You'd Have to be Insane to Join Zac Taylor's Staff

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(01-03-2021, 07:48 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: So it looks like we're going to be filling a number of coaching positions.  And let's assume for this thread that Zac Taylor is coming back.

Who the hell would take a job on this staff, knowing there is very good possibility Taylor doesn't last more than another year?  Why would anyone, that has any other options, take a job here?

If Zac Taylor gets shit-canned then that means a new coach, with a whole new group of assistants potentially coming in.

I'm sorry, but if we keep this guy we're almost guaranteeing that we're going to be filling these spots with coaches that have no other comparable options.  They'll either be out of work, or they'll be taking on a role here that they couldn't get anywhere else.

Fwiw, I saw in another thread that somewhat posted a link about how we're approachining candidates.  It looks like we offering shorter contracts.  This tells me the Bengals know that there is a possibility that Zac may not last and they don't want to be on the hook paying assistants if they choose to clean house.

So, again, who the hells takes these jobs?  Joining a potential lame duck coach....  Joining a team that is more likely to hurt your resume than help it....  Joining a team that asks their coaches to also handle scouting. ... Joining a team that is rumored to be offering short deals.... Joining a team that isn't known to pay a ton of money to their position coaches.

We're going to be left with the left-overs and under-experienced.  Why not just clean house rather than try to piece together a staff with this loser of a head coach?

Dead on.  I have been saying this over and over in other threads.  This is EXACTLY like how they approached the season of 2020:  They didn't go all in on the rebuild (Dolphins) and get what they could LAST YEAR for Dunlap, Green, Atkins but they went halfway...made a few FA moves, kept some aging vets, and here we are 4-11-1 and Burrow is fresh of ACL surgery.

No use crying over last year's mistakes.  And before anyone throws the injury card out there, I will counter by saying the BEST CASE scenario this past year was everyone stays healthy and the Bengals eek out an 8-8 season.  Hello mediocrity, my old friend.  

Learn from last year's mistake.  Go all in this time:  Jettison the has-beens.  Blow up the coaching staff.  Offer the moon and stars to someone like Pat Fitzgerald (although I doubt he would ever leave there...talk about a guy that gets the most of his talent) and let him build the staff he wants.  

Stop settling for "we will be fine" or "good enough" or "can still play" and go for one thing:  ELITE.  You have the QB.  Now build around him TODAY.  Unless your desire is to sell so few tickets that you move the team to Miami (Major League reference, I know they already have a team), then you need to admit your mistakes and blow them up.  Do it now.  Don't wait until the end of next season.  I don't care if the team is 100% healthy and you sign Joe Thuney and Brandin Cooks and find some way to make that work under the cap.  You will STILL be 8-8 next year as a best case scenario.  That simply isn't good enough.