Sorry, but I have few passions in life and Football is one of them. What can I say… I grew up in Texas.
I read an article in the paper today by Dave Krieger of the Denver Post entitled “Everything Starts and Finishes with McD”. The point that Krieger makes in this article is that McDaniels has the exact same setup as Shanahan did, the same setup that Pat Bowlen, the owner of the Broncos did not want anymore.
Last year when Pat Bowlen fired Mike Shanahan, the reason given was that Pat was worried about his legacy. He was not getting any younger and he would be judged in history by the number of Super Bowls he won. Pat said he wanted a more hands on roll, that he no longer wanted someone else making all of the decisions for his fooball team. Well - nothing has changed except the pawns on the board. Except that McDaniels is not a pawn - Pat Bowlen is!
I will admit, I don’t know anything about Pat Bowlen except that he occasionally eats at the Perfect Landing restaurant, which over looks the run way at Centenial Airport. I know this because I have had lunch there several times and I have seen Pat Bowlen and Mike Shanahan eating togeather in heavy discussion. I also know that Pat Bowlen where’s nice coats and has a young, nice looking wife with Blond hair, and oh yeah he owns the Broncos. I also know that he has admitted on television that he is having some issues with short term memory.
Pat Bowlen has a reputation for being a great owner and a nice guy, but lately I find myself asking where is Pat? When Shanahan was in Denver we really never saw Bowlen, in fact, the only time I remember him being involved with things surrounding business matters was when the tax payers bought him a new stadium, and to be quite frank - he blew it!
We should have had a nicer stadium with a retractable roof, so we could host a super bowl here in Denver. Compared to the new Dallas stadium and the new Arizona stadium our stadium just sucks. That was all Pat Bowlen’s job. He can’t blame that on anyone else. I am beginning to think that maybe I have been complaining about the wrong guy.
I do believe that Josh McDaniels is out of his depth. I believe we should have nick named him McDoom, but Bowlen hired him, Bowlen empowered him, and Bowlen dissapeared as soon as he hired him, putting the Broncos right back into a situation where one man is in charge of eveything. It was to much for Shanahan, and way to much for McDoom.
So what is Pat Bowlen’s legacy going to be? I will tell you… He is going to go down in history as a “Do Nothing Owner”. Someone that can’t design nice stadiums, can’t hire good coaches, and has a reputation for getting ran over by the people he hires. He consistently makes bad decisions. I don’t beleive he has always been that way. He hired Dan Reeves and he hired Shanahan, but I don’t understand his agenda. If your going to say your making a change to protect your legacy then stick to it man. Don’t check out when the chips are down. Show your a fighter, fight for your legacy.
It is fourth down, don’t punt - go for it. Step back up and do something about this little dictator that you put in to place. Slap him back into place and mentor this idiot. It is obvious that he has no leadership skills whatsoever. He may know something about x’s and o’s (not really sure yet…but willing to see), but he is a disaster when it comes to personnel, including assistant coaches. He has taken no personal responsibility for hosing up the second best offense in the NFL two season ago, and now he is blaming his losses on the seventh best defense in the NFL (27th under Shanahan). Pat, do you really believe things are going to be okay? I hope not.
I would like to see more of Pat. I would like an intervention. I don’t really don’t care if McDoom ends up being a Super Bowl winning coach. I don’t like the product that has been put on the shelf, and if the product is not improved, I will be looking for a new brand. In the mean time, I hope that Pat listens to the public and decides to check back in.
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