Reason Why the Bengals Might Not be Patient (Stadium Deal)

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(10-21-2020, 05:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.


Mike thought that a new coach would stoke the excitement of the fans and bring back the crowds, but it didn't work.

They spent because the stadium was empty.  I f Zac had any say then he would have signed a bunch of free agents in 2019.  We had obvious holes all over our roster when he took over.

The problem with this logic is that the U.S. was dealing with the coronavirus pandemic when FA began.  It makes no sense to spend big in FA to pack the stands in a year where it was reasonably assumed that attendance would be seriously capped.

The bigger factors are likely the arrival of Burrow and the desire to build quickly around him while he's on his rookie deal and the drama in 2018.  Remember, Marvin essentially said in his presser when Teryl Austin was fired that the players were responsible for his firing.  This leads me to believe that players went over Marvin's head to the Brown family and sold them on coaching being the problem.  A similar thing may have happened the prior year with Zampese.  After all this coaching swapping, it's very possible that Mike started to believe the roster is the issue given their lack of success under multiple regimes.