Why the negativity???

[*Go Cards*]

(01-09-2018, 12:38 PM)BMK Wrote: It's funny, just a few short weeks ago, fans here were bailing on the Bengals like rats on a sinking ship. Count me as one of them. How many times did we hear "If Marvin is rehired, I'm done" or "As long as Mike Brown is running the team, it doesn't matter who coaches...." Now many of those same people have flip flopped and are singing the praises of Mike Brown's wisdom. Sorry, but DON'T count me as one of them.

My opinion was that this organization needed to completely clean house from the water boy to as far up the ladder as possible. New GM, new head coach, new culture, new attitude. What I wanted to see was a true commitment to winning. A complete 180. I'm still completely  surprised of the amount of people here that think that after 15 years of doing things the exact same way, Marvin is all of a sudden going to reinvent himself into something he's never been.

Of course coaching changes were expected, MB has to provide hope somewhere, but so far I haven't seen a hire yet that REALLY says to me that winning is the only priority. They're upgrades for sure, but that's not saying much.  Brown can afford to hire anyone he wants. There were and still are great position and coordinator candidates out there. Not even a sniff in Del Rio's direction? So far, I give us a C+.

Now I hear they're considering Jon Kitna for QB coach.  I loved Kitna, in the day. Most fans did. But this strikes me as a very inexpensive way to bring some fans back on board through sentiment.  He's been out of pro football for years and his coaching experience has only been at the high school level. High school. This, to me, would be as much a PR move as it is a "we're going to bring him in because we're confident he can take us to the next level" move.....and THAT'S what I'm looking for.

So I, and some others, are sticking with their original opinion that Marvin needed to go, and are skeptical moving forward. Call that negativity if you want, I consider it a healthy skepticism. At this point, I have no choice but to hope for the best. I will still be a fan, I will still buy my tickets and I will hope that we make progress. By this time next year we will know if we are indeed moving in the right direction or just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic.

Would be ecstatic with "a GM"