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(12-23-2020, 08:05 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I just don't get why people can't see both sides of the same coin.  On the one hand was a win over a hated rival on primetime.  Awesome.  We should celebrate it.  It's fantastic and everyone should love every moment of it.  The hit on JJSS, watching Ben fall apart, seeing dejected Steelers fans in the stands.  Beautiful night.  

But on the other hand, we've got a FO with a reputation for keeping HCs whose teams do the dead cat bounce.  And there is a distinct possibility that the win on Monday secures another year for the current coaching staff, who have shown basically zero improvement in two seasons, and arguably took steps back since Marvin was fired for not being able to get the team to improve.  

I think it's okay to see it both ways.  The win was sweet, but it does not give me any warm fuzzies for the future.  Doesn't mean I hate the team, doesn't mean I did or am rooting against them.  Just seeing two facts that can be separated and accepted equally.

Our front office keeps coaches "dead cat bounce" or not. Folks can say what they want but folks are unhappy that we won a football game. They will try to disguise it as: "but" "see it both ways" "I'm looking at the big picture" "I want to draft so and so" "I want coach so and so" but everybody who starts a thread or adds a post that diminishes or victory over our most hated rival are looking for the "bad" in our victory.

I get that some folks don't want to own this, but that's just the facts. Although I disagree with the mentality I do applaud the candor of those that freely assert "Beating the Steelers was bad"

To show you how to be happy about our win watch this:

This year's Senior Bowl has invited many of the top prospects that opted out this year and with NYJ and Jax most likely to shake up their coaching staffs the Bengals are most likely going to coach down there. 

Go Zac, Go Bengals, Who Dey!