Schefter: Marvin Lewis Demanding Upgraded Training Facilities And Player Personnel Department
We wrote last week that perhaps the most important person related one way or another to the Cincinnati Bengals, is head coach Marvin Lewis. Why? Because if Mike Brown and the Bengals really want Lewis to return -- and from their perspective, Lewis has done a lot of good with so little inside the organization -- then the Bengals will have to make changes.
But what are those changes?
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Lewis is demanding an "upgrade their training facilities and their player personnel department" and was so "adamant on these issues that it is the reason he declined to sign the contract extension offered him before this season."
Schefter writes that there's no indication that the Bengals are willing to make any changes and that if they don't, Lewis will not return.
The Bengals and Marvin Lewis will meet next week and the Bengals and Lewis' future should be known as early as Tuesday.
And yes, if Lewis returns and the Bengals capitulate to his demands, then the Bengals will be that much closer to modernization like the rest of the NFL and therefore, he becomes the most important person related one way or another to the Cincinnati Bengals. If not, then the Bengals will remain status quo, yet the hatred for Brown will get even worse because he actively refused to improve the organization... and we'll know about it.
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Thank you Marvin for the last 8 years
You knew what we needed in 2003, you know what we need still in 2011.
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by Joe Goodberry on Jan 2, 2011 12:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
that is the reason I want him back
Because just by giving in to those demands the team will be so much better.
by BonnieBengal on Jan 2, 2011 12:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Wow after reading this I really hope Marvin is back next year
If he is it will mean the team is taking steps in the right direction (big steps, not just let’s get a different coach type steps)
by Peko94 on Jan 2, 2011 12:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Good for Lewis...
,,,obviously he cares about this organization and the fan base. Does Mike Brown? We’ll know Tuesday.
by goffchile on Jan 2, 2011 12:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Thank you, Coach Lewis.
Even if he leaves, he’s framing the story in a way that demonstrates there are substantial changes that need to be made to the organization’s structure.
by FordhamRam on Jan 2, 2011 12:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It's good to see someone staying taking a stand against MB
Should be interesting to see how this plays out. And really, he is not asking for anything that the team shouldn’t already have.
by n8dogg on Jan 2, 2011 12:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Why the hell would any other coach want to come to this city if they don't meet this understandable demands from Marvin?
I mean, really, Marvin is asking for things that all other teams have.
by jsl413 on Jan 2, 2011 12:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
keep that guy AWAY from cincinnati
he will single-handedly run this franchise back into the ground
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by Blue Steel on Jan 2, 2011 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
good for you Marvin
Way to stand up to the Moron.
I hear MB likes Dave Campo
ok, I didn’t hear that, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t believable
filling seats next year
I have doubts that Brown will do much more than put on a show about updating staff or facilities unless he can get the county to pay for it.
If not Lewis, Brown will need to bring in a named coach to get people enthused about coming to games again and that coach will definitely demand upgrades so either way I see some upgrades.
If not, how will they get butts in the seats during another rebuilding after twenty years of losing 90% of seasons? That’s not a rhetorical question. Really, what will they do to get people enthused?
Not that I have faith that their idea of upgrades will be what everyone here is dreaming of. Does Katie Blackburn have any kids old enough to join the scouting department yet? Or maybe Mike decides to buy a second VCR for reviewing film.
I don't see him bringing in a coaching staff to bring people in
I see him getting the biggest name “sexy” pick in the draft to get people excited.
Like a new QB or WR..
(Cam Newton or AJ Green)
Then an equally sexy pick in round 2.
so what im saying is he’ll take it out on our draft class… =/
Hopefully my picture doesn't show my bias.
Ugh, and I was hoping he'd wait until next year to blow a draft pick on a QB
Though, that would have meant reaching on Pryor.
a sexy WR at the expense of linemen or safeties
Sounds about right for Brown but sportswriters will rightfully destroy their choices and fans will realize we don’t need to follow the team for another couple years because the Bengals are once again starting from scratch.
"fans will realize we don’t need to follow the team for another couple years"
Don’t fans follow every game, every year? :-)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Jan 2, 2011 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Not in Cincinnati
Distaste for Mike Brown and frustration have displaced fanaticism. At least enough not to sell out the stadium and decide to do chores on Sundays instead of watching the Bengals. They had a 14 year opportunity to capture my 14 year old’s attention, they failed. Yet, he loves watching football. Just not the Bengals.
Sad but true.
Another bad season and the bengals blogs and message boards will grow even smaller.
Hopefully my picture doesn't show my bias.
It's the asses in seats equation
Sexy position + high draft pick = asses in seats..
Sad but true.
Hopefully my picture doesn't show my bias.
too many years of frustration
I think the fans and bandwagoneers have seen too much to be distracted by shiny bangle bracelets anymore. They want a football team that can compete. Shiny distractions worked in the past. Not sure anymore.
Attaboy, Marvin.
At least someone wants to win.
"I bet that sex Bengals fan is really pissed now." -DT3428
Dragging Mike Brown's franchise into the 21st century is a lost cause
But it’s an admirable pursuit. Whether or not he’s the coach next year, I won’t forget how well Lewis represented the franchise, or how he made chicken salad out of chicken ****. Thank you, coach.
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integrity
what marvin has and mike never will. breaks my heart we’re going to lose marvin. if this comes to pass, going to be hard for me to follow mike’s team much longer and i’ve been on this ship for 30+ years.
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After Marvin walks
where does he land? I hear Pitt needs a head coach…:)
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sez Marvin Lewis is on Pitt’s short list of coaching candidates.
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by cesarhernandez on Jan 2, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Why?
Why would a NFL team owner not want to win? I just don’t get it. You spend millions on players but can’t give your coaches what they need to win?
32 teams and we get MB as our owner, Damn the luck of it all.
"Next season will be better" circa 1990
new coach
Won’t do anything but put us back a few more years and by then our talent will be gone again. Look at all the other teams that constantly change coaching staffs it rarely ever works. The ones that do don’t have MB
"Next season will be better" circa 1990
if Marvin walks
based on MB not wanting to upgrade the franchise, I’ll probably not get the NFL package next year. It’s just too frustrating.
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