Texans Fire Richard Smith!!

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Originally Posted by nero THE zero

Maricano is considered one of the best ST coaches in the league. I know our coverage teams were a bit down this year, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better replacement.

By who? I never heard anyone publicly say he one of the best and I don't think anyone is beating down the door to hire him away. ST has been average to mediocre at best for the last few years. It has noticeably gone downhill during that time, IMO. If we hold that standard with the other coaches like Smith, Hoke and Franklin, then we should hold it with the ST coach as well. IMO, our ST was atrocious this year. From the debacle in Jacksonville to the brain-dead on-side kick against the Raiders. I'm not sure what the hell they were doing in Oakland constanly kicking the ball short and giving them great field position. Sure, we could blame Kubiak, but they're not firing the HC so it's the ST coach who should take the fall in this case.