01-03-2018, 11:42 AM
(01-03-2018, 02:52 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: This board is hilarious at times.
After we fired Lazor, we went 7-7.
Is that great? No, but it's also not like we're back in the 90s.
We were two games out of the playoffs, with four games being decided by four points or less.
Is that great? No, but we have a lot of positive things on this team and a lot we can build on.
Am I happy about Marvin being back? Of course not, but it's tough to lure quality coaches to this franchise.
We have a quality team that we can build through the draft and maybe even free agency, and then we can make a run at a playoff run.
We have a talented core and we just beat a good Ravens team that was playing for their season.
The Bengals were 7-9 and I cannot believe that was seen as an acceptable outcome before the season begun. Marvin and the coaches were all left on a one year contract for a reason. I assume it was a "show me contract" from Mike Brown. What we saw this year was the same issues that have plagued this team for years.
-undisciplined play
-becoming unravelled at key times
-poor adjustments at half time
- ultra conservative play calling when in the lead
- sticking with underperforming vets
Even the benefits of this year - the emergence of young players - is overshadowed by organizational failure. WJIII and Dennard emerge however management chose to extend Dre instead of an O-lineman. Cedric and Fisher did not progres. The failure to properly assess their own young players doomed this season.
The benefits of scoring on later picks gets overshadowed by having top ten pick that not only does not contribute but gets embarrassed publicly by the coach.
Marvin has had time and opportunity to succeed but the team is regressing. Change needed to happen. It is actually unfathomable to me that MB sees this as a smart or positive move.
