Homer Rice and Bill Johnson

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(07-11-2021, 01:53 PM)impactplaya Wrote: I don't expect alot of replies cause some of you werent
Around then.
But after PB stepped down, were.these 2 coaches just basically
Figureheads and was PB still coaching the team from  his position
As GM and Owner?
Kinda like in.the mafia when.you have a real.boss and a front boss

Its been.speculated over and over that Bill Walsh was the logical
Replacement when PB stepped down.
I think PB realized right away how innovative and
Intelligent Walsh was on the brink of being the next great
NFL head coach and would be harder to control

I wonder behind the scenes if PB regretted the hirings
Of Johnson and Rice hence neither coach got the Bengals
In the playoffs

Thanks for brining this topic up.  I mentioned it in another thread, some time back. Someone way more in touch with early Bengals history than I, went onto explain that PB even went so far as to run down Walsh' name to other NFL owner, in an effort to keep him pigeonholed on the Bengals offensive staff.  

I can't remember the exact details, so I'm hoping that my mentioning that, it will inspire someone with all of the details to share the complete story with us.