09-15-2018, 10:18 AM
(09-15-2018, 07:39 AM)Pat5775 Wrote: Thank you. Pretty much confirms what we thought/knew.
I'll never understand why so many Bengal fans hold a grudge for Carson. How can anyone not side with Carson over issues with Mike Brown? Issues we have with Mike. Carson clearly had as well... How can anyone side with the worst owner in sports history over a player who wanted necessary changes? (I think a lot of it has to do with Carsons anti-Ohio state comments from 2008 but some people won't admit it).
I've gone back and forth over the enigma that is Carson over the years. I remember being in that stadium in January, 2006, when it felt like we'd finally emerged from the never-ending horror of the '90s and were on the verge of greatness once again. That team, that season, felt like 1981 all over again, and the future seemed so bright, with a title, maybe multiple titles , within reach. And, what a gut-punch it was to walk out of that stadium later that day with how things went down, and how bad I felt for him and the team.
Yet, I cheered as loud as anyone in the stadium on his return visit to PBS as a Raider, when he got dumped onto the turf. And, in the six intervening years, on this board as well as the old one, I both defended and railed against him. So, I get where people are coming from on both sides. However, after watching this doc, I feel like I do know Carson a little better. And, I appreciate the struggle he had with Mike Brown, perhaps the most stubborn, foolish old man ever to inhabit an owner's box in the history of sport itself. It's clear to me who was in the wrong.
But, your mileage may vary, as they say.
