Coaster

At first, I hated the Texans name. I thought it was unoriginal, unimaginative, and a little too redneck for my own personal taste. I was all for the Apollos because it stayed with the Houston/Space theme like all the other pro teams in Houston and I thought it sounded a little more sophisticated than "Texans". But once the first season began back in 2002, it grew on me very rapidly. I think its because the word "Texans" itself sounds tough when people say it which is always a plus in football, plus the name looks good in print. I also immediately liked the logo, uniform, and graphics that came along with it.

I think I have heard some announcers say "Texas" when they should have said "Houston" a few times over the years. I think if the Texans ever establish themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the NFL and if they ever become a popular team on a national level, there won't be any doubt about the name. People just need to hear it more. The team is only in their 5th season and haven't done anything to make a positive name for themselves.

They passed on a golden opportunity to gain national attention by drafting Bush. Even if Bush never lived up to the hype, those idiot sports annoucers would be featuring the Texans much more in the preseason highlights and paying much more attention to the Texans with Bush. Of coarse, if the Texans continued to be a losing team with Bush, the attention would quickly die down, but the Texans would at least be in the national spotlight right now.

Instead, they will have to gain national attention the old fashion way - by earning it the hard way and winning games.

Would someone please explain to me what is wrong with Tillman Fertitta and or his businesses. I read plenty of short negitive comments about him on this forum, but I have never seen any reasons given for why he is so unpopular.

People seem to make comments saying they don't like him but I can't figure out what it's based on. Is he a ruthless businessman, does he have too much power, or is it that some people just don't like the food in his restraunts? I don't know anything about him or is business practices so I'm not trying to defend him. I just would like to know what's wrong with him and how he got such a bad reputation.

He seems to be the only one in Houston with any power who is interested in building family friendly businesses and attractions so I can't figure out what the problem is. I'm sure there are threads that discuss this but I would apprieciate any quick response. Then I will be able to understand what people here are talking about when they write things like "he is ruining the area" or that they would be in favor of a project if only Fertitta were not involved.

Thanks.

And I agree with the men thing... I'm sorry but Houston men are some of the ugliest. (atleast the gay ones).

Just because they don't want to go home with you doesn't mean they're ugly. In fact, it probably means you either have bad taste or you're just jealous.

Houston boys are HOT!