April Approval Poll: Do you Approve of the Job Marvin Lewis is Doing?

I approve but, if we have another fall off like after 2005 I will be unsure of him once again. I think it is like anything what have you done for me lately.

Hi there, Paul from the UK. I love Marvin and what he’s done/doing with the team and the club. However, while I’m excited about the draft and think we have a strong nucleus of talented players in pretty much all areas, I am dirtying my trousers a little bit about next season. Is it just me or do we have an unbelievably tight and tough schedule? People talk about drop-off seasons, but I think we will do very well to finish 10-6 again. More likely an 8-8, or a 9-7.

We should’ve had at least one playoff win by now. That’s my ultimate standard.

We’ve kept questionable coaches and players for far too long (Bresnahan, Brat, Tory James, Brad St. Louis), and in some cases, it took ridiculous situations for us to finally get rid of them (St. Louis in particular).

We’ve gambled too much in the draft. Now, I don’t know how much of that is Mike and how much is Marvin, but it’s at least partially Marvin’s fault.

Marvin has made a number of horrible game-time decisions.

All that said, I don’t think we could get a better coach than Marvin, at this point. I picture us being stuck with a retread or with a Lane Kiffen-like overachiever who’s in over his head.

Yeah, totally agree with James and Carson… while there is a chance of finishing with a lesser record this year, it’s going to be great tuning and seeing us play the Colts, Saints et al. It’s exciting and, as you say, a huge measuring stick for us. Not just the players but the coaching staff as well – Marvin mentioned in yesterday’s Enquirer webchat that we will have to pass for 300 yards more often – so it’ll be a fun year I think.

He was totally deserving of Coach of the Year in ‘09. Great job totally retooling the offense and guiding the team through two tough tragedies. He got Zimmer to re-up for three more years and the players believe in him. Come on Mike…get Marvin’s signature on the dotted line. Who else would coach for you?

He has run his course in Cincinnati and was not able to get this team last year beyond mediocre. The 7-2 start (which could have been 8-1 or 3-6) was followed up by the exposure of Bratkowski’s ineptitude as a play caller, the defensive inability to forse a big turnover in a big game and ML’s skill at getting outcoached at key moment regarding field position and game management.

His departure should ahve been 2 years ago. I smell another 5-11 this year.