Hard Knocks Possibility

[HPF Bob]

I think it would become The J.J. Watt Show. He's starting to become something of an attention whore. We can learn just how foul-mouthed Bill O'Brien is and we will find out stuff the rest of us would really rather not know like which players like to pee in the shower, which one pukes before his first pre-season game, which players talk smack incessantly to hide an inner insecurity and how much hazing goes on to rookies.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I think it would become The J.J. Watt Show. He's starting to become something of an attention whore. We can learn just how foul-mouthed Bill O'Brien is and we will find out stuff the rest of us would really rather not know like which players like to pee in the shower, which one pukes before his first pre-season game, which players talk smack incessantly to hide an inner insecurity and how much hazing goes on to rookies.

Like I've said again and again, this is bullshit. I suspect though that you would thrill to see it.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

Like I've said again and again, this is bullshit. I suspect though that you would thrill to see it.

No, Chuck. Even when I was a cable employee and got HBO for free, I didn't watch Hard Knocks. Why the NFL even allows such a show is beyond my comprehension.

This dovetails into another thread I've been following about Michael Sam. The football locker room is not a bastion of political correctness, nor should it be, but once you let a camera crew and live microphones into that place and let the comments be judged by people who have no idea what it's like to be a football player at that level and you'll create all sorts of havoc.

I'd rather not know the details of what gets said there.

[Nconroe]

Looks like Texans selected for Hard Knocks.

On this show being disruptive to team, Battle Red blog had this to dispel that myth: OK...so by my count, here are the numbers:

- 9 Seasons of Hard Knocks.

- 5 teams were in the playoffs the season prior to the show. Of these, 3 made the playoffs again the next year.

- 4 teams were not in the playoffs the season prior to the show. Of these, 3 missed the playoffs again the next year.

So as far as playoffs go, 66% did the same thing the year after the show as they did the year before. 22% dropped out of the playoffs and 11% improved and made the cut.

Per NFL.com, at least 4 new teams have made the playoffs every year since 1990, which means 4 teams drop out of the playoffs every year. That means 66% of the teams each year that make the playoffs are likely to return to the playoffs the following year, which happens to be the exact amount of Hard Knocks teams that have done the same. 20% of teams that do not make the playoffs each year will make it compared to 11% for Hard Knocks. Coincidentally, if the Texans are on Hard Knocks this year and make the playoffs, that will bring the Hard Knocks percentage exactly on par with the NFL percentage of teams rising into the playoffs.

Overall, based on just that bit of info, it looks like Hard Knocks is a complete wash in regards to how it affects a team's success.

[WMH]

Similiar to my intrigue with movies like Draft Day and Any Given Sunday, I'm kinda happy the Texans were picked. Behind the scenes stuff is interesting to me, and must be to a lot of folks as the show has been on for ~10 years now.

Don't see that it would greatly impact anything. We're either going to be mediocre or decent. Having camera's at our practices for 6 weeks isn't going to change that, and will give us a look that we'd never get inside the HQ.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

Similiar to my intrigue with movies like Draft Day and Any Given Sunday, I'm kinda happy the Texans were picked. Behind the scenes stuff is interesting to me, and must be to a lot of folks as the show has been on for ~10 years now.

Don't see that it would greatly impact anything. We're either going to be mediocre or decent. Having camera's at our practices for 6 weeks isn't going to change that, and will give us a look that we'd never get inside the HQ.

Exactly. Perhaps this will give insight into all the incorrect/correct speculations about how it actually goes down behind the scenes with the Texans.....

[Nconroe]

Looks like Texans traveling to Virginia for 3 days practice with Washington Redskins during preseason, not attached to a preseason game. Should be good. Dates not exactly set yet.