Losing Gamblers who lose big

[*bengalfan74*]

(12-10-2020, 01:03 PM)ochocincos Wrote: People may recall a decade ago when the Bengals went 4-12 with Palmer, Chad, and TO. They were set to pick 4th in the 2011 draft as a result.
Fans demanded that Marvin Lewis and the entire staff be replaced.
Mike Brown chose to keep all of Marvin Lewis, Bob Bratkowski, and Mike Zimmer despite fan pushback.
Palmer chose to retire instead of playing for those organization another year.

As we know, AJ Green and Andy Dalton were drafted, Chad traded.
Fans and experts alike predicted the Bengals wouldn't win a single game.

The Bengals went on to make the playoffs 5 years in a row, as we know.

I'm not saying this justifies Mike Brown being stubborn and sticking with the coaches despite opposition, but the team could have ended up (way) worse if he went with a new staff. Mike Brown may take that same approach with Taylor because he saw it pay off with Marvin Lewis (to an extent).

Unlike Taylor, Lewis had some success prior to that. ZT's peak was his very first game as HC. It's been all downhill from there and that game was a loss as well. 

Like Fred said and I agree (unusual) If they bring Taylor back you'll have no trouble getting tickets next season.