| 04 January 2011
Well, so much for Marvin Lewis returning to the Bengals. ESPN just broke in during College Football Live to report that talks have broken off between the Cincinnati Bengals and Marvin Lewis.
My take is that Mike Brown's cheap ass probably wasn't willing to meet Marv's demands. Mikey doesn't like anyone telling him how to run his business, despite the fact that he's by far and away the worst owner in the NFL.
I actually had a newfound respect for Lewis for the way he stood up to Brown and said in so many words: "I'm not coming back unless you take care of X, Y, Z." I still don't think Lewis is a good head coach, but Brown won't find anyone better. So, in recent days I had actually changed my tune and wanted Lewis back. Again, no good coach is going to want to work for Brown, so Lewis is probably as good as it will get in Cincinnati under Brown. Remember, this is the same man that thought it was a good idea to fire Sam Wyche and replace him with a rookie coach in Dave Shula. Brown is awful at nearly everything and one of them is hiring head coaches. (Keep in mind Lewis wasn't his first choice 8 years ago. Mike Mularkey was.) So, I fully expect the next coach of the Bengals to be no better than Lewis. The best we can hope for as Bengal fans is someone as good as Lewis. Or, should I say, someone as mediocre as Lewis. (Hey, mediocre is way better than Shula, Bruce Coslet and Dick LeBeau. The latter is a great defensive coordinator, but is not a head coach. So, thanks for your mediocrity, Marv. It's far better than anything we were treated to since Wyche left town.)
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