05-07-2018, 09:28 PM
(05-07-2018, 03:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually our coaching staff has been handicapped by the front office refusal to sign any decent free agents. Our coaches have to work much harder than other coachingI hear ya.
staffs because our coaches are being held back by the owner. The coaches on all these other teams have access to decent free agent vets almost every year to fill holes. Our coaches don't get that.
The Bengals have outperformed most teams in the league over the last several years despite working with a handicap. I don't see how you can call that "poor coaching".
As good of a coach as Belichick is I doubt he would have as many rings if the front office did not get him top level players like Corey Dillon, Randy Moss, Darrelle Revis, Mike Vrabel, and Aquib Talib.
Plus the Pats have more scouts and typically draft well from lower slots. Look last year how they want out and got Cooks too. They signed Gilmore to a huge contract.
I do think there was atleast 1 season where we clearly had more talent than the other team in the playoffs and lost. The San Diego game is the major example. Most of the other games were pick em at best or we were the underdog.
But the nail you hit is that each Bengals playoff team always had some sort of flaw. Whether it was not covering a TE. A bad C. Always something where 1 or 2 free agents would have compensated.
The Steelers seem to always have the edge over the Bengals too. Whether that's because we don't add players in free agency? Or the players are soft because of coaching? Who knows.
But yes, I doubt if Belicheck and Brady are here...if they won a lot of Super Bowls. Maybe Brady never develops.
This team has only had 3 seasons out of 50 with playoff wins. That points to management more than the players and coaches.
