12-26-2016, 04:00 PM
I think Marvin will retire in a few years, but not this year. And I'll explain why after the break.
Welcome back!
So, expect more Marvin in 2017 for three reasons.
1 — Money. As has already been said, there's money left on the table. As long as someone is going to hand you several million bucks to do nothing different than what you did last year, you're going to take it.
2 — It'll get better. It will. Every team has an off year, and this was the Bengals'. From suspensions to injuries, things fell all sorts of wrong. The chances of that happening next year aren't high. If you can go out whenever you want, you want to go out on a high note, not some disgraced, inept moron whose only accomplishment is being the losingest NFL head coach in playoff history. Sure, being 1-7 isn't great, but it gets him off the short list of him and Jim Mora in the category of "who wasted the most talented teams."
With odds in his favor, a high draft pick AND a softer schedule down the road, Marvin knows 2017 will (most likely) be a bounce back year. All he's got to do is show up.
3— He's conceded. Most people realize when you do the same thing over and over only to fail again and again... you need to do something different. Marvin keeps plugging along with the mindset that if at first you don't succeed, try and try and try and try and try and try and try and try again. Because the only way you can prove everyone else is wrong is to keep making the same mistake until it works. And he's smug enough to think it will.
Bonus reason:
4— Mike Brown asks him. A boss that can hand the keys to the employee is a happy boss. Mike Brown did that a few years ago and, by all indication, is satisfied with the results. As long as he (and by he, all the management) is ok with holding records for a lack of postseason and primetime wins, they're going to ask him to come back.
Welcome back!
So, expect more Marvin in 2017 for three reasons.
1 — Money. As has already been said, there's money left on the table. As long as someone is going to hand you several million bucks to do nothing different than what you did last year, you're going to take it.
2 — It'll get better. It will. Every team has an off year, and this was the Bengals'. From suspensions to injuries, things fell all sorts of wrong. The chances of that happening next year aren't high. If you can go out whenever you want, you want to go out on a high note, not some disgraced, inept moron whose only accomplishment is being the losingest NFL head coach in playoff history. Sure, being 1-7 isn't great, but it gets him off the short list of him and Jim Mora in the category of "who wasted the most talented teams."
With odds in his favor, a high draft pick AND a softer schedule down the road, Marvin knows 2017 will (most likely) be a bounce back year. All he's got to do is show up.
3— He's conceded. Most people realize when you do the same thing over and over only to fail again and again... you need to do something different. Marvin keeps plugging along with the mindset that if at first you don't succeed, try and try and try and try and try and try and try and try again. Because the only way you can prove everyone else is wrong is to keep making the same mistake until it works. And he's smug enough to think it will.
Bonus reason:
4— Mike Brown asks him. A boss that can hand the keys to the employee is a happy boss. Mike Brown did that a few years ago and, by all indication, is satisfied with the results. As long as he (and by he, all the management) is ok with holding records for a lack of postseason and primetime wins, they're going to ask him to come back.
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