joshh967 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Thought a few of us could use some laughs, this is the wiki of marvin lewis.Personal LifeMember of Terrace Park Country Club along with Carson Palmer. Also fought stormtroopers in the epic Battle of Hoth.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Also fought stormtroopers in the epic Battle of Hoth.After reading this...The newly relocated Baltimore Ravens hired Lewis as their defensive coordinator in 1996, a position that he held for six seasons (1996-2001). In 2000, the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV thanks to a defense that allowed the fewest rushing yards (970) and the fewest points (165) in a 16-game season. "If ever a man proved his worth as a future head coach, Marvin Lewis did it with this complete domination of the Giants in their 16 possessions: Punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, interception, punt, interception, interception, punt, interception, punt, punt, punt, end of game", said Sports Illustrated writer Michael Silver after the Ravens 34-7 Super Bowl win....I don't know which of these two seems more fictional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Thought a few of us could use some laughs, this is the wiki of marvin lewis.Personal LifeMember of Terrace Park Country Club along with Carson Palmer. Also fought stormtroopers in the epic Battle of Hoth.Well, that explains why the Rebellion lost on Hoth.Too bad Marvin didn't equip the Bengals with harpoons and tow cables in the Pitt game, they might have been able to bring down Big Jen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Bengals_Fan Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 In retrospect: you don't want to hire the guy who ran a great defense with a bunch of perennial pro-bowlers. You want the guy who ran a great defense made up of castoffs and solid, but not fantastic, players. You want the guy who people talk about and say 'how the hell did he do that?'Marvin Lewis: right place, right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 In retrospect: you don't want to hire the guy who ran a great defense with a bunch of perennial pro-bowlers. You want the guy who ran a great defense made up of castoffs and solid, but not fantastic, players. Got a name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 You are only as good as your players. Marvin had Ray Lewis. Lovie Smith has Ehrlacher. Parcells had LT.I don't see anyone remotely close to those guys on this roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 You are only as good as your players. Marvin had Ray Lewis. Lovie Smith has Ehrlacher. Parcells had LT.I don't see anyone remotely close to those guys on this roster.How about on the "Suspended by the League" roster...i.e. Odell Thurman. Sure, O.T. has had some off the field problems, but at least he hasn't knifed anybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Bengals_Fan Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 In retrospect: you don't want to hire the guy who ran a great defense with a bunch of perennial pro-bowlers. You want the guy who ran a great defense made up of castoffs and solid, but not fantastic, players. Got a name?It's thin right now, no doubt about it (which is why I haven't been beating the 'fire Marvin' drum hard). The one name I've been throwing out there all year is Ryan from the Raiders (not his brother at Baltimore). Don't know if he's ready yet, but he's turned defenses around at every level.I realize this defense doesn't have incredible talent, but I think it has enough to be a middling defense if it was coached well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I have read and heard that Donnie Henderson has been an "observer" at some Bengals practices this year. I think the same thing happened with Bresh when Frazier was still the DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I have read and heard that Donnie Henderson has been an "observer" at some Bengals practices this year. I think the same thing happened with Bresh when Frazier was still the DC.I consider that good news. I can only hope it plays out the same way. Bresnahan's defense has only been consistent at one thing, and that is being inconsistent! This doofus has something working one week, and out of the blue he decides to go away from that very thing. To steal a line from the movie " A Fish Called Wanda", calling him stupid would be an insult to stupid people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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