Change in the Bengals beat at the Cincy Enquirer

Notepad · Jan 6, 2009

write then drink said:

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
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I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Also, some of the best stories are extracted from teams that routinely lose.
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oh, i don't know

maybe in JO 101 that's the case but not in the real world

in reality, covering a team that blows year after year gets old. just because you're objective in your coverage and don't care who wins or loses doesn't mean you want to cover a shit team every year.
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How do you type your stories with that big, foam No. 1 finger with the team you are covering on it?

daemon · Jan 6, 2009

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
Click to expand...

I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Click to expand...

Notepad said:

write then drink said:

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
Click to expand...

I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Also, some of the best stories are extracted from teams that routinely lose.
Click to expand...

oh, i don't know

maybe in JO 101 that's the case but not in the real world

in reality, covering a team that blows year after year gets old. just because you're objective in your coverage and don't care who wins or loses doesn't mean you want to cover a shit team every year.
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How do you type your stories with that big, foam No. 1 finger with the team you are covering on it?
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Dude - you obviously don't cover a beat

playthrough · Jan 6, 2009

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
Click to expand...

I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Also, some of the best stories are extracted from teams that routinely lose.
Click to expand...

Agree with your last sentence, to a point. But years and years of 3-13 Bengals is a different kind of drudgery (as a diehard fan, I know this), and I'm not going to fault a guy for losing his mental edge after a decade (maybe that was Curnutte's case, maybe not, I'm talking in general).

Armchair_QB · Jan 6, 2009

playthrough said:

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
Click to expand...

I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Also, some of the best stories are extracted from teams that routinely lose.
Click to expand...

Agree with your last sentence, to a point. But years and years of 3-13 Bengals is a different kind of drudgery (as a diehard fan, I know this), and I'm not going to fault a guy for losing his mental edge after a decade (maybe that was Curnutte's case, maybe not, I'm talking in general).
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I don't know him but I'm amazed he didn't run amuk like a postal worker after 10 years of covering that train wreck.

Freelance Hack · Jan 7, 2009

playthrough said:

Notepad said:

playthrough said:

Wanted to catch Daugherty's radio show last night but didn't, he had Curnutte on and was planning to ask him if all the losing made the beat easier to walk away from. Good question.
Click to expand...

I think it is kind of a stupid question for a few reasons.
If you are a true pro, it shouldn't matter what the record is, you have a job to do, do it.
Also, some of the best stories are extracted from teams that routinely lose.
Click to expand...

Agree with your last sentence, to a point. But years and years of 3-13 Bengals is a different kind of drudgery (as a diehard fan, I know this), and I'm not going to fault a guy for losing his mental edge after a decade (maybe that was Curnutte's case, maybe not, I'm talking in general).
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With some exception during the decent years under Marvin, most Bengals seasons in the last 18 years can usually be broken down into two seasons

Season 1 -- First 10 games -- at best Bengals are 3-7 by this point, but usually, they're worse. Much fretting occurs about how the team has no direction and that the players don't give a damn. Fans call on Mike Brown to make changes.
Season 2 -- Last 6 games -- this is when the Bengals usually decide to start playing and go 5-1 or 4-2. These wins are usually against teams that aren't playing for anything. Still, Mike Brown decides no real changes or improvements need to be made.

REPEAT

playthrough · Jan 7, 2009

True that, Freelance. I was absolutely positive the Bengals would win their last three games this season, per that axiom plus a mediocre schedule.

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