What a soft ball article. Of course McJedi barely found a way to play Tebow as our season and his HC career went down the toilet.

Josh’s legacy was on display as we got our asses handed to us 59-14 vs Oakland and someone on his staff gladly ratted him out as a cheater.

Dave Logan made a good point to a caller that was giving mcD credit for our teams success. Being a good talent evaluator and some good draft picks doesn’t equal him being a good coach. He didn’t use the talent of the team, he lost the locker room, he cheated, he acted like he was above dealing with the lowly fans and media, his record speaks for itself, and Oakland game. So thanks for SOME draftees, but you were a terrible coach.

Keep hating on him all you want, he did some very good things. I for one am hoping he doesn’t end up in KC…because they will make him do only a few things and he will be able to focus on them and do well. KC has talented guys on offense…he could make them very dangerous and he would have the QBs that know his system.

And as far as “didn’t use the talent of the team”…that is utter BS. He made Orton and our WRs look very VERY good (beyond their ceilings in my opinion).

Just imagine how excited you’d be if the 2008 core of talented young offensive players had been kept intact and Pat Bowlen would have done the right thing by hiring a mature Defensive minded HC and FO.

The Broncos would have won the weak ass west the past three years and at a minimum been to the AFC championship and superbowl. Not to mention been the 1st seed in the AFC this year on their way back to the superbowl for a rematch with the Packers.

Now that’s excitement.

i heard a rumor that he wanted to play Tebow game one as a rookie and trade orton. I heard the FO stepped in and wouldn’t allow it. i didn’t think they stopped much of what he wanted to do so this would have been a surprise. but if its the case i kinda feel a tiny bit sorry for him.

A large number of the players we have on this team were here before McD or came after he left. Then of the guys he did bring in, many were brought to compensate for guys he let go (Brady Quinn, D Thomas, Beadles, Walton, etc.) So in the end, all he did was strip the team of talent.

It has been as much about defense as Tebow, if not more, and Josh neglected our defense do bad, someone should have called CPS…

If anything, the results this year speak to McDaniel’s lack of leadership ability.

He had the same players, but couldn’t get results to save his job.

Fox is taking the players and getting results from them.

What does that say?

If that were the case, he would probably still be in charge here… Which would also probably mean that Champ Bailey would be playing somewhere else….

J

McDaniels couldn’t and wouldn’t develop talent. His draft picks and acquisitions are having success because they are playing in schemes that fit their skills.
Do I need to remind you of the horrid power scheme our o-line was forced to employ? Or the disgusting “3-4” that Josh orchestrated, ignoring the most important pieces in it, and paying no attention to the fact that our front 7 players were ill suited for that formation.

This guy had a strict plan that he didn’t deviate from. Problem is you have to adapt in any line of work. There is no “secret formula” to success.

Everyone knew he could identify and coach QBs, what made him an awful coach was the fact that he couldn’t draft or develop the other positions.

Came in blew up the O-Line scheme (Zone blocking here was working just fine)
Alienated Cutler (Who was a bitch about it I’ll admit)
Drafted poorly (Dick Quinn, Alphonso Smith, Seth Olsen)

Then on top of all that, the idiot hires the bigger idiot who got caught taping in NE and then gets caught taping while working for Denver.

Odds say that at least two of them work out well – in their first year, even. So hip, hop, hooray for McDaniels for being sub-par choosing draft prospects. I’m glad he chose Tim Tebow, but give me a break. The article might as well be called, “McDaniels made one good draft decision”.

As to the article saying ‘nobody would be surprised if McDaniels takes over Haley’s job’. Bullshit. I’d be shocked. Sports writers aren’t businessmen. McDaniels is, IMO, undesirable and is not hireable as a HC. He failed epically as HC in Denver and has now taken Steven Jackson, Brandon Lloyd, Sam Bradford and the STL offense backwards as OC for the Rams. McDaniels has now failed in this last two positions. He’ll not be given a new HC opportunity any time soon. In fact, if McDaniels gets fired from STL at the end of the year, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up having to take a demotion somewhere else.

In the end, McDaniels did bring us some of the guys we currently have. But he was also batting far below .500 in choosing talent for us that have actually lived up to their draft position. He cheated. He lost his team. And he’s since taken the Rams’ offense backwards. So thanks for Tebow, Josh. But you can still kiss my a*s. And anyone that thinks he’s a realistic option for Piolo in KC needs to put down the ganja. You’ll never hear an NFL personnel man say something like that. Somebody who’s actually been in charge of things before, like say Charlie Casserly, they would never say such a stupid thing, IMO.

And John you’re 100% correct. We see some of the young talent he brought us AND his inept coaching going on in St. Louis at the same time. A neutered Stephen Jackson from an all pro? An up and coming young QB to a potential bust?

No doubt I give him props for some of the things he did as far as players INCLUDING ridding us of Cutler and Marshall, but other than that, he is responsible for some of our darkest days as a franchise. If the dude could coach he’d still be here. Getting into pissing matches with the guys you’re supposed to teach and inspire gets real old real fast. As I’ve said, he is an interesting blip in the history of our franchise.

playing TT sooner could have saved his job….