Paul Brown

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(11-05-2017, 12:04 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: So he was before my time so I don't really know much about him. I know he was an extremely successful coach in Cleveland. Quite innovative.

My question is: What was he like in Cincy? Was he a great coach here? Was he a great owner and personnel guy?

The season I ask is because fans tend to look at his death and Mike Brown taking over as the turning point to when we got bad. And we did get worse.

But n the 50 years of the franchise, we've had exactly 3 seasons where we won atleast 1 playoff game. That's quite pathetic by sports standards.

What are your thoughts? Have the Bengals even been a great franchise? Did Paul Brown do great things here? Or was his reputation mainly built in Cleveland where he coached a great team?

His teams were much more successful than his son's, but back in the '70s, there were still the rumblings of how cheap he was and how the game had passed him by.