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NGT: Another HC job open: Marvin Lewis to step down

Defenderdawg : 12/17/2017 10:23 am
Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)
12/17/17, 10:13 AM
After 15 seasons in Cincinnati, Marvin Lewis is planning to leave the Bengals after this season to pursue opportunities elsewhere
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Defenderdawg : 12/17/2017 10:29 am : link
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
12/17/17, 10:22 AM
A topic we'll address later in @NFLGameDay: With the #Bengals planning for a fresh start on their coaching staff, Marvin Lewis plans to move to the front office, sources say. No head coach is more involved in personnel. A GM somewhere else?

Schefter
“With a flurry of head-coaching openings expected in the coming weeks and a shortage of obvious head-coaching candidates with experience, Lewis is likely to be on teams' short lists of candidates, league sources said...

If a head-coaching job does not materialize, sources said Lewis would be interested in working in another team's front office or as a coaching adviser for a former Bengals assistant coach who has gone on to become a head coach, such as Mike Zimmer, whose Minnesota Vikings host the Bengals on Sunday.”
Isn't this his 16th year?  
robbieballs2003 : 12/17/2017 10:36 am : link
0-7 in the playoffs over that span.
I don't think Zimmer needs his advice.  
FStubbs : 12/17/2017 10:41 am : link
And I don't think anyone would hire him as a head coach.

He'd be better off moving to the Bengals front office.
A DC?  
old man : 12/17/2017 10:43 am : link
Wasn't he Ravens DC?
Less pressure...hands in/on D talent(if you ignore the badboy types).
Life's too short to coach the bengals  
idiotsavant : 12/17/2017 10:44 am : link
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christian : 12/17/2017 10:53 am : link
Lewis would be a very component candidate for GM.

He's played a hand in assembling some excellent teams, but Lewis the coach has always got in the way.
RE: A DC?  
BigBlueShock : 12/17/2017 10:56 am : link
In comment 13743250 old man said:
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Wasn't he Ravens DC?
Less pressure...hands in/on D talent(if you ignore the badboy types).

Why would he want to be a coordinator again? That’s not happening
You can’t fire me  
jeff57 : 12/17/2017 10:57 am : link
I quit.
I would interview him here  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 12/17/2017 11:20 am : link
People shut on him, but let’s be honest the owner their is a coaches nightmare and super cheap. He would do better where ownership is less involved.
Lewis has done a fantastic job..  
Sean : 12/17/2017 11:33 am : link
for a historical incompetent franchise with lousy ownership.
RE: I would interview him here  
jeff57 : 12/17/2017 11:35 am : link
In comment 13743292 BigBlueDownTheShore said:
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People shut on him, but let’s be honest the owner their is a coaches nightmare and super cheap. He would do better where ownership is less involved.


For DC, not HC.
RE: Lewis has done a fantastic job..  
jeff57 : 12/17/2017 11:37 am : link
In comment 13743316 Sean said:
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for a historical incompetent franchise with lousy ownership.


The crappy ownership didn’t cause his numerous bizarre in game decisions.
Don't want anything to do with him.  
Dave in Hoboken : 12/17/2017 11:44 am : link
Brutal coach. Wasn't helped by ownership, but also didn't help himself with alot of his decisions, either.
RE: Don't want anything to do with him.  
Jay on the Island : 12/17/2017 11:51 am : link
In comment 13743330 Dave in Hoboken said:
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Brutal coach. Wasn't helped by ownership, but also didn't help himself with alot of his decisions, either.

Agreed, as a HC I want no part of Lewis unless the only choices are him or Mike Smith. I would be fine if Lewis was brought in for a FO spot.
You could tell weeks ago  
ZogZerg : 12/17/2017 12:13 pm : link
In his voice that He was done in Cincy

He needs time off.
Do any of our GM 'candidates'  
Jay in Toronto : 12/17/2017 12:15 pm : link
have a relationship with Lewis?
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christian : 12/17/2017 12:16 pm : link
Lewis has been in of the weirdest situations in all of pro sports, being the defacto GM with an odd ball owner.

He'd be a really solid front office leader who knows how to put together a defense oriented team.

I'd be in favor of a combo of he and Abrams.
Lewis  
Sammo85 : 12/17/2017 12:21 pm : link
is a very good talent evaluator and scheme-strong mind in defense. But he’s not a very good head coach. He’d make a good front office guy running the personnel side.
He a shitty head coach.  
LauderdaleMatty : 12/17/2017 2:38 pm : link
Anyone who wants him for the Giants must be a Cowboy or Eagles fan. No thanks
RE: RE: Don't want anything to do with him.  
FStubbs : 12/17/2017 4:47 pm : link
In comment 13743336 Jay on the Island said:
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In comment 13743330 Dave in Hoboken said:


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Brutal coach. Wasn't helped by ownership, but also didn't help himself with alot of his decisions, either.


Agreed, as a HC I want no part of Lewis unless the only choices are him or Mike Smith. I would be fine if Lewis was brought in for a FO spot.


If my choices are Marvin Lewis or Mike Smith, I run to the podium and pick Mike Smith.
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