Bengals Fire DC Lou Anarumo

[Einstein]

22 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Then everyone in Cincinnati is disconnected from reality, because everyone here is happy about it. 

 

 

Did you bother to read past the first page? Lots of posts like this:

 

“I think he was given ***** to start the year and finally got these guys playing up to speed at the end of the season.“

 

”Well, at least the Chief's will be happy.”

 

”As much as I dislike Lou, he had one of the worst rosters to work with. Not even Spags could make a secondary composed of Geno Stone, CTB and Josh Newton work. Lou's going to be the sacrifical lamb”

 

“TOO FUNNY...the person ..or the people that provided these coaches with the marginal players are the ones that should be fired”

 

“They had their fall guys set early. Lou had to go if they believed their ***** drafting on D wasn't the problem.”

 

”in defense of Lou, he was handed a bucket of crap at the start of the year. No Reader, no Bates, washed up Hubbard. Then season ending injuries at every level -- back end, LB's, DL. Defensive improvement came from rookies and young players developing -- Jenkins, Jackson, Ossai, Newton, Battle all got better as the season went on, and they all got better together. Lou and defensive coaches deserve credit for that.”

 

[wjag]

Cincy needed a sacrifice.  Someone had to go.  

[mikemac2001]

Hopefully spags wants to be a coach and leave KC get rid of these two 

[Sojourner]

3 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

Hopefully spags wants to be a coach and leave KC get rid of these two 

I don’t think it’s a priority of his to be honest.

 

His coaching history isn’t too great either. They didn’t have that bad a roster during his time with the Rams and even acquired Sam Bradford first overall. In terms of drafting they didn’t do an awful jobs their either, some decent hits. 
 

Probably the failings play a bigger part than is led to believe. He has his niche. A very good one. 4 Superbowls in that position says he’s probably content and best suited where he’s at. 

 

[aristocrat]

Get him as a consultant 

[MikePJ76]

I’m going to go on record that Aaron Glenn takes the saints job and then Lou Anarumo takes the lions Defensive Coordinator job.

[saundena]

5 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

Get him as a consultant 

Agree.  I'd hire him today as a playoff consultant.  Just another set of eyes to have in the building.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

He's great when he has talented players up front and now he gets scapegoated when the team fails to replace them.

[Matt_In_NH]

 

49 minutes ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

We've never seen anything that sniffs clutch in the playoffs on D.....just sayin......

And 40% of the dc openings are in the afc east. 

[CincyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

This guy was the darling of the league like 2 or 3 years ago. Their defense was abysmal but the team also didn’t invest in the players. Mike brown is cheap and just likes shiny things that sell tickets: that’s why they have a few superstars and no depth. 

The Bengal's defense is what got them to that Super Bowl a couple of years ago and was a big reason they made the conference championship the following year.  There had to be a scapegoat and it wasn't going to be Taylor.

 

 

1 hour ago, Low Positive said:

Then everyone in Cincinnati is disconnected from reality, because everyone here is happy about it. 

https://thebengalsboard.com/thread-39819.html

We had a snowstorm today down here in Cincy (over a foot) and while I was shoveling was listening to Bengal's talk radio and a lot of callers didn't want to see the DC fired.  In fact I would characterize it as a real disquiet that this will not help them next year when they put a likely inferior coach in at DC.

 

 

 

 

[Man with No Name]

Spags has come out in the past week and said he still wants to be an HC. 

[msw2112]

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Lou is a name that should be brought back.  I don’t know anyone under the age of 40 named Lou.  

 

Was going to name my kid Lou, after my grandfather.  Then it was a girl and my grandmother was NOT named Louise, so we went in another direction.  Love the name.

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

They have plenty of talent on that side of the ball.   What he is a victim of is the ebb and flow of defense in the NFL. 

 

They lost their first three games by a total of 10 points and didn't recover.  

 

Do they?  I dunno - on one of his Chris Simms Unbuttoned shows Simms ran down the Bengals defense and the talent they've lost since 2022 and haven't replaced.

Being out last season for 7 games and probably limited in the off-season, it seems to me that Burrow started the season slow and the Bengals had some losses because of that.   I mean, 164 yds, no TDs and 10 points against New England, seriously?  

I think you might also justly point to the ebb and flow of offense in the NFL.  More and more teams are playing to shut down the pass, and the league leaders this year are using the run game to exploit that coverage and the league's trend toward lighter linebackers who can cover in the passing game.  Meanwhile the Bengals are like 30th in the league for rush attempts, rush yards and 26 for Y/R.  

 

Whoever it was covering the game Saturday kept yammering about how Burrow likes his receivers spread out, 5 wide.    Well, 5 wide helps decode the coverage, but honestly, it shouldn't be entirely up to Joe especially if he's getting the ***** knocked out of him every play.

Anyway, makes me wonder if Lou isn't the "escape goat" for Zac Taylor.

 

1 hour ago, MikePJ76 said:

I’m going to go on record that Aaron Glenn takes the saints job and then Lou Anarumo takes the lions Defensive Coordinator job.

 

Seems to me there could be a real chance the Saints hire Joe Brady

Edited yesterday at 01:35 AM by Beck Water

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, Sojourner said:

I don’t think it’s a priority of his to be honest.

 

His coaching history isn’t too great either. They didn’t have that bad a roster during his time with the Rams and even acquired Sam Bradford first overall. In terms of drafting they didn’t do an awful jobs their either, some decent hits. 
 

Probably the failings play a bigger part than is led to believe. He has his niche. A very good one. 4 Superbowls in that position says he’s probably content and best suited where he’s at. 

 

 

Yeah, Spags wants to be a HC.  His age and the fact that the hot hires are young offensive savants is against him.  As Leslie Frazier found out, the number of teams queuing up for a 65 yr old DC with a poor former record as head coach is rather small.

 

Ah, the Rams.

To make a long story short, Spagnuolo made one big mistake.  He hired Josh McDaniel as his OC going into his 3rd year.

 

Longer story: After 2010, when Bradford won OROY and the Rams went 7-9 and barely missed the playoffs, Pat Shurmur, a WCO guy who is a bit of a QB whisperer, left to take on being HC in Cleveland.  FOOL!  but I digress.  Spags then had the bright idea to hire Josh McDaniel, fresh off of being fired by Denver for being an arrogant ass and taking them from an 8-8 team to a 4-12 team.

 

McDaniel decided to take his 2nd year QB and switch him from his QB friendly WCO to his very complicated totally different verbiage EP offense and to the Patriots Way of hard coaching.  And Bradford looked like he totally couldn't play ball.  Amendola (his "guy" in 2010) was hurt and Bradford was injured on and off through the season, but he really just looked like he couldn't buy a clue.  Seriously.  The good news is he only threw 6 INTs all year; the bad news is he only threw 6 TDs.

 

Anyway, the Rams went 2-14 and that was it for Spagnuolo.

[thenorthremembers]

39 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Do they?  I dunno - on one of his Chris Simms Unbuttoned shows Simms ran down the Bengals defense and the talent they've lost since 2022 and haven't replaced.

Being out last season for 7 games and probably limited in the off-season, it seems to me that Burrow started the season slow and the Bengals had some losses because of that.   I mean, 164 yds, no TDs and 10 points against New England, seriously?  

I think you might also justly point to the ebb and flow of offense in the NFL.  More and more teams are playing to shut down the pass, and the league leaders this year are using the run game to exploit that coverage and the league's trend toward lighter linebackers who can cover in the passing game.  Meanwhile the Bengals are like 30th in the league for rush attempts, rush yards and 26 for Y/R.  

 

Whoever it was covering the game Saturday kept yammering about how Burrow likes his receivers spread out, 5 wide.    Well, 5 wide helps decode the coverage, but honestly, it shouldn't be entirely up to Joe especially if he's getting the ***** knocked out of him every play.

Anyway, makes me wonder if Lou isn't the "escape goat" for Zac Taylor.

 

 

Seems to me there could be a real chance the Saints hire Joe Brady

Trey Hendrickson is an absolute monster.  Nick Hilton, Cam Taylor Britt and Germaine Pratt are all very good players in the league.  They have talent on defense.  

[Beck Water]

5 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

Trey Hendrickson is an absolute monster.  Nick Hilton, Cam Taylor Britt and Germaine Pratt are all very good players in the league.  They have talent on defense.  

 

They do have talent.  I don't remember who Simms called out, except that Logan Wilson their MLB was out in November.  Their safeties and a CB maybe?

 

[Mikie2times]

2 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

I’m going to go on record that Aaron Glenn takes the saints job and then Lou Anarumo takes the lions Defensive Coordinator job.

That seems pretty likely given Anarumo was with Campbell in Miami. Also think that would be an upgrade. He could also partner with Ben Johnson with that Miami connection again which would be a hell of a duo. 

Edited yesterday at 02:36 AM by Mikie2times

[stuvian]

more penny wise and pound foolish Bengals moves. Stinks of pure politics. Sounds like another off season of improved golf scores for Joe and Co

[RiotAct]

wow I has totally forgotten that Steve Spagnuolo was once the Rams’ head coach for a few seasons

[Richard Noggin]

4 hours ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

He would be a significant upgrade as defensive coordinator. Anyone saying otherwise is simply disconnected from reality.

 

I really appreciate when posters leave room for nuance and disagreement, like you're doing here...