| 23 January 2011
It’s anyone’s guess as to what will happen with the Bengals’ offensive coordinator position this offseason. I personally think it’s time for Bob Bratkowski to leave, but he does have one year left on his contract and we all know the extremely-frugal Mike Brown will not want to pay someone a hefty salary for not working.
However, there is word that head coach Marvin Lewis is strongly pushing for Bratkowski to be shown the door. But who would replace Brat if he does leave? Well, former Vikings head coach Brad Childress met with Lewis in Cincinnati late last week, so that is one name that is being thrown out there. Normally, I would think there was no chance of that transpiring, but Childress could actually come on the cheap. (And we know Brown would love that.) Since he was fired with three years left on his guaranteed contract, Childress is owed a total of $9 million by the Vikings ($3 mil in each of the next three years). If another team signs Childress to coach for them, the Vikings would have to pay the difference in salary. For example, if Childress is paid $500,000 by the Bengals (or another team) the Vikings would be left on the hook for $2.5 million. (Leaving the question to be: Why wouldn’t a team just sign Childress for $1 and allow the Vikings to make up the other $2,999,999.? You know Childress would love to stick it to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf. [And not just because no one should be named Zygi.])
I would love to see the Bengals hire Childress or someone else from outside the organization to run the offense. It’s past time for Bob “Throw-A-3-Yard-Pass-On-Third-And-6” Bratkowski to go. His offensive play-calling is predictable and he does a horrible job of adjusting in-game to the adjustments that the opposing defense is making on him. I can’t imagine what he’s done to earn the right to retain his job.
That said, he will likely be back if I had to guess because of the fact he has the one year left on his contract. Brown is so cheap he will hold on to him for an additional season, because he won’t want to pay him for golfing.
I hope I’m wrong. We’ll keep the readers updated on this fluid situation. This will be our first true indictation if meaningful changes are really on the way, or if that was just more lip service from the un-funny clown, Mike Brown.
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