Horse Tracks 5/2/09

Knowshon Moreno is truly impressive. I mean, that’s class, to ask his mother personally like that. Makes me wonder if he’s wearing it in part to honor D-Will. Either way, that’s very classy and I think the number is in good hands.

“Fresno is a ruthless place — they demand excellence, they demand the team to win, and 7-6 isn’t good enough,” he said. “I think coming into an organization like this, it’s the same philosophy — losing isn’t acceptable. Coming from college and having that same mindset, it’s going to be a nice transition where you know there’s no excuse for losing. You’ve got to win games and that’s the only thing that matters.”

Kind of the opposite of that guy we had last year. It appears Tom B (we must get this guy a nickname very soon; Brandstater is too long to type completely) actually cares about winning… Who’d a thunk, right?

“they will find themselves outside the circle of trust.” Looks like they met the Broncos parent.

I was listening to Mcdaniels when he was talking about how much the quaterbacks need to do before the snap, and i was thinking about Cutler. I really can’t remember Cutler adjusting the plays or his cadence at the line. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the whole Cassell thing makes a little bit more sense now. Mcdaniels seems to have more of a out smart the opposing team system, as opposed to a out run and gun the opposing team philosphy. So the team makes the quaterback better, rather then the quaterback making the team better. I also like how he is using the “players” names now. Every day I’m getting more and more excited for next year, GO BRONCOS 13-3 baby.

Even on a weekend. I hope you manage to get some sleep.

Apologies for my faux-McDaniels-hating-troll routine yesterday. I think things got pretty out of hand. You work like a madman to put Horse Tracks together, and I appreciate it immensely. Didn’t mean to make it into my personal playground or start an out-of-control argument with actual trolls.

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1. Stockpile draft talent; pick smart, with an eye on the future.
2. Make a big move only when necessary.
3. Try to avoid having to rely on the draft for immediate help.
4. Make a tough decision and cut losses when when necessary.
5. Know when the team is too good to make use of all its draft picks and sell a few for future years.
6. Stay ahead of problems.
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Sounds like a good structure. I can see areas where we followed this and those where we didn’t.

I’ll give Josh #4, i don’t want to rehash it

1. & #3 are iffy, on one hand he seems to have put winning now above building for the future but that is the nature of the league and his position in particular. Also, drafting the best player available rather than reaching for needs… does imply a look towards the future.
2. Which big move? Not trading up for Raji? I’m ok with our early picks. Trading the #1? Seems to apply here. (As well as no eye towards the future if that pick is as valuable as i see it)
3. Let’s hope we have this issue one day!
4. I’d say McD is on his way to making this his team. He has a very specific program in mind & his players seem to be buying it. It shows every sign of being a tried and true program that doesn’t allow for a lot of foreseeable problems. You gotta LOVE Belicheck’s team identity! We’ll see if Josh can sell that here… if he does, a new era might very well be apon us.

1. should have been retired along time ago. Steve Atwater is my favorite Bronco of all time. RIP DWILL

The Bolts…
They’re looking awfully good this year, just in case anyone failed to notice. If Marty was there to give the team some heart, we’d really be in trouble.

That SI piece killed me. Too funny, almost painfully so. (Or just painful if you’re a Raiders fan.)

Defenders of Davis — who will turn 80 in two months — say he’s crazy like a fox.

And that is true — provided the fox is aging, compromised and semi-delusional. But give Davis this: The man is always entertaining — in the same way it is entertaining to try to divine the intentions of other such unstable autocrats as Fidel Castro, Kim Jong-il and Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

{wipes tear of laughter out of eye}

Thnx a lot, man!

I used to have to go and search out all of the stuff that came up in the news every day. You have made my life a lot easier and you haved saved this community hours of time that if it were possibleto total all of the hours…

Well, lets just say that you are a part of the staff that we, as fans, cannot do without!

HT, did a nice job of making us all aware of the importance of letting all of the staff, and the contributors here,know that they all are appreciated.

I am sorry that, in the past, I have simply enjoyed Horse Tracks, without ever making a comment. My Bad Man!