We are all being trolled by Cincinnati Sports

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(11-01-2019, 04:59 PM)mt415tress Wrote: 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 
  

I don't think they're intentionally trying to be bad. I think it's all the things you say and their unwillingness to change, whether it be their approach or moving on from players that just can't get over the hump, so the bad times are extended longer than they would be in other places. 

Players aside, look at any trend in the NFL. You can set your watch by the Bengals catching up to it about 5 years later.