Coaches thread

I expected Baalke to be back, but it still pisses me off. At least Doug is gone, but that should've happened after the Detroit game. Shad's refusal to do a clean sweep is ridiculous, we only hired Baalke in the first place because he's who Urban Meyer wanted to be GM, yet he's outlasted two coaches and is gonna get to pick a third

Poverty franchise.

JujitsuFlip · Post #9 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:02 pm

DOT wrote:

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I expected Baalke to be back, but it still pisses me off. At least Doug is gone, but that should've happened after the Detroit game. Shad's refusal to do a clean sweep is ridiculous, we only hired Baalke in the first place because he's who Urban Meyer wanted to be GM, yet he's outlasted two coaches and is gonna get to pick a third

Poverty franchise.

Look on the bright side, Bengals haven't had a GM in their 57 year history.

El Turco · Post #10 » by **El Turco** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:24 pm

Sometimes it baffles me how these people become billionaires. Surely he wouldn't employ someone like Baalke this long in his companies, almost as if he is trying to sabotage his own team.

Mariner · Post #11 » by **Mariner** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:27 pm

QB_Eagles wrote:
LAKESHOW wrote:Mayo got fired? What did he do?

Yeah, it's strange. I assume the SB-losing coach won't be fired even though they're both losers.

Really strange that you’re still struggling with that.

Post #12 » by **DOT** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 2:55 pm

El Turco wrote:Sometimes it baffles me how these people become billionaires. Surely he wouldn't employ someone like Baalke this long in his companies, almost as if he is trying to sabotage his own team.

Post #13 » by **DOT** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 4:43 pm

I can't wait for the Jags to pass on Mason Graham and Will Johnson because they went to Michigan and Trent Baalke refuses to draft players Jim Harbaugh coached.

Post #14 » by **Cactus Jack** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:01 pm

DOT wrote:I can't wait for the Jags to pass on Mason Graham and Will Johnson because they went to Michigan and Trent Baalke refuses to draft players Jim Harbaugh coached.

Is there a Travon Walker in this draft?

JujitsuFlip · Post #15 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:05 pm

Wow, someone actually grew a pair in the organization. Cya Lou and Pollack, both those dudes were consistently at the source of the Bengals problems on both sides of the ball.

It's not Zac Taylor but it's the next best thing.

Post #16 » by **DOT** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:07 pm

Cactus Jack wrote:
DOT wrote:I can't wait for the Jags to pass on Mason Graham and Will Johnson because they went to Michigan and Trent Baalke refuses to draft players Jim Harbaugh coached.

Is there a Travon Walker in this draft?

Shemar Stewart.

azcatz11 · Post #17 » by **azcatz11** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 5:59 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:Wow, someone actually grew a pair in the organization. Cya Lou and Pollack, both those dudes were consistently at the source of the Bengals problems on both sides of the ball.

It's not Zac Taylor but it's the next best thing.

Lou was being talked about as a HC candidate last year or the year before...kind of interesting.

What's crazy about the Bengals is you all are the current 5th best AFC team in the league. I have you all better than Denver + Pittsburgh.

JujitsuFlip · Post #18 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 6:18 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:Wow, someone actually grew a pair in the organization. Cya Lou and Pollack, both those dudes were consistently at the source of the Bengals problems on both sides of the ball.

It's not Zac Taylor but it's the next best thing.

Lou was being talked about as a HC candidate last year or the year before...kind of interesting.

What's crazy about the Bengals is you all are the current 5th best AFC team in the league. I have you all better than Denver + Pittsburgh.

He interviewed for HC jobs 2 or 3 years in a row. Honestly though, even the 2 years of deep playoff runs, the defense wasn't top 10. Rumor is he ends up back with the Giants.

I have the Bengals as #2 in the AFC behind only the Chiefs. As far as regular season goes, I am fine putting them at #4 since the Bills and Ravens consistently accompany the Chiefs in the playoffs but realistically we all know neither have a shot against the Cheifs, when it counts.

Bengals beat the Chiefs on January 30th 2022 and were one penalty away on January 29th 2023 from doing it again.

It is all moot though, Bengals have had back to back 9-8 seasons since then, not qualifying for the playoffs either time. It is the worst kind of treadmill to be on. Until they prove it, it is all talk and my thoughts don't matter.

El Turco · Post #19 » by **El Turco** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 7:38 pm

Zac Taylor is holding them back imo. I bet there would be quite a few offensive minds interested in the Bengals job if it became available, despite the terrible ownership.

QB_Eagles · Post #20 » by **QB_Eagles** » Mon Jan 6, 2025 8:14 pm

El Turco wrote:Zac Taylor is holding them back imo. I bet there would be quite a few offensive minds interested in the Bengals job if it became available, despite the terrible ownership.

Zac Taylor is going to hire Press Taylor as his OC and then they will win the Super Bowl. :nod: