(10-26-2017, 08:50 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Marv had lost me early in the season with some of his dumb game decisions, but now the team has returned to its flatter than Kansas mentality.

I had such high hopes for the 50th Anniversary team.  I believe the pieces ARE there, and they are being sorely mismanaged.  Personnel decisions that have me wondering "Are they trying to minimize their second contract by not playing them an entire year?".  Being grateful to Marvin for leading the team to a competitive, perennial playoff appearance has been completely replaced by hatred for wasting the opportunities and wanting to scream at how little effort this team displays.

I am actually, for the first time ever, considering not renewing my season tickets next year.  I really have stayed with it because my 84 year-old father goes to every game with me, but I could think of 1000 other things we could do where he doesn't have to walk as much and deal with such frustration (although he really doesn't care...he just goes with me).  

It isn't the money, but I am just starting to realize that I don't enjoy watching something that is so different from how I approach my life and what I model for my kids and the kids I coach.  

I will still attend the rest of this year's games, hoping for some kind of miracle, but deep down I know this is the end.  I am not even sure I will be in to the draft, which is something I have always enjoyed to a great extent.

Take care, all...I will be back after a few weeks of bunker time.

(10-26-2017, 08:50 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Marv had lost me early in the season with some of his dumb game decisions, but now the team has returned to its flatter than Kansas mentality.

I had such high hopes for the 50th Anniversary team.  I believe the pieces ARE there, and they are being sorely mismanaged.  Personnel decisions that have me wondering "Are they trying to minimize their second contract by not playing them an entire year?".  Being grateful to Marvin for leading the team to a competitive, perennial playoff appearance has been completely replaced by hatred for wasting the opportunities and wanting to scream at how little effort this team displays.

I am actually, for the first time ever, considering not renewing my season tickets next year.  I really have stayed with it because my 84 year-old father goes to every game with me, but I could think of 1000 other things we could do where he doesn't have to walk as much and deal with such frustration (although he really doesn't care...he just goes with me).  

It isn't the money, but I am just starting to realize that I don't enjoy watching something that is so different from how I approach my life and what I model for my kids and the kids I coach.  

I will still attend the rest of this year's games, hoping for some kind of miracle, but deep down I know this is the end.  I am not even sure I will be in to the draft, which is something I have always enjoyed to a great extent.

Take care, all...I will be back after a few weeks of bunker time.

(10-26-2017, 09:08 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: How can you honestly sit here and say "the pieces are there"? Have you seen the offensive line? Have you seen our receiving corps? The pieces are NOT there. 

(10-26-2017, 08:50 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Marv had lost me early in the season with some of his dumb game decisions, but now the team has returned to its flatter than Kansas mentality.

I had such high hopes for the 50th Anniversary team.  I believe the pieces ARE there, and they are being sorely mismanaged.  Personnel decisions that have me wondering "Are they trying to minimize their second contract by not playing them an entire year?".  Being grateful to Marvin for leading the team to a competitive, perennial playoff appearance has been completely replaced by hatred for wasting the opportunities and wanting to scream at how little effort this team displays.

I am actually, for the first time ever, considering not renewing my season tickets next year.  I really have stayed with it because my 84 year-old father goes to every game with me, but I could think of 1000 other things we could do where he doesn't have to walk as much and deal with such frustration (although he really doesn't care...he just goes with me).  

It isn't the money, but I am just starting to realize that I don't enjoy watching something that is so different from how I approach my life and what I model for my kids and the kids I coach.  

I will still attend the rest of this year's games, hoping for some kind of miracle, but deep down I know this is the end.  I am not even sure I will be in to the draft, which is something I have always enjoyed to a great extent.

Take care, all...I will be back after a few weeks of bunker time.

(10-26-2017, 09:51 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Everyone has their breaking point. Mine was the 2013 home loss to San Diego. I still talk to you guys and watch (most of) the games, but the excitement dropped quite a few notches and I've missed at least 10 games since then...when I never missed a game barring a blackout before that. Even during the 8-0 start in 2015, I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It's just beyond stupid that we're still talking about Marvin Lewis and Paul Alexander in 2017. Ogbuehi and Fisher were handed starting jobs with zero competition after looking like total busts last year. This team shouldn't be allowed to operate the way it does. It's an insult to Bengals fans and the entire city of Cincinnati.