So now Cecil Cooper wants accountability. Funny that he chose to
start with someone other than himself.  This is the kind of
thing a manager does when he’s trying to get fired. Could that
be what’s going on here?  Coop never seemed to be having much
fun anyway, so maybe he has seen the handwriting on the wall and
is trying to speed the process along.  I’ve never understood why
he seems so angry, so defensive. He was given the kind of
opportunity thousands of baseball men would die for. Yet he
never really seemed to embrace the role, never seemed
comfortable.  Yes, Cooper is correct that Roy Oswalt hasn’t
pitched nearly as well as the Astros hoped he’d pitch. Even the
great ones sometimes have a bad week or a bad month. Sometimes
even a bad season.  Then again, no pitcher in the history of
this franchise has pitched better, worked harder or cared more.
If there was an issue with Oswalt’s effort or his competitive
fire or any of the fundamental ways we measure professional
athletes, Cooper still wouldn’t have b