09-20-2020, 06:51 PM
(09-20-2020, 06:45 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: No.
"The best rookie CB I have ever seen." - Marvin Lewis on Darqueze Dennard
"One of the best pass rushers I have ever worked with." - Marvin Lewis on Michael Johnson
etc
Over many years and many picks, despite being a "guru", he couldn't draft a single good LB. The only good LB he got was one that everyone knew was good, but came with enough red flags that nobody took (Burfict).
He also had a love of turning OL into DT and DT into OL with poor results.
Real GM, not Marvin.
I love how Duke Tobin is the "de facto GM", and has been essentially running things for awhile. But before many of the same things were said about Marvin.
So which one is it? Was Marvin essentially the GM, or was Duke Tobin?
The real answer is neither. The front office's fingerprints can still be found on a lot moves (Cough, Bobby Hart).
Marvin was just a head coach that had to wear many hats due to a small front office. Just because he did some scouting and had some say over players doesn't mean he was like a GM.
And even if people want to say he has the experience and background necessary for the job (he doesn't), the fact is his teams never won a single playoff game.
Why would you hire a guy whose experience consists of helping to build teams that didn't win one single playoff game in 16 years. It makes no sense.
