The Bengals and Lions are locked in an 3 decade battle...

[THE PISTONS]

(12-09-2020, 01:11 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: I absolutely agree with both of you. What Marvin Lewis did while working for Mike Brown is should damn near be listed as a miracle and Lewis should be sainted by the Vatican.

I understand there are only 32 head coaching positions in the NFL and they're all coveted, but I would have to think the Bengals are at the bottom of everyone's list because of Mike Brown.

So with the front office and lack of scouts we have, coaches have more demands here...and it's hard to be good at them all.

You have to:

-Scout free agents
-Scout college (which games are played at the same time as the regular season)
-Scout opponents
-Gameplan - Some of this is to be expected, but some teams use scouts to scout opponents.
-Create practice schedule/structure
-Manage players
-Manage player development
-Handle media
-Coach in game
-Manage coordinators and set overall tone/direction for the team

Then, a guy like Taylor calls the plays which adds more complexity.

Marvin, obviously did a bunch of them at atleast an above average to good level. He just couldn't win in the playoffs.

Now, I remember some of us screaming for years that we needed to sign a Center or MLB. In the playoffs, those weaknesses got exploited.