Statement from Mike Brown (Zac is back)

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(01-04-2021, 01:56 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Yes, as the owner and lifetime GM of the Bengals Mike Brown is more accountable for hiring ZT than the fans are.  I agree that fans are full of optimism and crap and I recall you and I both rolling our eyes at how ZT's first vanilla press conference made so many fans weak in the knees with how ZT was already 10 times the leader that Marvin Lewis was.

The issue with ZT is his resume and that's what I always point out.  One day before ZT was hired if you asked Bengals fans "How would you feel if the Steelers made a QB coach their HC?" fans would have said that was stupid and it would be awesome if the Steelers were that dumb.  At any rate, if fans were dumb enough to fall for ZT two years ago they're seeing the light now.

Bleed to know, and all that.

I think to an extent fans were giddy that changes were made at all considering who runs the team and how minimal an effect losing has on said owner relative to the rest of the league.  I'll admit,  I was very excited at first when the hiring of Taylor was even discussed prior to his hire.  But within a month or two it started to feel a bit worrisome that the coaching staff wasn't set,  and needed to go to like his seventh choice before getting a DC. By the middle of last year,  I was on board the reality train of hiring a guy who's never been a coordinator at the NFL level or a success at any level in his college stints. **Edit: I mean I understood the reality of the type of coach they hired, in case my wording wasn't clear. Edit**


You can't blame a starving beggar when he reacts to crumbs like it's a four course meal.  But in my defense I've never cared much about coach-speak so Zac's press conferences have meant nothing to me.  Neither did Marvin's.  I was never one to be upset about his "giggles."