No. No. Please No.

Lewis says things will be vastly different in 2017. How? Has her learned how to manage a clock? Has he learned how to cut loose dead weight? Peko, Malaluga, Bodine? When you look at this team, he has let too many old and average players stick around for too long. And you can't replace them all thru the draft. And we know they only pick up maybe one washed up aging player in FA. Zampezee hasn't been cut loose when we know hes horrible. He let Nugent stay around long enough to be a major reason why we lost games.

Now, on the flip side. Who would MB replace him with? The thought is scarey. I give kudo's to ML for getting a team as horrible as they were before he came, to where they are now. But he has taken this team as far as he can. I don't believe he has what it takes anymore to get the most out of his players. We need a coach with more fire.

Lets be realistic though. If ML were fired, most likely Zamp would follow. Would we be looking at a total rehaul? A rebuilding stage? On the other hand, how different would ML approach really be? 3 things we know won't change. His clock management, his ability to fire up himself let alone the players, and keeping players too long.

So all this being said, how would we be better off? If MB made better decisions himself, it would be an easy choice. Fire Lewis. But what concerns me is that the same thing would happen when the Reds fired Dusty Baker.

Its messed up your damned if you do and damned if you don't. Any thoughts on this? I know this post sounds all over the place but that's where this team is. So I'd be interested to hear everyones comments. 77 I know you have an opinion.

There are a lot of things this team needs. I am convinced that ML is here to stay another year. We need a FA center and to draft a C/G in later rounds. We need to resign Burkhead and Whitlock. Whit has at least one more good year and maybe two left in him. We also need another LB. FA or draft. Zietler needs to be signed or another experienced FA.

It is troublesome to ask MB to sign FA’s but he should at least sign two. I don’t think he will open the purse strings so they will be average FA’s. You can look at what Mack and Sanu have done for the Atlanta Falcons. It looks like another developing year to me.

I just think that whatever happened during and after that last playoff game Marvin lost the team and got even worse as a coach. He lost his own confidence and the team followed suit IMO. I don't see it getting better with a draft and offseason. Once it gets warm I'm tabling Bengals thoughts til about a week before the 1st season game. That's where I'm at...

Defense would be the focus. still need a WR also. Possibly with Bernard injured and Hill not playing well they might grab the RB if hes there and the top DEs are gone.

I still love my AC/DC and Led Zeppelin! Must have in an age where the feelgood songs feel alien! Technology is great. Good to see you got your stuff up to snuff. I am typing from my new laptop and drinking a beer with the mild air rolling in! The freedom of moving around is awesome. The freedom of good stuff is better! Despite my general pessimism of this team I am still interested in the draft. It is the only thing that could rescue me from "Fuck the Bengals", an ever increasing reality with their self chosen path to mediocrity. You are my go to guy so I will saddle up and ride with you and cross fingers we do some good things!