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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
Yeah, that's a good comparison. Rex has coached two years, went to the AFC Championship game in his first and is in the playoffs in his second. Marvin Lewis has coached eight years and is 0-2 in the playoffs. THE SCALES ARE PERFECTLY BALANCED!
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That's not a comparison. I'm not comparing anything. Where do you ateam, yourself, draw the line? When is enough time? Is going to the playoffs every year enough even if you never win a championship? Is that enough to keep your job? Is it 5 years of doing that until you win a championship? I simply like quiet coaches like Lewis is all. The 3 best coaches of my lifetime of the teams I follow were Mike Hargrove, Lenny Wilkens, and Marty Schottenheimer. None of the 3 won a championship, the fans and management got tired of them and they were let go and none of those teams has been as good since they left. None of the 3 could win the last game of the season as they always lost that last one...so they got canned.
I've seen 3 coaches in Cleveland with similar temperment to Lewis who had success get canned and none of those 3 teams have ever been as good since. Just because Lewis can't win titles in Cincy does not mean firing him will make the team better. I think it's just as likely they will get worse if they fire him is all. I've seen it happen many times over.