tomorrow at midnight.......

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(12-30-2017, 12:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I am REEEEEEEEEEEALLY hoping to wake up Monday to the headline that Merv is officially no longer the head coach of the Bengals.

It'd be even better if the headline was that Mike Brown is officially turning control of the team over to Katie and the subheadline is Merv will not be coming back as HC.

I have said for years that Mike Brown actually has very little to do with the team's operations any longer.  Easy punching bag for a lot of reasons, but the team is largely run by Katie, Troy, and Marvin.  They use Duke Tobin and his staff to evaluate personnel, but he doesn't make the decisions.  

There has been a fracture in recent years with Marvin that likely stems from a number of things, but first and foremost was "the transition plan".  Marvin helped develop Hue Jackson as a coach and then he is going to be replaced by him.  Marvin thought he deserved a Super Bowl win with a very good roster, thus the transition plan (instead of doing it sooner) was in place.  Then the Browns interviewed Hue and didn't let him leave the building without a contract.  The players knew what this meant to their offense.  Many opted to go elsewhere even when similar dollars were offered by Cincy.  Marv thought he could still win it without Hue (having already lost Zimmer) and he was sorely overmatched.  The combination of the losses of Marvin Jones, Sanu, Whit, Zeitler, Nelson, and injuries to Eifert when paired with a less-than-stellar coaching staff spelled about 6 wins and that is exactly what the Bengals got.  

Marvin is not coming back.  No way, no how.  Not as head coach.  I personally would like to see him in a front office spot for years to come because he does know talent, but I doubt that happens now.