(11-18-2020, 09:29 AM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: To start off I for one would give him 1 if not 2 more years.

I don't have a replacement for him but laugh at the people on the board who think the best solution is always to fire the coach.
Firing coach should be the last thing you want to do. It could dramatically change how your team is being built and set you back 2-3 more years.

Those that are clamoring to have Zak Taylor fired, what staff are you going to bring in to replace him with. Before you say someone you need to make sure that they would actually coach here.

Bill Cowher - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals.
Tony Dungy - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals.
Rex Ryan - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals and we would not want him as a HC.

Lets see who you got.

(11-18-2020, 10:50 AM)wildcatnku24 Wrote: I'd prefer to see a Lou Anarumo replacement IF there was going to have to be a coaching change.  Perhaps Jack Del Rio for real this time?!

(11-18-2020, 09:29 AM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: To start off I for one would give him 1 if not 2 more years.

I don't have a replacement for him but laugh at the people on the board who think the best solution is always to fire the coach.
Firing coach should be the last thing you want to do. It could dramatically change how your team is being built and set you back 2-3 more years.

Those that are clamoring to have Zak Taylor fired, what staff are you going to bring in to replace him with. Before you say someone you need to make sure that they would actually coach here.

Bill Cowher - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals.
Tony Dungy - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals.
Rex Ryan - Would not come out of retirement to coach the Bengals and we would not want him as a HC.

Lets see who you got.

(11-18-2020, 09:29 AM)SuperBowlBound Wrote: Before you say someone you need to make sure that they would actually coach here.

(11-18-2020, 11:10 AM)capitalist_pig Wrote: If there was a ton of talent on the roster I would get firing the guy, but that isn't the case.  The defensive line is second to last against the run in almost every metric, second to last in sacks and dead last in forced fumbles.  Your DB's get smoked in the red zone giving up the most passing TD's of any team.  To be honest I think your inability to stop the run is masking the deficiencies in your secondary but those same deficiencies are exposed in the red zone.

Offensively your offensive line is one of the worst in football talent wise.  The run blocking is abysmal and the pass blocking is suspect giving up the second most sacks on the season.

Zac Taylor's play calling sucked at the beginning of the year, but in the last few weeks I have found it to be way more creative tying together the run game and pass game very well using formations.  I thought the guy sucked to start the year looking very predictable but now, I think he has gotten it together and starting to put together an offense.

You have to have talent to succeed in the NFL, and right now you guys look to be 2 seasons away from fixing all of your problems.  But the good news is you have a franchise QB and an innovative offensive coach, which is 9/10ths of the puzzle in today's NFL.

Biggest mistake on the year in my opinion was not moving vets during the trade deadline to stack up draft picks and go younger.  AJ Green and Geno Atkins needed to be moved.

(11-18-2020, 11:06 AM)RiverRat13 Wrote: I doubt they'd replace a young, inexperienced guy with another, but Joe Brady would be a name to throw out there. Unlike Zac, he actually has a couple of years of results on the resume.

(11-18-2020, 11:03 AM)pally Wrote: except Jack Del Rio is the DC for the Washingtons so not likely to make a lateral move

(11-18-2020, 12:05 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'd look at Bieniemy as HC with Wade Phillips as DC.

(11-18-2020, 11:37 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: This isn't defending Zac, but Brady absolutely does not have a couple of years of results on the resume.

He may turn out to be some sort of offensive genius, but he hasn't done anything groundbreaking, ESPECIALLY at the NFL level.

Aside from the Auburn game (in which LSU seems to be in complete, "play the freshmen," mode), that offense was humming just fine, even with the losses of CEH, Jefferson, Burrow, Chase (of course, it wasn't up to last year's level, but the offense was still getting a ton of yards and a lot of points), which backs up the fact that Brady just added a few different concepts and pro-style things to the overall system, but it was a collection of different things that LSU did and Ensminger was still the guy behind it (and he's still there so... yeah).

Then we look at this year; compared to us, we are:

- 3 spots better in yards (18>21)
- 1 spot worse in points (22<21)
- Have a much-worse offensive line (though theirs is nothing to write home about either)
- Do not have the best RB in the league (albeit he's only played 30% of their games)

Again, this isn't to defend Zac, but Brady does not have this miraculous track record and isn't some offensive genius at this point in his career.