make me fell better tell me why

McD got rid of Nolan because he only rushed the QB through our secondary. McD wanted more frontline push into the backfield. Wink beefed up the Raiders D. And he understands how to penetrate the backfield with the guy on their knuckles! We’ll be fine!

Nolan was not pushed out, he wanted to go, and McD, I think, kinda wanted him to go as well. That crap about us just ‘letting him go’ and that he was canned is inaccurate. Once again Dukes proves his ignorance about the team.

I am comfortable with Wink, and excited to see what he can with this talented D of ours.

One reason I am comfortable with Wink, is that the players like him, respect him, and want him to lead their defense. They know the man, they’ve worked with the man, and they WANT him their. When we have Hall of Famer’s like Dawkins and Bailey saying this things, I can only help but be excited about it as well.

Another thing I like about it, is that Wink had a chance to learn under Nolan last season. He saw what Nolan did with the team, and he probably saw what went wrong at the halfway point for us.

I also like the juevos on Wink. After Nolan and McD decided to part ways, Wink went into McD’s office and told him, in no uncertain terms that he was ready for it and wanted the d-coordinator job. McD said, “Yup!”.

First, Nolan is a very good DC. He turned our program around from the ’07 and ’08 disasters and gave us a great run for the first part of the ’09 season.

We saw a program that created blitzes from around the LBing corps, and stopped runners in their tracks. But as the season wore on, I think our players wore down. Nolan did what he could, but he didn’t have a lot to work with. He patched things together, and gave us a better than even chance of havong a good defense. Few DCs could have turned around the program like he did.

Nolan didn’t seem like he wanted to be in Denver long term. I suspect that he wanted to head east, and that’s ok.

So now the question is, do we bring in an outside with a lot of experience, or bring in a new guy. COnsider Denver’s position – we’ve changed DCs every year for years. McDaniels is making a smart move, and giving our team consistency. By promoting from within, we keep the language, the playbook, and (for the most part) the system.

Also bear in mind that we have already brought in three FAs to address the DL. Even if one or two are busts (and I doubt that) we’ll see some improvement if even one position improves. Consider also that we don’t have the brutal schedule of last year. I think the defense will be reasonably good this year.

And trust your gut. Dukes doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I’ve written this for years – any DC can run a 3-4. There is really no such thing as a 4-3 or 3-4 coach. I ran a 4-3, and prefered it. But if I went to a program that had the right fit for a 3-4, the adjustments would be minimal. Martindale HAS been coaching in a 3-4 system, so Dukes’ comments are void anyway.

i feel better already. great points i didn’t realize the part of nolan only blitzing with secondary and lb’s. i agree that doesn’t make a ton of sense. i think the corp of D-linemen we got this year is going to help a ton.

a lot like what we did last year with the secondary. bring in proven free agents and then draft some young talent to learn from them. im excited.

Sorry, but that’s your first mistake. He doesn’t know shizat from Shinola

First it was how stupid the Broncos were for firing MS, then it was how stupid we were for letting go of the best QB to ever play the game, then how stupid we were with B. Marsh and now how stupid we were to get rid of Nolan. Maybe just maybe the only stupid thing here is Jaimee Dukes. Yep, thats it.

First of all I am really excited about him. I read somewhere he is connected to the Ryan defensive tree. He is built somewhat like them. I have always thought the Ryans knew their D-fensive stuff. I love aggressive defense, if I never saw prevent again it would be to soon. The recommendation from the all pros is good but it makes me a little nervous knowing some of the same guys, Bailey for sure, recommended Slowik. Jamie Dukes stinks on every level concerning the Broncos – my favorite interview is when #80 kept showing him his super bowl rings.

Please, don’t let him concern you. He’s never shown much to be concerned about, on the field or off.

Moving on to people with higher IQs….Nolan implemented McD’s defense, and I may have missed any discussion of that if it has come up. Martindale will do so as well. While there were some disagreements on game day defensive play-calling, Nolan seemed to want to move back east. He’s a class gentleman and I wish him well

Wink Martindale has earned a shot at DC. It’s clearly true that Nolan didn’t have enough to work with. Once the defensive scheme’s weaknesses were exposed, everyone we played was able to perform better against the Broncos. Most of that was personnel – McD was also said to want to be more aggressive than the choices in the second half of the season. There was very little defensive talent left when Shanahan was fired – this is, and was, more than a 1 year job. some of the more negative commenters seem to have ignored that fact. FA seems to be going well in that respect – Bannan, J. Williams and J. Green are all quality players. Health will always be a factor, and is especially important with Williams history of injury, but even so, Nate Jones, Bannan and Green are all good choices. I like J-Will a lot, but he has a habit of dealing with injuries at this stage of his career. Martindale has more to work with than Nolan did, and hopefully we’ll have more to work with each year.

I don’t know that you’d place Martindale on the Ryan coaching tree. His work at Western Kentucky was excellent, his work with Oakland (which is, I believe, where the ‘tree’ issue comes from) was superb and he himself was an all-state linebacker at the HS level. He also coached at that level before moving on, 1st to Notre Dame and then to University of Cincinnati. He has a wealth of experiences and has given Denver good reason to promote him. No matter who came in, they would be brought in to teach and execute McD’s defense. After the defensive lotteries under Mike Shanahan, this is a welcome change. I’m looking forward to 2010

that’s worth something…

yes, Jamie Dukes an idiot…pay no attention.

we won’t.

Don’t answer it, because I know the answer already. We as fans don’t have the previledge of knowing exactly what went on behind closed doors at Dove Valley and I am fairly confident that Dukes doesn’t either. So, we are all left to wonder why Mike Nolan left for Miami…Right? OK…We do know this much, Nolan has ties there or near by and may have wanted to slide on down there or McD was dissatisified with his coaching. I have my suspicions, but I’ll keep them to myself. Nunnely and Martindale (who were here in the defensive system) are back and Martindale is now the defensive coordinator, a position he is well qualified in. So that isn’t a problem. It seems kind of funny that Nolan, Peterson and Davis were showed the door doesn’t it. Again, we dont have access to Dove Valley so anyhting we say or do is pure speculation. The Denver broncos come first and anybody who thinks or shows different will be out the back door…Jamie Dukes couldn’t be a pimple on Don Martindale’s rear-end…So why even get all excited about anything he says?

+1000

McD wants people who buy into the system Nolan didn’t want to be and Wink does, good. Thats sweet that Wink was part of the Ryan Tree, Didn’t know that.
Jamie Dukes and Rod Woodson= Together they are horrible and apart they quite as bad. Both seem to be Broncos bashers most likely because of Cutlergate.