Paul Daugherty on Mike Brown

[samhain]

I've always had my problems with Mike Brown and his running of the Bengals. That said, as a person I've always respected his stubborn, authentic persona. The dude is who he is, and he has a ton of self awareness. His ways are his ways and he generally doesn't change them for anyone.

He's said a lot of things that we as fans absolutely despised, but he never sugar coated anything. He's not deceptive or fake. He's a guy that can be taken at face value, and he's got little use for the opinions of others.

As much as I've bashed him, I think it would be great for him to see the team win a title before he checks out. It would really be something for one of his final accomplishments to be seeing a city that hated him for decades forgive and thank him for bringing a title.