12-26-2019, 01:56 PM
(12-26-2019, 12:40 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Marvin Lewis is looking better with each passing loss. I don’t want him back but maybe he wasn’t the scapegoat after all. I’m going to say something you might find controversial but I think hiring Hue Jackson would have been better than hiring Zac Taylor. No, I don’t want Hue Jackson back here either but I think either Zac hoodwinked the Front Office during the interview process or the Front Office just whiffed completely.
It's pure conjecture, but I heard Tim McGee on 700 last week saying that he fully believed a 2019 Bengals roster with Hue Jackson as the HC could have won 5-6 games easily. I'm not so sure. He did actually manage to win zero games once before, and that's hard to do.
There's zero chance that the fanbase would have accepted Hue as Marvn's replacement last offseason. The stadium would have been emptier than it already was at the home opener vs the 9ers. The media, national and local would have thoroughly thrashed them incessantly through the entire process.
Rumor was, that Mike Brown really wanted to hire Hue to replace Marvin but was discouraged by others among the inbreds that understood what a lead balloon he would have been. We all talk about how little they care for fan sentiment, but I still think seeing the stadium empty is something they genuinely view as a problem to be solved. It forced their hand with Marvin, and I believe it did the same with the potential hiring of Jackson.
All that said, I wouldn't be mad at all to see Hue back in some capacity. He's proven capable of running an offense, moreso than Zac for sure. Despite what Baker Mayfield might think, I wouldn't be upset to see him charged with handling the development of a franchise quarterback. Zac, on the other hand scares the hell out of me. Trusting him with Burrow is not something I'm overly excited about.
