Paying 3 Coachs Better Than The Alternative

Pat Bowlen shouldn't worry about paying 3 coaches next year if he fires McDaniels at the end of the season. What he stands to lose if he doesn't fire him could set the Broncos back another 5 to 10 years. I don't care how the Broncos finish, to many times bad teams in this situation who have nothing to lose play a little better and close out the season with wins.

 Bowlen needs to think long term not just about the remaining 2010 season and get fooled into believing that wins by a team who ducked out and quit weeks ago could save McDufus. The Raiders game was the boiling point, no other Coach in Broncos history can claim such a mind numbing loss. Even if he didn’t have this loss on his resume the aggregate body of work McDaniels has produced deserves a firing by any reasonable measure.

Paying Shanny, McD and a new Head Coach is cheap compared to the alternative.

The AFC West really has no dominate team and a win over the Chiefs or Raiders is no indication the Broncos will have turned the corner. Even a win over the Chargers should be no lock on job security. Philip Rivers may be the single most talented player in the division right now but the Chargers are far from being an elite team who’ll make a strong playoff run.

Today in the AFC the AFC West is THE bottom feeder. The Chiefs have been the beneficiary of a crappy transition for both the Chargers and the Broncos and I don’t believe for a second the Chiefs have any hope of going far in the playoffs. Their defense is one of most inconsistent in the league.

Their offense has improved but I don’t see them beating better teams in the playoffs.

Frankly I think if you were having a discussion about who the has the best chance of going all the way to the big show and winning it the teams in the NFC have the best chance.

With the ongoing talks for a new labor agreement and a possible strike endangering the 2011 season I believe an even stronger case could be made to fire and rehire a new Head Coach. The transition is going to be difficult whether the players strike or not and at least if the Broncos fired McD in January the new staff could begin to evaluate and formulate a new program to bring back a team we can all be proud of again once it’s over.