Is Mike Brown looking to fire Marvin Lewis?

by Kirkendall on Oct 1, 2008 12:25 PM EDT in Rumors Comment 11 comments

Rumor, rumor, rumor. I love them; especially when they're disconnected to events that are perceived as relative, but are hardly similar. Unfortunately, a rumor will gain fodder, indirectly related to Al Davis' press conference; though the timing is exact; fueled to a mainstream event corresponding to a rumor. Pro Football Central is claiming that a source (though we're not sure where these sources are situated within the rumor) are informing them that the Bengals are looking to fire Marvin Lewis by the end of the week.

Mike Brown isn't Al Davis. While Brown runs the least successful on-field product in the league, he won't risk the controversy that would force him again, behind the podium. Lewis has developed enough reputation to keep his job safe through the season, and Brown is loyal enough to not fire a head coach after only a quarter of the season.

If, and I mean, if, there's a power struggle between Lewis and Brown, then the likeliness of Brown firing Lewis increases. However, I still don't foresee a scenario in which Brown fires Lewis after four games. It would draw too much attention to the Bengals (and obviously Brown doesn't want that). Brown could risk Lewis leaking points that the franchise may not otherwise appreciate becoming public.

I'm not saying that the rumor is true, or false. It's that, a rumor. At the same time, I still don't see Brown firing Lewis midway through the season.

(hat tip, Stripe Hype)

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Probably a rumor but...

…anything is possible. But I agree with you. Dismissing Lewis mid-season would mean a long and drawn coach search while an interim flounders through the remainder of the season. Not great PR for team that is already an NFL laughingstock and has an owner which isn’t considered a “winner.” And I have to admit, I am not sure who they would get—-I don’t know if I would want to coach the Bengals.

by goffchile on Oct 1, 2008 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Could someone please fire Mike Brown?

Pretty please? With sugar on top?

Tom Blogical

by Tom Blogical on Oct 1, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mike Brown is fine with sellouts

I can’t imagine who would want the position especially since Marvin still seems respected in the league while Mike Brown isn’t. Perhaps Appalachian State’s head coach is looking for a mental illness though.
The more important reason though is that as long as the stadium is selling out, Brown has no reason to change things. Firing Marvin now would show he was throwing in the towel and attendance, though expected to drop, would drop even further. Brown would then be unhappy.
He doesn’t mind losing as a whole …just losing money

by carsick on Oct 1, 2008 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

could we keep marvin and lose mike

pretty please..

by palewook on Oct 1, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If Mike stepped down...

we’d only get a team run by his family who all attended the Mike Brown School of NFL Franchise Mismanagement! The only way this is improving is if the family sells the team.

by TheWalrus1971 on Oct 1, 2008 3:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

what about

Marty Schottenheimer? i know a coach can’t fix everything, especially the Bengals. but, since the management is so pathetic, at least Marty can bring a well coached, well disciplined team.

by CSon on Oct 1, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

mike brown should die

I have never hated someone so much that I have never met. If I ever see that pathetic excuse for a man I’m going to drop kick him in his balls and spit in his face. That stupid a-hole is poor excuse for a person. I don’t understand how you could own something so awesome and turn it into the most pathtic excuse for a football franchise ever. We as a city should take the team and stadium away from him. Make him leave. Let’s start harassing him and his family until they leave. Enough is enough and this skid mark needs to be removed from the city

by Diesel2405 on Oct 1, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Torch and Pitchfork Time!

Mike Brown. We all could understand that, upon the death of his father- and having grown up at his father’s knee, he thought he could run a professional football franchise. We all could accept that, after the first few losing years, it was natural to blame whatever coach was handy- or the players themselves, and remain confident in one’s own ability. But pointing the finger elsewhere gets more difficult when you run out of fingers to point and, when you are the only common denominator in- now- eighteen years of futility, only an insane person holds onto that initial belief. Well, an insane person or an genuinely apathetic one. The brown family can maintain ownership of this club in perpetuity for all I care so long as Mike steps back and hires a legitimate GM to make the football decisions. Because right now, he’s forty pounds and a wardrobe malfunction away from being Al Davis.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Oct 1, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Spending Freeze

I think Bengals fans should stop giving any more money to the organization until changes are made.
Do not buy any merchandise. If you already have bought tickets you should feel free to go to games but do not buy concessions at the games.

The Browns are making money as it is. If that can be stopped, maybe they will make a change.

by R.F. Mehl on Oct 1, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of rumors....

I heard it through the grapevine that it is actually Marvin Lewis that wants out…and he is hoping to get fired which would keep his options open for another coaching job. Anyone heard this?

by goffchile on Oct 2, 2008 9:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs