Is this trhe sticking point?

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(01-02-2018, 12:24 PM)McC Wrote: http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Tale-of-two-QBs/017ae236-f2c2-4335-82ba-ddd3d4e700d7

That’s what he told head coach Marvin Lewis in his exit interview Monday on a day both were supposed to be exiting. Now, both could be back here if Lewis gets his coaching staff straightened out with management and an arbitrator rules McCarron is a restricted free agent.

Is this what it comes down to, the coaching staff?  Or, more specifically, PA?  Please, please, please.

I do not want Marvin back, but if it meant Fat Boy is gone, it would make it a whole lot easier to swallow.

Yes, this sounds right. From what I can integrate from all the reports I’ve been monitoring from ESPN and other sources, the sticking point is Marvin’s control over selecting his coordinators and other coaches — including position coaches. Marvin isn’t stupid. He can see as well as anyone else when Andy Dalton is running for his life or when holes don’t open for Joe Mixon. Marvin “inherited” the Piano Man and he has never had the freedom to hire his own “peeps.” The good news is Marvin did have the freedom to fire Ken Zampese so that’s a start.