Marvin Lewis coaching hires

[BengalChris]

(01-11-2017, 05:04 PM)pally Wrote: With Vance Joseph being named Head Coach for the Broncos, that makes 4 coaches or 1/8th of the NFL HC coming through Cincinnati and Marvin Lewis at one major point of their careers.  Are these 4 men the anomaly or are they representative of his hiring decisions.  Are we just being impatient with the current coaching team and not giving them enough time to gel?  We did see improvement towards the very end of the season especially on the defense.  On offense the changes came mainly due to injury so its hard to determine how much was coaching.  I do understand the issues with Paul Alexander but lets be real that is a Mike Brown decision and when he leaves will be of his own accord.  I don't think Marvin gets a say in that.

Question for you: Are the success of these coaches being hired as head coaches attributable to Marv or was our 5 straight years of making the playoffs attributable to the coaches who left?

None of those coaches were here in 2016 when we didn't make the playoffs. Just a thought.