This picture was taken from Cincinnati Kid over at the Bengals.com message boards - more coming later from our photographer at scrimmage last night. As Joe Reedy tweeted last night,"Estimated crowd at Georgetown 6,500 plus one airplane."
The message from last night's banner is pretty straightforward - over the last 18 seasons, the Bengals have a cumulative record of 101-187-1. And yet they are the only team among the teams who had top 10 draft picks to not make one major change among coaching staff or front office. If the Bengals ever want to win football games, they need to have football people making football decisions, not the Brown family.
Last night's story is about more than just our message of "101-187-1: HIRE A GM!" that flew over practice for an hour. We had some plane issues that were overcome in a most heroic fashion.
What basically happens with these banners is that the plane takes off from Lunken Airport and flies down to Georgetown. Another guy will drive down to Georgetown and lay out the banner at the Georgetown airport. The plane then basically hooks into the banner while still flying and hovering close to the runway. It then takes off, circles the training camp and returns to the airport to drop the banner and return back to Cincinnati.
Remember last week when the Georgetown Police and Bengals security threatened to shut us down, with no jurisdiction whatsoever? Well last night as our pilot attempted to use the Georgetown airport again he was denied. We are still investigating the full reasons why he was not allowed to use their runway but the official reason is that the runway was under construction.
With the training camp already started, they needed a plan B. And they found it in a field next to a rural church about 3 miles from the airport. Off a gravel road, they found a vacant grass field. A guy in the house next door came over and agreed to let the plane use it. They laid out the banner on the grass field and the plane swooped in and picked up the banner without a hitch!
Again, more pictures coming soon. And if you will be at the Orange and Black game today from 1-2:30, here's a hint - look up.
UPDATE:
ESPN.com is running the AP story on their website about last night's scrimmage, and the piece includes this great nugget:
"An estimated 6,500 fans showed up for the annual scrimmage. Soon after it started, a small plane flew overhead towing a banner that read: "101-187-1 ... HIRE A GM!" That's the Bengals' record since 1991, when Mike Brown took control of the team after his father's death.
Brown functions as the team's de facto general manager. He was sitting on a patio next to the press box, watching the scrimmage, when the banner flew overhead. The Bengals have had only one winning season during Brown's 18 years of running the team."
Also, ProFootballTalk gave Project Mayhem Task #9 a mention in their AFC North One-Liners.
Best banner yet
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Posted by: sven | August 08, 2009 at 10:21 AM
You got a mention on ESPN.com. Good work.
Posted by: Tiger Burning | August 08, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Sorry, here's the link.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp09/news/story?id=4385175
Posted by: Tiger Burning | August 08, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Persistence has paid off. I like the how the ESPN article is supposed to be about Palmer, but it just kind of veers off track for a few paragraphs to talk about the plane and Brown's record. Awesome.
Posted by: whymikeywhy | August 08, 2009 at 11:11 AM
I was there again last night. People definitely took notice of the plane and some were asking what it was all about. I filled the guy next to me in on this operation and he just kind of shook his head at me. Can't wait to see what today's message is.
Posted by: ghostchild | August 08, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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Man, that is great! I love it when a plan(B)comes together! Heehee!!
I bet when MFB sees those banners, he leaves a cone on his seat where his butt cheeks are clenching together. Plenty of Pucker Factor!!
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It has to be getting under his skin sooner or later!
And if you Wikipidia MFB They talk about us VIVA!
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It has to be getting under his skin sooner or later!
And if you Wikipidia MFB They talk about us VIVA!
Posted by: Rk | August 08, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I too was at camp yesterday, everyone was asking about it, talking about it or WDR, all over great job guys! Every time it flew past me I could not help but die laughing.. stupid Mike Brown has got to feel the burn somewhere in his ancient body. Keep up the great work!
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I love seeing what you're doing!
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Posted by: TigerJ@w | August 08, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Today's banner said "When is training camp for the front office?" People noticed.
Posted by: ghostchild | August 08, 2009 at 04:10 PM
There was a comment on the ProFootballTalk page from a Bengals fan at the scrimmage that said upon seeing the banner he "felt like that record should be lower."
I guess at a glance you see three digits in the win column, but that's seriously just depressing. That fans could be shown the record and remain so willfully ignorant of the failings of the Brown family with this team. Or so incapable of doing the quick arithmetic to realize that 101-187-1 results in a pathetic win percentage.
But for those Bengals fans who are NOT so challenged, this is a great tool for informing the masses, so many congratulations to the WDR crew.
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