marvin lewis is not a good coach. sorry, he just isn't. and the bengals aren't sniffing a super bowl as long as he's there. you know this as well as i do. all the excuses for why the last decade of bengals football is everyone else's fault, why marvin lewis is a borderline hall of famer based on one great season as a coordinator on some other team 12 years ago, it's ridiculous. it's sad.

the fact is, he hasn't won a playoff game in ten years. no other franchise in football would accept that from a head coach. five years in, no playoff wins, you get your walking papers. whisenhunt took the cards to the super bowl four years ago and just got fired. andy reid has a career record of 37 games OVER .500 and just got fired. that's how it works in the NFL. good enough isn't good enough.

and good coaches hit the ground running. they find success early. cowher won his division five out of his first six years and took the steelers to the super bowl in year four. tomlin won his division two out of his first four years and took the steelers to the super bowl twice. marvin lewis has won his division twice in ten years (there's only FOUR teams in the division, mind you), has a losing career record, and hasn't won a single playoff game. the fact that he's still the bengals head coach should be an embarrassment.

but instead you've got know-nothings like O_E and understandable loyalists such as yourself going in the exact opposite direction and lobbying for him as coach of the year anytime the bengals don't wet the bed. it's ridiculous. as a steelers fan, i'd love nothing more than for lewis to get a ticker tape parade every season while he continues winning nothing, but this is getting too sad to watch now. demand better. cincy deserves better. this is the city of the big red machine. this is the city that had enough good sense to scrap harry's law two seasons in. show the same judgment with marvin lewis. stop enabling his mediocrity and find somebody who knows how to win.

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