If we don't make the postseason...

[*Nately120*]

Here is the one I remember:

 
http://www.cincyjungle.com/2011/1/2/1908973/schefter-marvin-lewis-demanding-upgraded-training-facilities-and
 
http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5981214
 
Lewis would like the Bengals to upgrade their training facilities and their player personnel department, and he is so adamant on these issues that it is the reason he declined to sign the contract extension offered him before this season.

If Cincinnati is unwilling to budge on these issues -- and there is no indication they Bengals are -- then Lewis will not return to Cincinnati next season and he will become the latest desirable coach on the open market.
 
 
Schefter writes that there's no indication that the Bengals are willing to make any changes and that if they don't, Lewis will not return.

The Bengals and Marvin Lewis will meet next week and the Bengals and Lewis' future should be known as early as Tuesday.




1/2/2011 - Marvin says the above
1/5/2011 - Marvin signs extension
1/23/2011 - Palmer trade demand becomes public