(02-20-2022, 05:48 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote:  You think the Bengals could compete with the Panthers, Jaguars, and Jets if they had a big shiny facility?

(02-20-2022, 06:04 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: I was being a bit facetious, but I just fail to see why this is such a big deal to some.  It's like trying to keep up with the Joneses through your favorite team.  I think that goofy ex punter with the podcast is taken a bit too seriously by some.

(02-20-2022, 06:04 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: I was being a bit facetious, but I just fail to see why this is such a big deal to some.  It's like trying to keep up with the Joneses through your favorite team.  I think that goofy ex punter with the podcast is taken a bit too seriously by some.

Quote:Billionaires aren't really into blowing hundreds of millions on frivolous things.

(02-20-2022, 06:17 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: This has been a hot topic on the boards dating back to our bengals.com days,

WhoDeyRevolution, CincyJungle etc were talking about it when Pat McAfee was in high school.

Marvin Lewis talked to Mike about it several times, and it was reportedly a bone of contention with Marv's return in 2011.

If it wasn't important, teams wouldn't be spending hundreds of millions on these facilities. Billionaires aren't really into blowing hundreds of millions on frivolous things.

(02-20-2022, 06:55 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I would imagine that it hurts us somewhat in free agency when competing for free agents that multiple teams want.

(02-20-2022, 07:03 PM)grampahol Wrote: It certainly didn't hurt our defense.. 

(02-20-2022, 07:06 PM)JaggedJimmyJay Wrote: An indoor facility would be nice. It certainly wouldn't hurt.

However, I am sick of people saying the Bengals are the only NFL team without one. It simply isn't true, and that single falsehood is what drives so much of the toxicity in this conversation. They're the "northernmost team without one", which is a much more specific and frankly less meaningful distinction. If anyone wants to complain about that, then at least their starting point is actually true.

(02-20-2022, 06:12 PM)grampahol Wrote: What are the odds the lowly Bengals could ever make it to the superbowl without a multi-million or billion dollar practice facility? Obviously the Jags, Jets and Fins are and were far better teams with much happier players. Whose idea was it to practice in the same weather the majority of their games are in anyway? All I know is my high school team might have made it to last place with an indoor facility instead of last place.. 
Never let it be said that certain members of this board have ever beaten a dead horse ...ever..  That poor, poor horse..

(02-20-2022, 04:35 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Do you have any basis for that assumption?

I'm just afraid that Mike Brown would half-ass it. 

Miami's cost, what? 135 million? That was with a pool and restaurant and whatever, but even building a practice bubble for 35 or 30 million would be a hell of an upgrade.

(02-20-2022, 10:26 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: What’s wrong with the indoor practice facility at UC?

(02-20-2022, 10:55 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Apparently it's not up to Big 12 standards. UC is looking to upgrade in conjunction with their move to the Big 12.

But hopefully the college will let the NFL team their old bubble once they upgrade/

Just let that sink in for a minute..

(02-20-2022, 10:26 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: What’s wrong with the indoor practice facility at UC?

(02-20-2022, 06:12 PM)grampahol Wrote: What are the odds the lowly Bengals could ever make it to the superbowl without a multi-million or billion dollar practice facility? Obviously the Jags, Jets and Fins are and were far better teams with much happier players. Whose idea was it to practice in the same weather the majority of their games are in anyway? All I know is my high school team might have made it to last place with an indoor facility instead of last place.. 
Never let it be said that certain members of this board have ever beaten a dead horse ...ever..  That poor, poor horse..

(02-21-2022, 01:28 AM)casear2727 Wrote: This is such an uninformed and stagnant Bengals fan take. Many of us have wanted this for our team over a decade ago.  Players and coaches have wanted it.  It is more than just practicing inside, it is a complete facility - some teams have tons of resources in theirs.

We have ONE winning playoff run and people think we are obviously just fine.  Which is an uninformed and shallow take.  Not sure how someone thinks they are a true fan mocking others who only want our team to not compete at a disadvantage. 

It is embarrassing to me that we have fans that do not understand exactly what a practice facility is or understand why every team has one, almost every college team and now some high schools.  Again the new soccer team in Cincy was able to locate and build a 3 field practice facility but our 50+ year old NFL Super Bowl team cannot and thats ok with some.

(02-20-2022, 07:06 PM)JaggedJimmyJay Wrote: An indoor facility would be nice. It certainly wouldn't hurt.

However, I am sick of people saying the Bengals are the only NFL team without one. It simply isn't true, and that single falsehood is what drives so much of the toxicity in this conversation. They're the "northernmost team without one", which is a much more specific and frankly less meaningful distinction. If anyone wants to complain about that, then at least their starting point is actually true.

(02-21-2022, 01:36 AM)grampahol Wrote: That's me..Uninformed and shallow.. You know what? they're paid a small fortune to play out in the cold and do it quite voluntarily and there's little evidence that an indoor practice facility makes a team any better witnessed by several teams with indoor facilities that still stink year in, year out..
Go play your shallow games elsewhere....fool.

(02-21-2022, 01:56 AM)casear2727 Wrote: Ok, so 3 CA teams dont have an indoor field.  They have outstanding facilities with tons of PT and other resources with 3 outdoor fields.
The Chargers and Rams go inside to their home field at SOFI in case of the very rare inclement weather. 

What other teams dont have a practice facility or one without an indoor field?

Yeah the Chargers dont have an indoor field.. but some how we aren't the same, cant put my finger on it...