12-29-2015, 12:05 PM
(12-29-2015, 08:19 AM)bengal kitten uk Wrote: (from http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/07/28/why-have-bengals-been-battered-second-half--playoff-games/30731653/)
Just another "playoff" game where our team completely changed in the second half. With the history we have it's hard to make an argument for anything other than a coaching problem. Why Hue kept calling obvious runs against 8 and 9 man fronts when the short passing game worked in the first half we will probably never know, but that's the main reason we lost.
The culture of a lack of discipline had as much to do with losing as anything. This isn't the only time receivers have not run routes. Chad Johnson did this all the time. Burfict doesn't keep getting these penalties if it is not tolerated. There is a fundamental culture issue with this team and that is on coaching. Kickers miss, drops happen etc and that is always part of the game. Continued lack of 100% effort and stupid lack of discipline penalties is on coaching in my opinion.
