09-16-2019, 11:27 PM
(09-16-2019, 06:45 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: That stretch has always blown my mind. Although any time we're looking to the 1947-1998 Cardinals for comfort, we're not in a good spot.
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To the OP: Mike Brown's reputation around Cincy is terrible, and he does nothing to improve it. He's a walking PR nightmare. The excitement of finding (what we thought) was an elite QB in Palmer and making the playoffs for the first time in 14 years was enough to get the city hyped...momentarily.
7 playoff embarrassments took a toll on that, and now people are kinda seeing Mike's Bengals for what they are again.
I'd say most people are kind of in a "prove it" state of mind. Until they do, apathy will be the prevailing feeling towards the Bengals in Cincy. I'm there myself.
There are a few here that will strangely defend Mike Brown to the end. I don't get it. He may be a morally okay guy and, you know, like not a Nazi or anything, but he's really kind of a trash member of the football community.
He's also a complete garbage businessman. He's a gold-plated grifter of the first order. As much crap as he gets for his football acumen or lack thereof, he's ten times the football man than he is a businessman.
He's the absolute worst kind of wealthy person. He's daddy rich. His dad was a tough, smart guy that valued family over everything
and Mike never really had to do anything but be his kid to get rich. His family has all they want. They have complete control of the team, and little desire to obtain anything else, so long as that remains intact.
He's a billionaire welfare recipient on 2 fronts. He gets to share profits with league owners who actually do market their teams and try to win. He also has a sweetheart deal from a city that has grown to hate his guts. They bought him a football palace that took little time to become obsolete compared to other venues.
I'd venture that most NFL owners look down their noses at him. He's the worst of his kind. The elite bottom feeder taking the scraps of the real alphas and perfectly satisfied to do it. Damn near proud and indignant about it, really.
He's one of 32 men on the planet with access to the cash cow that is NFL ownership, and he got it by being born. He has zero desire to milk the cow. He just like to barely keep it alive and keep it from anyone else.
