Confidence in Katie?

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(01-20-2018, 03:35 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: I would rate .90 probability that Katie will do things better and different compared to her father. 


I will tell you why I personally believe Katie will be a better leader:  

• Simply put,  Katie seems to take the hard-line approach whereas her father takes a pathological patient approach in dealing with personnel.  It was Katie who stated the belief that the Bengals could compete against the Steelers and Ravens, not her father.  It was Katie who talked her father into hiring Marvin Lewis.  I know some if not many fans blame Marvin Lewis over the years for failing to win a playoff game let alone a championship, but give credit where credit is due.  Marvin Lewis changed the culture of the team into a competitive play-off caliber team.  
  

• It seems like Katie places the importance of winning over personal feelings.  Mike Brown places tact & compassion over winning.  Mike Brown is a sociologist willing to use the organization as a social agent of change.  Katie, on the other hand, seems to be all business and somewhat detached and objective.  
  

• I think Katie will spend money on a big name FA or two.  I also believe if a player gets out of line, Katie will have no qualms on letting that player go.  Mike Brown ignores public opinion and is willing to allow the team take collateral political damage to save a player or coach from personal bad decisions.  
  

• Finally, I think Katie's relatively youthful age (in comparison to her father) lends her to be in touch with the Bengal fans & Cincinnati community.  I think she will build freaking practice dome.  I think she will hire a GM.  I sincerely believe, albeit there is limited evidence, that Katie will improve the Cincinnati Bengals.  At the very least, anything is better than Mike Brown.  
  

I like a lot of your post.   I have no idea what she is really like, but I have liked her handling of the cap and contracts. 

I have always thought that Mike wants to win much more than the fan base gives him credit for.   I also believe he knows much more about football than people give him credit for.   He was a college QB and has been around football his whole life.   He is loyal, thoughtful, articulate and intelligent.

He does seem to have some fatal flaws:   He appears to be a rigid thinker who strongly follows the old scripts of his father's franchise - e.g. you don't pay guards, safeties and you don't take a chance giving a contract to aging players.

And I just want to say, there were many on these boards and "experts" in the media who agreed with him

I think that Katie has a very good chance of embracing Mike's very good qualities and overcoming some of his fatal flaws.

But she'll have her own.   We all do...