Are there any optimists left?

[THE PISTONS]

(10-31-2019, 01:47 PM)Catmandude123 Wrote: Ill give you that but there is an adage that people will rise until the reach a level if incompetence. ML was a good coach but he was what he was. He took the team so far but failed to go farther. I give credit where its due but some people can't accept that their idols have shortcomings.

When Tom Coughlin interviewed here, he questioned to his friends if ANY coach could succeed here the way the Bengals are structured.

It's a big ask to have any staff be:

1) Scouts for college
2) Scouts for free agency
3) Develop playbooks
4) Scout for games
5) Coach
6) Be the Teams PR (note how you don't see Bengals management talking to the Press)
7) Roster development

Maybe a coach could be great in 1 or 2 of those areas and fail in others. You need a Bill Parcells-type to succeed here.

In other cities...coaches focus on Playbooks, Coaching, and Roster Development.