[vincesanity82]

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is best known for his smirking news conferences where he dismisses the team's problems as just needing a bit more focus. Well, in a sitdown with the Columbus Dispatch, Lewis is a bit more candid about what the team's problems are (Lewis' comments are the 'A's.

A: Every year is a new year and provides new chal-lenges. They all become the history of the last one. You've got to use it and move forward and move on. It's time for us to blow the whole thing up and start from scratch. We need to empty these shelves, empty these offices and start from scratch.

Q: Really?

A: Yeah, because we haven't been good enough. We're not going to sit here and be complacent with it, and guys have to understand that. It hasn't been good enough.

Q: When you say blow it up...

A: We've got to start from scratch. We have to blow it up and empty everything. Just like new people walking in this door and go from there. That's the only way we're going to shake away from the cobwebs. We've established a certain plateau or work ethic and we've got to move beyond that.

Please read the article. While it gets pretty frank up front, Lewis doesn't get into too many specifics. He is asked about Chad Johnson, Rudi Johnson and several guys in their contract year ... yet won't discuss them much more than him not knowing the makeup of next year's team.

Marvin Lewis on Bengals: "It's Time to Blow the Whole Thing Up" - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[EmpireWF]

With words like that, sounds like a coach who may be fired. Can't think ownership wants to hear that.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

With words like that, sounds like a coach who may be fired. Can't think ownership wants to hear that.

I dont think its so much the players as it is the coaches, I think Lewis will be canned, if he isnt he should be..

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

I dont think its so much the players as it is the coaches, I think Lewis will be canned, if he isnt he should be..

I was just thinking that. The shakeup may start with him. I also see Rudi Johnson not coming back. I also wouldn't shocked to see Chad Johnson go. He has too much baggage, and is not even the best WR on the team anymore. They should be able to get a few picks for him. I got rid of him in my keeper league.

[Lefty Noob]

Well, something needs to be done, that's for sure. I think you've got great talent at the skill positions, but... they're underachievers.