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TheEmerged · 08-21-2012, 02:27 PM

RE: Drinking the Kool Aid.

Take the area where I live for a counterpoint (reminder: I live near Cincinnati but I am not a Bengals fan). The local press are horrible bandwagon riders -- although there's an interesting twist to it.

When the Bengals are losing, Mike Brown (owner) gets beat upon horribly.

When the Bengals are winning, Marvin Lewis (coach) can do no wrong.

Now don't get me wrong, because Mikey Boy deserves at least half of the venom thrown his direction. The problem of course is that Saint Marvin also deserves a sizable portion of it, and the local sports people coat him in teflon. If I have to have that "Maybe he has a sub-50% win percentage because... he's not a winning coach?" conversation again, I'll get even balder.

08-21-2012, 02:27 PM	Top - End - #63
TheEmerged Ogre in the Playground Join Date: May 2006 Gender:	Re: NFL (pronounced Niffle) Thread. RE: Drinking the Kool Aid. Take the area where I live for a counterpoint (reminder: I live near Cincinnati but I am not a Bengals fan). The local press are horrible bandwagon riders -- although there's an interesting twist to it. When the Bengals are losing, Mike Brown (owner) gets beat upon horribly. When the Bengals are winning, Marvin Lewis (coach) can do no wrong. Now don't get me wrong, because Mikey Boy deserves at least half of the venom thrown his direction. The problem of course is that Saint Marvin also deserves a sizable portion of it, and the local sports people coat him in teflon. If I have to have that "Maybe he has a sub-50% win percentage because... he's not a winning coach?" conversation again, I'll get even balder. __________________ Sometimes, the knights are the monsters The main problem with the world? So many grownups, not enough adults. Pain is nature's way of saying you're not dead and the other guy is. Current Project: Building a new superheroic campaign for the new generation of our old gaming group.