What could Mike, Marv and Dalton do to sway your opinion of them?

[Benton]

(08-09-2015, 07:15 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Obviously the Bengals have enjoyed unprecedented regular season success over the last 4 years. They've also set NFL records for playoff ineptitude during the same span. Pretty much everyone places the most blame for that on either the Owner, Head Coach and QB for the failures. Or some combination of the three.

So what are 3 things that each one could do that would sway your opinion of them and make you feel close to 100% positive about them going forward? I'll start this off. Hopefully it gets some good discussion going.

Mike Brown

1. Build a practice facility. Marv wants one. The players want one. This alone should be enough to make fans want one as well.

2. Hire a GM. This might be something that should wait until Marv moves on, but a GM would help this franchise maintain continuity through coaching changes. It'd also fill Marv's void as a voice of reason to tell Mike Brown that trying a TE at Center may not be a good idea. I'd like to see Marv in this role if he decides to step down at some point, although I'm not sure he'd be interested.

3. Hold sub-par coaches and players accountable. Don't reward mediocrity with loyalty. Restructure a contract every now and then if warranted. Great franchises do this all the time.

Marvin Lewis

1. Be more aggressive in playoff games. I'm not one of those that always says Marv needs to be more aggressive. He actually has been much more aggressive lately, going for it on 4th down a lot, mixing in trick plays, etc. In the playoffs this seems to disappear though. It just feels like we've never had a creative game plan in a playoff game.

2. Find some natural leaders, and don't discourage them when they show this trait. This team is lacking in that category.

3. Find a way to get this team hot going into the playoffs. Easier said then done I guess.

Andy Dalton

1. Cut down the INT's. Pretty simple. 17-20 is just too many. 12-14 would be better.

2. Play better against the Browns. Dalton was fine against the Ravens and Steelers last year. Against the Browns, saying he's tough to watch is putting it nicely. It just seems like he sails every throw. It's tough to figure out why Dalton can look good one week, then look like this against the Browns (or occasionally other teams).

3. Find a target not named AJ Green that he relies on regularly. MLJ and Eifert are obvious candidates. Dalton pretty much ignored Sanu when AJ was healthy last year. It makes our offense extremely predictable when opposing defenses only have to worry about stopping AJ Green.

Interesting idea.

Mike:
1- Fire Marvin, Zampese and evaluate a couple other of the staff. Stop settling for ineptitude. We have the same problems both in game and at some positions year after year, and we have the same people in charge of those decisions and positions. If you want to prove you want to win it all, stop being the nice guy and fire the dead weight.

2- Get some permanent fixtures honoring former players. Statues, busts, even just murals would go a long way to making it look like you wanted to recognize where we came from.

Marvin:
1- Use the tools you have to play the game, not the ones you want. He wanted Palmer to be a game manager, that didn't work out. He wants Dalton to be Roethlisbegrer, it's not working out. He wanted BJGE to be Gio instead of letting Gio be Gio. He can't decide if he wants FBs and TEs to be TEs or FBs

2- Learn how to coach. Who the **** punts in OT? Who gets blown out of every second half playoff game because they stop everything that's working and focus on everything that isn't?

3- I really don't think he can. Marvin has done some really dumb things that he hasn't learned from in a decade.

Dalton:
1- Turnovers. Stop making them.

2- Stop worrying about turnovers. They happen. You don't have to be Brett Favre about it, but every throw doesn't have to be the safest throw, you don't have to wait until Green or Jones has three or four yards off his defender.