11-20-2019, 01:41 PM
(11-20-2019, 12:42 PM)MEBengalsFan Wrote: Great coaches are able to make bad players look great. The PATS have great coaches that make ok players look like super stars and the coaches know they are not super stars so they don't get into the bidding war and allow those players to walk. The players that are super stars are paid and continue to play for the PATS.
Zac Taylor isn't that type of coach. ML wasn't that type of coach and this is why the FO needs to bring in quality FA that are truly worth their pay. They also need to draft the best available player in the draft.
I'm not expecting much next year from the Bengals. This year I will be surprised if they win 2 games. At this point it looks like they will go 1-15 or 0-16.
If ZT cannot get the Bengals to have a winning season next year I would move on from him. Or if the team starts off 0-4 I would let him go right during the press conference, especially if the team goes 0-16 this year.
Not disputing any of that, and while I think we likely are wasting our time with ZT, it is worth remembering that Big Bill was no instant success himself. Didn't have a winning season until his 4th season as a HC. His first Superbowl win was only his 2nd ever winning season and it took a 10 year period for that to happen. Before somebody goes crazy, no I'm not linking the two, but there are many examples of greats in all sports who weren't an instant hit.
If we draft a QB, I'd probably rather let another HC come in and they can hopefully build their era together here. Personally from a point of fairness, I'd say this season was never going to go that well and that a 2nd season would be a fairer reflection of whether ZT has any potential to be a good coach. But he is definitely hugely disappointing thus far, I'm not saying he isn't. If I read today that he got sacked, I'd be fine with that, as would most of us I feel.
