04-22-2024, 04:33 PM
(04-22-2024, 03:25 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote:
Just like that guy who died building a homemade rocket to try to get to space was never going to reach space no matter how many more tries he got and if Marvin Lewis was still our HC throughout the Joe Burrow era we would never have reached the SB (heck, just look at the 6th, 7th, and 8th years of the Lewis/Palmer era or the 6th, 7th, and 8th years of the Lewis/Dalton era) we can comfortably say Marty Schottenheimer was never going to win a SB. Ever.
A 6th year of hitting a rock with an egg will not change the fact that the egg is going to break before the rock. There's a reason that despite getting fired after a 14-2 season he never was a coach in the NFL ever again.
Coaches that got a Burrow Class QB for >6 years and didn't win a SB...
Dan Marino. He and Don Shula were together for 13 years.
Philip Rivers. He and Norv Turner were together for 6 years.
Jim Kelly. He and Marv Levy were together for 10 years.
John Elway. He and Dan Reeves were together for 10 years.
Matt Ryan. He and Mike Smith were together for 7 years.
Boomer Esiason. He and Sam Wyche were together for 8 years.
Fran Tarkenton. He and Bud Grant were together for 12 years.
Dan Fouts. He and Don Coryell were together for 7 years.
There's more, but I just don't feel like looking up more. Lol
Alternatively to a Joe Burrow class QB, Andy Reid is a future HoF coach and he and Donovan McNabb were paired together for 11 years, no SB. Then Andy Reid and Alex Smith were together for 5 years, no SB, they made a change despite Alex Smith having led the NFL in QB Rating the previous year and having a 116.2 rating in their playoff loss and put in Patrick Mahomes and got 3 rings.
If you're sure one of the two of your combination is THE guy, then you eventually need to make a change with the other because clearly something isn't working and just hanging around trying to make it work when it hasn't is not a solution. It has never been a solution in all of NFL history and is how you just get another Dan Marino.
Schottenheimer was brought up to show potential Ownership impatience. Fired after a 14 & 2 season.
You gave a lot of good examples and being definitive in your thoughts about Schottenheimer & NFL History you are left with a hard decision
after the 2024 season if the Bengals do not Win it all in 2024. Year 6 will start in 2025.
Do you FIRE Zac or get rid of Burrow ? What will you recommend seeing that you are boxed in by your conclusions ?
Which person do you send away in 2025 before year 6 begins ?
