Wade Phillips hired in Houston

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Texans | Wade Phillips hired
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:51:16 -0800

The Houston Texans hired former head coach Wade Phillips as their new defensive coordinator Wednesday, Jan. 5, according to The Houston Chronicle's John McClain.


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[mikemac2001]

Smart choice

[BillsFever21]

This will definitely help their team on the defensive side of the ball. Wade is a great DC.

I'm surprised Kubiak has kept his job but they like their offense philosophy in Houston so they are going to try this experiment and hope Phillips can improve their defense.

[RockStar36]

I'm shocked Kubiak kept his job as well, but this will make sure he keeps it for a long time. Phillips is a great D coordinator and that was a huge issue with Houston this season.

[Forward_Lateral]

D has been an issue in Houston since the conception of the franchise.

[YardRat]

Great hire. Houston will finally make the playoffs next season.

[SquishDaFish]

Very good hire and if Kubiak doesnt work out Wade will be the head coach after next season. Smart move by them

[Tbuffalobills]

Too bad they play Indy twice next year! I'm guessing 9-7

[Luisito23]

He'll be the HC midseason...

[better days]

Too bad they play Indy twice next year! I'm guessing 9-7

Indy better draft some O-Line this year.

[BertSquirtgum]

Too bad they play Indy twice next year! I'm guessing 9-7
indy is about over the hump. they will begin to slowly get worse and worse.

[ajgoff1286]

Does this mean Houston will be changing defensive philosophy to the 3-4? If so the transition won't be as simple as some of you make it out to be

[NOT THE DUDE...]

34 or 43

[Beebe's Kid]

Very good hire and if Kubiak doesnt work out Wade will be the head coach after next season. Smart move by them
This is the biggest problem with hiring a big name coordinator. It looks good on paper, but there is liable to be a power struggle, which hurts chemistry.

Good for Wade. It would have been nice to have the old boy back here, but it was just never going to happen.

[TigerJ]

That's the position he needs to be in. He needs a strong head coach over him to maintain discipline. I think Phillips is too much of a wuss to be a head coach. Players with strong personalities walk all over him.

[Akhippo]

Serious question though. Has Wade ran a 43 defense? That might hamper them a little bit. Especially with a lame duck coach. Did Kubiak set himself up to fail?

[Forward_Lateral]

There's no way they switch to a 3-4 with the DE's they have.

[jamze132]

I'm pretty sure Wade can handle running a 4-3 defense. But I bet they do show some 3-4 looks down the line to shake things up.