Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf would be proud
Jul 17, 2007 History, Huh?, National Media, Spin City, Teams that aren't the Texans
Like a toddler to an open electrical outlet, Matt Mosley is once again drawn mindlessly to a Chron.com article ripping the Texans (or, more accurately this time, Texans fans). While the article Matt links to is crap at best, that is not what concerns me. [Author's Note: See BRB for a breakdown of that article.]
What does irk me is Matt’s snarky comment.
How much longer can the Texans use the “expansion” thing as an excuse?
Gee, Matt… I don’t know. You want to see something cool, though?
0-11-1
4-9-1
5-8-1
4-10-0
5-8-1
Know what that is? That’s your beloved Cowboys first five years in the NFL. If my math is correct1, that’s 18-46-4. If we throw out the ties, that’s a winning percentage of 28% (and, if we include the ties, we can accurately say that Dallas won 18 of their first 68 games). Eww.
Fast forward a few decades, and the Texans currently stand at 24-56-0. That’s a winning percentage of 30%. Again, if we trust my math, 30% is better than 28%.
I know the rebuttal–the Texans were given high draft picks and the Cowboys just had to assemble a team from cast-offs and spare parts. That overlooks that the majority of our original roster was assembled of cast-offs and spare parts. It also glosses over how much easier it was to build a team before free agency, hard salary caps, revenue sharing and whatnot if a team had a proactive owner with deep pockets. Did we get the first overall pick that first season? Sure. And we botched it (in retrospect) and we STILL have a better record after five seasons than Dallas did.
By now, I don’t expect Matt Mosley to suddenly start supporting the Texans. I would, however, appreciate it if he would just shut the hell up and not even mention them. Well, that, or try not to look like an ass when he does talk about them. Either way.
1 I mistakenly wrote 18 of 60 in the Hashmarks comments. Guess I was giving them the benefit of the doubt.
