09-20-2020, 07:48 PM
(09-20-2020, 06:51 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I love how Duke Tobin is the "de facto GM", and has been essentially running things for awhile. But before many of the same things were said about Marvin.
So which one is it? Was Marvin essentially the GM, or was Duke Tobin?
The real answer is neither. The front office's fingerprints can still be found on a lot moves (Cough, Bobby Hart).
Marvin was just a head coach that had to wear many hats due to a small front office. Just because he did some scouting and had some say over players doesn't mean he was like a GM.
And even if people want to say he has the experience and background necessary for the job (he doesn't), the fact is his teams never won a single playoff game.
Why would you hire a guy whose experience consists of helping to build teams that didn't win one single playoff game in 16 years. It makes no sense.
Yuuuup. The only reason the Bengals even had that stretch ('11-'15) was because of just 2 reasons.
1. Jay Gruden convincing Mike Brown to draft Andy Dalton instead of Ryan Mallett, who was Mike Brown's preferred QB.
2. Mike Zimmer's D
That's it.
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(Regardless of anyone's personal opinion of Dalton, I think we can 100% universally agree that if Ryan Mallett was the Bengals QB instead, it would have been dark times.)
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