't mind seeing him not live up to the hype.

 

Again, I'll be glad to see him succeed, it's just that all the hype and publicity around him bugs the hell out of me.

 

I'll admit, I thought it was annoying too, but Reggie Bush doesn't strike me as a prima donna, at least not yet. ESPN, always shoves cameras in front of people's faces, Bush responded better than, say, Terrell Owens would have.

[schillingouttheks]

I'll admit, I thought it was annoying too, but Reggie Bush doesn't strike me as a prima donna, at least not yet. ESPN, always shoves cameras in front of people's faces, Bush responded better than, say, Terrell Owens would have.

Yes, that's what I mean. It's nothing against Bush, it's just the fact that the media wants to hang off of his dick so much, which is enough to push me over the top with him.

 

It's nothing personal with Reggie.

[See Red]

Here's another thing I've been thinking of...

 

Gary Kubiak, the Texans coach, has been with the Broncos, behind Shanahan for about ten years. What are the odds he begins to implement Denver's zone blocking scheme in Houston? The old offensive line coach went to Atlanta and now they're the top rushing attack in the League. Who's to say it won't, over time, be the same case for Houston? If it is, he won't need a Reggie Bush type to be able to run the football successfully. There could be something to the fact that they picked up Ron Dayne, who is perfect for that system (ran it at Wisconsin)

[Mr Crunchy]

i think atlantas running #s have a lot to do with a qb who runs for more yards than he passes for but theres no denying denvers offensive line play over the last 10 years

[Sox fan in Tex]

Good going houston, good going. Now when they win 6 games in the next 3 years, we'll know why. The management is s***.

 

I'll ttt this thread in three years and we'll see how things are going. I'll take six wins at least this year.

[Jon_Papelboner]

They would be a better team with Reggie Bush than without him. That's all it comes down to.