03-14-2019, 01:04 PM
(03-14-2019, 11:51 AM)Circleville Guy Wrote: A part of me thinks that fans and ownership need to take the people aspect out of it and treat the players more like stocks. AJ’s best days are behind him so now he will begin to be paid for what he’s done in the past. The timing to get a great trade return on him is now. Instead, he will stay a Bengal and get more money than what his gradually declining production will be worth. Knowing when to say goodbye is part of what makes a winning organization. It boils down to if you’re a bigger fan of the team or the individual player. Having said that, this ownership doesn’t do the other things needed to win so cashing in on that fan favorite player right before he declines may be pointless.
That's how most great franchises treat players. Think of New England and how they tend to move on from great players all the time based on age. That said, the Pats have prestige from multiple championships. If we did the same thing, I wonder if players would respect it as much.
(03-14-2019, 11:55 AM)fredtoast Wrote: That is what they did with Whit and they got crucified for it.
I realize Whit was still playing at a high level, but so is Green. It is simple to make the right move every time when you have the benefit of hindsight.
True. I still think it was the right move. He was 36 for pete's sake. I don't think I've EVER seen a Tackle stay effective that long. Let alone 2-3 years beyond that. The Bengals made the correct call - in a vacuum - with Whit. Considering other factors like Ogbuehi's failures, I do think we could've considered the franchise tag, but I tend to side with the Bengals on this because of Whit's age.
Besides, it's not like we were winning games with Whit anyway.
People just saw Whit tagging along with the Rams and all their success and thought "that could be us". No...it couldn't. We didn't have McVay or that roster. Same thing happened with Jake Elliott. People saw him kicking in the Super Bowl and acted like Elliott kicked them there.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
