Enquirer: Bengals To Get New Playing And Practice Fields

by Jason Garrison on Jan 23, 2012 12:44 PM EST

According to The Cincinnati Enquirer's Sherry Coolidge, the Cincinnati Bengals will be getting a new playing and practice field, which they will pay for themselves with a little help from Hamilton County.

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Sherry CoolidgeBengals to get new practice and playing fields. #bengals 46 minutes ago via Twitter for iPad · powered by @socialditto

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Sherry CoolidgeTeam will pay 70 percent of the cost. Hamilton County pays the rest. #bengals 46 minutes ago via Twitter for iPad · powered by @socialditto

According to Joe Reedy, these are just a few of the updates to Paul Brown Stadium that will take place during the offseason. Stay tuned for updates on this story.

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Interesting.

Replacing the field turf in PBS or going to natural grass? Gotta imagine replacing the turf.

by n8dogg on Jan 23, 2012 12:49 PM EST reply actions

Better be putting a damn IN DOOR PRACTICE BUBBLE over the practice field

Mike Brown is still a shit bag

by Diesel2405 on Jan 23, 2012 1:09 PM EST reply actions

man come on

I bet if he put an in door practice bubble…You would say “it doesnt even have climate contol with the new 2.0 modifications for Ohio”….I am not fully sold on Mikey either …but he has done in the past few months, what he needed to do for the past 20 years….Be F———g happy….we got 4 guys going to pro-bowl….all silly young guys…..I am happy….live in the moment a little…..geez

"In a battle between patience and power, patience always wins"

by ticalcaldwell on Jan 23, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

and he paid 70percent of costs

Mikey is getting points in my book…I have to admit it…I may not like it..

"In a battle between patience and power, patience always wins"

by ticalcaldwell on Jan 23, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

+1

Mikey has been gaining points a=in my book. Whether it is him making the decisions or if he has given up some power, he deserves the credit where the credit is due. He recognized there were many many problems with the franchise and has started to address them (or whoever is now making the decisions has started to). Granted it will take more than a couple good decisions to give Mikey full marks but he is on the right track and trying to (finally) do right by his dad and deserves to be credited for it.

AJ Green = Optimus Prime

by Helmsy on Jan 23, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Got to be others making these decisions and him letting go......

otherwise this would have happened a long time ago (like every other cold weather team). Having said that, I’m in shock (if this is completely true of course) and excited. It’s nice to look forward to reading positive headlines, I could get used to this a little more.

"The next person you see that throws something, point em out! You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!"
- Sam Wyche

by The Van Buren Boys on Jan 23, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

Definitely

I think it has to be somebody else making the decisions or at least somebody convincing Mikey to make the right ones. It doesn’t matter in the end Mikey has given up some of his power for the betterment of the team and I very very glad he did.

AJ Green = Optimus Prime

by Helmsy on Jan 23, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

Gotta think a lot of it is Marvin......

was one of the big roadblocks to him coming back and although he never came out and said it, things like this are suddenly happening. I know there are a lot of naysayers when it comes to Marvin out there, but I don’t think this happens without him being here.

"The next person you see that throws something, point em out! You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!"
- Sam Wyche

by The Van Buren Boys on Jan 23, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

Totally agree.

I can give both men props. Marvin for standing his ground, and it is obvious some of these changes are because of him, if not all of them. And Mike for allowing change. Some will never be happy with MB, and that is fine, but I have to give credit where credit is due, and I am not saying he has made all of these decisions, but we must remember, he has the FINAL say. So whatever is going on, don’t let it stop. For once in my 33 years, I feel like we can truly compete for years to come, and I feel like this is a place where players will WANT to come and play.

by Ben-GAL on Jan 23, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions

See my post below

With the new CBA, the business model for the franchise is completely different than it was. I think it’s just as likely that Brown was unwilling to invest heavily in the infrastructure of the club when the old CBA forced him to spend money elsewhere. Now that the new CBA is in effect, it’s possible that it freed up the budget to make these moves.

Or it’s possible he has finally heard the fans! :)

by EarthwormJim on Jan 23, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

yeah

Reds got a new field to, it’s just the actual playing surfaces, county spending 3.5 for both and the reds aren’t paying a dime for theirs, def. a plus for brown that he’s atying up 70 percent

personally

I don’t want to see Marvin fired, I want him to be promoted to G.M. while handing the reigns over to Zimmer as head coach and hiring Jack Del Rio as Defensive Coordinator. Who Dey!!!

by joeb69 on Jan 9, 2012 8:18 PM EST replyactions 2 recs

by joeb69 on Jan 23, 2012 6:08 PM EST up reply actions

Was thinking the same thing.

The only reason they didn’t practice inside during playoff week was because it would have taken the players out of their normal routine for the first time all season. If one of the practice fields had been covered they definitely would have been inside. Make it happen.

by eric nyc on Jan 23, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions

Does anyone know if and when we are getting the HD screens

I thought they were battling over this a few months ago (between county and Mikey)?

"In a battle between patience and power, patience always wins"

by ticalcaldwell on Jan 23, 2012 1:46 PM EST reply actions

Im not sure

But did he also get the gourmet chef to cook for our players, I mean they need to be able to order and eat what ever they want …….

Do you know what a super man Ass Whooping is ?... Its the type of Ass Whooping you wish you could Fly away from !....

by 77CincyRage on Jan 23, 2012 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

What Took So Long.

Is Mike a shaker or breaker? Is Mike now the giver? Signed Jimmy Buffet. Enjoy a drink and relax. Mike Brown is Back to the Velvet! Deal signed and a trip to the next level Iis looking better all the time. Great job GM! The Round Table has Balance! Mike Brown makes corrections. How can a resonable person not consider this fact! The Bengals were the game of sell. Now the Bengals are a game of just do it right! Did Mike Brown Fail ?! Or does Mike Brown consider that this game of football is a two way street? Dead End Brown is turning into the Guy who can turn the Bengals around! Who will care? Its too late! Who can praise a mind that is slow and weak?! What Took So Long?

by Chili Dog on Jan 23, 2012 2:41 PM EST reply actions

Arghh Headache

by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 23, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Dang it Chilli

AJ Green = Optimus Prime

by Helmsy on Jan 23, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions

that is what I like to call poetry......on weed

"In a battle between patience and power, patience always wins"

by ticalcaldwell on Jan 23, 2012 7:28 PM EST up reply actions

Weed doesn't cause that

that’s something much stronger…

by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 23, 2012 7:30 PM EST up reply actions

Whats funny!

Is Chili always gets the most responses to his comments

"A team is more than a group of individuals,its a group of individuals that come together to make a team"

by keithp on Jan 23, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions

Cograts to the players

Who have deserved this for a long time.

by keithster on Jan 23, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions

Hmmmm I thought the agreement was an indoor practice facilty for marvin lewis to come back?

by bengals&buckeyenation on Jan 23, 2012 3:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Credit to Mike Brown

I’d like to see a FanPost from one of the Anti-Brown crowd giving articulate reasons for the ongoing hate. As much as I support the notion that this team hasn’t proved anything until it wins a playoff game, I’m hard pressed to think of anything on the fans’ wish list that Brown hasn’t actively tried to fulfill this season, except the scouting staff.

And don’t throw out the tired old “we need a GM” bit. That has only been a complaint because Mike hadn’t displayed any sort of real leadership, but that hasn’t been the case recently, so that argument is invalid.

Lastly, I wonder how the new CBA will affect Mikey’s approach to the game. He was one of the first to recognize the structural pitfalls in the old CBA, as it related to the escalation of player salaries, and I believe that caused much of his stubbornness toward player negotiation. Now that he got what he wanted in that department, and the upcoming enforcement of the cap floor, it will be interesting to see if his approach toward player selection and retention is more aggressive.

by EarthwormJim on Jan 23, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

New field almost as important as indoor facility..

Remember when the players rated PBS’ surface 11th out of 13 artificial surface stadiums?

by Cry on Jan 23, 2012 4:51 PM EST reply actions

Maybe Mike Brown has got a little love from the Palmer trade and he wants more?

Maybe he is so stubborn that it took him 20 years to finally realize his way isn’t working. If he brought a championship to the city then all would be forgotten. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come.

by D-Day77 on Jan 23, 2012 7:10 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions

Marvin deserves all the credit for this

But Mike B.is putting up 70% so i guess he should get some too

"A team is more than a group of individuals,its a group of individuals that come together to make a team"

by keithp on Jan 23, 2012 7:19 PM EST reply actions

Or just simply the fact that Mike B. is allowing it to happen

by Oregonbengalsfan on Jan 23, 2012 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

I just read the post on this on the channel 12 site out of cincy

And people are pissed. It’s worth a read.

by Bigcatdaddy on Jan 23, 2012 7:45 PM EST via Android app reply actions

Love to see these long needed improvements.

Now, time to fix the live experience of PBS. Improve the concessions, security, staff (a smile wouldn’t kill these people), better sound system, improve the graphics…things like that. They lowered the prices which was a great start, show off the place by fixing this stuff.

by KSE on Jan 23, 2012 8:16 PM EST reply actions