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Mirroring Marvin
CLEANING UP THE ‘WAR ROOM’
In honor of Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, I grabbed a broom and dust pan, rolled out the Shop-Vac, purchased a large box of plastic bags — 80 bags, 55 gallons each — and got busy cleaning up the Miamisburg War Room.
“I believe in our organization and the foundation we’ve put together,” Lewis said following the 2007 season. “But it’s been five years, and there are things around here that are a little stale. We’ve got to take all those doggone binders from the last five years of games, and get rid of them. Get the offices clean, the boards cleaned up, as though we are new people coming in.
“It’s got nothing to do with the playbook. Just in general. It’s like you go to your garage and say, ‘I’ve got to get rid of this junk.’ That’s what I’m saying. We just need to freshen up a bit.”
I agree.
The 2008 NFL season marks my 12th year on the Cincinnati Bengals beat for the Dayton Daily News. I’ve kept every brochure from every team, every box score from every game I’ve covered, every lineup card and notes from every game. I’ve got a pair of six-foot-high piles of Sports Illustrated and Sporting News magazines, and DDN sports sections, and tons of game programs that I give to kids who request them.
The most precious memories are going into a couple of boxes, and the remainder is getting tossed out.
I promised myself that — by the time Sunday night, April 20, 2008, rolls around — the Miamisburg War Room will resemble Corey Dillon’s locker at the end of the 2003 season.
“CLEAN, man, CLEAN!” Dillon said.
FLASH-MINOR-VILLE
Did you happen to catch Flash Minor’s interview with Wright State University baseball coach Rob Cooper on WONE radio on Friday night, April 18?
I listened to the first 10 seconds, then turned it off.
Flash botched the introduction when he couldn’t remember Cooper’s name.
I felt embarrassed for Flash; his co-host, Mark Schlemmer; for WONE; and especially for Cooper.
Flash is a great guy, but on this night, he was clearly unprepared.
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