The Beginning of the End

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(07-17-2017, 02:25 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Mike Brown was the one who sent Wyche packing and hired Shula. Agreed to getting Kingler (Mike was GM) and proceeded to keep Shula to go 19-52 over 4.5 years.

Saying it wasn't a Mike Brown decision *at all* is saying it wasn't his fault as owner of the team, the GM of the team, and the man who chose the HC.

Agreed.  Dave Shula clearly had no business being an NFL HC as evidenced by his transition into working for his dad's steakhouse (geez, not even a strangers stakehouse).  Blaming Shula for wanting Klingler is like blaming your 4 year old for wanting to eat candy for dinner; they just don't know any better.

(07-17-2017, 03:21 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I do believe Coslet told Mike Brown, "If we draft a couple of Linemen, we can win with Blake" and Mike Brown said, "We are taking a QB". Not exact quotes but you get the meaning.

The problem has always been and will always be Mike Brown. He is the one constant through all of the Bengals troubles.

Yeah, interesting personal note is that my NFC team has been the Chicago Bears since 1990 (and 1987 for the Bengals) and I was hoping the Bengals would trade down and build around Blake while the Bears would get Palmer.  My optimism that both teams were going to get the pieces they needed to really compete in their respective conferences didn't come through, though. I did get to watch Palmer have a frustrating playoff injury and Rex Grossman crap the bed, though.

EDIT: Ok, I skipped a few years in there but I assume I just blocked them from memory.