Marvin Lewis wins AP Coach of the Year award

Marvin is a great assessor of talent and character. He’s an incredibly good motivator. He used those strengths to get the most out of a good, not great team this year. For this, he deserves the award.
That said, Marvin knows how to coach a team, he does not know how to coach a game. His clock management and in-game strategy decisions are abysmal. I’d like to see some of that responsibility moved onto Carson’s shoulders next year.

I don’t think he deserved it. We lucked out in the draft, Zimmer came along and fixed the defense for him (yeah, Marvin is likely the main reason he’s here, but Marvin was likely the reason we kept Bresnahan so long, as well), and we still haven’t won a playoff game. The clock management/in-game decisions issue is a dead horse, and we’re still stuck with Bratball, which may very well be Marvinball. Plus, we’ve been trying to rebuild the o-line since ‘06, when Braham went down. We’re halfway there (good run-blocking, bad pass-blocking), but I think that, in that amount of time, you should be able to get all the way there.

If we were a really bad team, I could see this. But we have the personnel for a top-five defense and an elite running game. If you have those two things, you should be able to win games more definitively and be more than one-and-done in the postseason.

Don’t laugh—and I’m sorry for the cliche—but I actually see this is a sign of disrespect. “Oh, look at what Marvin did with those poor old Bengals!” Um, no, the players are pretty good (though we obviously need help at G, WR, and S), it’s the coaching that’s questionable.

5 other coaches easily come to mind before Lewis for this honor. However, given his leadership the title is rightfully his. check out this great piece http://thesportsthought.com/?p=141 on why it’s not always about football.

Are you kidding me?

Mikey Effing Brown is a stubborn old cheapskate mule! He doesn’t have loyalty to anything but greenbacks. He got Lewis cause he was willing to work for less, and accept dumb-ass dictates like keeping offensive coaches from previous failed staffs. After Lewis produced mediocrity which is way better than previous failures, he looks like a saint. But that’s only because of LOW STANDARDS!

In reality Lewis is a horrible game day manager, and his team is notoriously undisciplined on the field (penalties) and off (crimes). He would not be hired anywhere else when he’s done in Cincy. Like David Shula. We know who the real geniuses were of the Baltimore Ravens defense — and it wasn’t coach Lewis.

I have been a 25 year diehard Bengal fan. The playoff game was a total letdown but congrats to Lewis. Well done this year it was a great improvement over last year and I hold my head high as a fan. I have no doubt we will continue on the right path and build on this years success. Its always been hard being a Bengals fan but i wouldnt have it any other way. I’m looking forward to next year. WHO-DEY!!!!!!!

just sent the chargers home early too. the game had a lot in common with last weeks. maybe the bengals finished poorly because they were playing some tough opposition. the jets may be better than many of us thought. and rex ryan is certainly looking like the real coach of the year. if they get to the super bowl and he isn’t coach of the year?

shankapottamus for the ned keading. they would be on notice but the hatred would get left in cincy and san diego.

It was on the rumor page on ESPN. This might be a pipe dream, what do y’all think?