Katie Blackburn

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-29-2019, 12:36 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The best thing she can do is bring in outside football people (which she's doing with the coaching staff) and allow them to have a lot of weighted input. If she does that, then this can work.

Now, if she makes most of the decisions without input, this could fail.

Executives in large companies don't know every aspect of a business. Many times they are the public figurehead of the company. They need talented managers and employees below them to succeed. That's the model that the Bengals need to adopt.

I strongly believe that they do need to hire more scouts though. You just can't get enough feel for a player watching them on TV. Plus, it's a big ask to have coaches scouting AND gameplanning as college football is during the NFL season.

I do feel that this 'younger' coaching staff will be more in tune with the college football scene which should help with drafting.

I think it's rather safe to say that she, her husband, and brother are beginning to put their stamp on the way to run things.  The Bengals are doing things we've never seen them do.  We'll have to wait and see just how differently things ultimately play out.  The gutting of the staff is a huge step toward relinquishing control to those outside of the family, IMO.