11-13-2018, 12:21 PM
(11-13-2018, 11:44 AM)ochocincos Wrote: AKA Austin tried to change too much too fast and it caused issues. That can happen when you bring in someone with a completely different philosophy to what the team is used to. I kind of felt he was so much different than what the Bengals had instilled in the past that it would have taken him at least 2-3 years to start seeing good production and get in players that better fit his style, but I also thought this team's window didn't really have that long to wait. Austin would have made more sense in a true rebuild where it was accepted that the team would be developing for a few years prior to being a contender again.
ML hired Austin knowing he had different schemes and ideas. So the fault for this bad hire rests with him. I will give ML some credit for cutting Austin loose and taking over himself. That is at least being accountable.
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