01-02-2019, 12:27 AM
No...1 playoff win wouldn't have changed many overall opinions of Marvin Lewis. At least not much. 1-7 is still a terrible playoff record. The NFL is all about progressing and winning championships. If you don't progress and get stuck not clearing a certain hurdle, you get slapped with a label.
That's just how it is, and that isn't something exclusive to this message board or Bengals fans. The local/national media and fans of other teams would apply that label as well.
- When Peyton Manning choked in the first round, he was a playoff choker. Until he wasn't.
- Steve Young was ripped for not getting to a SB, until he did.
- LeBron's biggest hurdle in the Jordan debate is his 3-6 record in the Finals. He doesn't have that "killer instinct".
Had Marvin won a single playoff game, the fans and media would've been happy (thrilled in our case) initially, but the longer you stick around and the more you progress, the more people want. That's just the nature of sports. That said, I think the fans and media would've been much more forgiving if his record was something like 3-4 or 5-7. The 0-7 record was just laughably bad. It was a record for futility.
And it wasn't just the record...it was how we performed in those games. We consistently looked like the team vanished and the 90's Bengals took their place.
That's just how it is, and that isn't something exclusive to this message board or Bengals fans. The local/national media and fans of other teams would apply that label as well.
- When Peyton Manning choked in the first round, he was a playoff choker. Until he wasn't.
- Steve Young was ripped for not getting to a SB, until he did.
- LeBron's biggest hurdle in the Jordan debate is his 3-6 record in the Finals. He doesn't have that "killer instinct".
Had Marvin won a single playoff game, the fans and media would've been happy (thrilled in our case) initially, but the longer you stick around and the more you progress, the more people want. That's just the nature of sports. That said, I think the fans and media would've been much more forgiving if his record was something like 3-4 or 5-7. The 0-7 record was just laughably bad. It was a record for futility.
And it wasn't just the record...it was how we performed in those games. We consistently looked like the team vanished and the 90's Bengals took their place.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
