Something I overlooked earlier

by wyoeng on May 5, 2009 10:13 PM MDT Comment 27 comments

I read the nycbroncosfan Horse Tracks of 5/3/09 again. I looked further into the link about Bowlen. The article DP - Woody offers up an excellent interview with Broncos owner Pat Bowlen stated:

His health "is good," but he has experienced "short-term memory loss" in recent months.

I dread the thought of Bowlen getting Alzheimer. He is already turning much of the Broncos football operations over to Joe Ellis.

It is sad to think about the prospects of losing such a good owner. My hope is that the Alzheimer goes into remission and Bowlen stays in charge for a long time.

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I think he was referring to...

His fading memories of Super Bowl glory. Now that you mention it, so am I….

by NYCBronx on May 5, 2009 10:22 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

ditto.

11 years and counting.

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win" -Brandon Marshall

by Joe Medina on May 5, 2009 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

of fading memory was made prior to the Cutler departure. He indicated he could not swear for sure he had not received a return call from the player. But then again, I can’t remember squat anymore either and i don’t think I have Alzheimer’s.

It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09

by firstfan on May 5, 2009 10:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

LMAO....I thought I was the only one....

by bfree2bronc on May 5, 2009 11:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least I don't think that I have.....

Hillis/Moreno in '09

by Emmett Smith on May 6, 2009 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't have Alzheimer's---just Sometimer's lol

Real Power, comes with the realization that One cannot change the Moment;
only ones perception of it: Atitude! JQM

by UB3 on May 6, 2009 8:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL...you and me both

I’m 45 and I can’t freakin remember the chapters I read last night in the book I read before bed.

I have to turn back a couple of pages and go…“oh yeaaaahhh” that’s what happened LOL

A proud prognostication of 10-6 in 2009!!!

by Broncotodd on May 6, 2009 8:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know that feeling!

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????

by boydy2669 on May 6, 2009 8:44 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha

im 24 and i am constantly misplacing my keys coffee cup car you name it do i have Alzheimers?

http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif

"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"

Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 6, 2009 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

i heard a doctor one time

refer to it as “benign forgetfulness”

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and hope you come down somewhere between the two.

by BShrout on May 6, 2009 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

My memory

is like my hearing…..selective….

by bchiper on May 6, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to worry abou this one...

Cutler admits he never called him back. He trys to claim noone called him, despite the call records that say different…….

I agree about Bowlin. I don’t want anything to interfer with his enjoyment of the next Super Bowl win!

"Now we have them where we want them"
-Kieth Bishop - On the Denver 2 yard line, Cleveland Ohio, 1987

by AlanC on May 6, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

or was it simply an attempt at humor?

He made the same comment when Jay C claimed that Bowlen had promised him that Bates would be retained. Bowlen said something to the effect of “I don’t remember that conversation, but then I have short term memory loss”.

It sounded to me like Pat was trying to defuse the reporters’ concerns with some humor.

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and hope you come down somewhere between the two.

by BShrout on May 5, 2009 10:32 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I sincerely hope that

this is falsely inferred and reported by the MSM.

My Dad told me about the 4 seasons:
Pre-season
Regular-season
Post-season
Off-season

by KaptainKirk on May 5, 2009 10:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

me too

seems like it’s the DP who made such a big deal out of it to begin with, and they haven’t been particularly pro-Bowlen of late

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and hope you come down somewhere between the two.

by BShrout on May 5, 2009 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that Funny

Well I know this is a terrible disease, but the bright side is that mabey he will forget about this offseason.

by Tomeboy58801 on May 5, 2009 11:02 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

or maybe he'll forget about last season.

that’s something I’d rather forget.

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win" -Brandon Marshall

by Joe Medina on May 5, 2009 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't intend for the post to be funny

I was worried about Bowlen’s health.

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 May 6, 2009 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats why emails and print is hard to guage in what context this was said...

My reaction was that it was said tongue in cheek just for the fact he said he was getting older…..i turn 40 this year and I forget nore than I did when i was 20….so what….I have a lot more going on too!

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????

by boydy2669 on May 6, 2009 8:28 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Can you imagine Pat walking into Dove Valley and saying...

Hey where’s Mike, I need to talk to him about this Josh guy saying he’s the HC around here.

I have to admit I don’t really think this is a big problem, either Mr. Bowlen was tactfully deflecting a question that couldn’t have a PC answer or he was poking fun at himself. Either way he’ll be around for a long time, He was adamant that he wasn’t selling the team. I wish one of his sons would step up and start learning the ropes so someday he could take over the reins.

"even a stopped clock is right twice a day" Yosemite Sam

by lovewatchinthegame on May 6, 2009 9:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Or daughter....he has 3 of them I think!

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????

by boydy2669 on May 6, 2009 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

"even a stopped clock is right twice a day" Yosemite Sam

by lovewatchinthegame on May 6, 2009 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

they single?

http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif

"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"

Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 6, 2009 11:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of my athletes dated one so I am assuming!

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????

by boydy2669 on May 6, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

HMMMMMMMMMMM

on that note I have some phone calls to make

http://www.davusx.net/assets/db/la_la_land.gif

"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"

Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on May 6, 2009 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is a very good point

I don’t know that much about Alzheimers disease, or if he actually has it or if it is just normal memory loss, but I do know that it typically does not get better with age.

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by Broncoman on May 6, 2009 3:41 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs