The Bengals History ( eye opening )

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-05-2018, 04:35 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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).

Good point.  The thing that Paul did different, was, he traded for talent before FA was a thing.  Now, we dumpster dive in FA, and trades are like the Yeti around this place.  Look at the trades made during Paul Brown's stint as GM.  Some pretty damn good names, some on your 50th Anniversary team.....even a HOFer.