Do you think Ross gets a 2nd life?

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(02-09-2018, 03:17 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Was totally serious, and correct, I might add.  You took a discussion about the current Bengals coaching staff and turned it in to a history lesson looking back to an era where there was no cap and no rookie wage scale.  I never said they had the best roster in the NFL (although there were some media types that wrote articles about that subject).  

You try to blame the owner and not the one coach that has been here through all of it by saying that all the good players left.  Did they really?  Did they leave the Rams and Titans?  Or did their ownership FINALLY get rid of conservative, idiot coaches.  That is how I view the Bengals.  If someone like those coaches took over this roster...Too bad we won't find out.

Your criticism of Hue Jackson shows your complete lack of comprehension on the situation he is managing.  They stripped that ENTIRE team of ALL their talent and went with draft picks.  He has had ONE draft class that he has had to work with.  So, according to you, he should be winning with the heaviest rookie-laden roster in the NFL?  They are building something and at least they are sticking to the plan.  Hue had a pathetic Raiders roster on the cusp of the playoffs and they slipped RIGHT BACK IN TO THE OBLIVION when he was released.  

Your criticism of Gruden and Zimmer shows an even greater lack of understanding.  Ten times the coaches that Marv would ever be.  When you are trying to portray Zimmer, Gruden, and Hue as bad coaches when all three are still NFL Head Coaches (that is nearly 10% of ALL NFL HEAD COACHING POSITIONS...in a win-now league) is just pathetic.  

The Bengals have won in spite of Marvin.  Never because of him.  Some dominant personalities have created strengths on different sides of the ball, but Marv is not the one that comes up with the creative, aggressive play-calling and defensive schemes that is needed to compete in today's NFL.  That is why once those guys were gone, Marv was exposed.  He will fail again this year.  

Completely agree with your last paragraph. I believe Merv knew better than stick his nose in Zim's defensive scheme. Kind of why I didn't think Guenther was a bad coach, Merv just ramrodded him after Zim left. With Hue's personality, he probable let Merv know, let him do it his way.