Broncos fire McDaniels, Studesville replaces him

[cruzg24]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)—The Denver Broncos have fired coach Josh McDaniels, whose nearly two-year stint was marred by the Spygate II videotape scandal, a series of personnel blunders and the franchise’s worst skid in four decades.

Running backs coach Eric Studesville will serve as interim coach for the final month, succeeding McDaniels, 34, whose hiring by team owner Pat Bowlen in January 2009 is now viewed by some as a mistake.

“My decision to relieve Josh McDaniels as head coach was not taken lightly. I will always be appreciative of his passion, enthusiasm and hard work, and I thank him for his efforts,” Bowlen said in a statement after firing McDaniels with two years left on his contract.

“In the end, I was not satisfied with the results and the direction this team was headed. The decision to make a change was extremely difficult but one that needed to be made for this organization and our fans,” Bowlen added. “Everyone, myself included, is accountable for our disappointing season and is now responsible for restoring the culture of winning that has been established by this franchise. Our entire organization is completely focused on returning to the level of prosperity that our fans expect and deserve from the Denver Broncos.”

Players didn’t know of McDaniels’ firing when they left team headquarters after a conditioning run ended at 3 p.m. Shortly after that, McDaniels met with Bowlen and was fired.

McDaniels then met with his assistants. He didn’t return a message left by the AP seeking comment.

At his weekly news conference four hours earlier, McDaniels reiterated that he wasn’t focused on his job being in jeopardy.

“I’m not worried about that. I’m going to coach as hard as I can because that is my job and that’s somebody else’s decision,” McDaniels said.

Source: Yahoosports.com

 

[footballplaya52]

bahaha

letting cutler and marshall go was a fail imo

 

[RipCity32]

What an awful tenure lol.

 

[cruzg24]

The weird thing about it is that Kyle Orton has played amazing this year overall. Which is funny because based upon the record I would just say to let Tim Tebow start and let him get experience and start flourishing on his own. They shouldnt have traded Brandon Marshall and Jay Cutler is erratic at times, but he is having a decent year with the Bears.

I think moving forward the Broncos need to focus on building a premier defense based upon the competition within the division. Youve got Rivers who can really slig it and puts up big numbers, the Chiefs have an explosive offense with a great running game, and the Raiders also have a great running game. They need to play to the other team's strengths and stop them.

 

[ZigZag]

I was so excited to hear this, now we can move forward.

Jon Gruden said one more year of MNF and he's going back to coaching. He's an ex-Raider who didn't leave on good terms and would be great for our D. I'll dream about it tonight

 

[footballplaya52]

WHAR BB AT?

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

He'll probably be our next head coach.

 

[The Young One]

 

[elcheato]

I was so excited to hear this, now we can move forward.

Jon Gruden said one more year of MNF and he's going back to coaching. He's an ex-Raider who didn't leave on good terms and would be great for our D. I'll dream about it tonight

Jon Gruden is a pretty overrated coach.. He took over Tony Dungy's team in Tampa Bay that won Gruden the super bowl, and they won it with defense when Gruden is an offensive coach. They fell apart after that super bowl too..

Anyway, McDaniels traded a franchise QB, WR and RB, don't know what he was doing.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Jon Gruden is a pretty overrated coach.. He took over Tony Dungy's team in Tampa Bay that won Gruden the super bowl, and they won it with defense when Gruden is an offensive coach. They fell apart after that super bowl too..

Anyway, McDaniels traded a franchise QB, WR and RB, don't know what he was doing.

I hated his trades except the Joe Mays and maybe the Cutler one since it was his Jay's decision. I also didn't like McDaniels play calling either, but i will give him credit for working with Orton though.

 

[Blake]

I was so excited to hear this, now we can move forward.

Jon Gruden said one more year of MNF and he's going back to coaching. He's an ex-Raider who didn't leave on good terms and would be great for our D. I'll dream about it tonight

People really want the same fool that couldn't get Antonio Bryant and Joey Galloway, on the field at the same time because "They play the same position" to coach their team.

I don't get it.

 

[ZigZag]

People really want the same fool that couldn't get Antonio Bryant and Joey Galloway, on the field at the same time because "They play the same position" to coach their team.

I don't get it.

He went to the <Censored>ty Raiders and made them an AFC Championship team in 2 years. Then he went to Tampa and made Brad Johnson look good again so that team could win a championship.

The dudes not a bad coach.

 

[Lake Louise]

Studesville has to be one of my favorite coach names ever.