Marvin Lewis' latest bullshit
Dave U. Random
..listening to a Marvin Lewis press conference is like
watching a grown man tell a child about Santa Claus. You
know he's full of crap and you are just waiting for the
moment where he says something that isn't based in reality.
In Marvin's latest press conference, he was asked, "Have
you had a chance to look at the Browns on tape yet this
week?" His response:
"I have not. But I know it's the big game and we can talk
about that. It's a divisional and rival game for us. Our
fans will be here and be loud. Loud! We need to have a
better output than the Tennessee game, from us playing and
everybody in the stands. It should be a hard day and a loud
day for the Cleveland Browns to try to communicate, just
like we've had on the road for the past two weeks. I think
that's the key. It's the Battle of Ohio...this week."
http://atu.ca/Baloney
So Lewis is telling the fans that they need to be louder to
help them win. As local radio host Mo Egger pointed out on
his show at Cincinnati's 1530Homer, the fans were booing
quite loudly.
Egger also pointed out that fans get loud when you score
touchdowns. Or you get a big sack. Maybe pick off a pass. A
big play. A huge hit. Wins. Those are things that get fans
cheering loud. When you can do any of those things, fans do
tend to sit on their hands.
To bring up how quiet the fans were during the home loss to
Tennessee was a bit bad, since many of the people in Paul
Brown Stadium that day went back to homes with no power and
property damage (a wind storm produced from remnants of
Hurricane Ike struck the Greater Cincinnati area all
morning and afternoon that Sunday).
This is the NFL ... not college football. A coach can do
that "we need our fans cheering loud" speech in college
because, well, it works. Not so much in the NFL.
Unless Marvin has a time machine that can take everyone
back to 2005, you might have to coach your players do
perform on the field in order to get that loud crowd noise.
Or, like Egger said, those boos will have to do.
shar...@bright.net
inter.net> wrote:
> FanHousehttp://atu.ca/MarvinSucks
Marvin is an Idiot but I think that point has been made before. So
the Bengals lose because of the fans? Hmmmmmm. that makes me want to
go down to PBS and cheer harder. How many Cowboy fans were in GB
Sunday night when the Cowboys waxed the Packers? How do cheering fans
help, talent on the field, coaching and the front office? I know this
is obvious but it seems like Marvin is blaming everyone except the
main person. I see cracks in the Black Jesus.