10-07-2016, 01:27 PM
(10-07-2016, 01:15 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: In summary, you don't think Marv has any major flaws and you have an excuse for 90% of his failures. At what point does the prime-time and playoff records become "not a coincidence"? This is Marv's 14th season and we have a mountain of evidence that involves 2 talented cores of players.
At what point do you stop making excuses (quality of opponent, not enough talent, etc) and start thinking maybe the problem is Marv and/or some of the more tenured coaches? Btw, if the team has lacked talent (you mention 05 and 09 specifically), then how did they win 21 games and division titles in those seasons? Does talent level only become evident in post season? We should've beaten the Sanchize Jets at home for sure. We were winning at half against the Steelers and Kitna came out hot, but per usual for the playoffs, we came out flat in the 2nd half.
Hell, then you got 5 more games after that. That's just playoffs. Not even touching on the prime time record. I could see excusing a couple games, but 7? At some point you have to stop picking out excuses for each individual game and start looking at the whole picture. 7 playoff games is plenty of evidence.
Marvin's biggest flaw, IMO, is that he is too risk adverse in a modern NFL that rewards risk.
His mentality is to play not to lose and he handcuffs his coordinators (except Hue) into this conservative approach. Times have changed in the NFL and Marvin hasn't adapted.
The thing that kills me is that since Marvin's been here the Bengals are at their best when they go out there and let it rip like they belong there killing it. Play to kick ass! They have the talent, just not the mentality.
