12-13-2018, 01:30 PM
(12-12-2018, 03:57 PM)depthchart Wrote: Turn on talk Radio in Cincinnati and you will hear the outrage from Radio Hosts, guests and fans phoning in.
All likely hoping that Mike & Marvin are listening and ready to admit defeat & make Big changes.
But how may Mike & Marvin really view all of this ?
I tend to think they will see themselves as the True NFL Experts & best equipped to diagnose the 2018 season.
In Mike & Marvin's mind they are likely "the 5 Straight Playoff Organization" & 2018 was merely derailed by a MASH UNIT of injuries.
AJ Green, Dalton, Preston Brown, Burfict, Eifert, Tyler Kroft, Glasgow, Carl Lawson, Cordy Glenn, etc.
Mike & Marvin may view the Fan outrage as a Juvenile response that unfairly labels their 2018 team.
I doubt the outcry of Talk Radio and elsewhere moves even the tip of the Organization's Iceberg towards Major Change.
Marvin even seems to have a spring in his step on the sidelines with a walkie talkie & Hue at his side. In the Trenches Coaching the Defense once again.
I think Marvin is actually gearing up to Coach this team again in 2019 and both he and Mike are excited about heading into the Best part of the season for the Bengal Organization. The Offseason.
Scouting players and getting ready for the Draft with a Clean Slate for the upcoming season.
Their team has the potential to be anything and everything during the Offseason. A Hopeful & fun time.
Their Best of Times and they expect to be much Healthier in 2019 after all. Then mix in some new rookie faces.
Sky is the Limit and Average outraged Fan who they likely deem as less informed isn't going to dampen their Offseason reload. Their New Plan.
Fans hoping for and expecting Big Changes & pointing to the 2018 season as the Final Straw that breaks Mike & Marvin's back may not remember exactly who they are dealing with.
(12-12-2018, 04:07 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: “He would get a lot of letters from people who were angry or upset with the way things had gone. I know he would read them all, and he would wrestle sometimes when somebody made a particularly good analytical argument against what he was doing. But in the end, he believed he had a logical, reasonable answer to that.”
- Jack Brennan, Bengals former PR director
“I’m not deaf to outside opinion. I’m aware of it. That doesn’t mean I always agree. I’ll do what I think I should do. You have the freedom to tell me that I shouldn’t. And you do. Fine. That ain’t gonna change.”
- Mike Brown, 2017, Cincinnati Magazine
Never seen PBS as empty as it was against the Broncos and MB is getting frickin' old. It seems he has taken a step
back over the last year or so and Katie and Troy haven taken a step up with Marv kind of leading the show. Atleast
this is what i was thinking. If this is the case and they just ignore the fact that teams like the Patriots have injury
laden seasons all the time and still go to the Superbowl i think they will make a grave mistake.
I am not buying anymore Bengal merchandise if this is the case and neither should any of us, let alone tickets.
Still remember Troy Blackburn talking about the O-line being the problem last season and it definately was and they
made an effort, more than i can say for MB. He would of just made excuses and ignored like in these quotes.
Us fans have more right than ever to be outraged and we need some change, big time change.
Bring in a GM who actually knows football and pick an up and coming offensive minded coach to pick his entire staff.
Than the fans will not be outraged and hope will be restored.
