01-02-2018, 06:53 PM
(01-02-2018, 06:32 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: I really think you’re onto something. Paul Alexander must have something to do with all these, uh, let’s just call them “negotiations” between Mike Brown and Marvin Lewis. The biggest question isn’t coming from 2018, it comes from 2003: Why wasn’t Marvin allowed to pick his own staff when he became head coach? Was he so happy to get a head coaching job that he didn’t ask for the responsibility to pick his own coaches or was that a non-negotiable item from Mike Brown?
When Marvin was hired in 2003, he hand picked guys like Zampese, Simmons, the Hayes brothers, Frazier, Hunley, Chip Morton. Those were his choices, not Mike's. He also promoted guys like Coyle and Gioffi.
Mike most likely made him keep Brat and Alexander, who was promoted to asst HC, but it's not like Marvin didn't get to bring in his own guys or have any say over the staff.
