Archive for December 6th, 2013

Boomaly boomaly boomaly boom!

Friday, December 6th, 2013

Earlier today, I was thinking to myself:

  1. Things are slow. There’s not really much worth writing about.
  2. “Gee, I wonder if any NFL coaches are going to be fired before the season ends. They haven’t canned Schiano yet, Jacksonville is kind of on an upswing, and I don’t think the Texans are going to fire Kubiak before the season ends…”

Well, I was wrong wrong wrongity wrong!

Gary Kubiak, who led the Houston Texans to back-to-back AFC South division titles and the franchise’s only two playoff victories but stumbled to 11 straight losses and a 2-11 record this year, was fired on Friday.

Wade Philips will be the interim coach. And Case Keenum will be the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season.

Analysis of Kubiak’s years here must include yin and yang, as his run with the Texans will be remembered for successes and failures. Triumphs and defeats. Ups and downs.
Mathematically, in fact, there is almost an equal number of each.
Unfortunately for him, mediocrity was the standard.

Kubiak’s overall record with the Texans was 61-64.

Edited to add: The team also fired Joe Marciano, special teams coordinator “who had been with the organization since its inception in 2002”.

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Shoes for radio!

Friday, December 6th, 2013

The other one has dropped. (Previously.)

(I know, this is really inside Austin, and even more, inside Austin radio. But it was the subject of some discussion among my family. Also, there’s just really not a lot going on.)

(Edited to add: my brother forwarded a Statesman blog entry that you don’t have to pay to read. Some quotes:

“JB and Sandy have been part of Mix for 18 years, which is a lifetime in radio,” vice president of programming Cat Thomas said. “JB and Sandy made an indelible impact on our station, their audience and the city of Austin. But unfortunately, the declining performance of the show and the expense of the show no longer made economic sense, and we were unable to come to terms. We thank them for their work and wish them the best in the future.”

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Figures from Nielsen (formerly Arbitron) show “The JB and Sandy Morning Show” placed eighth among listeners ages 25-54 and seventh among the key demographic of women ages 18-49 in November.

Thank you for giving actual ratings figures.

The decision to discontinue the Mix 94.7 morning show comes during the station’s annual Bikes for Kids campaign, which raises money each year to buy bikes for hundreds of needy Central Texas children.
Bikes for Kids will go on without Hager and McIlree, Entercom officials said.
“Bikes for Kids remains a part of the fabric of our station,” Thomas said. “It will absolutely continue.”

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(I haven’t linked to Mandela obits because I figure, at this point, they’ve crossed over into “you can’t avoid them” territory.)

(Edited to add: if you’re really craving something swell to read, try the thoughtful comment by lelnet on this week’s “TMQ Watch”.)

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Western Civilization is doomed.

Friday, December 6th, 2013

Evidence for this proposition can be found here.

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