Marvin Lewis Number 1 failure

[SunsetBengal]

(10-06-2016, 05:52 PM)kevin Wrote: Before Coach Lewis came here, No good coaches wanted to work for Mike Brown....and I doubt that has changed.  Dave Shula, Coslett and LeBeau were just God Awful.....Fans would mention Parcells as you now mention Harbaugh.  I don't see either Harbaugh leaving their jobs to come to Cincy and to work under Mike Brown, forget about it.......Coach Lewis took over THE WORST team in the NFL and had play-off seasons over 50 % of the years he has been here.   That is a HUGE turnaround considering this was THE WORST team in the NFL before he got here.......BUT THE POINT is he WANT'S MORE.  He WANT"S those play-off wins....He WANT"S that Super Bowl....and this thread starts off whining because he is telling the players to play harder to reach these goals. You have to be kidding me. ....YES, THIS TEAM NEEDS TO PLAY BETTER, A LOT BETTER. ....I hope Coach Lewis NEVER stops telling them this. 

I think that most long time Bengal fans appreciate what Marvin Lewis is, and has done for the organization over the years.  However, there comes a time when we should all recognize that Marvin has taken the team as far as he is capable of.  The qualities that he has, have been instrumental in building a well stocked, quality team.  Yet, as history shows, his teams are never quite prepared for the "big games".  I really do respect Marvin Lewis for coming to Cincinnati, when most others would not.  I can appreciate Mike Brown's loyalty to the man.

But, at the same time, we have seen really good, and at least one potentially great coach leave the building.  Coaches that were "told" that they were next up, etc.  So, while you're busy reminiscing about how far Marvin Lewis has brought the team from the "dark days" (a dark age that Mike Brown himself created, by running off Sam Wyche..)  Consider for a moment just what Mike Zimmer could have done with this talented roster the past couple seasons...