Bengals Under-rated?

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(07-17-2018, 11:59 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: There’s one name that never changed until this year...

Oh I believe there's no doubt that will have a big impact !

(07-18-2018, 07:54 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: Lot of good posts in here. Marvin probably is the biggest reason we are graded so low. Just hoping his hands were tied all this time and now has freedom to do what he wants. Culture is different this year, coaches are different, line is different, etc. they appear to want to do what it takes to win. Sucks we won’t really know till game 3/4 how well they have improved.

I feel the culture has changed, question is did it change enough ?

(07-18-2018, 10:45 AM)Wyche Wrote: Well, we found out several things this year about him that weren't common knowledge.  We knew he taught a passive/reactionary technique versus being the aggressor and attacking.  What we didn't know, was that he was the run game coordinator for the past several years, he also ran passive practices (see articles on him using arm pads, and Pollack having to bring in practice equipment like the chute), and was responsible for the blocking schemes.  Look at the run game numbers over the last several seasons, the abysmal draft picks recently (and then standing on a soap box and defending them until the end instead of admitting a mistake and canning them), and how bad the line looked.  Considering all of that, what do you think?

In Dallas, I highly doubt he has that kind of influence and power over the offense.  He will probably do ok in Big D because he will likely only be tasked with conducting practice, other typical position coach duties, and won't have as much input as he did here.  Plus, the line is loaded with talent.  His biggest problem here was ego, no pressure to perform from management, too much power given to a position coach, and apathy.  He never adjusted to the times, his personnel, or the competition.

I believe the impact of PA bringing this team down was far greater than any of us even believed, and we believed A LOT !

I'll never forget that interview PA did with Dave Lapham like game 10 of 2017 about Ced. PA said words to the effect of "we don't care what you're doing, we're trying to win ballgames here". Speaking on Ogbuehi of course. BS ! It took a team full of professional coaches 10 games to figure out what we knew by game 2 or 3 ? Don't buy it, he was just saving face.

MB gave PA the asst. head coach title several years ago and it went right straight to his head. His ego was to giant to admit he missed on Ogbuehi, Bodine, and others. He wouldn't change his blocking to adapt to change. He was running amuck over everything Bengals offense because after all it was 'his plan/schemes" so they had to be good right ? 

I fully believe Lazor finally convinced Marvin to tell MB bout midway last season PA has to go, his schemes have to go, his blocking style has to go and he was all but fired there towards the end. MB is just to nice a guy to do it during the season.

Will his departure be enough change ??