03-07-2019, 12:55 PM
(03-07-2019, 10:01 AM)yellowxdiscipline Wrote: It seems like any small move that Mike makes that may be the right move gets blown out of proportion and people start thinking that maybe "Mike Brown has turned over a new leaf and gives a shit or Katie and Troy are in full control". Only to be confronted with the fact that for every right move Mike makes he follows it up with several dumb ones. Lets face it, Katie and Troy may be the face of the organization but nothing gets done without Mike's approval.
Exactly why I never jump head first into any "things are different" talk. If I'm being honest, as much as I like the Zac Taylor hire, it's in the back of my head that maybe Mike wanted these guys because they're cheap. There isn't a single guy on this staff that couldn't be had at a discount rate. All of them (except Duffner) have weak (or light) resumes for the position they were hired to. All the way up to Zac Taylor himself.
That's why I'm looking forward to free agency. If we cheap out with typical Bengals inactivity, it will tell me all I need to know. If we spend like a team coming off 3 straight losing seasons with a new HC and plenty of cap space, maybe there's some real hope. Even then, it's an ongoing thing. Ultimately, I think Mike is who he is. He's changed a lot less than people think.
The only hope is that Katie is much better once the old man is out of the picture.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
