Denver Broncos general manager Brian Xanders was Josh McDaniels' right-hand man, yet had his hands tied when it came to personnel decisions. McDaniels had the final say on all roster matters. So when the coach was fired earlier this month, Xanders stayed on, his value evidenced by the Broncos' decision to have him attend the league meetings in Dallas this week and now he hopes to stay on even longer -- as the team's general manager. "The dynamics were he had final say on player personnel issues," Xanders said of McDaniels during an interview with the Associated Press. "I was respectful of that, and I was going to work under those parameters. We did our best to build our draft board and free-agency ranking lists and match the player personnel fits with scheme requirements we have." The Broncos clearly don't hold Xanders accountable for all the personnel moves that McDaniels made, many of which backfired and resulted in the team's worst slide in almost 40 years. "We have a 17-person personnel staff that had been going through all those processes. But he had final say," Xanders said. "I'll just say I was respectful of the organizational setup." While his future with the team is uncertain because the Broncos' brain trust has yet to decide on a new front-office organizational chart, Xanders could slip into the GM role with John Elway as chief football executive. Source: NFL.com
well, as much as everyone would like to throw mcdaniels under the bus for every one of the horrible personnel moves over the last couple of years, if xanders wasn't at least partly responsible for the decisions, why was he the general manager? i'm not sure i'm buying what this guy is selling but he only needs bowlen to buy it since he signs his paychecks .................. (oh, btw, this is post 5,000 ........... just as uneventful and uninspiring to the readers of GIF as the previous 4,999)
