Rick Smith [Contract Extension thru 2012]

[Xetuoh1836]

Bob McNair wisely gave a contract extension to Rick Smith thru the 2012 season.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5815984.html

Good move for the franchise and for continuity to our team.

[KJ3]

so....excellent drafts and super bowls until the world ends? i'm good with going out on top!


great move for mcnair, smith, kubiak, the team, the future players of the texans, the fans. this guy is important. i hope he gets a lot of money!

so i posted and then read the clip and found this to be interesting as well:

Smith oversees the personnel department and works closely with coach Gary Kubiak, whose original five-year contract expires after the 2010 season. If the Texans continue to improve this season, Kubiak could be in line for an extension, too.

[Xetuoh1836]

I think the last part is Jabba McClain speculating from the area he sits on. Plus, Kubes has 2 years left on his current contract and Jabba's not doing any "feature" film at the moment..

[Mike]

This had been rumored and is a smart move. Rick deserved the extension based upon his draft and FA work, and cleaning up the salary cap.

I would not be shocked if the Texans try to extend Kubes contract. You can always rip up the current deal, give him a raise and add a few years. I think that also would be a smart move. I think this current regime has demonstrated that they know what the heck they are doing.

I now hope the greedy owners and greedy players can get together to sign a new CBA for the good of the league. I would hate to see plastic face up north or napolean Snyder buy the ring in the uncapped year.

[Xetuoh1836]

It would be a disaster, if Synder and/or JJ, get loose without a salary cap! There are some safe guards built in to an "un-capped" year but, as alligator face in the "d" has shown (Pacman anyone?), he can change the rules and set the league back for other teams to compete.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Xetuoh1836

It would be a disaster, if Synder and/or JJ, get loose without a salary cap! There are some safe guards built in to an "un-capped" year but, as alligator face in the "d" has shown (Pacman anyone?), he can change the rules and set the league back for other teams to compete.

Interesting article from John Clayton about which teams are in great shape, and which are in bad shape, if an uncapped year does happen based on how many starters they have signed through that period and their age.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...ohn&id=3415387


Dallas is listed i good shape as far as players under contract through 2010. Washington is listed as being in bad shape. He only talks about the 5 best/worst and the Texans didn't make the list.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Mike

I would not be shocked if the Texans try to extend Kubes contract.

Not until after this season. Last time we were close to respectable @7-9.....well bad things happened. I think McNair wants to make sure we keep improving before extending his contract. If we put up a solid year with continued improvement Kubes gets an extension. If not....


No coaches like to be in the last year of a contract becuase of the uncertainty involved. The teams don't like it either, so expect an extension after the season is over.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Mike

This had been rumored and is a smart move. Rick deserved the extension based upon his draft and FA work, and cleaning up the salary cap.

Like you, I was happy to hear this when I first heard of the extension talks and again yesterday when the agreement was announced.

I got to thinking though, and posted a new article on the ItB.com front page on it... Not to go all "agent" here, but exactly what has Smith done that has been so stellar?

I think he deserves a lot of the credit for finding a few street FAs (Demps tops that list), but what about everything else? He had nothing to do with the outstanding 2006 draft, and his biggest moves since (like the Schaub trade in particular) haven't completely paid off, at least not yet.

He's been a part of 'cleaning up' the cap, but he's done so mostly by biding time while dead money expires and limiting his big spending gaffes to Ahman Green.

I'm still on board with the direction of the team, like I said, the news made me happy, but just somethin to chew on in June. I think Smith's greatest quality to Texans fans so far is simply that he is not Charley Casserly.

[papabear]

All valid points Keith and I have had some of the same thoughts. I think there are a couple of other things to consider as well. I don't know the numbers, but I would guess with Smith's relative lack of experience he probably was on the low end of the wage scale for NFL GM's. Now that he has proven that he can handle the job at least well enough to not screw anything up he probably deserved a raise....at least a little one to bring him in line with what other GM's are making.


I think the biggest reason is that it's not good for the organization to have someone in power in the last year of their contract. It puts additional stress on everyone. He may not have done much, but he's done enough that there's no reason to run him out of town either...especially since he has had only one draft with one year to evaluate it. It's worth it just to have that appearance of stability. I say appearance because we all know smith could get run out of town well before his contract is up.

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by Keith

Not to go all "agent" here, but exactly what has Smith done that has been so stellar?

sometimes it's the things you don't do.

if he made the cap situation better by simply taking a step back, waiting, and not continue doing the things that made it bad in the first place then he did his job in my view. simple and easy are just words but you can't argue with the result and the result is our cap is far better because we've had a GM with his head located outside of his anus.

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by Xetuoh1836

I think the last part is Jabba McClain speculating from the area he sits on. Plus, Kubes has 2 years left on his current contract and Jabba's not doing any "feature" film at the moment..

....sigh....damnit.....

you know i didn't even look at who was writing this, i figured it was a national article because it was so short...turns out mclyin' just couldn't move his fingers anymore in such a short period of time...looking around there are some video interviews from mcgruff and girl reporter that were interesting to watch but i hate how he has to "play reporter" with this girl...what purpose does she serve?

[Xetuoh1836]

Originally Posted by KJ3

....sigh....damnit.....

you know i didn't even look at who was writing this, i figured it was a national article because it was so short...turns out mclyin' just couldn't move his fingers anymore in such a short period of time...looking around there are some video interviews from mcgruff and girl reporter that were interesting to watch but i hate how he has to "play reporter" with this girl...what purpose does she serve?

That bowling ball, "Ole Three Hole", just massages Jabba's ego and offers nothing to any news she and the local "bird cage liner" it purports to cover.

Sad....