07-16-2015, 01:09 AM
(07-15-2015, 07:20 PM)RiverRat13 Wrote: Coughlin was Mike Brown's first choice. Coughlin knew the Bengals had talent but were acutely undercoached. The problem was that Coughlin came into the interview with a list of what the Bengals needed to do to be competitive, which included hiring more people in the front office. That was a deal-breaker for Brown and ultimately led to Marvin being offered the job.
I find this hard to believe. I don't think any guy goes into a head coach interview trying to tell the front office how to run their business. That is not the coaches job, and at that point in his career Coughlin did not have the authority to demand things like that.
