Posts: 8,429
Threads: 27
Reputation:
95461
Joined: May 2015
Mood:
(09-19-2022, 05:05 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Not himself for the incredibly predictable play calling but, The refs! For missing a call on a Dallas punt in the 4th quarter, a punt that led to the only Bengals TD drive of the day.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bengals-hc-zac-taylor-frustrated-refs-missed-call-on-cowboys-punt/ar-AA11YfsH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3923bab9b331494a8da759b0142ccf7b
If you ask me, coach Zac should be taking some personal responsibility for the ineptitude of the offense, rather than reaching for other places to lay the blame.
It's my opinion a great coach is the first to place blame upon himself so the players don't dwell on it longer than needed.
It would be a really bad take imo even if the Bengals did not score, but since they did score its a real odd stance by Zac.
They need to all accept blame and get to work.
The water tastes funny when you're far from your home,
yet it's only the thirsty that hunger to roam.
Roam the Jungle !
Posts: 19,135
Threads: 622
Reputation:
81029
Joined: Oct 2016
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 07:23 PM)BengalsLUFC Wrote: You get the impression away from football that Taylor is a socks on lights off type of man and it spills in to his play calling.
This time last year he went for it on 4th down against the vikings and it almost bit him on the arse, yesterday we should have gone for it on 4th down and put us in with a shot to win it or at least drain the clock and give them no chance to win in normal time.
I’m sure he’s a lovely guy and it seems the locker room loves him but he’s a coward I’d sooner go down fighting then a death from a thousand cuts like the last 2 games have been.
He's been a bad playcaller at every stop...minus half of last season. And the offense lived off of big plays.
Posts: 37,413
Threads: 883
Reputation:
121875
Joined: May 2015
Mood: None
He's frustrated that his PR didn't get a chance to return the punt because the refs got a call wrong?
DAMN YOU ZAC!
Posts: 895
Threads: 11
Reputation:
4941
Joined: May 2022
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 07:37 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: He's been a bad playcaller at every stop...minus half of last season. And the offense lived off of big plays.
He’s a coach who dare not lose rather than say **** it and go for the win and at an elite level that will only get you so far.
Andy Reid last season in the AFC championship game tried to kill us off and failed but he went for it and with that courage he has something Taylor never will have while he’s calling games like he’s scared.
A ring.
Zac needs to have a long look in the mirror and realise the weapons he has to win us games rather than not lose.
Posts: 1,709
Threads: 72
Reputation:
12348
Joined: May 2015
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 07:49 PM)BengalsLUFC Wrote: He’s a coach who dare not lose rather than say **** it and go for the win and at an elite level that will only get you so far.
Andy Reid last season in the AFC championship game tried to kill us off and failed but he went for it and with that courage he has something Taylor never will have while he’s calling games like he’s scared.
A ring.
Zac needs to have a long look in the mirror and realise the weapons he has to win us games rather than not lose.
I could be wrong but I don’t think the problem is getting fixed this year.
He needs a true creative OC and new schemes and tree routes.
Heard today on opening drive that in his pro career Burrow has only 1 first quarter TD. ( so says Solomon Wilcox)
I think opposing D coordinators know Zack’s first 25 scripted plays.
Something is bad wrong with our o line coach. 15 sacks in two games. Wow!
Posts: 20,082
Threads: 160
Reputation:
54411
Joined: May 2015
Location: Cincinnati
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 05:52 PM)jj22 Wrote: Worse..
We on this board knew he'd be a problem. Why would Dallas not rush him constantly against this line....
“We game planned around their best player, but he didn’t play much and that threw us off.” Is that what he’s implying?
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
Posts: 20,250
Threads: 98
Reputation:
186908
Joined: May 2015
Location: Bluegrass Region
Mood: None
Seems I recall him taking the blame for the clock issue and the non challenge last week?
"Better send those refunds..."
Posts: 37,413
Threads: 883
Reputation:
121875
Joined: May 2015
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 08:34 PM)Wyche Wrote: Seems I recall him taking the blame for the clock issue and the non challenge last week?
When he takes the blame "He's admitting he was out coached"
When he doesn't take the blame "He's not taking responsibility"
When Zac succeeds it's because of the players
When the player fail it's because of Zac.
I started a thread about it early last year, when "Fire Zac" was in full swing after the Bears' loss.
Posts: 1,351
Threads: 7
Reputation:
5888
Joined: Sep 2018
Mood: None
This team is falling apart.And what happens when a team starts falling apart at the seams??? The blame game begins.And that’s a bad thing.
Posts: 1,502
Threads: 82
Reputation:
5211
Joined: Dec 2021
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 06:51 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: To my eyes, it seems the team is playing not to lose. They are fearful on each snap and not fearless. They need to throw caution to the wind and just go ball out.
THIS X 1,000,000 !!!!
"Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. "
---CARL SAGAN
Posts: 19,135
Threads: 622
Reputation:
81029
Joined: Oct 2016
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 09:03 PM)ezekiel23 Wrote: This team is falling apart.And what happens when a team starts falling apart at the seams??? The blame game begins.And that’s a bad thing.
A win against the Jets is a good tonic.
A loss...and things could get really bad.
Posts: 20,250
Threads: 98
Reputation:
186908
Joined: May 2015
Location: Bluegrass Region
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 08:48 PM)bfine32 Wrote: When he takes the blame "He's admitting he was out coached"
When he doesn't take the blame "He's not taking responsibility"
When Zac succeeds it's because of the players
When the player fail it's because of Zac.
I started a thread about it early last year, when "Fire Zac" was in full swing after the Bears' loss.
I've noticed it too.....but damn, we ain't gotta lie on dude do we? I've heard him take blame many times, actually. Sunset's my dog, but I'm calling this a big nothing burger. There are plenty of warranted criticisms without this.
"Better send those refunds..."
Posts: 15,829
Threads: 406
Reputation:
90216
Joined: May 2015
Mood: None
This thread is the height of ridiculousness. Taylor has taken the blame after every loss. He was not "Blaming" the refs for the loss, he was specifically asked about the punt hitting the scoreboard, which negated the chance for return. Everyone saw it but the referee. What was he supposed to say, he was happy about the call? Give it a rest..... enough to complain about without making stuff up.
Posts: 24,571
Threads: 609
Reputation:
225392
Joined: May 2015
Location: Jackson, OH
Mood:
(09-20-2022, 12:04 AM)Wyche Wrote: I've noticed it too.....but damn, we ain't gotta lie on dude do we? I've heard him take blame many times, actually. Sunset's my dog, but I'm calling this a big nothing burger. There are plenty of warranted criticisms without this.
(09-20-2022, 08:17 AM)Sled21 Wrote: This thread is the height of ridiculousness. Taylor has taken the blame after every loss. He was not "Blaming" the refs for the loss, he was specifically asked about the punt hitting the scoreboard, which negated the chance for return. Everyone saw it but the referee. What was he supposed to say, he was happy about the call? Give it a rest..... enough to complain about without making stuff up.
Then why, when I was scrolling through my news browser did I not see an article on "Taylor accepts full responsibility for Bengals sluggish start after high expectations to open the season"? What did I see? The article I attached to the OP..
Volson is meh, but I like him, and he has far exceeded my expectations
-Frank Booth 1/9/23
Posts: 2,475
Threads: 214
Reputation:
6905
Joined: Jul 2015
Mood: None
Not defending Zac because he deserves some blame. That effected the time element of the game if we get the ball at the 25 or 30 that could have been 2 additional minutes on the clock time was extremely valuable at that time of the game.
Posts: 12,915
Threads: 349
Reputation:
43000
Joined: May 2015
Mood: None
(09-20-2022, 08:17 AM)Sled21 Wrote: He was not "Blaming" the refs for the loss, he was specifically asked about the punt hitting the scoreboard, which negated the chance for a better fair catch.
Fixed it for you.
![[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4CV0TeR.png)
Quote:"Success doesn’t mean every single move they make is good" ~ Anonymous
"Let not the dumb have to educate" ~ jj22
Posts: 20,250
Threads: 98
Reputation:
186908
Joined: May 2015
Location: Bluegrass Region
Mood: None
(09-20-2022, 09:30 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Then why, when I was scrolling through my news browser did I not see an article on "Taylor accepts full responsibility for Bengals sluggish start after high expectations to open the season"? What did I see? The article I attached to the OP..
No, I get it, but if you read the presser summaries on the mothership, he took responsibility for his mistakes after the Stooler game fiasco. I've not read all of the presser transcript from last week, but this was an answer to a question he was asked.
"Better send those refunds..."
Posts: 596
Threads: 58
Reputation:
1454
Joined: Aug 2016
Mood: None
Lack Taylor, cannot believe we are stuck with this guy.
Posts: 19,135
Threads: 622
Reputation:
81029
Joined: Oct 2016
Mood: None
(09-20-2022, 10:00 AM)Wyche Wrote: No, I get it, but if you read the presser summaries on the mothership, he took responsibility for his mistakes after the Stooler game fiasco. I've not read all of the presser transcript from last week, but this was an answer to a question he was asked.
They kind of loosely take blame and say they need to play better.
Reading between the lines, defenses are throwing different stuff at us than they expect and they can't adjust.
One difference is, when you make the SB teams gun for you. Last year...I doubt many teams viewed us as a threat and prepared for us as hard.
Posts: 11,911
Threads: 212
Reputation:
54048
Joined: May 2015
Location: Lancaster, PA
Mood: None
(09-19-2022, 05:05 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Not himself for the incredibly predictable play calling but, The refs! For missing a call on a Dallas punt in the 4th quarter, a punt that led to the only Bengals TD drive of the day.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bengals-hc-zac-taylor-frustrated-refs-missed-call-on-cowboys-punt/ar-AA11YfsH?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3923bab9b331494a8da759b0142ccf7b
If you ask me, coach Zac should be taking some personal responsibility for the ineptitude of the offense, rather than reaching for other places to lay the blame.
So Zac was asked about what things went wrong with the offense and he complained about a mistake from the refs on a punt?! 
Zac deserves criticism, to be sure, but can we not make shit up? Thanks.
|
![[Image: bfine-guns2.png]](https://i.ibb.co/YBkDQJV/bfine-guns2.png)
![[Image: giphy.gif]](http://media1.giphy.com/media/9EmYYw6o9cmsM/giphy.gif)
