Hobson on Mike's reluctance to change

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(10-27-2017, 01:41 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Yeah...most teams change coaches sometimes 1, 2, 3 years if a coach doesn't win. You get 15 years here. 

To be fair, Marvin helped get the Bengals to the postseason for the first time since Mike Brown took over ownership.
Marvin had two playoff berths in his first eight years (2005, 2009). 2006-2008 were very close to making the playoffs each year. Those years were still worth watching all the way through because the Bengals were still in the hunt in mid-late December.
Then Marvin got the luxury of sticking around for the "reboot". Bye Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson, hello Andy Dalton and AJ Green.
This miraculously resulted in five straight playoff berths.
So in terms of progression over a span of years, Marvin did accomplish that to an extent. It's just not what the fans consider enough progression.
Now, Marvin has had one losing season after five straight playoff berths and likely on his way to a second losing season, to which he only ever did one other time (2007-2008).
Marvin's tenure was a welcome change from the 90's through 2002, but now his team's declining again and it's time for a changing of the guard.