Broncos whack McDaniels

[PCLoadLetter]

I wonder what the hell happened? Only a few games left...no interim coach named...not an awful loss yesterday...what did that little demonic **** dwarf do to get himself fired before the end of the season?

Maybe they wanted to do it on a quasi-bye week.

They've got the Cardinals on Sunday.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Bowlen will be on the hook for three HC salaries next season.

 

[BYH]

Shanahan had grown stale, but getting rid of a HOF-level coach and hiring some 32-year-old punk and then giving him the run of the franchise was just idiotic.

A friend in Denver swears that if Brandon Stokely hadn't gotten lucky with that TD catch in the opener last season, McDaniels would not have gotten a second season.

Meanwhile, he ran off a QB who is 9-3 this season and ran off a pretty damn good receiver.

Let's not start rewriting history when it comes to Jay Cutler and, especially, Brandon Marshall now.

 

[JakeandElwood]

Bowlen will be on the hook for three HC salaries next season.

Holy ****. That is some horrible management.

 

[poindexter]

Shanahan had grown stale, but getting rid of a HOF-level coach and hiring some 32-year-old punk and then giving him the run of the franchise was just idiotic.

A friend in Denver swears that if Brandon Stokely hadn't gotten lucky with that TD catch in the opener last season, McDaniels would not have gotten a second season.

Meanwhile, he ran off a QB who is 9-3 this season and ran off a pretty damn good receiver.

And running back.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Isn't it obvious? The Denver Broncos job will go to one of college football's two biggest weasels: Lane Kiffin or Bobby Petrino.

 

[Care Bear]

I feel like Clark Griswold on Christmas Eve when Frank Shirley was delivered to his living room wrapped in a bow. Pat Bowlen is the new Cousin Eddie!

 

[D-3 Fan]

Shanahan had grown stale, but getting rid of a HOF-level coach and hiring some 32-year-old punk and then giving him the run of the franchise was just idiotic.

A friend in Denver swears that if Brandon Stokely hadn't gotten lucky with that TD catch in the opener last season, McDaniels would not have gotten a second season.

Meanwhile, he ran off a QB who is 9-3 this season and ran off a pretty damn good receiver.

Let's not start rewriting history when it comes to Jay Cutler and, especially, Brandon Marshall now.

Exactly. Cutler wasn't Mr. Congeniality and Marshall domestic abuse flap and bizarre behavior was part of this tragic comedy.

 

[D-3 Fan]

Isn't it obvious? The Denver Broncos job will go to one of college football's two biggest weasels: Lane Kiffin or Bobby Petrino.

Neither.

Does Belichick have another "hot" assistant who is ready to be a head coach??

 

[LongTimeListener]

Bowlen will be on the hook for three HC salaries next season.

Holy ****. That is some horrible management.

I don't think he's on the hook for Shanahan's salary, though, since Shanahan is back in the league. Maybe they came to another arrangement but that's usually how it works in the NFL.

I wonder what the hell happened? Only a few games left...no interim coach named...not an awful loss yesterday...what did that little demonic **** dwarf do to get himself fired before the end of the season?

The way he coached the end of the game yesterday deserved a firing. With 10 minutes left and the Broncos down four points, Moreno busted a 24-yard run intothe red zone, giving him 161 for the day (7 yards a pop average). Moreno finished with ... 161 yards. He didn't get one more carry the whole rest of the game.

And with 2:32 left, still down by the same four points, the Broncos had 4th-and-4 at their 39. They had two timeouts left. McDaniels punted, betting that one of the league's worst defenses could stop the Chiefs short of a first down. They couldn't. The Broncos did get the ball back one more time -- with three seconds left at their own 8-yard line.

I saw that and I thought McDaniels was trying to get fired a la Lane Kiffin.

 

[mb]

What a disaster the franchise has become. Just a complete joke all around.

And in all seriousness, does anybody here know exactly what's up with Bowlen? For about a year now, there have been comments and pieces of stories that mention some kind of health/memory problems. But nobody has ever come out and specifically said what's up -- at least that I've seen.

 

[JC]

Shanahan had grown stale, but getting rid of a HOF-level coach and hiring some 32-year-old punk and then giving him the run of the franchise was just idiotic.

A friend in Denver swears that if Brandon Stokely hadn't gotten lucky with that TD catch in the opener last season, McDaniels would not have gotten a second season.

Meanwhile, he ran off a QB who is 9-3 this season and ran off a pretty damn good receiver.

Was that the QB you guaranteed they would get no better than a third round pick for?

 

[BYH]

It will be interesting to see how much longer Tebow remains a Bronco since McDaniels drafted him as part of his mancrush.

I'm sure God will take care of it.

 

[mb]

It's actually almost funny. The **** most folks want him fired for doesn't really bother me that much.

But I'm still bitter he traded a ****ing mid-first-rounder to draft a ******* midget from Wake Forest in the 2nd round two drafts ago. And then kept him a year and dealt him for a seventh or eighth tight end.

Bouncing Shanahan was fine. But don't turn around and give all his power to a guy that pretty much hasn't done anything in the league.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Shanahan had grown stale, but getting rid of a HOF-level coach and hiring some 32-year-old punk and then giving him the run of the franchise was just idiotic.

A friend in Denver swears that if Brandon Stokely hadn't gotten lucky with that TD catch in the opener last season, McDaniels would not have gotten a second season.

Meanwhile, he ran off a QB who is 9-3 this season and ran off a pretty damn good receiver.

Was that the QB you guaranteed they would get no better than a third round pick for?

I think I said there's no way they'll get a No. 1 for him, which I obviously was wrong about. Not my fault the Bears overpaid to get him.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Cutler is an all-timer on the punk list and Marshall had a bad reputation, but if you're a head coach and you can't make it work with your two best offensive players, the problem is the coach.

Every coach in the NFL has some punks he has to deal with.

 

[YGBFKM]

Bowlen hiring McDaniels was an awful move that Stevie Wonder could see a mile away. But getting rid of Shanahan was the right thing to do. He had worn out his usefulness to the organization and he's showing himself to be a fraud this season in D.C.

 

[YGBFKM]

Cutler is an all-timer on the punk list and Marshall had a bad reputation, but if you're a head coach and you can't make it work with your two best offensive players, the problem is the coach.

Every coach in the NFL has some punks he has to deal with.

You're an all-timer on the punk list.

And the only drawback to McDaniels getting fired is that I now have to listen to BYH talk as if he knows any ****ing thing about the NFL. Go back to the hot stove, looser!

 

[Roscablo]

The personnel issues have been more than a little suspect, that's for sure, but I think Hillis, the Smith pick, Scheffler and to an extent Tebow are worse than Cutler (who I think wanted out regardless once Shanny got canned) and Marshall.

Rumors are starting that he's fired with cause via Spygate II and they won't pay him. But who knows at this point.

 

[Ilmago]

I guess I'm in the minority but I think it's a stupid move. Unless that 6-0 start last year was really an abirition?

I do think he's made some weird decisions like getting rid of Marshall and Scheffler but the Cutler wasn't a bad deal. Trading up to get Tebow was a stretch but eh, he wants GOOD people on the roster. Than again, there's spygate part 2...so there's a lot against him.

I just think he wasn't given long enough...he's still really young and you have to let young coaches make some bad calls along the way.