Bengals GM

[SunsetBengal]

(11-30-2018, 03:12 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Honestly it has very little to do with having a GM, it has everything to do with the team's refusal to go out and fill all their needs in the offseason.

A GM wouldn't change the fact that the team won't do the following (using this year as an example)

1.  Sign a competent/good RT in free agency.
2.  Sign a competent/good RG in free agency.

Every year there are clear holes on the team that they refuse to address.  The year before it was LT, C, RG.

I'm not buying that.  Our "GM", Mr. Brown still makes the final call on when actions need to be taken.  An actual General Manager, with autonomous control over football operations, would certainly be more proactive than the "system" that we have in place now.

(11-30-2018, 03:34 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Exactly !

People still keep beating the Katie, Marvin, and Duke are calling the shots drum. NO THEY'RE NOT Yes they're sitting in the office on the computer doing the work, talking to our scout or two, how many we have ?

Mike Brown is still the guy writing the checks and making the decisions, don't fool yourself. He has bent maybe 10% ? But he's still the one calling the shots ! The brain trust most likely makes suggestions but Mikey is still running it.

You could hire five guys call them President, Vice President, GM, Asst. GM, Chief cook and bottle washer or whatever title you want and as long as MB is still signing the checks he's going to run it just like he always has.

He's bent ever so slightly since 2010 but nowhere near enough to operate like a real NFL team. And he's not going to !

Don't you feel like an actual GM, with autonomous authority over football operations would make it a point to increase the scouting department?  Hiring a GM takes all of the emotional constraints of being a "family run business" out of the business of running a professional football team.