09-20-2018, 03:00 PM
(09-20-2018, 01:00 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Yeah, sorry, cry wold doesn't fit. My bad.
That was MB decision and nobody else's. As stated many times over, MB is not a great (or probably even good) owner. It's nothing new. Marv has actually made MB look good. Check winning % before marv and with Marv. It's doubled. But it's not good enough for us fans and a lot of players. Guess what? That's his decision and way he wants to do it. And guess what else? he has every right to do it because he owns the team. I've come to accept that's the way it is.
I don't blame Carson for wanting out. I actually don't even have any ill feelings toward him like most do. I blame Carson for knowing exactly what he was getting into and trying to play good cop and change a zebras stripes. You're usually going to be disappointed with that.
Fair points. But I don't believe for one second Carson knew what he was signing up for at the time he signed that extension (December 2005).
Call it naivety, call it being hopeful, call it delusional thinking that Mike Brown knew how/would do what it takes to build a perennial super bowl franchise, call it whatever you want. But there is no way Carson would have signed that extension if he truly knew what a selfish, cheap prick Mike Brown is.
Back then we all thought the franchise had turned a corner and that there were inevitable great times ahead. Well, we were obviously wrong. And so was Carson. After that Press Conference I nearly threw in the towel on that nitwits franchise (but I have a sickness: I love this team too much). Carson left after years of essentially being lied to (yes, I still consider empty promises from a moronic owner lies). You can't really say Carson should have known better when the team did nothing but improve his first three years with the Bengals.
