McDaniels says No Thanks

[grampahol]

It's about perception here. McDaniels is perceived by many fans to be a back stabber, wishy washy or what have you and there's the perception also about his last term in Denver. His time in Denver was quite some time ago in football years which doesn't necessarily mean he's learned absolutely nothing since then so that's where the perception comes in. Fans perceive him as a loser despite being the OC for a very successful franchise while on the same hand many fans might perceive another guy from another team with even less experience and a lesser winning record as the better candidate.
There's nothing that says every coach from losing teams is unqualified to win. We've seen several coaches leave Cincinnati to go to other teams and still not really win. Zimmer comes to mind. Many here thought Minnesota was on the fast track to win the super bowl, but of course that hasn't happened. Some thought Jay Gruden was going to turn Washington into a juggernaut as well and even a few thought Hue would turn the Browns into a powerhouse.  Thinking of perception, last place Raiders picked up Jay's brother for reasons I still don't get. Many fans perceived him as the quintessential football genius despite the fact that his last job before going to the Raiders was selling beer on commercials. 
The popular perception seems to be that Hue is instant failure personified and he's directly responsible for ALL their failures since they began winning with the last guy.(name escapes me for now)
The way I see it is that every coach in the NFL from superbowl winners to cellar dwellers comes from winning systems somewhere else along the way just like most players in the league. Nearly all of them have tasted winning big at some level be it high school, college or even the league itself, but once they're with a losing team for any time they seem to become perceived as always being losers from there forward. That's unfortunate. 
I think many very talented people have been burnt by the stain of having been with losing teams which doesn't necessarily make them losers and likewise, some very lousy coaches have ridden the coat tails of better coaches, risen up some ranks only to get exposed after it's too late..
I was heading somewhere with all this, but seem to have lost focus, but the bottom line is most of this is purely perception based and little to do with whether these guys are actually great football coaches.
We'll just have to wait and see how things pan out in the coming years. It is possible, though improbable that the Bengals hit pay dirt and land a great coach who can take us to the promised land, but if they do it won't be because of perception. It'll be because someone actually did their job right and found the right guy(s) for the job of bringing a championship to Cincinnati for once.