saw this at Bengals.com, some guy says he's an insider and he answered the posters questions for the most part, I'll let you guys be the judge and jury

http://boards.bengals.com/showthread.php?t=78097

cliff notes

* Very unlikely that there will be a change at OC. In the unlikely event of a change here, the only option being considered is Zampese.
* Mike Brown doesn't want to make a change at OC because he wants to honor the true friendship between Bratowski and himself.
* Mike Brown is aware of the criticism from the fans, the players, the media, and other NFL organizations, but he thinks they are wrong and don't understand his approach.
* We will probably try to draft WR A.J. Green at #4.
* An indoor practice facility is not being discussed.
* Mike has no plans whatsoever to relinquish control and plans on running the organization well into his 80's.
* The scouting department, with the exception of Tobin, is just a bunch of Mike Brown's cronies that he tells who to look at and how much time to spend on them.
* The Bengals are preparing for a 10-20% drop-off in season ticket renewals/purchases and luxury boxes next year but expect that the fans will come back eventually. Mike Brown is not concerned.
* Pretty much all the players think the organization is horrible. Mike Brown passed David Fulcher in the hallway and didn't know who he was.


There was some minor good news, but unfortunately none of it will make any impact in the short term:

* Unlike Mike Brown, Katie and Troy Blackburn are worried about the fan backlash.
* Katie Blackburn plans to modernize the Bengals operations when Mike Brown passes control to her, with at least the discussion of a football operations person (not necessarily a GM) being hired. They wanted to have comparable operations to the Steelers and Ravens.
* Bratowski's contract runs through 2011, but there have been no talks of an extension.
* Mike Brown got such a sweet deal in Cincinnati that he has no plans on moving the team.

just a quick update, the supposed insider confirmed that Brat is OC and that Zampese will not be promoted and then Hobson shut him down, his thread has been locked

That insider nailed it on the head with Bratkowski. (eye roll)

Looks like the Great Leader got wind of the thread and his feathers were ruffled. The "Insider"'s thread was a very interesting read even if there wasn't many real bombshells. I tend to believe the "insider" has some solid sources even though it looks like they were off on the Brat/OC issue.

The original thread is locked (after a mod assured all it wouldn't happen iirc) and the "Insider"'s web page has all of his entries removed except one directing folks to go to another forum for answers.

Thanks for posting icehole!

(01-31-2011 01:37 PM)Vottomatic Wrote:  That insider nailed it on the head with Bratkowski. (eye roll)

please refer to him as Bengal Outsider from now on Votto