ESPN DOWN GRADES BENGALS DUE TO HEAD COACH

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(07-15-2017, 12:21 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Boomer and Carson, aka the only franchise QBs Mike Brown has ever had to deal with.  We can also point out that Sam Wyche, Corey Dillon, Chad Johnson (who was all Ohsostinko at that point so who cared), and Marvin Lewis himself all expressed a need to get away from this franchise at one point or another.  The fact that Mike Brown went with keeping a HC in Dave Shula under his thumb rather than being challenged by Bill Cowher also speaks to what he looks for in assembling a franchise.

Also, think back to the end of 2010 and Carson had some bounce-back games without Chad and TO on the field and people were fairly optimistic about Carson moving forward with the young WRs.  It wasn't until he wanted out that we decided that he was the reason we stunk.  The real saving grace was Gruden talking Mike Brown out of Mallet or Kaepernick and into Dalton.  We would have likely fallen as hard as the experts predicted had our storied GM gotten his way.  



Right, Mike inherited Boomer and Wyche and alienated both of them in rather quick fashion and replaced them with David Klingler and Dave Shula. 

First, I already pointed out Boomer was not drafted under the MB era.

Secondly, no one is arguing Mike Brown's prowess as a GM/owner (If you are looking for someone to sing MB's praises you will have to look elsewhere). I just balked at the assertion that one could compare the Boomer situation to the Carson situation in an attempt to mitigate what CP9 did. It is an insult to Boomer

MB's first draft choice was Boomer's replacement. Boomer saw this and other regime changes and offered to move out of the picture. MB agreed to trade Boomer if he stayed one year to mentor Klingler; Boomer agreed.

This is nothing similar to the personal decision CP9 made. The team had drafted/signed to build around him and had no viable replacement on the squad.