02-10-2017, 12:05 PM
I do believe Derrick's letter is real because I also wrote Mike Brown a letter and got this response in the mail yesterday.
"The 2016 season was of course a disappointment, and all of us in the organization must share the blame. We believed that we had strengthened ourselves since our 2015 division championship, with key new ingredients and not many pieces lost. But the year reminded us that every season is a new enterprise, and our 2016 pieces obviously were not close to coming together.
But I will not apologize for our overall performance under Marvin Lewis. You may scoff, and no one here would deny that we are long overdue for postseason success, but I still believe this means something toward a realistic forecast for 2017 and beyond. We are not a team devoid of talent, and I believe that continuity with Marvin as head coach offers the best chance to bring us back to and beyond our division championship level of 2015.
"The 2016 season was of course a disappointment, and all of us in the organization must share the blame. We believed that we had strengthened ourselves since our 2015 division championship, with key new ingredients and not many pieces lost. But the year reminded us that every season is a new enterprise, and our 2016 pieces obviously were not close to coming together.
But I will not apologize for our overall performance under Marvin Lewis. You may scoff, and no one here would deny that we are long overdue for postseason success, but I still believe this means something toward a realistic forecast for 2017 and beyond. We are not a team devoid of talent, and I believe that continuity with Marvin as head coach offers the best chance to bring us back to and beyond our division championship level of 2015.
