Back by popular demand is a heading-into-training-camp edition of my NFL Truths column:
10. Marvin Lewis' ego could be getting in the way of a terrific coaching career.
I've seen what's happening in Cincinnati happen before. A fantastic, grounded football coach is allowing his ego to run wild, and he's convinced himself that he can coach anybody, as long as the players are talented and sober on game day.
Lewis reminds me of Marty Schottenheimer during Marty's final two years in Kansas City. Desperate to win a Super Bowl and smothered by the belief he was the best coach in football, Schottenheimer turned the Chiefs' locker room into a halfway house for ex-cons, and the team absolutely imploded in 1998, earning the nickname "Bone, Thugs and Marty." Click Here for the entire story... Or the Follow-up this season Click here
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