Mike Brown has been a magnet for criticism with Cincinnati Bengals fans since he assumed leadership of the team in 1991. He has been ridiculed for various reasons: for being too cheap with free agency, procuring a team friendly deal with Hamilton County and meddling in player personnel decisions while desperately trying to be an icon like his father. Mr. Brown even has a fan site dedicated to his perceived ineptitude.
As a life-long Bengals fan, I have heard all of these critiques as well as countless others. In fact, I have levied some of these same complaints myself towards the Bengals owner.