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3 hours ago, BengalFanInTO said:

I'm not sure what makes people think Ron Rivera is such a great coach. He has three winning seasons in nine years. Not sure why he's considered so special.

 

Yes, "just" 3 winning seasons, but they were biggies (12-4, 15-1, and 11-5,) with 2 divisional championship appearances and 1 Super Bowl. These are accomplishments no Bengals head coach in recent memory could even dream of.

 

Plus he looks like a hard-ass...Mike Brown is in the habit of hiring wimps.

Head coaching record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
CAR 2011 6 10 0 .375 3rd in NFC South
CAR 2012 7 9 0 .438 2nd in NFC South
CAR 2013 12 4 0 .750 1st in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Divisional Game
CAR 2014 7 8 1 .469 1st in NFC South 1 1 .500 Lost to Seattle Seahawks in NFC Divisional Game
CAR 2015 15 1 0 .938 1st in NFC South 2 1 .667 Lost to Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50
CAR 2016 6 10 0 .375 4th in NFC South
CAR 2017 11 5 0 .688 2nd in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to New Orleans Saints in NFC Wild Card Game
CAR 2018 7 9 0 .438 3rd in NFC South
CAR 2019 5 7 0 .417 (Fired)
Total 76 63 1 .546   3 4 .429  

 

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16 minutes ago, Duluoz said:

 

Yes, "just" 3 winning seasons, but they were biggies (12-4, 15-1, and 11-5,) with 2 divisional appearances and 1 Super Bowl. These are accomplishments no Bengals head coach in recent memory could even dream of.

 

Plus he looks like a hard-ass...Mike Brown is in the habit of hiring wimps.

Head coaching record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
CAR 2011 6 10 0 .375 3rd in NFC South
CAR 2012 7 9 0 .438 2nd in NFC South
CAR 2013 12 4 0 .750 1st in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Divisional Game
CAR 2014 7 8 1 .469 1st in NFC South 1 1 .500 Lost to Seattle Seahawks in NFC Divisional Game
CAR 2015 15 1 0 .938 1st in NFC South 2 1 .667 Lost to Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50
CAR 2016 6 10 0 .375 4th in NFC South
CAR 2017 11 5 0 .688 2nd in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to New Orleans Saints in NFC Wild Card Game
CAR 2018 7 9 0 .438 3rd in NFC South
CAR 2019 5 7 0 .417 (Fired)
Total 76 63 1 .546   3 4 .429  

 

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I'm confused by how we are defining head coaching accomplishments. To a Marvin critic, the many regular season wins are meaningless since they didn't bring a trophy. Are we meant to be impressed by 3 playoff wins in 9 years that ultimately resulted in getting his fudge packed in at a super bowl, but also didn't bring a trophy? Are playoff victories somehow a moral victory, but regular season victories are not? Somewhat arbitrary. His tenure is otherwise as barren as Marvin's. 

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28 minutes ago, Go Tory Go! said:

I'm confused by how we are defining head coaching accomplishments. To a Marvin critic, the many regular season wins are meaningless since they didn't bring a trophy. Are we meant to be impressed by 3 playoff wins in 9 years that ultimately resulted in getting his fudge packed in at a super bowl, but also didn't bring a trophy? Are playoff victories somehow a moral victory, but regular season victories are not? Somewhat arbitrary. His tenure is otherwise as barren as Marvin's. 

He WON several playoff games so he jumps ahead of Merv on that account. Not elite as he won no SB’s, but better than Merv. 

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13 hours ago, Go Tory Go! said:

 Are we meant to be impressed by 3 playoff wins in 9 years that ultimately resulted in getting his fudge packed in at a super bowl, but also didn't bring a trophy? Are playoff victories somehow a moral victory, but regular season victories are not? Somewhat arbitrary. His tenure is otherwise as barren as Marvin's. 

Playoff appearances, and even more-so, playoff WINS are the happy ending to any season, without which the fan is left feeling unfulfilled. A Super Bowl appearance, with or without the win, will leave any fan melted on the floor with a shit-eatin' grin on his face.....the regular season is just foreplay. So, yeah, Ron Rivera has satisfied Carolina fans 4 out of 9 seasons, while Bengals coaches bring nothing but constant frustration and playoff interruptus.

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1 hour ago, sparky151 said:

Rivera has also been named NFL coach of the year twice. So he's held in respect around the league. He had success as DC with both the Bears and Chargers, then took the Panthers to the Superbowl. Comparing Taylor to Rivera is ridiculous.

But Ron Rivera was never coming here so moot point. 

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Yeah, but there are actually people here arguing we should keep Taylor, that there's no guarantee the next coach will be better than him.

 

When we point out there are coaches available who have already had more career success than Taylor, they act like it would be impossible to get them here.  Dallas will get their guy. Carolina, Cleveland, and NYG will hire someone. That leaves a lot of options for the Bengals but MB probably won't even consider making his team better with a new coach. 

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7 minutes ago, sparky151 said:

Yeah, but there are actually people here arguing we should keep Taylor, that there's no guarantee the next coach will be better than him.

 

I want to keep Taylor.

So does my good friend, Mike Brown.

And my heartthrob, Pumpkin. 

Zac beat the Clowns.  Fun game, too.

I Back Zac!

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