Post by 77bengal on Jan 2, 2018 18:32:42 GMT -5
What's going on with Marvin Lewis? Nobody seems to know. Why hasn't he been fired? Is Mike Brown seriously considering keeping Lewis as the teams head coach? Well, yours truly knows exactly what's going on behind those closed doors (maybe) at Paul Brown Stadium and it may be better than anyone realizes. Ahhhh, hope. It's all we have gang...
I just saw on ESPN's 'Bottomline' that Lewis has signed a 2 year contract. Anyway, I'll finish this post to give everyone a better idea of what's going on (basically) concerning Lewis and the alternative.
In a nutshell, Lewis is trying to seize more control of the team. Lewis wants to make most, if not all of the roster decisions when it comes to the draft and free agency without any meddling from Brown. Lewis also wants to make coaching personnel decisions, scouting personnel decisions and just about everything else pertaining to the team and/or whatever Lewis believes is vital for success. If Lewis is successful in distancing Brown from the team, this will be a major accomplishment.
Here's the alternative. If Brown would've fired Lewis and hired another familiar face such as Paul Guenther, the status quo would continue. Brown would continue to make mind-numbing decisions concerning the team with Guenther merely playing the role of Browns own personal hand puppet.
So there you have it. Are the Bengals better off with Marvin Lewis remaining as the teams head coach with Brown assuming a lesser role, or would the team be better off with a 'Paul Guenther type coach' with Brown remaining entrenched in his current role? Personally, anything that distances Brown from the team is a good thing, so I'm reluctantly picking scenario number one.
However, please don't mistake my words as an endorsement of Lewis. After all, Mike Brown's greediness had nothing to do with Lewis' inability to manage a game clock; it had nothing to do with Lewis' inability to properly discipline players; and it had nothing to do with Lewis' preference of playing washed up veterans over younger players, but it's much better than the alternative of having a puppet coach installed. Pick your poison gang.
I just saw on ESPN's 'Bottomline' that Lewis has signed a 2 year contract. Anyway, I'll finish this post to give everyone a better idea of what's going on (basically) concerning Lewis and the alternative.
In a nutshell, Lewis is trying to seize more control of the team. Lewis wants to make most, if not all of the roster decisions when it comes to the draft and free agency without any meddling from Brown. Lewis also wants to make coaching personnel decisions, scouting personnel decisions and just about everything else pertaining to the team and/or whatever Lewis believes is vital for success. If Lewis is successful in distancing Brown from the team, this will be a major accomplishment.
Here's the alternative. If Brown would've fired Lewis and hired another familiar face such as Paul Guenther, the status quo would continue. Brown would continue to make mind-numbing decisions concerning the team with Guenther merely playing the role of Browns own personal hand puppet.
So there you have it. Are the Bengals better off with Marvin Lewis remaining as the teams head coach with Brown assuming a lesser role, or would the team be better off with a 'Paul Guenther type coach' with Brown remaining entrenched in his current role? Personally, anything that distances Brown from the team is a good thing, so I'm reluctantly picking scenario number one.
However, please don't mistake my words as an endorsement of Lewis. After all, Mike Brown's greediness had nothing to do with Lewis' inability to manage a game clock; it had nothing to do with Lewis' inability to properly discipline players; and it had nothing to do with Lewis' preference of playing washed up veterans over younger players, but it's much better than the alternative of having a puppet coach installed. Pick your poison gang.