QB Shannahan likes – Check
Powerful Running game – Check
No true GM – Check
Great all around talent on Defense but missing Piece – Check
Willingness to risk $$$ on his say so – Yep got that too

What I read is that he turned down the offer to take over in midseason because – well, it’s mid-season. But he kept the door open. So we know Snyder is interested, and after his experience with a rookie HC, I bet he throws big bucks at Shanahan.

’nuff said.

How many think he will be looking for a new D co-ord after season 1 where ever he goes?

Shanahan probably won’t go to Dallas. As TD4HOF stated above, Jerry Jones is the Cowboy’s GM. For Shanny to wind up in Dallas there would have to be a lot of give from one side or the other… and both being control freaks, it’s not likely to happen.

The situation in San Diego is better, but not by much. G.M. A.J. Smith won’t share his duties with anyone. He would likely have to follow Norv out the door before ownership could bring Shanahan in.

Washington also has a meddling owner that holds the G.M. position. I’m not sure if Dan Snyder thinks he can talk Shanahan into wearing only one hat (coaching) or what, but it’s about the same deal as Dallas. One or both sides would have to give up a lot.

Titans owner, Bud Adams, has admitted to needing change, but also said that Fisher would be safe in his job… although one has to wonder if the flap about the Manning jersey would upset him enough to change his mind.

I guess we’ll see.

some questions I have:

-given the success Denver is having now with a coach AND GM not a coach/gm do we know for certain He would require the GM hat as part of the gig? Maybe he was humbled a bit by this.

-Shannahan has spent a year watching tons of film and re working his ideas of offense. How do we know what he is going to want in a QB or even offense for that matter?

judging a coach who has spent time out of coaching and lots of time in the film room on his past record is a lot like judging the Broncos this year based on previous years. Worthless.

I think he will come in be very sought after and hopefully he doesnt end up in OUR division. Personal thought is he may show up in Jacksonville!

chicago bears

I voted dallas but could see washington if money blows him away, we know he likes the money, might die if he coaches in Wales Va@#@$ also known as San Deigo. but would like to see in “Carolina” would be great fit with two good young backs J-Peppers, two good corners, steve smith who i know he thinks highly of and he could have high draft pick to get new gun slinger- lots if QB’s in this draft class. He will want to sign Kuper, Sheffler and Doom. I think we will Get Marshall done and won’t let shanny big on him.

He gets to be an hour away from UF, he gets sun and sand, and he gets the city and team at his fingertips (might get more than just coaching control here). Jax is going to need some energy and excitement, they need to make a splash. Plus the Broncos come to town next year, and I’m going, so I’d love to see the matchup.

it will be Washington. Dan Snyder just wants to win, and he doesn’t mind paying for it. Jerry Jones micromanages too much for Shanny to deal with. The Bills are a small market team and Ralph Wilson pinches his pennies. The Chargers were stupid to get rid of Marty, so they would flub up a deal with Shanhan. Fisher isn’t going anywhere with Tennessee, and they won’t get rid of him either.

First off, let’s consider 3 things. Before anyone attacks me for being against Shanahan, just hear me out.

1. Mike Shanahan is known as an offensive, HoF shoe-in genius. Most of his successes, in my opinion, came on the coat-tails of other coaches before him, and the ones that were around him. Yes, he is the one that put most of those coaches into the jobs they were in, but his ability to coach the game is very, very predictable. Shanahan’s most successful season (97 and 98 aside) was 2005. The coordinators: Gary Kubiak and Larry Coyer. Kubes took a head coaching job in 06, and look what happened to the offense after that. Coyer left after 2006 and look what happened to our defense after that. I’m not doubting Shanahan’s success as a head coach, but a large part of his success was a result of the people around him doing well, not him. I believe that wholeheartedly.

2. His talent evaluation skills were the epitome of hit and miss. His 2008 draft was solid, top to bottom. Carlton Powell and Ryan Torain are the two question marks in my mind, but otherwise, it was a great draft year. His 2003 draft was the textbook definition of fail. The one notable name on the 03 draft list was Quentin Griffin, and he only played 2 years. The 03 draft, while not full of talent, had very notable names. Do the names Carson Palmer, Andre Johnson, Terrell Suggs, Troy Palamalu, Dallas Clark or Nnamdi Asomugha ring a bell? Those players were all drafted in the first round, along with Shanny’s pick: George Foster. Oh, by the way, Foster’s started 3 games last year in Detroit and was cut from Cleveland this year and has yet to find another job in the NFL. So much for building through the draft.

3. The favorites game. This one can’t be changed, in my opinion. We all saw how he guarded specific players and left others out to dry. Champ Bailey said it best in the summer, “We were like second class citizens”. So that’s how you coach your team is it? One side is more important than the other? One side is full of “second class citizens”? Anyone who denies that Shanahan didn’t play favorites wasn’t paying attention.

Oh, and a little fun side fact. Of 62 players drafted to the Broncos between 1999 and 2005, only 2 remain with the team: DJ Williams, and Ben Hamilton. So tell me, where is the concept of building through the draft?

Shanny, like all successful people, will work for 2 things: power and money. The Glazers will give him those things and will not meddle

Huh? They’re like $40 mil under the cap because they’re so cheap. Shanny would never work in a place that wouldn’t let him spend all his cap money no matter how much they paid him.

Bring little Shanny in as OC…hmmm.