when we’re facing the long wait until the battles begin. Especially this year, when there’s so much unknown to anticipate. Fortunately the people on this site aren’t as blatantly, poisonously negative as on the other blogs.

I’ve always thought that Bowlen was the best owner in the league.

And the worst Bronco ever, in my book? Eddie Kennison. Signs as a free agent, plays a couple of games, turns negative, tells Shanny he’s retiring and gets his release, and the next week signs up with Kansas City. That was the year McCaffrey went down in the first game, too, so Rod Smith had to carry the whole load.

Let’s just move forward.

…but if the Chargers do win the AFC West, and if Cutler does take the Bears to the superbowl… (a nightmare to most Bronco fans….) There is still one thing we can hope for: The Dolts to go all the way and shut out Chicago in the big game so Rivers can rub it in his stuck-up, spoiled face! Maybe Cutler can be the next big quarterback to make it to the superbowl and never win.

However, when we DO make it there, I WANT the Bears to be there (not that I don’t like them, the Bears are one of my favorite NFC teams to watch…. anyways back to my sentence) I hope WE get to shut them out!

first of all, I believe Pat Bowlen involved himself so deep with Shanahan that he felt obligated to keep him on board, even through the years we as fans could see how wrong he was. For whatever reason it was, friendship, pals to the end, or what ever, I believe Pat knows he made a mistake to let him have so much control.

I don’t pine for Shanahan, in fact I was calling for his head 3 years ago when he and Jake Plummer had their squabble and Cutler was brought into the game. Anybody with any reasonable sense would have went with Jake the whole season and then maybe, just maybe Cutler would have won the job in the ’07 training camp. That to me was the greatest mistake Shanahan made.

It’s been an interesting off season to say the least, and I too am ready for some football. It will happen, just like everything else in life, just can’t wait to see how these “changes” will work out.

last but not least, McDaniels IMHO will not put up with pitty party players. He has said that players will be smart, tough, versitile, and have a team first attitude or else they will be looking for the door. I myself have a lot of optimism, and not because I fell off the turnup truck yesterday, but because as I view the changes that have been made, I see moves that are well thought out in a little amount of time, and the move are very good IMO. Very good, all of them, including that guy you mentioned whoes playing somewhere in Illinois. Great stuff. wt rec’d

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100% agreement WillieT. A fan no matter what.

Loved the post!
I really #%@#ing hate all the espn analysts we have in this town. Everybody I’ve heard on the radio is a clone of some douchebag on tv. Just because some moron on tv thinks he should be a coach or an owner doesn’t make his point valid. Here is the truth, here is all we know … NOBODY CAN PREDICT HOW THE BRONCOS WILL DO THIS YEAR! But I know I will be cheering my ass off for them to win and it’s good to know I’ve got the MHR family with me :-)

I like to recall what McD said when asked (by Woody Paige I believe) about what it was like to work with Bowlen, whether it was high stress, or whetehr Bowlen was never around.

McD said that Bowlen came by his office everyday and asked him “What can I do to help us win today?”

That is an eloquent demonstration of that line that you mentioned, that is drawn in the dust, which no Owner should ever pass over. Delegate wisely and be there if they need you.

Let us not forget how strong the relationships are that Bowlen seems to fore. Shanny was a good thing for the Denver Broncos, and the strongest symbol of that fact is his friendship with Pat Bowlen.

Can’t wait for the preseason games to begin so that we can start really evaluating what kind of team we have. I have hopes for a good record, but really I just want the team to play hard to the final whistle and not feel embarrassed by them anymore (see our losses to KC, Oak and SD last year)

To me, the behavior of a huge portion of Bronco Nation is the only enduring disappointment of this offseason. I really thought Denver fans were more reasonable, loyal, and knowledgable.

Throw a little adversity at the collective group— I guess— and it goes bonkers and all hateful. I don’t really get it, and I no longer feel connected to that community as a whole. In fact, its sort of embarrassing.

Is to badmouth Shanahan or Cutler. That’s what I’m tired of. I’m not pining for them, but I’m not interested in reading daily rants against them, either – that’s no better than reading daily rants against McDaniels when he hasn’t gotten to show us anything yet.

I’m guilty of reading too quickly and not thoroughly enough – you actually said that you were grateful to Shanahan for what he did and didn’t make another mindless post acting as if he never gave this town anything.

Reread the whole thing more slowly and you make some good points (and the tone is different than what I had gotten when I skimmed it).

I saw all the recs and figured it was something worth reading and boy was I right. You explained yourself very well and was thorough.

BRONCO FAN 4 LIFE…..24/7/365.

Every word. You crawling around inside my head??? Creepy!!!! ; )

Rec’d for sure – it gets EXTREMELY old to keep hearing ‘fans’ bash their own team – one of the MOST annoying things, is when these ‘fans’ go to the actual Broncos website (DB.com) and proceed to naysay on that sites’ blogs…. Especially to the degree that some do…… It’s like paying money to go watch a game/concert/show that you’re only going to boo at…. wtf?

The best we can do is continue to CHOOSE to make our attitude(s) as positive as possible in any given circumstances (of course, not to the point of being blind to negatives) – because that is the one thing we always have control over, at least I always have, not that I’ve always controlled/steered it appropriately at all times, but it seems that some people don’t realize they possess that control. Anyway, ranting a bit there – thanks again – definitely a relatable post