Oh wow, it's been a rough season to be a Broncos fan. I've spent that past 5-6 weeks cheering for the Broncos to lose their games in order to help insure a change at the head coaching position, and finally my wishes have come true! I've LOVED the Broncos for as long as I've watched football (since I was 5 or 6 years old) and I've never felt about them like I have this season, even when they had some really bad seasons with Wade Phillips and Dan Reeves, I still loved them, but I didn't this year.
Every time I'd turn on a Broncos game I'd see an uninspired team, playing garbage ball, without a running game and no defense. Honestly though their performance wasn't the worst of it. The worst was the lack of direction on the part of head coach Josh McDaniels and honestly the lack of hope on the part of the fans. The allegations of cheating and the personnel moves destroyed any hope I had in him as a coach, I mean what hope can you get as a fan when your head coach orchestrates deals to lose Jay Cutler, lose Brandon Marshall, lose Peyton Hillis and gain what in return... Kyle Orton, Tim freaking Tebow and Brady Quinn. Three QB's on a team that already had a franchise QB and WR and an solid up and coming RB in Hillis.McDaniels was in over his head. He had no business getting this job in the first place and honestly was destined to fail. I have to blame Broncos ownership as well for his failure. He didn't know how to make personnel moves, he didn't know how to win over and keep team loyalty and he didn't know how to get consistent results out of his team. With his firing today finally, finally the pain is over... McDaniels, his arrogance, his cheating and his lack of maturity are gone, thank goodness! I can wear my Bronco gear again!
Here's for hoping that Jon Gruden is interested... that would make me the happiest fan ever!