What a difference a Coach makes...

thanks for the parallel.

and how he wants to do it. I like that about him. He has also assembled and really good staff around him to help carry out his vision. Something the MSM never focuses on.

On Mike and Mike in the morning on ESPN radio on how embarrassing it was for the Broncos to lose Cutler and how much it would hurt them. He also was very critical that McD didn’t repair the relationship. Doesn’t anyone else besides MHR understand this was a Bus Cook ploy from the very beginning and Cutler wasn’t going to patch it up because they had no intention of being anything but impossible from the outset? It was all intended to get Cutler out of Denver to get a big contract he was never going to get here. When in doubt follow the money. This was all about greed and not team. I for one am happy to have Orton behind center this year and I look forward to humbling so called experts just like Eddie Royal did last year.

the media would give all the accolades to the receivers, not Kyle for his passing proficiency, or McDaniels coaching abilities and system.

Let’s not get too carried away. McDaniels may help the QB’s. He may not. I am hopeful but not predicting. Keep in mind that McDaniels has the whole team to coach now, not just the QB’s or offense. It is reasonable to say, however, that McDaniels brings a superior opportunity to improve not just the QB’s but the team as well.

As for Steve Young: he should be embarrassed for his statements before truly researching the facts. For me, the Broncos are not embarrassed. It is instead only a perception foisted by the MSM. There was no relationship to repair, and that lack of relationship was all Cutler’s fault.

As for follow the money. I don’t think that was it. Cutler’s still playing for Chicago with his rookie contract. My take is that Cutler couldn’t stand the heat of competition. McDaniels brought in Simms and paid him more than the team was paying Cutler and, therefore, obviously to compete with Cutler for the starting position.

Mike Shanahan was his offensive coordinator in SF and he HATED to see Shanny leave when he did. I would say its a safe bet that the two of them are still very close friends. There could be more loyalty to Shanahan involved in the remarks about McDaniels than what might otherwise be there.

I believe you have to give McDaniels credit for his work with QBs and I believe it will improve Orton’s game a lot this year. It’s the way he goes about things. No detail left untouched. All it takes is a QB willing to listen to benefit from the approach.

Thank God we seem to have one of those now too.

McD is now a head coach, not the offensive coordinator and there’s a world of difference. But I’ll disagree and say that the “fault” in the Cutler-McDaniels relationship probably lies with both of them – however, the coach is the boss and even if he’s at fault, Cutler is just a player and was being paid to sit down and shut up. And last, while I truly hope that the Orton-McDaniels relationship is as fruitful as the Brady-McDaniels relationship was, it has to be acknowledged that Brady had a much more talented defense to work with, at least so far – the jury’s obviously still out on how far the Broncs have come on D in the past year.