01-22-2018, 02:48 PM
(01-22-2018, 02:20 PM)ochocincos Wrote: This is why there's a disconnect with fans.
Mike Brown seems satisfied with just making the postseason and any postseason wins are just icing on the cake.
Of course he wants to win a Super Bowl, but there doesn't seem to be that Patriots/Steelers/Ricky Bobby mentality of "If you're not first, you're last."
You can tell Mike Brown is in a different place by him saying if just a couple games went differently, the Bengals would be in the postseason. And while true that the Bengals were just a couple games away from making the postseason, only an idiot and/or eternal optimist would think that they had a shot to make the Super Bowl.
This offseason is important to retaining a good amount of its fan base because I see a lot of people losing interest unless they get back into contention again. The Bengals might be better off moving to a different city over reverting back to 90's if that looks like it might happen. The fan base will not support the team if they see that start coming to fruition again. It's win more or get out.
Yeah, he does seem to have the attitude of doing just enough to keep fans interested.
I had to laugh when he said it was 50/50 on the letters he received from fans on keeping Merv.
