I have a list in a thread in the Other 31 Teams section

Schottenheimer for HC

Wade Phillips for DC....and yes, a modified 3-4 with existing personnel.

Wade may not want to go back into coaching for awhile. He has to be fairly burned out. But he would be a candidate for DC in my book.

Well, we are now 4-6 and going nowhere fast. By the end of the season we may just be in the first 10, if not the first pick. Now that would make me sick to my stomach if we were to do that, but I'll try to look on the bright side.

When Oh When is this team finally going to get it right? It has already been 8, going on 9 years since our first year in the league.

Childress is out in Minnesota. Singletary is on the way out in SF. I assume Fox will be let go in Carolina.

I bet you guys anything that McNair keeps Kubiak for next year. The labor uncertainty (nothing uncertain about it, actually), Kubiak's contract, the competition for head coaches... I just don't see McNair making a move even if the team loses out as I expect them to.

If we end up with 7 wins they keep Kubiak, but I can easily see us getting fewer than that (maybe none after yesterday), and end up with a top 5 or near top 5pick. Combine that with our #1 in 2012 might bring the #1 overall in 2011 ?
This is of course a very unlikely scenario but stranger things have happened ?

What about Jeff Fisher? He's supposedly at the "him or me" stage as to Vince Young and we know how much Bud loves him some VY.

Great minds think alike, PK. Great minds....

Well it's looking like Fisher and Young will part ways very soon, the question is which one is the one to leave?

If Fisher is let go by Bud, then he goes to the top of my list. Ahead of Cowher and Gruden, and like Cowher, I do not see Fisher being interested in the Cowboys job.

If they hire Fisher here, then he will stay with a 4-3, and the WCO, so that would be a very solid fit. Not sure Fisher would want to come to Houston and stay in the AFC South, but he could then be in Bud's back yard and give Bud the finger every week.

On another note, if the team releases Young as is being talked about, do the Texans have any interest in Young as a backup? The guy just wins when he is happy.

Other HCs are on the hotseat, Foxx in Carolina, Singletary in San Fran, and two interim HCs, Frazier with the Vikings and Garrett with the Cowboys.

Of that group, I see the two interims keeping their spots, and I have no interest in Foxx.

But I would not be against Singletary being brought in to run the defense.

Its a long shot, but in all honesty, I think Kubiak getting shit canned is a long shot, but keep an eye on the Titan situation. I can see a pissing contest brewing with the VY/Fisher/Adams circus......

I for one sure wouldn't mind seeing Fisher on the sidelines in Houston again.

I think Fisher is a good coach, but I've come to think of him as the enemy. Of course it is just for entertainment, so why not.

I think Fisher ends up the next coach in Dallas. Going from one meddling owner to another. We can still think of him as the enemy. :D

I would take Tuna as GM / head of football operations / furious guy screaming at our idiot players until they quit playing like idiots and Fisher as head coach so fast you'd be dizzy.

Marvin Lewis is on the hot seat, too. His contract is up and the Bengals won't renew it, much to his relief I'm sure.

How did I forget Lewis? Oh yea he's with the Bengals, that's why I keep forgetting about him. He would be a solid DC.

I saw somewhere that they've discussed an extension but Lewis has rejected the team's offers so far because he wants the Bengals to hire some help in the front office and to build an indoor practice facility. The Bengals have the smallest scouting department in the NFL so a lot of that work falls to the coaching staff, and when the team needs to practice inside due to weather they bus everybody 20 miles to an indoor soccer facility.

I'm not interested in trading in perpetual mediocrity for perpetual above-averageness.

The guy has had his job since 1994 and has won 5 playoff games. And his last playoff win was 2003. So that is 6 going on 7 years without a playoff win. That means Wade Phillips and Brad Childress have won more playoff games in the last 7 years then Fisher.

I'll pass.

Wow. Say what you will about McNair's eye for coaching and front office talent and his patience with them, at least the Texans have the basics covered in terms of facilities. How the hell do the Bengals ever sign a free agent?

It is amazing how good Vikings and Bengals , even Cowgirls, were last year and how bad they are doing this year. Good coaches one year, out the next.

Even Indy is not as strong as other years, too bad Texans weren't ready yet to take over our division. Too many young guys on the team for that , but someday they will have be good team I think, just takes a while to mature.

Just in case you were wondering....these teams have defenses that I'm really enamored with and looking to poach coaches off their rosters...

Pittsburgh
Green Bay
New York Jets
Baltimore
Cleveland
Miami
San Diego
Kansas City

These teams consistently hold offenses to less than their average scoring output. That would be an answered prayer. I have the Texans defense only ahead of the Bills, Broncos, and Cardinals. I'm curious if the Broncos are second guessing allowing Mike Nolan to go to Miami.