Marvin Lewis’s press conference on Wednesday, his first presser since being retained as Cincinnati’s head coach, was rather long. Many topics were discussed, from the belief that ownership wants to win a championship, to an internal reflection on an expansive 15-year career, to a reporter delivering questions from fans to Lewis -- and Lewis generally disregarding such questions when dealing with these fan people things.
One phrase that the media clenched with a white-knuckle grip was “start from scratch”.
Lewis offered the phrase “start from scratch” twice, during this question: Marvin, staying the course is fine to tell to your players and to the guys underneath you, but how do you communicate that to the fan base that has kind of gone away in droves this year?