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by abqbroncofan on Jan 13, 2009 5:24 PM MST

Hello, I'm a Bronco Fan who, just like the rest of you, bleeds blue and orange. I am new to MHR, but have enjoyed lurking the last couple of months. In my opinion, nothing better than learning about football while talking about our favorite team. I agreed with the Shannahan firing, but I just have one question. If Bowlen was looking for somebody like Shannahan, why did he fire him in the first place.? And Mr. McDaniels, please, on draft day. Defense! Defense! Defense.

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Welcome aboard

Where do you live in Albuquerque, Westside, NE heights, Valley, I lived there for 10 years and miss it a lot.

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

by Broncoman on Jan 13, 2009 5:35 PM MST reply actions

Every time I think of Albuquerque...

I think of this. So… now every time I see one of your comments, that is what I will think of.

"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09

I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!

by papigrande on Jan 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

wtf papi?

I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!

by PosterNutbag on Jan 13, 2009 8:29 PM MST up reply actions

You've never heard of Weird Al?

You should listen to that song… It changed my life. Or this one, which is just funny.

"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09

by papigrande on Jan 13, 2009 8:38 PM MST up reply actions

now that one is funny.

I’ve seen that one before.

I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!

by PosterNutbag on Jan 13, 2009 8:50 PM MST up reply actions

I about fell out of my chair

Love that…I’m fluent in both Javascript and Klingon. Too funy

I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.

by sadaraine on Jan 13, 2009 10:23 PM MST up reply actions

LMAO

Nice Papi…very funny

I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.

by sadaraine on Jan 13, 2009 10:20 PM MST up reply actions

I know of a great bar in Kansas City called

Jerry’s Bait Shop…believe that’s where your from if I’m not mistaken Papi

Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

by Owen on Jan 14, 2009 6:15 AM MST up reply actions

Hahahaha

From KC….That’s a good one.

by Joel Thorman on Jan 14, 2009 10:52 AM MST up reply actions

Welcome aboard Abq!

Good to have fellow Broncomaniacs, isn’t it?

"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09

by papigrande on Jan 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST reply actions

Welcome to MHR.

I think Bowlen wanted a sort of rebirth of sorts for this team. He felt Shanny’s message was getting stale…and Bowlen doesn’t want new air, he wants fresh air. Or something like that. lol

This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.

by Tim Lynch on Jan 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST reply actions

He meant...

Shanny wasn’t givin up GM and Bowlen wasn’t having that. Mutual departure in a way.

McDaniels was the best option for this team. You CAN NOT overfocus on the defense and possibley have Jeremy Bates not progress with Cutler. McDaniels will watch over both sides of the ball, especially the O, while letting a defensive guy handle the D along with an intelligent GM.

Mac Daddy mackin' out Denver!!!

by broncodude793 on Jan 13, 2009 6:00 PM MST up reply actions

Better than stale farts

Thanks to Mike Shanahan, a great coach who will be dearly missed. But...
Let's all get on the Mac Daddy Express!
Hillis for starter next year. He wears special thigh pads so his solid brass balls don't give him repeated thigh contusions.

by 53guys on Jan 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST up reply actions

Thanks

NE Heights Broncoman, and yes papi, it is good to have fellow Broncomaniacs, especially in a town usually dominated by the Cowgirls.

I bleed Blue and Orange.

by abqbroncofan on Jan 13, 2009 5:44 PM MST reply actions

That Steeler and Raider fans

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

by Broncoman on Jan 13, 2009 5:49 PM MST up reply actions

Welcome abq

It all starts in the trenches HT 11/11/08

by firstfan on Jan 13, 2009 5:47 PM MST reply actions

OK, now the most important question, best New Mexican restaurant in town?

Also best bar to check out the Broncos games, TD’s doesn’t count.

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

by Broncoman on Jan 13, 2009 6:01 PM MST reply actions

Welcome to MHR

In regards to the firing, I think Bowlen was impatient. The Goodmans, Xander and Shanahan had a plan to rebuild the team and they started on the offensive side of the ball, success. The defense was next and there was no reason to believe that Goodmans and Xander wouldn’t have gotten it right. The recent successes in the draft is evident. Perhaps they needed help on the defensive side of the draft, Moss and Crowder eeehh…but they were desperate and reaching. The recent additions of Larson and WW show they can spot talent. Barrett wasn’t a bad find either although he is still raw but the tools are there.

Romeo Crennel is a defensive minded coach that if he was still with the Patriots and available we would all want him right up there with Steve Spags. Look how that worked out…

Belicheck is a good coach with a good team. He is successful. His tree isn’t all that impressive and nothing is going to lead me to believe that Brady and the Pats got better because of McDaniel and not the addition of Moss and Welker.

Mike Shanahan is one of the best and McDaniels isn’t even in the same stratosphere. With that said, I will root for his success and hope he creates a legacy of winning Broncos football.

Welcome aboard!

Was it hard? "It hurts. But tough times don’t last — tough people do. That’s life." - Mike Shanahan

by Steve O' on Jan 13, 2009 6:20 PM MST reply actions

Welcome Aboard!!

We are glad to have you…

As for an answer, look no further than the Press Conference when Bowlen fired Shanny. He said “New Direction” about 6 times. He also said “I am here every day, I make the decisions”.

Those words had the sound of an owner that was simply sick and tired of someone else running his football team. He wanted to re-insert himself in the day-to-day operations and to do that Shanny had to go.

-TSG

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by John Bena on Jan 13, 2009 7:00 PM MST reply actions

welcome aboard !

by broncosfaninphilly on Jan 13, 2009 8:58 PM MST reply actions

Gotta agree with Johnny B

Welcome! Pat Has control back! The draft will be decided as a coop but The HC, doesn.t have final say….WOW! How long has that been? They say that it will be Goodman Sr. but I think it will really be Pat, with all the educated input from the staff, after all, Pat knows football.

It is better to keep silent, and appear to be wise, then to ramble on and remove all doubt! The Wisest Man.

by metalman5050 on Jan 13, 2009 9:03 PM MST reply actions

Glad to have you onboard!

I was in Albuqureque from 94 to 96 working on a Master’s degree in Geography at UNM. The food, weather and scenery in NM was great.

I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.

by Arctic Bronco on Jan 13, 2009 10:05 PM MST reply actions