Three Questions

[muskiesfan]

(12-10-2017, 08:50 PM)Big Boss Wrote: 1) Earlier in the season, there was a report that Mike Brown was displeased with the team's performance, believing that there was enough talent on the roster and essentially calling out the coaches.  If there is truth to that report, and Brown believes coaching is the issue here, how does he justify bringing Marvin back?

2) Mo Egger raised an interesting point last week.  Back in 2002 when we were in the market for a new head coach, the situation was not too dissimilar from where we are now.  Fans aren't showing up, fans are fed up, the city has grown apathetic towards the team.  Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but at the time Marvin Lewis was a hot candidate for a head coaching job.  Perhaps THE hottest new candidate on the market.  And Mike Brown hired him.  He didn't hire from within the existing organization.  He brought in a hot candidate to revitalize fan interest.  So as we go into this off season under the assumption that Marvin is gone, what are the odds that Brown pursues a hot candidate once again?  Promoting Guenther isn't going to put asses back in seats.

3) None of the coaches are under contract after this season.  However, we know Brown is close friends with at least one assistant coach (Alexander).  Even if we bring in a new head coach, will he be given free reign to choose who stays and who goes, or will Brown basically tell him who's sticking around (spoiler alert: Alexander)?

1) Actions speak louder than words. Everyone knew the OLine was going to be an issue and absolutely nothing was done about it. If Mike Brown genuinely thought the team was fine and full of talent, it just further proves that our owner/GM is an idiot and shouldn't be making any decisions on the team. It also further proves what everyone says, Brown values money first and winning does not hold a candle to his desire to obtain more money.

2) I'm hoping the Brown family is intelligent enough to go outside of the organization. If I recall correctly, Marvin was actually Katie's choice for head coach, not Mike Brown's. Hopefully he'll be willing to listen to someone this time around as well instead of going with the typical (lazy) Mike Brown way of doing things. However, it still won't be a shock if Marvin is offered an opportunity to stay. I believe the only way Lewis leaves the Bengals is if it's what Lewis wants to do.

3) I don't believe for a second that Brown is going to allow the next coach to pick his staff. I have no doubt that Brown is not going to allow his good friend to lose his gravy train. As we all know, performance is obviously not the metric Mike Brown uses in evaluating coaches or else Alexander the Great would've been out on his ass a long time ago.