He looked grim and his face appeared to redden. This bleak season has been an agony for him, as well as for the rest of Cincinnati. Those who say Mr. Brown is heartless, that he cares only about money, are wrong. He cares deeply about winning and fielding a professional team. He cares about Cincinnati, or he could have sold out and moved the team long ago.
Nobody wants to be the laughing stock of their profession.
And it couldn't come at a worse time. Mr. Brown and the Bengals are not just another team right now. And that means Mr. Brown and his team have a special obligation to Cincinnati. They cannot go on conducting bad business as usual, humiliating Cincinnati and discouraging fans. Coaches and players come and go while Mr. Brown stays in control of a franchise that gets worse every year.