(01-06-2025, 01:01 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: its simple..play hard and execute....you and I could coach the offensive and defensive line if we put our minds to it...

Zac Taylor on Lou Anarumo:

Just feel like we needed a change. Lou's been doing this for 6 years and has been a reason for our success. Not an easy day. Just feel like we need to perform better as a football team.

— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) January 6, 2025

Zac: Proud of how guys finished the season winning five straight, but we had higher expectations. I do not take the changes to the staff lightly.

He said decisions were solely his.

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) January 6, 2025

Amarius Mims on the Bengals parting ways with offensive line coach Frank Pollack pic.twitter.com/UI0TZLu6ps

— Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) January 6, 2025

I love that Zac said he solely made the decisions to fire who he did. Makes me feel better about his leadership as a HC.

Also, just have to say, thanks for the Amarius vid Pally. THIS guy gives me immense hope for the future and is a great talent for
our new OL coach to work with. Nothing against Pollack, but he couldn't develop OL at all. Carman as inconsistent as he was had
talent, he just didn't have heart. Volson has heart, but he doesn't seem to have the talent.

We need our IOL to be much better this next season.

(01-06-2025, 03:43 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I love that Zac said he solely made the decisions to fire who he did. Makes me feel better about his leadership as a HC.

Also, just have to say, thanks for the Amarius vid Pally. THIS guy gives me immense hope for the future and is a great talent for
our new OL coach to work with. Nothing against Pollack, but he couldn't develop OL at all. Carman as inconsistent as he was had
talent, he just didn't have heart. Volson has heart, but he doesn't seem to have the talent.

We need our IOL to be much better this next season.

Volson, like Cappa, was pretty limited athletically.
Not only do you see these two getting bullied to bull rush, but they especially get beat on stunts and quick moves that require them to react quickly and on the fly.

I am not sure how much the scheme will entail, but it probably wouldn't hurt to bring on more athletic OL.

(01-06-2025, 03:43 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I love that Zac said he solely made the decisions to fire who he did. Makes me feel better about his leadership as a HC.

Also, just have to say, thanks for the Amarius vid Pally. THIS guy gives me immense hope for the future and is a great talent for
our new OL coach to work with. Nothing against Pollack, but he couldn't develop OL at all. Carman as inconsistent as he was had
talent, he just didn't have heart. Volson has heart, but he doesn't seem to have the talent.

We need our IOL to be much better this next season.

Let’s hope they give the next guy much better to work with.

Billy Price
Jonah Williams
Hakeem Adeniji
Jackson Carman
D’Ante Smith
Cordell Volson
Armarius Mims

I’m not sure even Bill Callahan or Dante Scarnecchia could have developed most of those guys.

https://www.youtube.com/live/vvuJBndULAM?feature=shared

Zac today 

(01-06-2025, 12:07 PM)Bengalion Wrote: As much as I dislike Lou, he had one of the worst rosters to work with. Not even Spags could make a secondary composed of Geno Stone, CTB and Josh Newton work. Lou's going to be the sacrifical lamb, but the idiot ruining this team is safe and he won't be fired not matter what. Tobin is the one who should be fired.

Thank you Lou.

Agree and lets  be honest we go to SB in playoff run more because of Lou''s defense than offense

Everybody & their mother is lining up for this job. Ask Rex https://t.co/8MvI8LA935 pic.twitter.com/upeBARzEbO

— ZIM (@zimwhodey) January 6, 2025

We definitely shouldn’t have to settle for our 5th choice this time.

(01-06-2025, 11:50 AM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: Coffee tastes a little better.

Even this crow I'm eating tastes, not bad

(01-06-2025, 03:43 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I love that Zac said he solely made the decisions to fire who he did. Makes me feel better about his leadership as a HC.

Also, just have to say, thanks for the Amarius vid Pally. THIS guy gives me immense hope for the future and is a great talent for
our new OL coach to work with. Nothing against Pollack, but he couldn't develop OL at all. Carman as inconsistent as he was had
talent, he just didn't have heart. Volson has heart, but he doesn't seem to have the talent.

We need our IOL to be much better this next season.

No doubt on Pollack, he had a pretty good established line or multiple high picks in Dallas, since then Has not move the needle a d most FAs have played worse  with us.. im sure Joe is happy after avg 49 sacks under Pollack

Duke is the real problem as I see it. Is it fired yet?

(01-06-2025, 12:02 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Well maybe now we can actually develop our oline draft picks and have Free agents as a whole not get worse when they come here under Pollack... Lou is still a good DC , he has proved that but needed to move on, now we need to see get a veteran DC  to replace him

When did Lou prove that.Their defense,has been in the bottom third of the league.Every year,he was in Cincinnati.Most of those years.Twenty fifth or worse.

(01-06-2025, 11:50 AM)kalibengal Wrote: Im surprised , but really wanted to see ZT on this...
that said:
Im hoping for a D coach thats willing to use and develop young talent and to switch to more of a speed rusher type of edge players VS the sam hubbard types

You're surprised that three coaches involved with a bottom 5 defense were canned, but you want to can the guy responsible for a 6th ranked offense? Dafuq?

(01-06-2025, 04:04 PM)wadirumm Wrote: Duke is the real problem as I see it. Is it fired yet?

Agree.He is the defacto GM.He should have been let go to.

It couldn't really get any worse at both spots a new vision is absolutely justified and needed. Great job!

Zac said during the press conference that they will make the hires as soon as possible, and that the decision to fire Anarumo, Polock and the other coaches was made after the season ending. It seemed to me Zac personally wanted Lou and Polock fired.

(01-06-2025, 04:01 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: No doubt on Pollack, he had a pretty good established line or multiple high picks in Dallas, since then Has not move the needle a d most FAs have played worse  with us.. im sure Joe is happy after avg 49 sacks under Pollack

Yup. When he became the OL Coach for the Cowboys, they already had 2 1st Team All-Pros (both future HoFers) and 1 2nd Team All-Pro (who would be a future HoFer if a serious medical condition didn't make him retire young) on that OL.

That's actually why I am not super bullish on Ben Johnson like some are. I wonder how he'd be as an HC/OC if he didn't have quite so much talent.

(01-06-2025, 11:56 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: If they miss the playoffs again next year you better believe they are firing Zac. Do or die time for him. 

I'd say that's about right. If they improve the defense and you still miss out?? You gotta get going too.

(01-06-2025, 11:59 AM)BigRed75 Wrote: I'm an advocate to bring Al Golden back but I would fully support this move as well.  

Al Golden is winning games for Notre Dame. I wouldn't mind that hire at all.

(01-06-2025, 04:12 PM)Bengalion Wrote: Zac said during the press conference that they will make the hires as soon as possible, and that the decision to fire Anarumo, Polock and the other coaches was made after the season ending. It seemed to me Zac personally wanted Lou and Polock fired.

I think this is Joe Burrow’s doing more than Zac Taylor’s doing; if Tee Higgins remains a Bengal then I’ll know Burrow has the Front Office’s ears.