Michael Lombardi writes that ownership didn’t buy into McDaniels plan When Belichick was hired in Cleveland, Modell had no idea what he had, or what Belichick could eventually become. He never thought in three dimensions, or hired with a plan; he just hoped for success, in large part because Modell based every decision on what [...]
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‘We love you, this won’t change a thing’
This is a great story in ESPN about Brendan Burke telling the rest of the Burke family that he is gay. Your dad thinks through everything. Dad is big, confident and continuously radiates a persona that is rough, gruff, unrelenting and unapologetic. He has a cold, expressionless poker face straight out of a Clint Eastwood [...]
Kyle Orton will do fine…
For those of us who are trying to tell ourselves that things in Denver will be fine without Jay Cutler and Josh McDaniels will be great, here is are some stats to think about. Super Bowl wins for Mike Shanahan without John Elway: 0. Super Bowl wins for Chuck Noll without Terry Bradshaw: 0. Super [...]
Stay Classy Coach
Michael Silver has a great column on the lack of social skills shown by many in the Bill Belichick coaching tree. It’s the latest testament to Mangini’s apparent lack of tact and people skills, personality traits he honed under his estranged mentor, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Like two other Belichick disciples, new Kansas [...]
A New Era Starts in Denver
Charles Robinson writes in Yahoo! Sports about new coach Josh McDaniel and new QB Kyle Orton. “The distance you throw the ball down the field, to me at times it can be very overrated,” he said. “I’m worried about accuracy. I’m concerned with them reading the plays the right way, getting it to the people [...]
