Can Zac Taylor change the culture here ?

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(03-31-2019, 04:56 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: That's the $64 question

Let's face it that's the true hurdle he has to clear. It's not who the position coaches are, it's not what players he gets in free agency, it's not who he drafts, it's not what offense he runs.

This team has a history of losing nearly three decades long, even in the playoff seasons we were one and done all 7 times ! We fold up under the lights nearly every time, rarely do we beat the good teams in the league when we need it most. We implode at the slightest sign of adversity way more often than not. The Steelers have owned us for far to long now. And the list goes on.

Can he get that culture turned around ? Can he win with the leagues worst GM ? Can he get this team to focus on team and not I ? Can he get this team to stay steady under pressure, can he get them to buy in ? Can he get them to not listen to the noise against Pittsburgh ?

That's his biggest test of all

It really depends what you mean by culture.

If you mean just become a consistent winner again, get the stands filled, and get the fan base excited again, I think it can be done.
If you mean getting the FO change their approach to help accomplish that, I'm very skeptical. I say that because it took years to do that with Marvin and they still never really got to the point where we all would have liked. And this would have been a perfect opportunity with the new regime coming in.

Ultimately, the culture change will need to be providing more guaranteed money to incentivize players to come to Cincinnati as well as going after more high profile FAs and being willing to trade UP in the early rounds of the draft, not back. But I think this team can get back to 8-10 win seasons soon even if they continue business as usual.