10-10-2016, 09:53 AM
Times like this are where us spending the last few years talking up how amazing making the playoffs 5 years in a row comes back to haunt us. We debated whether or not this was the golden age of Bengaldom, since Wyche/Anderson/Boomer had some clunker seasons this team didn't. We stated with honesty that we wouldn't trade 5 one-n-dones for a single SB win and a number of crap seasons ala Tampa Bay. We had a few seasons to rub our relative success in the faces of Carson, Chad, TO, Housh, Zimmer, Gruden, and Hue (lucky for us he went to the worst team with the worst luck, so we aren't vying for the basement with him).
But still, if 2011-2015 was such a magnificent age and Marvin Lewis raised the Titanic then why do we expect him to be gone after a single season? We can still go 8-8, and let's not forget that Marvin has never seen winning season where he had to sit out the post-season.
The main point I have and had was that the playoff run was going to be remembered by the way it ends. 5 straight one-n-dones can either be a clear foundation of a team that got it together and won it all, or it can become evidence that Mike and Marvin have fostered a climate where winning a playoff game is tantamount to the Pats/Steelers/Packers/Broncos etc. winning a SB.
This season sucking doesn't undo all those glorious years we've had with Marvin since the shitbag players and coaches who "didn't want to be here" left, so why abandon our golden formula? Maybe this year we can stop deluding ourselves into thinking players who leave and/or don't want to come here and leaving genuine shots at rings behind, at least.
But still, if 2011-2015 was such a magnificent age and Marvin Lewis raised the Titanic then why do we expect him to be gone after a single season? We can still go 8-8, and let's not forget that Marvin has never seen winning season where he had to sit out the post-season.
The main point I have and had was that the playoff run was going to be remembered by the way it ends. 5 straight one-n-dones can either be a clear foundation of a team that got it together and won it all, or it can become evidence that Mike and Marvin have fostered a climate where winning a playoff game is tantamount to the Pats/Steelers/Packers/Broncos etc. winning a SB.
This season sucking doesn't undo all those glorious years we've had with Marvin since the shitbag players and coaches who "didn't want to be here" left, so why abandon our golden formula? Maybe this year we can stop deluding ourselves into thinking players who leave and/or don't want to come here and leaving genuine shots at rings behind, at least.
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