**poof**....He's gone. No, not Keyser Soze, Josh McDaniels. The short lived tenure of, now former head coach, Josh McDaniels, came to an unceremonious end on Monday when Pat Bowlen "relieved McDaniels of his head coach duties." I guess that's a nicer way to put it.
Pat Bowlen then names Running Back's coach Eric Studesville, who immediately gets points for having an awesome name, as interim head coach. This move makes sense for the time being. Studesville has a lot of experience, coaching running backs since 1997 with several teams. Wink, Denver's defensive coordinator, is too busy dealing with being in the Bronco's revolving door of defensive coordinators to possibly take on the head coaching position. And I don't know that anybody can actually name Josh McDaniel's offensive coordinator, since he was so insistent on calling all of the plays and running the offense. Plus, I don't see this as a long term move. Studesville definitely doesn't have the chops, quite yet, to hold a head coaching job, and this is pretty much a just finish things out as strongly as you possibly can situation. Nobody is expecting anything from the Broncos the rest of the way, so 4 more losses would definitely not say anything bad about Studesville.
So, now that the boy king is gone, where do the Broncos go from here? Well, the obvious names will immediately pop up. If the Broncos don't at least make a run for Bill Cowher, they are fools. One thing you can always say about a Bill Cowher coached team is that they are tough, and will be ready to play. That guy knows how to motivate a team. Next, Jon Gruden. Gruden built up the Raiders to be a dominant force in the AFC, and then was traded to Tampa Bay, where he took an already pretty loaded team to a Super Bowl Championship. He helped them get over the hump. Gruden has the same type of fire that McDaniels has, but Gruden won't be caught screaming and fist pumping after 1 touchdown early in a game. Plus, a Super Bowl ring as a head coach will earn you immediate respect.
Then, we might have the not so obvious names. Two names have come up this year as possibly being done in their respective locations. First, Jeff Fisher, another guy who prepares his teams every single week, and holds his players accountable. They guy is great defensively, which should be a HUGE attraction point for the Broncos, whose defense has been inconsistent every single year for the last 7 years. The next is a form Bronco and former Bronco coach, Gary Kubiak. Rumored to possibly be in his last year in Houston if he can't get that team into the playoffs. A Denver guy who was our offensive coordinator for 2 super bowl championships, doesn't hurt! He would be embraced by the fans and organization immediately, and might get us a running game again. Remember when everybody said that you could plug anybody into the Bronco's backfield and they could run for 1000 yards? Well, that was a Kubiak coordinated offense.
Those are my top names for possible Bronco coaches, and I would love to hear anybody else's ideas as well! I will close with the greatest image of the year thus far. Ta, ta, Josh. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!
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