12-05-2016, 04:36 PM
(12-05-2016, 02:28 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep. A top-notch business should/would risk a bit of the profits in the short term to set up better long term success.
The Bengals should have cut Nugent earlier in the season back when there was a shot. Everything started falling apart in late October when Nugent missed 2 FGs vs Cleveland and then a FG and XP against Washington in London. He should have been cut after the London game. The playoffs were still in reach at that point.
Now, the stadium is practically half empty and people have lost (more) faith in the organization.
It's so bad that the fans who do attend the game now are booing Nugent when he's lining up for kicks.
Hopefully the plan is to replace Nugent in the offseason (and to a lesser extent, Marvin Lewis?). Perhaps the org feels that anyone out there right now is just a band aid to stop a bleeding wound and there's really no definitive long term upgrade. There's no other logical explanation for why he's still on the team.
I am curious to know if the cost replacing Nugent now (or even after London) would actually result in a profit increase overall at the end of the fiscal year because perhaps the team would be doing better, the stadium would be more filled, and the fans would have more faith in the organization. Guess we'll never know.
So nuge is the reason for the shitty season?
