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Old 12-27-2010, 05:56 PM
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Wow, you really have to be kidding at this point. That might be the worst cherry-picking I've ever seen. The guy had already gone 11-5, 9-7, 12-4, 11-5, 10-6 and 11-5 with 6 playoff appearances in the 6 years before that and gotten to a Super Bowl. And now you're comparing him to Marvin Lewis. You're terrible at debating.
I did not compare him to Marvin Lewis. As a separate entity I detailed Cowher's 7th. 8th and 9th seasons. I never compared how Cowher coaches a game to how Lewis coaches a game. Cowher had 6 good but non-championship years, much better than Noll's last 6 years. Lewis took the team to 2 division titles in 8 years after zero for the franchise the previous 12. Cowher improved the Steelers, then had 3 struggling years....the calm franchise stuck with him and it paid off. I can compare and say Lewis did improve the Bengal franchise then struggled this year. I can say that perhaps based on only this year it may be hasty to decide to fire him. I look at last year, they had the defending Super Bowl champions and the two participants in the AFC championship game in their division and they swept them and won the division. That my friend is a great coaching job...period, end of story.

I can compare how franchises behave and what to do. AFter what the Steelers had done championship wise with Noll, it would have made sense to fire a guy like Cowher after 3 terrible years, they didn't.

No, noone on this board can compete with me for presenting facts and logic to any debate. You come with stuff like look how the refs are cheating the Boston Celtics.
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ON another note, what do you guys think about Rex Ryan being a swinger?
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Old 12-27-2010, 06:02 PM
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ON another note, what do you guys think about Rex Ryan being a swinger?
are there any stains on blue dresses is the big question.
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ON another note, what do you guys think about Rex Ryan being a swinger?
Creepy very Creepy...
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I did not compare him to Marvin Lewis. As a separate entity I detailed Cowher's 7th. 8th and 9th seasons. I never compared how Cowher coaches a game to how Lewis coaches a game. Cowher had 6 good but non-championship years, much better than Noll's last 6 years. Lewis took the team to 2 division titles in 8 years after zero for the franchise the previous 12. Cowher improved the Steelers, then had 3 struggling years....the calm franchise stuck with him and it paid off. I can compare and say Lewis did improve the Bengal franchise then struggled this year. I can say that perhaps based on only this year it may be hasty to decide to fire him. I look at last year, they had the defending Super Bowl champions and the two participants in the AFC championship game in their division and they swept them and won the division. That my friend is a great coaching job...period, end of story.

I can compare how franchises behave and what to do. AFter what the Steelers had done championship wise with Noll, it would have made sense to fire a guy like Cowher after 3 terrible years, they didn't.
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You're really grasping at straws. Cowher's production through his first 6 years absolutely obliterates Lewis'. You like Lewis because he's quiet, leave it at that. There's simply no argument for keeping him in Cinci and your pathetic comparisons of him to Rex Ryan and Bill Cowher clearly underscore that.

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No, noone on this board can compete with me for presenting facts and logic to any debate. You come with stuff like look how the refs are cheating the Boston Celtics.
This might be the funniest thing you've ever said. All I've done in this thread is show you facts. All you've done is talk about how quiet he is, how you can't name anyone on the Bengals and how he's totally just like Rex Ryan and Bill Cowher.
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Old 12-27-2010, 06:08 PM
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You're really grasping at straws. Cowher's production through his first 6 years absolutely obliterates Lewis'. You like Lewis because he's quiet, leave it at that. There's simply no argument for keeping him in Cinci and your pathetic comparisons of him to Rex Ryan and Bill Cowher clearly underscore that.



This might be the funniest thing you've ever said. All I've done in this thread is show you facts. All you've done is talk about how quiet he is, how you can't name anyone on the Bengals and make terrible comparisons to other coaches.
Ok, I compared them. The facts I presented are the Bengals were a far superior product with Lewis for 8 years than the 12 years prior.

You cannot debate that fact. Period.

I displayed how bad the Steelers were in Cowher's 7th, 8th and 9th seasons at the helm.

You cannot debate that fact. Period.

I said the Steelers didn't fire Cowher after those 3 bad seasons.

You cannot debate that fact. Period.

I stated the Bengals in 2009 swept the two participants in the 2008 AFC Championship game in their division.

You cannot debate that fact. Period.

I don't think the facts are completely in favor of firing Lewis. Period.
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Ok, I compared them. The facts I presented are the Bengals were a far superior product with Lewis for 8 years than the 12 years prior.
They still aren't good. And mediocrity shouldn't be rewarded, especially when it's getting worse.

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I displayed how bad the Steelers were in Cowher's 7th, 8th and 9th seasons at the helm.
Completely irrelevant to this discussion because of how much more successful Cowher was in his first six seasons than Lewis.

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I said the Steelers didn't fire Cowher after those 3 bad seasons.
See above.

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I stated the Bengals in 2009 swept the two participants in the 2008 AFC Championship game in their division.
Let me know when they hang that banner.

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I don't think the facts are completely in favor of firing Lewis. Period.
They overwhelmingly are. The pathetic list of 'arguments' you just listed is clear proof.
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Old 12-27-2010, 06:18 PM
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They overwhelmingly are. The pathetic list of 'arguments' you just listed is clear proof.
You go on and on about his lack of playoff wins. His best team he ever had back when Carson Palmer was actually a very good quarterback he tore up his knee on the first pass he threw ( a 70 yard completion.) that game. They played the whole game with Jon Kitna. That really happened. There's even color photographs.
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You go on and on about his lack of playoff wins. His best team he ever had back when Carson Palmer was actually a very good quarterback he tore up his knee on the first pass he threw ( a 70 yard completion.) that game. They played the whole game with Jon Kitna. That really happened. There's even color photographs.
So what about the other seven seasons? Let's hear the eight years of excuses. I'm sure you have the time. Or is it just 'Carson Palmer sucks!'?
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Old 12-27-2010, 06:25 PM
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So what about the other seven seasons? Let's hear the eight years of excuses. I'm sure you have the time. Or is it just 'Carson Palmer sucks!'?
No, Marvin Lewis wasn't good enough to make the Cincinnati Bengals a dominant NFL franchise. He wasn't near good enough. He was good enough to improve by a huge margin a terrible and pathetic franchise. I'm not sure he should get fired.

I repeat 55-137 were the Bengals the 12 years prior to Marvin coming.

56-55-1 in Marvin's first 7 years with the team.

Those are the plain and simple facts. THe 4-11 this year is enough for you to fire him. I'm simply not sure.
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This might be the funniest thing you've ever said. All I've done in this thread is show you facts. All you've done is talk about how quiet he is, how you can't name anyone on the Bengals and how he's totally just like Rex Ryan and Bill Cowher.
My purpose of bringing up Cowher was to show how a great franchise does things. HE did have 3 very bad years in a row. I brought up Rex Ryan simply because he is a Jets coach. I brought him up simply to ask you how many non championship seasons would you keep him before firing him, which you never answered.
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My purpose of bringing up Cowher was to show how a great franchise does things. HE did have 3 very bad years in a row. I brought up Rex Ryan simply because he is a Jets coach. I brought him up simply to ask you how many non championship seasons would you keep him before firing him, which you never answered.
Rex Ryan has accomplished more in less than two seasons than Marvin Lewis has in eight. And for the last time, Cowher had three mediocre seasons after six outstanding ones. Show me Lewis' six outstanding seasons in a row to start his career. The Steelers kept a successful coach around. The Bengals would be keeping a mediocre-at-best one. Those are just the facts.
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Oh my god.
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Oh my god.
God perhaps could, after that, no.
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Oh my god.
he's right about Carson Palmer. he sucks.
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he's right about Carson Palmer. he sucks.
That's not what I was talking about. Marvin Lewis is a mediocre coach. The oh my god was in reference to this....

No, noone on this board can compete with me for presenting facts and logic to any debate.
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That's not what I was talking about. Marvin Lewis is a mediocre coach. The oh my god was in reference to this....

No, noone on this board can compete with me for presenting facts and logic to any debate.
Ok, facts--an abundance I offer. Perhaps you got me on the logic part!!! Trying to defend the indefensible can be rough.
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That's not what I was talking about. Marvin Lewis is a mediocre coach. The oh my god was in reference to this....

No, noone on this board can compete with me for presenting facts and logic to any debate.
well he's certainly not on Riots level of facts and logic!
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