Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Marvin makes nice

I happened to be listening to Marvin Lewis's news conference yesterday when he laid out this blast.

“I tell (players) all the time, ‘Don’t try to explain it to (media), because (media) won’t understand it’,” Lewis said.

Yeah, there's so much nuance and subtlety surrounding a defense that gives up 51 points in an NFL game.

Then this one

On the special teams giving up 451 yards in returns in two weeks because defenders are not staying in their lanes and getting sealed off:


"Your very elementary assessment of it is a little off-base. But we've got to do better."


Boy we're all a bunch of knuckleheads out here in fandom. I'll tell Marvin what's elementary. How does a coach take a 30th ranked defense in the NFL; let go of Brian Simmons, Tory James, Kevin Kasevaharin, and Sam Adams, replace them with a pack of accountants, bankers, & strippers, and expect a defense that's better than last year?

Marvin received a free pass around here because he took a team that was dreadful and made it mediocre. But the fact is, he runs his teams just like LeBoBo, Coslett, Shula, et al.

I hope his dad owns a steak house like Shula's because that's he's going to be working after this season.

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