01-22-2020, 03:21 PM
I went on Bengals.com only to find stories of Duke Tobin at the Senior Bowl. My mood was Hopeful, but. We do know most teams would have fired him considering how bad team has been last 4 years, don't we ???
I'm excited about the top picks and the rebuild until I hear names like Duke Tobin, Paul Brown Junior, Katey Brown Blackburn and Mike Brown. My excitement for some change turns to Same Old, Same Old.
I have doubts on Duke Tobin and his ability to judge talent at the Senior Bowl or the Skyline Chili Bowl. Again, I think most teams would have fired him. Thing is, he doesn't have job title of GM. People may act like he does. It's like somebody on a regular job as acting manager or temporary manager, and it's not the same as being paid and having paperwork saying you are the manager. Oh, you get the tasks, just not the pay. So Duke Tobin comes to Mike Brown on the cheap happy to be paid as whatever, but not as a GM. Cheap is probably why Mike still has him.
Burrow and some new players would be exciting. The same old system is not, and why I don't care if players fit this system. I don't think Mike Brown & Tobin system gets most out of any players. So as I read about Duke Tobin at Senior Bowl, it's like a punch in the gut. A slap in the face of a reminder of this last place front office. No play-off wins under Mike Brown and more 0-4 starts than any NFL team. Under Mike we have had Boomer, Blake, Kitna, Carson, Dalton and now maybe Burrow, so it appears changing QB alone is NOT enough. This front office needs to change more than QB. Do they really want to WIN ? Are they willing to make Front Office and attitude changes for a Focus On Winning ? Only Mike Brown & Co. can answer that.
I'm excited about the top picks and the rebuild until I hear names like Duke Tobin, Paul Brown Junior, Katey Brown Blackburn and Mike Brown. My excitement for some change turns to Same Old, Same Old.
I have doubts on Duke Tobin and his ability to judge talent at the Senior Bowl or the Skyline Chili Bowl. Again, I think most teams would have fired him. Thing is, he doesn't have job title of GM. People may act like he does. It's like somebody on a regular job as acting manager or temporary manager, and it's not the same as being paid and having paperwork saying you are the manager. Oh, you get the tasks, just not the pay. So Duke Tobin comes to Mike Brown on the cheap happy to be paid as whatever, but not as a GM. Cheap is probably why Mike still has him.
Burrow and some new players would be exciting. The same old system is not, and why I don't care if players fit this system. I don't think Mike Brown & Tobin system gets most out of any players. So as I read about Duke Tobin at Senior Bowl, it's like a punch in the gut. A slap in the face of a reminder of this last place front office. No play-off wins under Mike Brown and more 0-4 starts than any NFL team. Under Mike we have had Boomer, Blake, Kitna, Carson, Dalton and now maybe Burrow, so it appears changing QB alone is NOT enough. This front office needs to change more than QB. Do they really want to WIN ? Are they willing to make Front Office and attitude changes for a Focus On Winning ? Only Mike Brown & Co. can answer that.
1968 Bengal Fan
