01-20-2018, 05:00 PM
(01-20-2018, 04:36 PM)Captain Obvious Wrote: I have no idea why he's off limits. That's the one problem I had with Dan Rooney. When a guy isn't performing up to par you look for a guy that can get the job done. If I was Dan I would have went after a more aggressive coach who wouldn't have put up with these players running their mouths making stupid predictions and wouldn't accept mediocrity. Mike's too busy trying to be friends with the players instead of doing his job.Right on the mark with MB OP! Here's a thread I started in Jungle Noise:
“We had a down year,” Brown said. “We think we’ll bounce back and whatever issues with the team will be cured if we win enough.”
Confirmation that he is happy with just winning enough ........ never mind a Lombardi??
“I made the call for more than one reason,” Brown said. “It gives us our best chance to be successful this coming season. Marvin gives us continuity. That’s important in this league. I also made the call because I felt he deserved consideration for all the time and effort he has put in here. He’s been our head coach for 15 years. That ought to be to his credit.
“In my book (this season) was an aberration. I think it’s correctable. I think we can rebound quicker with Marvin than with anybody else … I think he deserved to be back because he’s put a lot of his life here and that matters to me.”
Confirmation that he is more committed about family than the business of winning?
But they will talk to Eifert about re-signing. Since making it to the 2015 Pro Bowl, Eifert has played in just 10 games because of a bevy of injuries. Since they took him in the first round in 2013, he’s played in 39 of a possible 80 games.
“We want to talk to him and see if we can make a deal that will bring him back,” Brown said. “He’s a very good player. The problem is he’s been injured so much he’s literally played less than half the time. Whatever deal we offer we have to take that into consideration. But we know he’s a player that makes us better when he’s on the field. We plan to talk to most of our (free agents).”
Will Eifert play with the pay cut or take his chances on the FA market?
“I played a role in bringing it here. I played a role in keeping it here. I don’t know if there’s much more I can do,” Brown said. “I would hazard to guess the Bengals will be here when I’m not.”
Uh .... Mike ..... can you give us a ballpark of when that might be???
