06-23-2017, 11:31 AM
(06-23-2017, 10:13 AM)Wyche Wrote: Atkins was drafted that low due to size concerns, not talent or drive. I will say Hayes was one of our better position coaches. The point is, Boling was better than his draft position coming out of college indicates....so was Atkins....so is Dalvin Cook....so is Joe Mixon. Injury concerns, character concerns, physical concerns, and scheme fit concerns often drop players on draft day versus where the talent level actually is. Exhibit A.....I give you Vontaze Burfict.
Clint Boling was already a good and polished player when he got here, he wasn't magically coached to this level. The game has passed Alexander by, and he really shouldn't have been here to begin with, coming off of a staff that produced the second worst decade in all of professional sports history. Where's the accountability?
1. You have no idea how Cook mor Mixon will fare in the NFL. One or both of them could be complete busts.
2. No matter how great you claim Boling was at the time of the draft the fact is that every team in the league is looking for good players and every team except the Bengals passed on him. So the Bengals have to get some credit for either better scouting or better coaching. What were the guge red flags that dropped such a highly rated player to the fourth round. You compare him to Mixon, Cook, and Burfict, but I know exactly why they dropped. Please tell me what Boling did that scared away every other team in the league.
3. That '90's coaching staff also included Hall of Fame DC Dick LeBeau. You can not claim that every coach on that staff was bad. Do you think Joe Thomas is a terrible player because he has always been on the Browns?
The Bengals have gotten far more production from Boling than any other team has gotten from any other OG taken in the fourth round or later since 2010. I find it incredible that no one here is willing to give any of the Bengal coaches any credit for that. Isn't this supposed to be a message board for Bengal fans?
I know fred from Go-Bengals.com. At first I did not believe him when he told me what it was like over here. But it looks like he was correct.
