So...where are all the interviews for Marvin Lewis?

[Essex Johnson]

(01-07-2019, 03:29 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Things really started to change with the hiring of Tobin. Marvin started off with Palmer, Kitna, Dillon, Rudi, Chad, Housh, Willie, Levi, Braham, Justin Smith, Brian Simmons, Warrick, etc. Not to mention Mike made a pretty unprecedented Free Agency splurge in Marv's first year, bringing in John Thornton, Kevin Hardy, Duane Clemons, Tory James, Reggie Kelly, etc. 

I'm not saying Marv should get no credit, but I wonder if he gets too much. Tobin really had the roster loaded with good young players. The 2-14 season at PBS really seemed to grab Mike's attention. Enough to where he looked at some great external coaching candidates, and splurged in free agency on some pretty good players.

ALL of these things contributed to the turnaround. Yet some only give credit to Marv, as if he arrived like some savior. He walked into unquestionably the best situation of any Bengals coach since the Super Bowl years. Does anyone think Denny Green or Tom Coughlin wouldn't have won with that roster? A franchise QB right off rip? Fantastic receivers, RB and o-line? An owner willing to spend to fix the defense?

So many talk about changing the culture with new head coach this year well that is what Marvin did when he was hired, most of those players were on the team before marvin and we were 2-14, also 2003 drat, Marvins first as HC was solid hmmm i think the head coach deserves credit, sorry but Marvin was the savior to come in put this team on a positive path, and actually the new head coach will have a better roster to work with pre draft than all coaches in bengal history outside of forrest gregg and bob johnson.