Which I believe PC will be doing.

Or I am totally wrong.

Only to be rekindled once we had reason to root against them. Particularly the Cutler debacle and later the draft pick were reasons enough for me. Now, I hate his fucking face almost as if I were a Denver fan. Truth is, I have family in Denver but I don’t root and never have rooted for their success. Elway in the SB was a nice story, I’ll admit, but I always hated the Raiders far and away the most of the old AFC West rivalries.

This has gotten comical and I feel for Denver fans having to witness such idiocy. Regardless of whether the team has future success or not, dealing away Cutler and specifically the way the situation got handled was moronic. Also, what the hell happened to Eddie Royal? He didn’t get ‘untalented’ or morph into Freddie Mitchell overnight. A series of questionable, if not outright stupid, moves spearheaded by McDaniels. Us adding their first round pick has me very excited and it’s all the sweeter because it’s at their expense. Next, maybe they should trade Marshall for T.O.

This began with McDaniels, McDaniels has proven himself capable, and every poor move involves McDaniels in some way. I think this is about McDaniels.

Really?

I thought you EARNED respect through your words and actions. You don’t automatically get a 24 oz free can of respect just because you got hired for a job that came so early in your career as to make people question your qualifications from day 1. Then you add onto that certain moves behind the scenes that make it look like you SHOULD be questioned from day 1.

As Bildo said, Cutler didn’t demand trade immediately but he sure as hell got adament when it sounded like Josh Mishandles was putting feelers out on Cassel. And, uhm, Cutler was ALWAYS a douche. Shanahan dealt with it. Why couldn’t Mishandles?

Marshall as douchebag? Perhaps. T.O. sized ego? Why not. He put up T.O. type numbers, after all. WR is and has always been a primadonna position in the NFL. Moss had a rep prior to Mishandles mentor getting him, yet Moss is a stunning success in NE. Apparently Mishandles couldn’t take a page out of the mentor’s book and get the most out of his stunningly talented WR?

Interesting that there are trade rumors now about Marshall, and Scheffler is likely on the way out via trade as well. I find it funny Mishandles is in the process of moving the three highest talented skill position players he received from an offensively minded genius coach.

Oh, and on Nolan… really? Biggest egomanic in the NFL?!? From what I’ve seen of Mishandles in interviews, he seems to have a much greater ego than his ex-DC. Joshy needed to fix the defense. He hired a guy with great defensive pedigree to propel things. And let’s be honest— any success Denver had this year was NOT due to Mishandles head coaching and playcalling (which made the offense considerably worse), it was due to Nolan’s ability to get the D to play above it’s ability level for an extended time this year.

Maybe Peas will carry it over…. with that aging secondary I doubt it. I think two years from now we’ll all look back at the McDaniels’ era and laugh about how the Broncos could have taken one of the elite coaches out to pasture in order to hire a guy who was woefully overmatched for the job.

And the number of douchebags around McDaniels is getting suspicious. It’s kind of like how everyone around Hasselbeck suddenly forgot how to play football, but not Matt. Matt’s just fine.

Suddenly Cutler is so unhappy you have to trade him. Marshall is such a disruption he can’t even be at the stadium for the last game of the year despite catching over 100 balls and being a huge part of their success throughoutt he year. Ditto Scheffler. Hillis is suddenly unproductive and a malcontent. Nolan has developed an ego so big he can’t handle being a defensive coordinator, a job he held for 11 of the past 14 years.

Maybe it’s not everyone AROUND McDaniels. Maybe it’s just McDaniels.

He failed miserably in SF, and people aren’t in a hurry to hire a failed HC while the memory is still fresh. His best bet would have been to turn the terrible Denver D into an upper tier/elite unit if he wanted a HC job ASAP.

Instead he left, and he didn’t leave for a HC gig, he left because there were problems between he and McDaniel, otherwise why leave? Given that, and given the high number of people who have had problems with Mishandles, at what point do you start to look at Joshy as the problem and not the solution?!?

I guess sometimes I can’t help but be a fan even for a team a I’m not a fan of. If I were a Broncos fan or a Bills fan, I would be severely pissed and I guess I just channeled that.

I didn’t mean anything personal, and sometimes my words come across strongly. I promise you it isn’t personal, it’s simply the way I write. And I’m fine with people defending their opinion with support. But if your support isn’t strong, I’ll call you out on it.

However, I do hold onto the opinion that you HAVE to at least consider the fact that McDaniel isn’t the solution to the bulk of Denver’s problems, but possibly the cause… And I’m not going to give a free reign to him— prior to this he had proven nothing to me other than he interviews well and had a great coaching mentor. That will GET you a job, but you have to do the right things to keep it. Thus far, my humble opinion (similar to John’s) is that he’s done the opposite.

He’s basically joined a franchise that had been one of the most stable and consistent and competitive in the league, and since he’s gotten his hands on things it has become a circus. Players upset, coaches leaving, stars being traded or benched.

None of that is normal, and I refuse to believe it is because everyone in this shitshow is an egomanic BUT McDaniels.

Also Rundstrom, let it be known I absolutely rankle at the Broncos more than any other team. I’m actually packing my bags tonight, moving back to WA after 4 years in Denver… take a look here for more info on my perception of the broncos and their fans…