09-18-2017, 12:50 PM
(09-18-2017, 12:46 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: I still remember the quote from Katie a few years back when she said, "I think my Dad knows as much football as anyone out there.''
Of course, it's her dad and she's biased, but it still made me cringe.
It's probably true. They run with a very small circle. A very small scouting department.
I think a fundamental problem the Bengals have is that the team is their sole source of income thus they run it like a business. Profit = revenue - expenses. In a small market the revenue is smaller than other cities so they keep the expenses low.
Contrast that to other cities where the owners made their money in other fields and view the team almost as a rich mans hobby that they compete in for prestige and status. You see these teams invest a lot of resources in winning.
The Steelers are an outlier as they are family-run and invest heavily in winning. I mean with less cap space than us they tagged Bell, extended Brown and Tuitt, and signed Haden to a large contract. Wow!
