Originally Posted by COchief
It's very odd to see Dane dig in on this issue. This hire is extremely questionable at best, the only, and I mean the only other comparison is Elway who has been at least a consultant (and Bowlen's butt buddy) to the Broncos front office since the second he retired and was unbelievably lucky to have the success he did. Every other successful GM in the league put in years of grooming in the FO before getting a shot.
Shit that went Elways way:
- Had a Dan Snyder-esque offseason where he threw down big cash on every type of FA to be wary of and had every single damn one pay off and stay out of trouble. Really look at this shit list of luck and it was not any type of Elway wizardry, pure ****ing luck. Singling out any one of these signings was risky at the time, for him to hit on all five is just lottery-level type bullshit and won't happen to him again.
Manning- Bet on an extremely injured, old, and unknown Peyton coming off as serious a injury you can get... Won big thanks to HGH.
Ware- old, often injured, seemed to be declining...destroyed and stayed relatively healthy for a few years before falling off.
Talib- nutcase, loudmouth, locker room cancer, and piece of garbage who never played up to his potential early on...still a nutcase and a piece of garbage who has arguably been the best corner in the NFL since signing, did shoot himself like a complete moron but amazingly stayed on the field and performed outstanding against all odds and even kept his mouth shut.
Ward- undersized and loudmouth piece of garbage, Bob Sanders part two waiting to happen...plays at a pro bowl level and stays relatively healthy.
Sanders- slimy piece of garbage and undersized, FA wide outs almost never pan out with team #2...plays at pro bowl level and stays healthy.
Coaching-
Fox- an average NFL coach and all around dumbass who somehow stayed out of Peyton's way enough to suffer an embarrassing defeat in the SB.
Kubiak- an average NFL coach who amazingly benches the virtually crippled Manning midseason and manages to ride the D for just enough wins and puts the old douche QB back in at exactly the perfect time to spark a much needed win and run to the NFL gifted SB win.
Wade- one of the easiest hires and most respected DCs in the league who was truly responsible for the super farce last year, disrespected and sent packing as not to piss off the crappy new HC.
You'll see the true GM Elway this next season and he has a shit load of crap to deal with including two younger stacked teams that are both superior in the division. Zero Oline talent, zero running back talent, zero TE talent, zero up and coming talent outside Shane Ray, virtually all the star players outside Von and Harris are getting old and have already been paid and gotten a ring, cancerous divided locker room, extremely questionable hire and unknown head coach, no more Wade, Orton2.0 and unknown QBs.
The next 4-5 seasons will truly show the world how good Elway is as GM and it ain't looking too good for Donk fans without Manning and his NFL sponsored performance of his twilight years.
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