06-04-2019, 01:54 PM
(06-02-2019, 11:20 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: This question is tough. IF we were a really young team, that won 3 games last year...6 wins this year...then 8 the next...then 10 the year after would be the path.
We do have several Pro Bowl caliber guys in Green, Dunlap, and Atkins that are around 31 years old. For those guys, there is some urgency to win soon as their play at an elite level won't last many more years.
(06-03-2019, 11:11 AM)Nately120 Wrote: True, but it is interesting watching the narratives roll. Injuries ravaged us, so why did Marvin lose his job? Well, Marvin is so bad at coaching that no one can thrive under him.
(06-03-2019, 12:44 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I agree, but to take over a vet team who won 6 games with massive injuries would put his head on the block if has less than 5 wins IMHO. But again, were the games close, did the HC or his staff get outcoached? This is NOT A REBUILD, so we need to see better coaching and results than past 3 years.
I have a feeling that 2019 will be the year BEFORE Zac starts to make more of his own personal Stamp on the team.
There is a closing Window of time left for some Key Stars coupled with Zac possibly needing a season to get to know all of the players he inherited.
Add to that a New Staff that may not all succeed as one Unit in 2019. Zac may have to purge a few of these Coaches after 2019 to dial in his Staff longer term.
I have personally given the Bengals some what of a pass on not being big players in Free Agency in 2019 because I believe Zac will need a season to get a handle on his team and the inherited players.
I would hope that after 2019, the Bengals allow Zac to make a bigger splash in Free Agency and to decide a longer term direction going forward that could include a trade or two of some of the aging Stars or even a commitment to a rookie QB.
Zac has to try to win with "Marvin's players" and fans are invested in seeing those same players win but Zac & a whole New Staff teaching "Marvin's players" a new way of playing may not result in winning right away in 2019.
After 2019; Zac & the Bengals may have to close the Window on some of the aging reminders of "Marvin's team" and have a youth movement that transitions to more of "Zac's players" before the winning comes. Possibly purge a few players that don't buy in to the change whether these players are young or older.
The competitiveness of the NFL may force Zac & the Bengals to use 2019 to evaluate players, learn on the job and then Chart the longer term direction.
The choice may come down to holding onto the hope of winning with "Marvin's team" -or- transitioning to a point where Zac puts his Stamp on what will have to be "his team & players".
