09-21-2018, 10:34 AM
(09-21-2018, 10:29 AM)Hoofhearted Wrote: So he didn't know anything about how the Bengals operated being there that long? Even if he wasn't a Bengals historian, it wasn't that hard to figure out. At least I hope.
I get what you are saying, but in all fairness hasn't MB and the Bengals as an organization improved slightly in the way they do things since 2003? In a way I don't think it was completely crazy for Carson, or Bengals fans to think that experiencing the first winning season in the MB era and seeing the excitement, increased interest/revenue, and national recognition the team received as a result would have so little effect on things.
Winning seems to be addictive for most owners/GMs, but the issue is that the type of winning to which MB is addicted doesn't place the on the field product at the forefront. That's my take, at least...I don't claim to know everything that goes on with the Bengals (and I never will because I'm not a family member).
It almost looks like MB takes both winning and losing as evidence to "stay the course" and not shake things up. When we are bad we need to stay consistent and not get into that QB and HC carousel all bad teams go to, and when we are even remotely good (as in last year) we have evidence that things are going the right direction and we should stay the course. Maybe the success we had in 2005 convinced MB that his methods from 1991 onward were always sound and finally paid off.
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