Hall of Fame Coach

by wyoeng on Dec 30, 2008 10:01 PM MST Comment 10 comments

The Broncos getting rid of a possible / probable HOF coach does not sit well with me. I wanted coach Mike to go in the HOF as a Bronco. I wonder how the org will be seen in the future in light of the fireing. Will the Broncos be know as the team that gave away a great coach rather than give one more year for Mike/Slo? Remember that the Titans fans were talking of getting rid of Jeff Fisher a couple years back but managment stuck with him. Also, Pittsburg stuck by Cower and were rewarded with a SB win. Hope Mike is hired in the NFC.

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On The Bright Side...

I doubt Shanny racks up more than 14 seasons, 138 wins or 2 Super Bowl trophies anywhere else before he retires, so it’s safe to say he’ll be remembered (and enshrined?) as a Bronco. Moreover, the guys you mentioned where not in the same situation as Shanny.

Cowher was 32-15-1 in the three years before the 6-10 hiccup when fans started calling for his head and 34-14 with a Super Bowl ring in the subsequent three. Fisher was 56-24 over five seasons (with four playoff trips and one Super Bowl appearance) before his franchise bottomed out, going 9-23 over a two-year span before trending back up (8 wins, then 10 and now 13) to the league’s elite. Neither Bill nor Jeff presided over the sort of stagnation currently in place in Denver, so it’s not appropriate to bring them up.

Well, at least I hope Shanny ends up in the NFC, just like you do!

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by ejruiz on Dec 30, 2008 10:45 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

The Cowboys dumped Tom Landry

after more than 20 years, 5 Super Bowl appearances and two victories. But it had to be done. The team, the system, the organization had grown stale.

by SlowWhiteGuy on Dec 30, 2008 11:14 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Every run coes to an end

Shula, Landry, Chuck Noll got fired four Super Bowls, good owners know when the team is not responding.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman

by Broncoman on Dec 30, 2008 11:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Good point, Broncoman.

I just feel like we were in the middle of something great here when this disaster struck. I feel like we were halfway up the mountain, and Bowlen shot our most experienced Sherpa guide. Sure, we were closer to the summit a few years ago, but the guy had a map. Sometimes the road to the top takes you through some valleys and switchbacks.

"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi

by HarvJNep2n on Dec 30, 2008 11:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

In most ways we are still

halfway up that mountain. Restructuring the organization last year has lessened the blow from this greatly, if the Goodmans, Brian Xander and the front office stay intact.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 31, 2008 2:16 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

And then fired Landry's replacement,

Jimmy Johnson, after 2 more SB rings. Am I right on that stat? Switzer won 1 SB with Dallas, right? And look at Dallas now. Jerry Jones (Al Davis in a cowboy hat) runs that team. And despite all their talent, the are watching the playoffs at home like the Broncos. Is this revolving door what we are to become? No identity but the best collection of individuals (not TEAM) money can buy?

"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi

by HarvJNep2n on Dec 30, 2008 11:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Results Matter--Broncos Did Not Make The Playoffs Again

The glory days of Mike Shanahan were when Elway, and Terrell Davis were winning superbowls. Then he built a team three years ago with Plummer, and Al Wilson that was
in the AFC championships.

The Broncos fell flat for three years, and the only achievements have been Culter’s passing stats to Marshall, and Stockley etc.

The meltdown against the Raiders looked like at Bronco team without the will to compete in the NFL. Then the Buffalo game was another defensive and special teams
meltdown. The final straw was another defensive meltdown as LT tore through the Bronco line like a weekend flag football team.

The Broncos will be better off going in another direction.

by todd7 on Dec 30, 2008 11:46 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the posts

Makes me feel a little better about what happened.

Victor Frankl:

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

by wyoeng on Dec 31, 2008 8:38 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

I don't think Mr. O'Brien should buy any real estate. Or, green bananas...

Jim Goodman for Broncos MVP!

by Emmett Smith on Dec 31, 2008 10:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Fried Green Bananas?

Victor Frankl:

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

by wyoeng on Jan 1, 2009 8:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs