10-07-2015, 03:18 PM
(10-07-2015, 03:10 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There are many reasons that the bengals have failed in the second half of the playoffs. And some of it is clearly coaching. But I am guessing that all the head coaches who lost to the Bengals in the regular season were trying to win those games also. If the Patriots and other teams are so much better at adjusting during the game then why do they chose to not do it and lose in the regular season?
If our past failures 100% predicted what would happen in the future then we would never have beaten Denver in prime time last year. And the Seahawks would not have won the Super Bowl in '13 because they had never done it before. Same for the Saints in '07.
I don't think anybody is saying that the past will tell you 100% of what will happen in the future, but it tells part of the story, doesn't it?
LeBron James is probably going to score a lot of points this year. Why would people think that? The past has told us that he's a pretty good basketball player. It's the same reason why certain players and coaches are considered "good". You HAVE to look at the past if you want to talk sports. Aaron Rodgers is good at throwing the football, and we know that because we've watched him for years in the past.
Marvin Lewis led teams have had their issues in the second halves of games since he's been the Bengals HC. Should we just assume that it has been magically fixed before seeing it? There is damn good reason that people are skeptical when it comes to ML/the Bengals and the second half of playoff games.
Your little quote about the Patriots making adjustments sometimes and "choosing not to do it and lose in the regular season" is one of those logical fallacies you were talking about before. Bill Belichick seems to be better than most at said adjustments, but no coach is 100% perfect. I don't think either of us can sit here and explain exactly why Marvin Lewis led teams fall flat in the 2nd half of playoff games while Bill Belichick led teams seem to succeed when the lights are bright more often than not. What we CAN do is acknowledge that both of those things are very true and hope they both change if we meet the Patriots. It's silly when you and others write off certain trends and act like nobody should be concerned with these things.
