I only caught the last 10 minutes or so of Hard Knocks last night. And I wish I hadn't seen it. Watching Mike Brown sit at the front of a Georgetown classroom and act a fool confirmed all of our worst theories about how the Bengals actually are behind closed doors. I've been trying to wrap my mind around the scenario, and what I keep coming up with is that Mike Brown lives in a world of delusion. No one tells him that most of the players and ideas he brings to the team are spectactularly awful. And since no one calls him on his disabilities he just keeps on playing make believe like he did when his dad was around. Paul Brown may have done the same sort of tinkering with his team but he had decades of teaching and coaching and evaluating talent to rely on. All Mike did before he took the reins was exist as a big round flesh toned bowling ball.
This situation is so sad. Marvin had his shot at being a head coach neutered by Mikey. The first half of Carson's career is going to pass by with him only playing in one playoff game. Mike Zimmer's head is going to explode after his linebacking corp is decimated by injuries and Mike Brown tells him Brad St. Louis has good lateral quickness and a linebackin' body. And all the while two generations of football fans in Cincy are never going to know what it feels like to have confidence while rooting for their team.
Right on, what a jive turkey. Anyone who employs an man who looks and acts like Jim LIppincott does does not deserve a football team and fans like Cincinnati has.
Posted by: CurseofBoJackson | August 14, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Sorry, extra does. Does does does not not not
Posted by: CurseofBoJackson | August 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I can't believe they made an offer to Vick....wait...oh yes I can !!!
Posted by: Delta5243 | August 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Amen....
Posted by: Robinsgr | August 14, 2009 at 11:25 AM
The most classless thing I have ever seen a pro sports team ever do. Lippincott is so ignorant to the fact it makes it look all the worse. That man is NOT NFL Caliber.
Posted by: JMo | August 14, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Watching Mikey conduct that meeting with the coaching staff clarified any misconceptions about the lack of professionalism in the Bengals organization. The looks of disbelief on the coaches' faces when Mike was brainstormng about the tight end position was priceless. Regarding Vick...can you imagine the reaction in a conservative town like Cincinnati if Mikey HAD managed to sign Vick? Just more proof that Mikey doesn't know squat about football nor give a damn what the people in this town think.
Posted by: Dave | August 14, 2009 at 02:01 PM
I might be mistaken, but during the coach's party I'm pretty sure Mike Brown stuck an unopened bottle of beer in his pocket. "Saving" it for later? Or maybe planning on selling it at PBS (BIG PROFITS)? A little something to sweeten the Andre Smith deal?
If anyone has it tivo'd or dvr'd, please confirm.
Posted by: MLH | August 14, 2009 at 04:38 PM
How about when lippencott says i need your "special, coveted, to be guarded playbooks" and they show him when its still dark lean them up outside next to the door of i suppose one of the coaches room. Although, I guess it does'nt matter much cause no other team would want to steal what already is stale and predictable.
Posted by: kotw65 | August 14, 2009 at 06:47 PM
Speaking of Lippy, I've never seen a guy who is 5'6" have a 7-foot-wide ass.
Posted by: tbar | August 15, 2009 at 06:14 AM
lets just burn that fuck at the stake... anyone down?.... im fucking tired of this shit.. i will never not love my bengals..... but for at least a year or two... can i get some fucking banwaggoning fans?, ... can i talk shit to someone else about their team before they see my bengals attire and tell me to shut the fuck up because im a bengals fan and we can only win 4.5 games a goddamn year (not to mention they were against shit teams at the end of the season).... someone please give a fuck about the people who give a fuck.....
Posted by: braddeygoddamit | August 15, 2009 at 06:24 AM
Love the rant braddey, but one question: did you stay up all night or get up early? I see 6:24 am post time.
Posted by: KTRB | August 15, 2009 at 02:23 PM
mikey reminds me of that john dupont guy that loved being around athletes and thought of himself as being one of them, when in fact everyone else viewed him as what he really was: an insane, weird, but very wealthy man who they could only say so much to without jeopardizing their own well-being. the emperor has no clothes.
Posted by: dewey | August 18, 2009 at 04:53 PM