02-13-2018, 08:49 PM
(02-13-2018, 07:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But how many games can you really point to that the Bengals lost because of coaching decisions? For example I hear a lot of people complain about how Marvin is too conservative with a lead, yet he has never lost a game because he was too conservative with a lead.
If you look at the won lost record of NFL coaches almost every one of them goes up and down based on how much talent they have. It is not like good coaches forget how to coach for a year or two and then start remembering again.
Working under Mike Brown has been a big handicap fro Marvin. His record would have been much better if he had an owner that was mroe willing to bring in some talent when needed.
I think we need to define what exactly conservative is. Could mean a lot of different things to people. Speaking for myself, Marvin has never really put a team away that was down. Sure there has been probably one or two over Cleveland, but that's Cleveland. I believe Marvin even said way back in the beginning, he prefers the defense to win the game in the 4th quarter.
His game management is horrid IMO. Stupid TOs, bad challenges and too chicken shit to be aggressive on defense. You listen to him during his press conferences and he will say, "we can't be beat by the big play". What the difference between them scoring on 1 big play or just dinking and dunking down the field because you are play 10 yds off the ball?
Offensively, you can bet the first 2 plays called when we are sitting on a lead is going to be runs and then followed up by a pass that is 4 yards shy of a 1st down. Why, is he afraid of turnovers? Every team we play knows this. It's on game film. The big flaw in this is, we can't run the ball or we haven't in about 3 years. So if you're not successful running the ball, why try to pound a square peg into a round hole?
Not saying this happens every game but quite a few.
But you are right, it can't be easy working MB. I know I couldn't. He can not adapt to things when they change.
