Keiwan Ratliff Cut!!

[BengalByTheBay]

Again, the breakdown and the injury are still two events. Other teams have crucial injuries, too...but don't get in locker room fights about them, right? Marvin can't control Carson getting hurt -- but he is supposed to have control of the locker room so that it doesn't break down when bad things happen.

I don't really want in on the slapfight, but this caught my eye because it so reeked of Squeeler-talk. Yes, other teams do suffer injuries. But you have to look at who was injured and when. It is equally true that other teams suffer critical injuries and then lose that game. So, Moe, it's not just the Bengals. I personally don't buy into the "Marvin has lost the team" cry at this point. I don't hear a lot of guys going to the media, which is what I would expect if that was true. And please don't go to the Levi thing -- that certainly doesn't look like anything other than Levi being pissed about Levi's issues. If anything, Levi has isolated himself from the team by his comments, not identified a "locker room" problem that affects anybody other than, possibly, him.

The Levi thing is not entirely true. Someone on here posted an article where Kelly Washington was interviewed and he detailed how the lockerroom was a mess. So no, it isn't just Levi separating himself from the rest of the team.

Not sure exactly your point, but Levi is complaining because he thinks he should be starting. That is not an issue of whether the coaching staff has lost control of the team any more than Chad saying he wants the ball more. It's about "me". As for KWash -- he was basically saying that the repeated Chris Henry issues and criminal things were a disruption in the locker room. While that probably goes so far without saying that I've already spent too much time on it, it does not involve the coaches having "lost" the players. Not only that, but Washington hasn't been there this year at all so any information he has is, at best, stale. Most likely, he was just happy to have somebody put a microphone in front of his mouth for the first (and last) time this season. Did the Bears coaches lose the team when Tank had his legal problems? Did Fisher lose the Titans because Pacman had problems? No. So, I'll keep to my point which is that usually there is some evidence from the players' statements that indicate that everybody thinks the coaches are nuts. Perhaps that just hasn't happened yet, but Levi's comments are only about how he is being picked on. That doesn't suggest to me that he's concerned about anybody other than Levi. And Washington is not a Bengal, so he hardly has the pulse of the locker room IMO.

[TJJackson]

*steps into Keiwan Ratliff thread*

oops! I thought this was the Keiwan Ratliff thread.

*steps out*

[BengalByTheBay]

*steps into Keiwan Ratliff thread*

oops! I thought this was the Keiwan Ratliff thread.

*steps out*

Did you know he got cut?

[HairOnFire]

Not sure exactly your point, but Levi is complaining because he thinks he should be starting. That is not an issue of whether the coaching staff has lost control of the team any more than Chad saying he wants the ball more. It's about "me".

Levi Jones Hissy Fit = Disgruntled Female Soccer Goalie