Lewis Out!!

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(12-31-2018, 05:43 PM)Au165 Wrote: Lot of control over personnel is debatable. Mike slowly gave Marvin some, but we aren't big FA spenders and I'm sure a new coach will have to earn some of that trust Marvin got in 16 seasons in terms of drafting. 

With that said I can see a Kitchens or one of the top defensive options being interested. This is a big year for offensive "geniuses" to be the hot commodity and so I think if we went against the grain and grabbed a defensive upstart (Matt Eberflus) or Kitchens who is somewhat unproven still we could take a gamble and come up big. I just don't think the Binemy, McDaniels, etc your going to see thrown out are realistic. 

Mike prefers a committee approach on personnel decisions, and generally serves as a tiebreaker if a consensus can't be reached.  It's not the same as also holding the GM title, but it's a lot more power than most HC's have.  

The Bengals actually did spend in FA through the early to middle parts of Marvin's tenure.  They are never going to be one of the top spenders, but they've shown in the past to be a lot more active than in recent years.

Every job has it's Pros and Cons.  Arizona just canned their coach after one year and needs a total rebuild.  With the Jets, you get the NY media circus.  Denver has an egomaniac entrenched as the GM who traded one of their best players at the deadline and made Joseph the scapegoat after failing to find him a QB.  If the Browns don't give Greg Williams the job after the turnaround he pulled off this year, you have to ask yourself seriously how much you want to work for those guys.  Miami and Tampa aren't in good salary cap positions right now.  

McDaniels is in the cat birds seat right now as Bill's heir apparent.  I don't see him bolting unless it's a playoff team like the Chiefs that cans Reid for coming up short in the playoffs.  

A big component is also going to be who you can get for coordinators.  Going to be a lot of former coordinators that just got canned looking to settle back into those jobs.