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Bengals fans rejoice: we won't have to go through this again

Marvin Lewis is either the world's most confident coach, or he's simply losing his mind. The former preferable; the latter possible. After Sunday's 34-3 super-beating by the Ravens in every reasonable way, including the declaration of playing with pride, Marvin Lewis said "...our football team won't have to go through another season like this, nor will our fans... believe me."

We wish we could, but how? Will the entire offensive line regroup and be a better unit next season? Will letting Eric Ghiaciuc go (yes) along with Stacy Andrews leaving Andrew Whitworth, Levi Jones and Bobbie Williams under contract for next season? Would replacing Jones with Anthony Collins make us believe it, even if Jones remains with the team? What about keeping Chris Perry in for third-and-short, or signing Cedric Benson to a long-term deal when he's clearly not that type of back that can perform well with a mediocre line? (what's the point signing him if he can't do it with a lackluster offensive line now?) What about replacing T.J. Houshmandzadeh if he's not franchised? Or allowing Chad Johnson to start, who isn't just a distraction, but severely under-performing that the thought of benching him should be under serious consideration?

Sorry Marvin, but we just can't. At the end of last year, Lewis said that it's "time for us to blow the whole thing up and start from scratch." Come to think of it, I suppose the offense is evident of that.

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not even fun at this point for even light kidding..every fan deserves better than the crap being handed out in Ohio (sincerely)…there is no direction in anyway. maybe it is time for a fire sale and load up on talent next year…i hope you recover enough so everytime i visit a blog they don’t start out by saying, “big deal, the Ravens beat the Bengals twice and Browns twice”…we need a strong division to make everyone better and ready for the playoffs..see ya next year and good luck in the draft.

by raven on Nov 30, 2008 11:32 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

unless marvin

has a plan to force mike brown to hire scouts and a GM, this is just lip service.

by palewook on Dec 1, 2008 7:23 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What could he possibly mean?
Marvin Lewis said “…our football team won’t have to go through another season like this, nor will our fans… believe me.”

What kind of sweeping changes is he planning for the offseason? What does he mean by this? Does he think we’re just not paying attention anymore? Talk about the Joe Isuzu of the NFL…wow!

by TheWalrus1971 on Dec 1, 2008 10:06 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, THIS is good...

From Bengals.com…

[Mike Brown] indicated he has no plans to hire a general manager.

“The answer to the general manager problem is the same answer that we have to have for all these criticisms. We have to win. When we manage to do that, we won’t hear so much about that kind of talk.”

Does anybody ELSE see the Mack-truck-sized hole in this logic besides me???

by TheWalrus1971 on Dec 1, 2008 3:57 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Let's see.

IF…
Point of playing = Winning
GM = Incredibly better suited for scouting talent.

Then

GM = Winning

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by Kirkendall on Dec 1, 2008 4:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THANK you!

What a pompous, condescending arse he is for that “we won’t hear so much about that kind of talk” remark!

Thinking out loud…why doesn’t he just promote one of his family to the GM position? They’re all over the freakin’ front office anyhow!

Answer: Because one of the things a really, really bad team does when looking for a way to make sweeping changes IS… Fire the GM!

What. A. Tard!

by TheWalrus1971 on Dec 1, 2008 10:32 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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