Monday, January 18, 2010

Broncos Defensive Coordinator Mike Nolan Resigns (or was Mike Nolan Fired?)

At the conclusion of his post-season meeting with Josh McDaniels, Defensive Coordinator Mike Nolan has resigned. Nolan led a defensive turnaround that was responsible for the large majority of Denver wins this year (wins against Cincinatti, Dallas, New England were completely due to the defense and all the other wins were heavily supported by the defense). Nolan was helping the team make the transition to the 3-4 defensive scheme.

This is an absolutely shocking turn of events and casts an even darker shadow on McDaniels' first season as head coach. It will be very interesting to learn the true story when it comes out but the initial reporting at the moment is sparse.

Is Josh McDaniels insistent on running all the best parts of the team out of town? Was he threatened by the fact that his coordinator was more valuable to the team's success than he was? Was he impossible to work with and Mike Nolan decided to leave voluntarily?

Special thanks to loyal reader and tipster Brian for pointing out the story to me.


Broncos' Nolan resigns - The Denver Post: "Broncos' Nolan resigns"
Posted by Mark at 4:33 PM
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7 comments:

  1. You know what... I am DONE! My lifelong fanship of the Denver Broncos is OVER! Thanks a lot Pat, thanks for hiring a complete Dip Sh*t! Go Vikings, Saints... JETS! Yay college football!!!
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  2. I agree. I defended McEgo for 15 weeks and now he is beginning to make Jay Cutler look good. When Mike Nolan was hired, I was thrilled. After all he was the architect of the 2000 Ravens defense which is arguably the greatest. Now Payton Hillis, Brandon Marshall, and Tony Sheffler victims,too. This might be the darkest days of this organization.
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  3. Might need to add Bobby Turner and Rick Dennison to that hit list.
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  4. Josh McDaniels played his fiddle while Denver burned.
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  5. You people are idiots. Mike Nolan was NOT the coordinator of the 2000 Ravens defense. He was with the Jets that year.

    Also, that defense that was so impressive the first 12 weeks or so, you can thank Josh McDaniels for that. Mike Nolan has NEVER run an aggressive blitzing defense like that, but even he himself said Josh made him run that scheme.
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  6. You are right Eric, we should thank McD, I guess that's why we are in the playoffs... ohh wait... we are not... I think we should thank McD for that too...
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  7. You are right Eric, we should thank McD, I guess that's why we are in the playoffs... ohh wait... we are not... I think we should thank McD for that too...
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