Marvin Lewis misses practice today

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(08-08-2017, 06:43 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Mostly that it's Darrin Simmons taking over and not Guenther, partly because it's a very unusual circumstance. 

(08-08-2017, 06:46 PM)pally Wrote: I hope everything is ok....interesting that Simmons is his choice to fill in and not the OC or DC which are usually the next in line.

It's not really uncommon to have the ST's coach (or even position coach) take over when the HC is out over an OC/DC especially for TC... OC/DC do most of the coaching along with the position coaches. HC plans and runs the practice and is in charge of the bigger picture stuff. You don't necessarily have to be a great OC or DC to be a great HC. No need to wear the OC/DC too thin and hurt the progress of either unit to fill in for the HC. Plus Simmons has been here for like 15 years now