Marvin Lewis Number 1 failure

[Benton]

(10-07-2016, 04:16 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Not by a mile.  He inherited a team that was just one year removed from making the playoffs and he has not won anything.

And he was an unknown.  He had never been a HC before.

To the bold, 

Quote:When it takes success to even qualify.

I disagree with defining success as qualifying for the chance to have success, but according to your definition, he's successful.



Also, I'm not sure what you're talking about. The Vikes were 5-10-1 in 2013 under Frazier. They were not in the playoffs. The Vikes were 7-9 in Zimmer's first year and 11-5 and division champs his second year. He took a 5-10 team and two years later became as successful as Marvin Lewis. Hell, he even did a little better. Unlike the lopsided 2 score losses Marvin has, Zimmer's team lost by a point if I'm remembering right. Although, I'll given Marvin credit, he's closing that gap and now we lose by less.

As far as being an unknown: A- hardly. If any team knew Zimmer, it was us. He was on freaking staff. We knew his strengths and his weaknesses. And, B- so what? Every year a coordinator gets the mantle for some team. Most years multiple teams. It's not like 5-6 teams are passing around Cowher, Dungy and Jon Gruden.