Mike says Dalton should "re-establish himself" but FO needs to establish themselves

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(05-10-2019, 11:34 AM)depthchart Wrote: I would expect that Mike likely hangs his hat on the 5 straight Playoff appearances & the few AFC North Division Titles that happened during his tenure as Owner.

Seeing his part in all of this as the glass being half full and the part of the glass that isn't full is the result of Coaches not getting enough from the players he gave them -and/or- players that he had faith in falling short & now they just need replaced by Mike.

I'd bet Mike sees himself as a much better Owner/GM than the average fan sees him as.

A heavy focus on the positives by Mike (5 straight Playoffs) & surrounding himself with reminders of the positives (AFC North Title Banners) coupled with him being able to pinpoint specific Coach/player failures (fumbles/injuries etc) would make in easy for Mike to get it in his mind that he is not the problem.

Human Nature to give ones self the benefit of the doubt.

No doubt. The Model Model article was the epitome of that.

But since we last won a playoff game, something like all but 4-5 teams have WON 5 playoff games. He's 'happy' with 7 playoff appearances and 0 wins in 27 years?

Some 75% of the league has appeared in a SB over the past 27 years. That's insane. There is so much parity in the NFL and we are an outlier to it. The only ways for that to happen is freakishly bad luck...or we just do things different than EVERY other NFL Team.

How many teams would have allowed Marvin to be HC for 15 years with no playoff wins? That's one example. The Bengals valued a comfortable working relationship that would go along with how they did things.