The Bengals History ( eye opening )

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(01-05-2018, 03:44 PM)Okeana Wrote: Ive been a fan of the Bengals since the 80's, but really never thought about the legacy of this team.  That was until today when I looked at this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cincinnati_Bengals_seasons

I don't know why its so shocking, but considering the fact in the history of this team we have only won playoff games in 3 seasons is pretty scary.  

this lead me to another article https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/every-nfl-teams-postseason-record-ranked-from-32-to-1-010617

I mean Ive always known we were the Bungal's, but at this point its pretty clear that the brown family needs to sell ownership to someone else and open starbuck franchises or something because they are terrible at running a football organization.

Worth noting that while Mike Brown has been owner, every single head coach has had at least one stretch of back-to-back losing seasons.
Shula never had a winning season in 4.5 years.
Coslet's only "winning" record in nearly 4 full seasons came from the 7-2 he had taking over midway through the 1996 season after Shula was gone.
LeBeau never had a winning record in his 2.75 years.
Marvin has had back-to-back losing seasons in 07-08 and now 16-17.

Sam Wyche and Forrest Gregg never had back-to-back losing seasons.

I can only imagine the reason Marvin is being kept because Mike Brown saw Forrest Gregg take the Bengals to the playoffs just twice (in four years - 50%), Wyche only took the Bengals to the playoffs just twice (in eight years - 25%), and thinks Marvin is worth keeping because he's taken the Bengals to the playoffs seven times (in 15 years - 46.7%). Marvin has had the most success getting to the playoffs!...Just ignore the playoff record obv.
Or maybe it's because Marvin has the same number of playoff wins with the Bengals as Paul Brown when he was HC...0 (0-3).