Burrow Proved Himself

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(09-20-2021, 05:18 PM)Southpaw Frerotte Wrote: Um, I guess it depends what you're striving for.  If you're striving for mediocrity with a chance to win the division every few years, then yeah I guess those were the "good ol' days."  For those who want the Bengals to win a championship, then it's quite clear neither Marvin Lewis or Zac Taylor can do that.  

I hear ya, but the issue is that as mediocre as Marvin was his .518 winning percentage is still leaps and bounds higher than the winning percentages of the other 4 head coaches hired in the Mike Brown era (.268, .350, .267, .221).  Toss in the stories of Tom Coughlin and Bill Cowher not wanting to take the job here, and it's a grim picture.

Yes, we should have moved on from Marvin, but going directly back to the 90s has been a drag.


Let's take a quick mathematical look at this and come up with the average season record we could expect for each coach:

Shula = 4.29 = 4-12
Coslet = 5.6 = 6-10
LeBeau = 4.27 = 4-12
Lewis = 8.29 = 8-8
Taylor = 3.54 = 4-12 (just barely, though it's hard to justify rounding up for a guy who loses so many close calls)