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Re: Broncos In-season Report
« Reply #19 on: Dec 31st, 2008, 11:43pm » |
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on Dec 31st, 2008, 11:40am, DirkDiggler wrote:| It was time for him to go! After the collapse this year and the previous years finishes, I truly think he lost the team. |
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I do not disagree at all... I liked Mike, but he had, at this point, overstayed his welcome, for sure. In the early years, I thought he was fantastic and coached to his talent. But, in these late years, he seemed megalomaniacal with the running game. It seemed like he was hell-bent on proving the supremacy of his run scheme by, at least, showing that he could plug anyone into it (which, as I intimated in a post above, I think facilitated injuries) and, at worst, plugging in and trying to make a star out of some no-name rookie free-agent.  Furthermore, as many of you who know me already know, I did NOT like what he (the team under his watch) did to Jake Plummer and Ron Dayne. I think Dayne could have been very solid in a Denver running attack (and in letting him do so would have allowed this heck-of-a good guy to redeem himself), and I thought Plummer was a Bronco through-and-through and made to play in Denver and, in any event, had a fine win-loss record with us. Make no mistakes... His fleeing from the NFL had all to do with the Broncos turning their backs on him and hurting him very deeply, I believe.
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Re: Broncos In-season Report
« Reply #20 on: Jan 4th, 2009, 12:41am » |
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I am squarely against this decision. I do feel Shanahan would have left/been relieved of his duties no matter what. I think Shanahan needed to give up his GM duties and concentrate on coaching, and I doubt he wanted to give that up. So, that probably prompted the final move.
For Shanahan to be the #1 coaching candidate immediately after his firing says a ton. He won 62% of his games in Denver. I don't see the next coach being able to repeat that task, making his stay potentially very short (not necessarily his fault). Having said all that, I firmly believe that the Denver job may be the best coaching gig (for sure top 5) in the NFL.
My bottom line is this: if he ends up in KC (a place where full control is a possibility now with Peterson out), that will end up biting the Broncos seriously in the short term. If his next job is strictly coaching, I do believe he will win another title.
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Re: Broncos In-season Report
« Reply #21 on: Jan 12th, 2009, 4:09pm » |
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Donkeys have their new head coach... according to this source, a conduit to local news reports, rolling  off "The REAL Feed":
Broncos Hire Josh McDaniels as Head Coach
SportsFilter (12.01.2009 14:56)
Josh McDaniels, the 32-year-old offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, has been hired by the Denver Broncos as head coach, replacing Mike Shanahan. He becomes the third-youngest coach in NFL history. "He looks like a college student," writes Woody Paige.
Guy's a youngin... 
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according to "The REAL Feed": 
for the next little while. Given the perennial uncertainty anymore in the Broncos' running backfield and given that Hillis is actually the team's fullback, I would recommend being modest in your expectations.
up"... within a single game, from week to week or over a season), Tatum Bell is brought back. From "The REAL Feed": 