11-19-2018, 09:17 PM
(11-19-2018, 08:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yep, I kick myself every time for buying into their latest version of "This time, it will be different".
You make a great point about the team potentially being behind the 8 ball on draft day, should they actually clean house. Most GM's have a philosophy, or a "Master Plan" that they envision when putting a franchise together, or so it would seem by watching the successful ones operate. As for the team we follow? I think that our GM's only plan is to keep just enough revenue flowing to prolong the existence of the team. Otherwise, he would have bitten the bullet, and hired an actual GM, years ago.
You bring up several great points. As for the 'master plan' the Bengals seem to go 'best available player' a lot, but the problem lately is that some of those guys have been injured and we end up with a whole lot of guys that don't seem to fit our system. Whatever that system is.
As for the coaching changes of the position coaches and defensive coordinator? Who knew? Alexander was here so long that it was plausible that he was the major issue. With the Bengals you have to almost assume that a terrible coach could last since the 1990's somehow. Heck, we have a de facto GM that hasn't won a playoff game in 26+ years.
My frustration, I'm sure like yours is that this league is setup for parity. Since we last won a playoff game some 26 teams have won 5+ playoff games. Here we are looking for a meager 1! And when we do win that game, we'll celebrate like it's a Super Bowl.
The elephant in the room that we don't like to acknowledge is that this team is managed poorly and the team culture is horrible. Even when they are being successful, they find ways to lose games. Just toxic all around.
I don't know what coach will be able to turn this around.
