Actually, I didn't have a love thing with John, but many women did. I just loved watching him grow into the player he became as he started out struggling with pay calling, etc. I was proud of what he accomplished.
Hey Doc, wait a minute . . . I sent in the $80 annual subscription fee to TML via the channel you advised. I do appreciate the commentary you provide us. I read it daily.
I started a small, part time business 18 months after retiring during the depth of the pandemic (June 2020). 2 years and 9 months later it’s going very well. Don’t be shy about asking for some compensation for your work. It’s good stuff.
Maybe, just maybe Mikey Boy feels the slight shred of guiltiness for bleeding the county dry all these years with the insufferably bad lease deal the Bengal have been fleecing the local taxpayers with, and doesn't wanna bleed the county for improvements right now, his years of tightwad-ness having elevated him on many lists to the worst owner in all of pro sports. Maybe just maybe Mikey has finally has a heart transplanted into his chest where previously there was none. Maybe?
Nahhhhh.
The Bengals will forever be the cheapest of cheapskates. They lucked into Burrow and Chase. Mike admitted it was like finding a lucky penny in a pitch black alley in a thunder storm. The current little run of luck will run out soon enough. Guys will jump ship when it starts to go down. It's the historic pattern of the Bengals. Tigers do not change their stripes.
Colby Jones had to go 9-10 in FG attempts last night for X to win. Impressive, yes, but hardly sustainable. X has to stay sharp and balanced on offense to go deep in both tourneys coming up. They're very good, but they have to continue to close games out like last night. They could do some real damage in the NCAAs. That's obvious. The close losses should have shown them their late game weaknesses, which they can fix. It's always fun to watch an unselfish team pass the ball and share the ball. That's X to a tee this year.
I love the Eagles. Saw my first concert around 1972 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. I have never heard this song. Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Not surprised about the locker room situation especially with toilets not working. Why is it that all of the stadiums along the riverfront have bad plumbing. The Coliseum (being renovated this year) doesn't have a toilet that flushes in any of the mens rooms. You pee and it runs out on the floor. GABP still has an odor problem in the seat along 1st base. It doesn't drain properly and they have to put deoderent in the pipes so it doesn't smell so bad. Won't go to a Bengals game (root for them ) but not surprised that the toilets don't work. I know these are building issues (Ham. County) but the cafeteria? Cmon Mike open the wallet a little.
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How much of the facility related complaints are due to the fact that their stadium was opened 23 years ago? Was it common place in 2000 to have power outlets everywhere because people can't stay off their phones? I still don't see "family restrooms" every place I go, but my bigger question about that is...who is bringing a child young enough to breast feed to a cold, loud NFL game??? To each their own, but if you're going to do that you can't spring for your own club/suite tickets??? We're talking about players' families, right?
Idk...this whole thing just seems like a way the NFLPA can try to gain leverage over teams. The grading system is laughable (wth is an F minus?). And then making the results public? Not trying to defend teams/ownership who clearly have tons of money, but I find the existence of this survey odd, and its availability to the general public to be suspicious at best.
What's that old mantra? Is it "Happy employees are productive employees"?
That's what this boils down to. The Men need to have happy employees, as happy employees will be productive and successful employees (and in this case, hopefully lead to more division titles, playoff victories and a Super Bowl championship.)
If they aren't happy, they'll go somewhere else -- much like many of us would if our employer wasn't treating us with the courtesy or respect we felt we deserved, or attending to what we feel will make us happy and productive employees.
In this survey by the NFLPA -- something no different than the employer survey many of us get annually at our jobs -- it shows that the Bengals main employees, the players, aren't happy with some things, but they're happy with others. These things they aren't happy with might sound trivial, due to the salaries many of those "employees" receive, but it's no different than many of us complaining in our surveys that the building's heat is on too high, or there need to be healthier options in the vending machines besides Whatchamacallits, or why smokers get more breaks than non-smokers.
I don't think Mike Brown purposely does this out of spite, or because he doesn't gives two squats about the players. It's likely because the issues highlighted in this survey either never crossed his mind before -- the man is in his 80s, after all, and most 80-year-olds aren't worrying about an outlet to charge their device or where a mother is going to change her child's diaper -- or, they've not been properly brought to his attention. Now that it has been, along with Katie's attention, I'm sure it will be addressed sooner rather than later.
One really nice thing, though ... if this is all we have to nitpick the Men about in the offseason, then by golly, we've got it better than we ever have in Bengaldom.
Is there any reason to believe the Bengals ownership treats themselves any differently in regards to their own professional lives than they do the staff and players? Why is it a bad thing to be resourceful with money no matter how much you have? Last I heard, Warren Buffet and Mike Brown both drive General Motors cars. Anyone want to call Buffet a cheapskate? Buffet is attracted to companies that have meaningful levels of austerity just like he has. There’s is nothing wrong with the Browns doing the same.
C’mon people. There is no free lunch. Never will be.
The player treatment issue is not frugality, it's some weird sort of generational pathology. It reminds me of my mother-in-law. She's very generous. Anytime she visits she has new clothes for the kids. She'll send my wife and I (both gainfully employed in our mid-40s) checks for non gift holidays like Valentine's Day and the 4th of July. It's all very nice and completely unnecessary. Yet, when Christmas rolls around she never gets anyone something that they really want-much less the A-list gift that the kids will remember forever. Anything top shelf or possibly extravagant is avoided like the plague. It's not frugality (she wastes money all the time)--but something beyond that. It's the same with the Bengals. PB's comment about the TV was part of an over-arching value structure that has been passed on. Hopefully the kids in the family can gradually turn the tide. The Bengals are a premier team these days, and its time to act like it.
X just impresses. I really thought they were going to let that one slip away last night-what with all the fouls. Boum has been such a treat. Hope he can make the most of the single year he spends here. Never know!
Related to this, I was just perusing NFL franchise values. Bengals are 32nd. The two teams in front of them are the Cardinals and Lions both which play in far larger markets than our little burgh. What do all three teams have in common? Longstanding family ownership - Browns, Bidwells, and Fords. Also none of them have won a Super Bowl.
Maybe the insularity of family ownership is a detriment to success both on the field, in the Forbes rankings, and the way the teams are perceived by players (Cards are 31st there, too).
I work out at a gym with fringe Bengals players and guys trying to make it. In 2021 we asked a backup D lineman what Thanksgiving was like, when did you practice, etc. He said they got Wednesday off but had to practice on Thanksgiving. We asked if they provided a proper meal and he said, I swear, grilled cheese was the entree that day. I told him about the Gatorade and jock straps, he purses his lips, and shook his head in familiarity.
Although I think NFL players expect too much from some owners, the Bengals really need to up their game especially in providing facilities for wives and family members attending games. I agree they need to keep the cafeteria open and assume players pay for their own meals there. I'm curious regarding dinner expectations. Are they only talking about game day and travel dinners? I doubt that restaurant workers would want Mike Brown to pay the tab because players probably tip better.
What really amazed me about Xavier's win was that they did it despite the one-sided officiating: 34 foul shots vs 20. East coast Big East teams have a huge home team advantage in terms of foul calls.
You picked another great song from the Eagles. I think they have so many good songs because the had multiple writers and four legitimate lead singers.
I wonder if the players (or local taxpayers) know about the quarter of a million being donated to the city of Louisville for a new park and turf fields, etc. Hmmmm???
I've always thought that Mike Brown is more petty than cheap. But this goes beyond that. It's interesting in an unpleasant way that this man whose manners are so perfect, and whose loyalty to troubled players suggests sensitivity, is so nearly tyrannical in wielding his power.
Sean Miller has put Xavier Basketball back on the tracks! To watch X go from underdog Xavier (OH) a school happy to make the NCAA tournament in the 1980s to where they are now is truly remarkable.
That is embarrassing for a team that has been vying for the Super Bowl the past few years I suspect Katie, will as usual, come to the rescue. I guess they are not the worst franchise overall in this poll, so that is something.
Actually, I didn't have a love thing with John, but many women did. I just loved watching him grow into the player he became as he started out struggling with pay calling, etc. I was proud of what he accomplished.
Hey Doc, wait a minute . . . I sent in the $80 annual subscription fee to TML via the channel you advised. I do appreciate the commentary you provide us. I read it daily.
I started a small, part time business 18 months after retiring during the depth of the pandemic (June 2020). 2 years and 9 months later it’s going very well. Don’t be shy about asking for some compensation for your work. It’s good stuff.
Maybe, just maybe Mikey Boy feels the slight shred of guiltiness for bleeding the county dry all these years with the insufferably bad lease deal the Bengal have been fleecing the local taxpayers with, and doesn't wanna bleed the county for improvements right now, his years of tightwad-ness having elevated him on many lists to the worst owner in all of pro sports. Maybe just maybe Mikey has finally has a heart transplanted into his chest where previously there was none. Maybe?
Nahhhhh.
The Bengals will forever be the cheapest of cheapskates. They lucked into Burrow and Chase. Mike admitted it was like finding a lucky penny in a pitch black alley in a thunder storm. The current little run of luck will run out soon enough. Guys will jump ship when it starts to go down. It's the historic pattern of the Bengals. Tigers do not change their stripes.
Colby Jones had to go 9-10 in FG attempts last night for X to win. Impressive, yes, but hardly sustainable. X has to stay sharp and balanced on offense to go deep in both tourneys coming up. They're very good, but they have to continue to close games out like last night. They could do some real damage in the NCAAs. That's obvious. The close losses should have shown them their late game weaknesses, which they can fix. It's always fun to watch an unselfish team pass the ball and share the ball. That's X to a tee this year.
I love the Eagles. Saw my first concert around 1972 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. I have never heard this song. Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Not surprised about the locker room situation especially with toilets not working. Why is it that all of the stadiums along the riverfront have bad plumbing. The Coliseum (being renovated this year) doesn't have a toilet that flushes in any of the mens rooms. You pee and it runs out on the floor. GABP still has an odor problem in the seat along 1st base. It doesn't drain properly and they have to put deoderent in the pipes so it doesn't smell so bad. Won't go to a Bengals game (root for them ) but not surprised that the toilets don't work. I know these are building issues (Ham. County) but the cafeteria? Cmon Mike open the wallet a little.
How much of the facility related complaints are due to the fact that their stadium was opened 23 years ago? Was it common place in 2000 to have power outlets everywhere because people can't stay off their phones? I still don't see "family restrooms" every place I go, but my bigger question about that is...who is bringing a child young enough to breast feed to a cold, loud NFL game??? To each their own, but if you're going to do that you can't spring for your own club/suite tickets??? We're talking about players' families, right?
Idk...this whole thing just seems like a way the NFLPA can try to gain leverage over teams. The grading system is laughable (wth is an F minus?). And then making the results public? Not trying to defend teams/ownership who clearly have tons of money, but I find the existence of this survey odd, and its availability to the general public to be suspicious at best.
What's that old mantra? Is it "Happy employees are productive employees"?
That's what this boils down to. The Men need to have happy employees, as happy employees will be productive and successful employees (and in this case, hopefully lead to more division titles, playoff victories and a Super Bowl championship.)
If they aren't happy, they'll go somewhere else -- much like many of us would if our employer wasn't treating us with the courtesy or respect we felt we deserved, or attending to what we feel will make us happy and productive employees.
In this survey by the NFLPA -- something no different than the employer survey many of us get annually at our jobs -- it shows that the Bengals main employees, the players, aren't happy with some things, but they're happy with others. These things they aren't happy with might sound trivial, due to the salaries many of those "employees" receive, but it's no different than many of us complaining in our surveys that the building's heat is on too high, or there need to be healthier options in the vending machines besides Whatchamacallits, or why smokers get more breaks than non-smokers.
I don't think Mike Brown purposely does this out of spite, or because he doesn't gives two squats about the players. It's likely because the issues highlighted in this survey either never crossed his mind before -- the man is in his 80s, after all, and most 80-year-olds aren't worrying about an outlet to charge their device or where a mother is going to change her child's diaper -- or, they've not been properly brought to his attention. Now that it has been, along with Katie's attention, I'm sure it will be addressed sooner rather than later.
One really nice thing, though ... if this is all we have to nitpick the Men about in the offseason, then by golly, we've got it better than we ever have in Bengaldom.
Is there any reason to believe the Bengals ownership treats themselves any differently in regards to their own professional lives than they do the staff and players? Why is it a bad thing to be resourceful with money no matter how much you have? Last I heard, Warren Buffet and Mike Brown both drive General Motors cars. Anyone want to call Buffet a cheapskate? Buffet is attracted to companies that have meaningful levels of austerity just like he has. There’s is nothing wrong with the Browns doing the same.
C’mon people. There is no free lunch. Never will be.
The player treatment issue is not frugality, it's some weird sort of generational pathology. It reminds me of my mother-in-law. She's very generous. Anytime she visits she has new clothes for the kids. She'll send my wife and I (both gainfully employed in our mid-40s) checks for non gift holidays like Valentine's Day and the 4th of July. It's all very nice and completely unnecessary. Yet, when Christmas rolls around she never gets anyone something that they really want-much less the A-list gift that the kids will remember forever. Anything top shelf or possibly extravagant is avoided like the plague. It's not frugality (she wastes money all the time)--but something beyond that. It's the same with the Bengals. PB's comment about the TV was part of an over-arching value structure that has been passed on. Hopefully the kids in the family can gradually turn the tide. The Bengals are a premier team these days, and its time to act like it.
X just impresses. I really thought they were going to let that one slip away last night-what with all the fouls. Boum has been such a treat. Hope he can make the most of the single year he spends here. Never know!
Related to this, I was just perusing NFL franchise values. Bengals are 32nd. The two teams in front of them are the Cardinals and Lions both which play in far larger markets than our little burgh. What do all three teams have in common? Longstanding family ownership - Browns, Bidwells, and Fords. Also none of them have won a Super Bowl.
Maybe the insularity of family ownership is a detriment to success both on the field, in the Forbes rankings, and the way the teams are perceived by players (Cards are 31st there, too).
I work out at a gym with fringe Bengals players and guys trying to make it. In 2021 we asked a backup D lineman what Thanksgiving was like, when did you practice, etc. He said they got Wednesday off but had to practice on Thanksgiving. We asked if they provided a proper meal and he said, I swear, grilled cheese was the entree that day. I told him about the Gatorade and jock straps, he purses his lips, and shook his head in familiarity.
Although I think NFL players expect too much from some owners, the Bengals really need to up their game especially in providing facilities for wives and family members attending games. I agree they need to keep the cafeteria open and assume players pay for their own meals there. I'm curious regarding dinner expectations. Are they only talking about game day and travel dinners? I doubt that restaurant workers would want Mike Brown to pay the tab because players probably tip better.
What really amazed me about Xavier's win was that they did it despite the one-sided officiating: 34 foul shots vs 20. East coast Big East teams have a huge home team advantage in terms of foul calls.
You picked another great song from the Eagles. I think they have so many good songs because the had multiple writers and four legitimate lead singers.
I wonder if the players (or local taxpayers) know about the quarter of a million being donated to the city of Louisville for a new park and turf fields, etc. Hmmmm???
I've always thought that Mike Brown is more petty than cheap. But this goes beyond that. It's interesting in an unpleasant way that this man whose manners are so perfect, and whose loyalty to troubled players suggests sensitivity, is so nearly tyrannical in wielding his power.
Sean Miller has put Xavier Basketball back on the tracks! To watch X go from underdog Xavier (OH) a school happy to make the NCAA tournament in the 1980s to where they are now is truly remarkable.
That is embarrassing for a team that has been vying for the Super Bowl the past few years I suspect Katie, will as usual, come to the rescue. I guess they are not the worst franchise overall in this poll, so that is something.