Losing a football team

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(11-19-2016, 08:59 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I can't help but wonder if Marvin doesn't command a lot of respect from his players with his seemingly basic approach to the game.  No one will ever call him an innovator, or accuse him of being aggressive.  He had a lot of success of late because he was surrounded by a great coaching staff.  

When the transition plan to Hue (which the Bengals now acknowledge was real) was ruined by Cleveland's masterful job courting Hue, I think the Bengal's players realized that they were going to be back in the same, conservative mindset they had before Hue took over.  The return of Coyle and the promotion of Zampeze is basically putting "yes men" alongside Marv and the team sees it.  More Marv mindset is not a good thing.

And before anyone, or any piece of breakfast, attempts to bring up Marv's success with the defense of the Ravens, that was 100% Ed Reed and Ray Lewis, not Marv.

Since Ed Reed never played for Marvin Lewis, that's already blown out of the water.  And since Ray Lewis didn't play for him in Washington where the defense was the only thing keeping the Steve Spurrier catastrophe afloat, that doesn't help the argument any.