MCDANIELS OUT IN DENVER & "TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, THE PARTY'S OVER"
Wow, I didn't see this one coming, not until the end of the season anyway. Josh McDaniels is out as the coach of the Denver Broncos. Owner Pat Bowlen, one week after giving his head coach a verbal pass on the "Spygate II" mess & the team's failing attendance, decided he could go no further with the 30-year old at the helm.
Since their 6-0 start last season, McDaniels' team is 5-17. Worse yet, according to Bronco sources, was the inexplicable personnel moves, trades & draft picks. Running back coach Eric Studesville will take over in an interim role. Whoever takes the job permanently, will need assurances from Bowlen that rebuilding this team will take time, the last two years have been a decided step in the wrong direction. Many of the current personnel are in place because McDaniels wanted them for his system & they could well be expendable. Bronco sources say Bowlen was upset with actual turnstile count at two recent home games, the lowest in over a decade. Well at least McDaniels got a send-off hug from Todd Haley.
A sad note from earlier today, former Dallas Cowboy quarterback & Monday Night Football legend, "Dandy" Don Meredith, passed away from a brain hemorrhage last night, Meredith was 72-years old. The pride of Mount Vernon Texas played at SMU & was a 3rd round selection in Dallas' initial draft back in 1960. He played for the Cowboys nine seasons before retiring after the 1968 season. He said he had grown tired of the booing directed at him from Dallas fans. He was a 3-time Pro Bowl selection & is in the Cowboys' Ring of Fame.
He was a member of the first Monday Night Football broadcast team, paired with Frank Gifford & Howard Cosell. He was the down-home-folksy member of the broadcast team. He was a constant foil for Cosell. Meredith got in trouble with ABC for in-game remarks like one about Cleveland browns receiver Fair Hooker. Meredith said "Fair Hooker? I've never met one." He also was the first person in any kind of media to refer to President Nixon as "Tricky Dickie."
He left the MNF booth for 2 seasons before returning in 1976. He left for good in 1984. He was known for his pronouncement of any game being over, even before it actually was, by singing the first lines of a Willie Nelson song. When it was clear the game was in hand, "Dandy Don" would sing "Turn out the lights, the party's over, seems like all good things must end."
Meredith went onto to work as an actor in numerous television roles, became a spokesman for Lipton Tea. After his retirement from football, he moved to Santa Fe New Mexico, where he lived with his third wife Susan, until his death Sunday evening.
Since their 6-0 start last season, McDaniels' team is 5-17. Worse yet, according to Bronco sources, was the inexplicable personnel moves, trades & draft picks. Running back coach Eric Studesville will take over in an interim role. Whoever takes the job permanently, will need assurances from Bowlen that rebuilding this team will take time, the last two years have been a decided step in the wrong direction. Many of the current personnel are in place because McDaniels wanted them for his system & they could well be expendable. Bronco sources say Bowlen was upset with actual turnstile count at two recent home games, the lowest in over a decade. Well at least McDaniels got a send-off hug from Todd Haley.
A sad note from earlier today, former Dallas Cowboy quarterback & Monday Night Football legend, "Dandy" Don Meredith, passed away from a brain hemorrhage last night, Meredith was 72-years old. The pride of Mount Vernon Texas played at SMU & was a 3rd round selection in Dallas' initial draft back in 1960. He played for the Cowboys nine seasons before retiring after the 1968 season. He said he had grown tired of the booing directed at him from Dallas fans. He was a 3-time Pro Bowl selection & is in the Cowboys' Ring of Fame.
He was a member of the first Monday Night Football broadcast team, paired with Frank Gifford & Howard Cosell. He was the down-home-folksy member of the broadcast team. He was a constant foil for Cosell. Meredith got in trouble with ABC for in-game remarks like one about Cleveland browns receiver Fair Hooker. Meredith said "Fair Hooker? I've never met one." He also was the first person in any kind of media to refer to President Nixon as "Tricky Dickie."
He left the MNF booth for 2 seasons before returning in 1976. He left for good in 1984. He was known for his pronouncement of any game being over, even before it actually was, by singing the first lines of a Willie Nelson song. When it was clear the game was in hand, "Dandy Don" would sing "Turn out the lights, the party's over, seems like all good things must end."
Meredith went onto to work as an actor in numerous television roles, became a spokesman for Lipton Tea. After his retirement from football, he moved to Santa Fe New Mexico, where he lived with his third wife Susan, until his death Sunday evening.
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