“I wish I wasn’t writing this. Listen to any other sports podcast, even from sports writers who are the same age (or older) as the host of this one, and you will find that there is push for honest assessment, change, and continual improvement. That is not the Bengals. New uniforms is not change. It’s putting the same crappy product in a newer package. A new coach that is a “Yes man” to the ownership instead of pushing for new innovation on the field and in every aspect of management is the same hire and same approach as David Shula. The Browns are producing webisodes. Watch one and you will see it is not this. Their management and culture is completely different. The Steelers just traded for a pro bowl linebacker off the Jags for a 6th round pick, a bus ticket, and a half eaten bag of chips. The culture in Pittsburgh is not this. They won 11 games last year and rebuilt like it was a losing season.
I’m starting to think that it’s time to finally let go my 40 year fandom and love of the Bengals that I’ve been holding onto, the hope of seeing another innovative and league leading offense that hangs 40 on Houston in a playoff game, one that competes for championships like when I was an eight year old kid watching Boomer Esiason and Tim Krumrie in the Super Bowl. They were my heroes because they won. They were new. Other teams like the Bills were copying them. When is the last time anyone copied anything that the Bengals did?
This team produced podcast shows me that whoever is controlling this organization loses because it can’t adapt. It instead wants to hold onto “Dan Patrick” show topics, a tired intro, and clinging to and the early 80’s. The 80’s were awesome, but they happened 40 years ago. Name any other team including the Steelers (70’s) that even mentions them.”
mtg1981 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/21