Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and his right-hand man, Joe Ellis, can hear the outrage from fans according to Mike Klis of the Denver Post. "When people invest not only their money but their emotions in this team like they have for 50 years, they have every right to express their feelings," Ellis said today. "What we do is important. We understand that and we respect that." Ellis said Bowlen is in good health, but the team's owner since 1984 has chosen to step back from the spotlight and let Ellis speak for management. Ellis added that Bowlen is confident McDaniels can turn around the Broncos, but he stopped short of guaranteeing the coach would return next season. We've had a culture of winning here under Pat Bowlen for 27 years," Ellis said. "When that started to slide (under Mike Shanahan) there were expectations that when we brought in the new head coach that would change immediately. When that didn't happen as fast as our fans wanted it to — we all wanted it to happen quickly — there was a lot of angst among our fans. "Then you take into account the start we've had this year, with the type of loss we had with the Oakland game at home, and the fans' emotions and feelings are understandably raw in terms of their anger and disappointment. Pat understands that. Josh understands that." Source: Denver Post
His second year, and they are already talking about getting rid of him. As I've said, he'll end up a good head coach somewhere, but at 34, and his first stint as a head coach, it probably won't be at Denver. He should have taken a head coach for a team without the expectations of getting it corrected now, where he'd have time to build a program. Denver just wasn't the fit.
eh...i thought the donks should have hired some1 with a defensive mind...but i dont care 4 them so im happy lol
I was surprised he started so good. Never liked the guy, still don't. Errogant and clueless. Glad to see him fail (mostly because I hate Denver though)
