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Bob Bratkowski to stick around; Bengals to coach North in Senior Bowl

For those of you banking on the Bengals dumping Bob Bratkowski this off-season, turn away. Watch Jimmy Johnson chat during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl pre-game show; it'll be easier on you, even with his pink shirt and tie. The Bengals coaching staff was invited to fill the ranks for the North at the annual Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama on January 24, 2008 2009 at 8 P.M.

Several things to note here.

If the Bengals were going to make a coaching change, it would have happened by now. It's one thing to replace a position coach, but an offensive coordinator is typically a highly complicated system that requires months, upon months of development and integration. Coordinators need to understand their players, so that roles can be established, and the system worked around the talent of the players. Based on that alone, it should be clear that the Bengals are sticking with Bratkowski.

Secondly, you're not going to take your anyone from the coaching staff if you don't plan a change. What's the point of taking the coaches to the Senior Bowl, to scout the seniors in the game, if they're just going to be fired anyway? That, in itself, makes it additionally clear. Even Geoff Hobson points out the obvious that this "announcement confirms the Bengals plan little change to their coaching staff."

C Trent, who also has the press release, points out several players in the 2004 Senior Bowl, the last time the Bengals coaching staff was in the game, ended up being drafted by the team: Keiwan Ratliff, Madieu Williams, Greg Brooks, and Kyle Larson. Larson remains. Yea. Me too, fellas.

The game will be on NFL Network; which means barely anyone will get to watch it.

We want to make this abundantly clear, for any site, coach or player we rip into: we're not addressing the person, just services (barely) rendered, the actual opinion given, etc... We're not blindly going around marching to the drum of firing someone simply because we're the displeased mob with torches during Access Hollywood (two points if you know the reference). We believe that the system is flawed, that being unable to plug players into the system, using the "talent" excuse, is a severe disadvantage. It means that if God of the Golden Arms isn't playing, that the Bengals can shelve whatever hope remains. No offensive system should be based on a single player.

We know that our argument is very weak. There's nothing to back it up. We complain generally about the plays, but specifics aren't readily published. So it should be up to the Consortium of Bengals bloggers to document it all; to throw a pile of papers on the demons desk to say, "this is why."

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The Primary Reason to Fire Bratkowski...

the shovel pass. That alone is worth a spot in the 4th circle of football hell. There’s enough Bengals there to field a whole team – captained by Scott Mitchell and Tremain Mack.

"Ryan, Things in here don't react too well to bullets." - Marko Ramius

by TarZander on Jan 5, 2009 8:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Nice

The last two paragraphs are awesome. I have been trying to bag Bob all season (and last season).

It hurts to know we will be watching the same offense next year.

by whodeyfans on Jan 6, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

"The game will be on NFL Network; which means barely anyone will get to watch it."

Thankfully i have NFL network (screw Time Warner)
But not only will the game be on TV, but the whole weeks practices will be on too! oh i cant wait! I dont know what is more fun? Scouting the Players or listening to the Bengals coaches and finding out wich ones actually know what they are doing. I remember watching Mike Singletary coaching the LBs and he tearing a new ass in Buster Davis (Florida State), before that i thought of Buster as a 2nd-4th Round pick. I think he ended up in the 6th and then cut by that team (Cardinals?) in trainning camp. and you could tell that Singletary would be a future head coach in the NFL

by firstPick on Jan 6, 2009 7:19 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Bratkowski

I didn’t think it could get more depressing, but assuming you’re right about the Off.Coordinator, we crawl ever deeper into the black hole. I have heard that the reason Chad P. did so well in MIami this year is that he fit well into Dan Hennings system. Really? Changing the system can have a positive effect on an aging QB? WOW! As I recall, there has been only one great offensive season in the Carson Palmer / Bob Bratkowski era. The rest have been “near misses” – “well get ’em next year, boys.” How about getting Norm Chow, who was Palmers off.coor. at USC? He didn’t help Vince Young, but that’s a completely different style of QB. 1st Down: Pass – Incomplete, 2nd Down; run up the middle for no gain, 3rd down; pass – incomplete to a double covered TJ, 4th down; punt…time of possession = 1:22. I’m not sure how much more I can take…

by BenZoo on Jan 7, 2009 9:57 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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