Report: Hue could be the new head coach by next year

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(11-30-2018, 12:35 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: From an article by Mike Rosenberg of Sports Illustrated:


Picture, for a moment, the press conference where the Bengals announce that Lewis is stepping down … and they are replacing him with Jackson. I can see the poor intern handing out the press release now:

BENGALS HIRE HUE JACKSON AS HEAD COACH

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Then Jackson would promise that if the Bengals don’t win a playoff game, he will jump in the lake, and some reporter would say, “Hue, do you realize we’re not even on a lake?” And then Jackson would burn his first timeout.

I don’t know how we would celebrate this. Maybe we could hold a parade in downtown Cincinnati: everybody walks backward into a parking meter, then blames Todd Haley.


When I read this, it made me laugh...but it was a cynical laugh because I know it's a real possibility. I don't know how much Haley is to blame. He did have issues with another QB in Pittsburgh. The bottom line is that Hue was the head coach and it's his responsibility to make changes or find solutions if things aren't working. 

I've said it a few times before...I just don't like Hue. IMO, he's an egotistical blowhard who's always been about himself. 

Oh, I agree.....I'm certainly not advocating for him as HC here, just thought it was an interesting insight.  Haley has always had a reputation for being difficult to deal with, but, as you say and I said, he's the HC.  He should have defused the situation, or outright fired him.  Having said that, it seems that Jackson was right about how to handle Mayfield, and maybe Baker should study up on this and rethink his position.