Dead Weight

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(03-01-2017, 04:56 PM)McC Wrote: If finances come first, where does that leave winning a SB?  No better than second, right?  Yes, we wanna win a SB, but this way and this way only.  How many recent SB champs have operated this way? 

If we could win a SB but it came with three years of sucking afterwards, would we take the deal?  In a NY minute.  Go for broke at least a little more, before it's too late for Andy and AJ and Geno and the rest.  They need to stop acting like they have all the time in the world.

If the Bengals go back to the 90's, it won't be because they took a chance or two.  It'll be because they refused to.

It's very possible '15 was THE chance and it got bad lucked away and won't come back again.  And the hangover from the playoff loss was just too big.  Add all the other factors, last year was doomed.

So, you go from meltdown to breakdown and then leave town and you're looking at being worse than the 6 win team going into the draft.  Are you good enough to bounce that far back?  Is it time to step outside the comfort zone or do they think they're too far away to do that?  Do they ever give you their honest assessment of the team?

Reality is they " the Brown family" do in fact have all the time in the world.  The team is family owned, has no shareholders, is not beholden to the public, and has the best stadium deal in professional sports.  There was no rush during the 90's.  My personal opinion is that the main goal of the 90's was to generate enough revenue to buy out minority owners.  That is complete.  Now, it's to operate as a steady income generator for the family.  Yearly profit margins must be maintained.  Large (practice bubble, FA retention/signing), medium (larger full-time scouting dept., a real hall of fame, real GM), and small (Gatorade, hot dogs) items that affect the margin are to be avoided, minimized,  or controlled.  Loyalty is valued over performance.


Only then is winning considered.   :paul: