11-04-2018, 02:43 PM
(11-04-2018, 12:55 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: He'd be a good get...but one of the reasons Marvin has been here so long and a guy like Zimmer isn't here...is because Marvin is easy to work with and works within the constraints that the Bengals organization imposes.
Supposedly, and this was a rumor...IF Jay Gruden got fired in Washington, he would have been the Bengals HC.
Redskins are leading their division at 5-2, so I doubt Jay is going anywhere.
(11-04-2018, 10:47 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Depends on how many HC spotrs are open when we are looking. There are indeed only 32 spots and there are lots of guys fighting for those jobs. So we will get "somebody" but we won't get our pick if other positions are open.
People love to squeal about Mike Browns failures in free agency and other areas until you say that Marvin worked with a handicap and then they area like "Nothing wrong with Mike's free agency at all. He built a championship team and Marvin screwed it up."
5 spots were open in 2003 (Cowboys, Jaguars, 49ers, Lions, Bengals) and we got probably the hottest young candidate in the league.
I blame Mike when we miss the playoffs. Marv has shown the ability to get there if we have enough talent.
I blame Marv when we go a ridiculous 8-25 vs the Steelers, or an identical 8-25 record in regular season prime-time games, or that record breaking 0-7 playoff record. When the teams are good enough to win 10 games in a tough division, they should be good enough to win a playoff game or several.
(11-04-2018, 12:59 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: It's a giant reciprocating #$%& story isn't it ?
They are both guilty in the court of failure to produce. Mike is guilty of throwing every speed bump possible into building a team. Marvin is guilty of folding up like a pup tent anytime the heat is on in game.
You can spin it around and around and around, come at it from a hundred angles. But in the end they're both guilty.
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