11-01-2019, 04:59 PM
(11-01-2019, 02:18 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: A few years ago I had the pleasure of working with a surgeon who regularly worked with the team. He knows Mike Brown fairly well and is familiar with the operation of the team.
I asked him why in the hell don't the Bengals do more when it comes to personnel and other things? Does Mike Brown even care about winning?
He was emphatic in saying that Mike Brown cares deeply about winning and he is a very competitive guy--------- but:
He strongly feels that there is a right way to run a franchise and that is the way he runs it. He won't waiver from that.
Take that for what it's worth, but it explains a lot.
It actually doesnt.
By sheer and dumb luck, you would back into a season of playoff success once every 28 years. They adapt in the most short-sided, cheap and counter intuitive ways. It is like they are allergic to good decisions. It is beyond systemic mismanagement, they try to fail.
Not trading aging assets on a winless team for picks
Refusing to expand scouting and player dev
Tobin, Troy, Katie - Surrounding w nepotism
Refusing to hire a GM
Refusing to invest in facilities upgrades
Refusing to use free agency
These are not 'His stubborn ways' . They are intentionally trying to be horrendous
