Bungles fire Anarumo

[Munson]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Who’s the Bungles?

A bunch of losers who couldn't make the playoffs.

[jcchief234]

Have we signed this piece of s*** yet?

[PatMahomesIsGod]

Were I a godforsaken Bengals fan, I’d be demorilized.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by PatMahomesIsGod

Were I a godforsaken Bengals fan, I’d be demorilized.

Nah. I'm booking a vaca to Belize w/my girlfriend.

Wanna see a pic of her elbow?

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Nah. I'm booking a vaca to Belize w/my girlfriend.

Wanna see a pic of her elbow?

Is she wearing dish washing gloves for her work outfit?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Nah. I'm booking a vaca to Belize w/my girlfriend.

Wanna see a pic of her elbow?

I laughed way too hard at this. rep.

[ROYC75]

Another stupid FO move to please a shitty owner!

Works for me! 👍

[Chief Roundup]

Did they fire him because we sat all of our key players in week 18?

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

would like to hear rfaulk's take on this. What's the feels from home?

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard

would like to hear rfaulk's take on this. What's the feels from home?

From another thread.

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Lou had his moments but other than one year (PF only) he never had the D playing better than a 16th rated unit. Most years he was in the 20s and some in the 30s.

It was time for a change. The biggest issue is going to be, are the Bengals willing to open their tight fists and spend some badly needed money.

Most probably aren't aware of this but when Zac was hired, no one wanted this DC job with this franchise where they were at. Lou was, at least, Zac's 5th choice.

This time around, there will be a line forming at the Bengals door, because it gives that guy a good stepping stone to becoming a HC somewhere.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

From another thread.

Interestingly, there are some real parallels between Spags and Lou. At least Spags at the time we hired him.

Spags defensive rankings just weren't ever very good. And much of his reputation came from being a "Brady Killer" in his time as a DC.

I didn't like the Spags hire because at the time it was made, he had a couple of trophies that Lou doesn't have but he otherwise had a reputation that seemed greater than the defenses he put out there. And it did seem that the only time he had a premier defense was when he had EXACTLY the right pieces.

Lou seems pretty similar in that regard. His one great defense had some really ideal players for it. And most of his reputation stems from giving Mahomes a hard time in a few critical games.

I think what Spags has taught me is that if you can find a DC who does one thing extremely well, you're in good shape (for Spags, that's getting performance and production out of defensive backs. His DBs were always better than it seemed like they should be). And if they have some fallback assets (Spags blitz schemes, for instance) that's what may put them over the top.

It's like valuing traits over resume when you're looking at a prospect, I guess. Spags had some really interesting traits that I overlooked because I didn't like his resume.

Time will tell if Anarumo's career unfolds similarly.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Interestingly, there are some real parallels between Spags and Lou. At least Spags at the time we hired him.

Spags defensive rankings just weren't ever very good. And much of his reputation came from being a "Brady Killer" in his time as a DC.

I didn't like the Spags hire because at the time it was made, he had a couple of trophies that Lou doesn't have but he otherwise had a reputation that seemed greater than the defenses he put out there. And it did seem that the only time he had a premier defense was when he had EXACTLY the right pieces.

Lou seems pretty similar in that regard. His one great defense had some really ideal players for it. And most of his reputation stems from giving Mahomes a hard time in a few critical games.

I think what Spags has taught me is that if you can find a DC who does one thing extremely well, you're in good shape (for Spags, that's getting performance and production out of defensive backs. His DBs were always better than it seemed like they should be). And if they have some fallback assets (Spags blitz schemes, for instance) that's what may put them over the top.

It's like valuing traits over resume when you're looking at a prospect, I guess. Spags had some really interesting traits that I overlooked because I didn't like his resume.

Time will tell if Anarumo's career unfolds similarly.

What Anarumo and Spags have in common is the ability to craft unique defenses week to week in big playoff games.


If Spags left Anarumo would be the first guy to call.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Horrible owner and front office... couldn't be more clear.

[redfan]

And yet Taylor remains, I like this move.