Losing Gamblers who lose big

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(12-10-2020, 01:16 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I'd say reasons he could keep Taylor are:

1 ) They knew they were hiring him really early in his career and it would take time to develop him.
2 ) Close losses are wins. (Really not, but some people think that.)
3 ) Burrow's injury. They won't want to change schemes when Burrow can't practice over the offseason.
4 ) Not wanting to pay 2 Coaching Staffs
5 ) Zac goes with the flow and doesn't push back on things they want him to do.
6 ) Burrow did look good as a passer. They may choose to ignore a bunch of flaws and just look at the passing.
7 ) They hired Zac. Firing him would be admitting they made a mistake.
8 ) I think they might view players playing hard as a endorsement for Zac
9 ) They might not want to cave in to fan pressure. They might want to show us they are right and we are wrong.

Generally they view late season wins as a coach turning the corner. Katie Blackburn sent out a bulk email around halfway through the season that talked about how every year, a team catches fire the 2nd half of the year. Obviously with the weak schedule we played, they thought we might win a bunch of games and used that as marketing fodder. Obviously that hasn't happened.

1) If they basically were willing to go through the hardships of terrible seasons, they should have been open and honest to fans about that. But they probably would have sold (way) fewer tickets, so maybe not lol.
2) You and I agree on this one. A close loss is better than a blowout, but we can't keep using this as an excuse.
3) If the Bengals had a winning record with Burrow before he went down, I would agree. But they won 2.5 games with him. It's not just him being out.
4) Suck it up on paying coaching staffs. The team has (or should have) plenty of money to do that.
5) We don't know that for sure, but it was said by Marvin that basically the FO vote trumps the coaches if there's a disagreement.
6) One would hope they acknowledge that the OL and front 7 were terrible this year and put in a better effort to improve it. Simply adding a NT (Reader), a C-tier journeyman LB (Bynes), and a C-tier OG (XSF) was not enough to turn terrible into quality.
7) They need to admit mistakes. It's part of accountability. If they keep down this path, they will (continue to) lose the fanbase in what's already a small market.
8) Are the players really playing hard for Taylor? I've seen multiple instances where what seems hardly any effort is made. AJ Green jogging on a route until he saw Burrow throw it to him (he didn't catch it cuz he wasn't where he was supposed to be). Multiple OL not even try to get their hands up and onto a defender. Maybe this was because the defender shifted into a different zone, but I really hate when I see an OL not block someone. Go after someone.
9) They took that approach with Marvin. We ultimately saw a better stretch of winning in 2011-2015 than we saw in 2005-2010. But Marvin had established winning seasons before 2011. Taylor has the worst record of any team since the start of 2019. He has no previous success to lean on.