http://blogs.nfl.com/2008/12/30/broncos-fire-long-time-coach-shanahan/ 

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Wow... thought the teflon man had a lifelong gig there.. didn't expect that one.

Wonder if he will interview with the Raiders. :lol:

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great googly moogly

never saw that coming

LOL +1

Wow I'm surprised he is was a great coach. Wouldn't mind seeing him in Green Bay and showing us how to really zone block. I know it will never happen though.

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Shanahan? Great coach?

Don't get me wrong, he's not a BAD coach. But Great?

He was great when he had Elway and Davis. Oh, and that DOMINATING offensive line.

Without those? Not so much.

Either way.. I'm somewhat surprised, but when I think about it.. Not really. I know people in Denver were calling for his head last season. Now, the question is.. Who's the Broncos head coach next year?

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The commentators were saying during the game against San Diego that if he lost this one, he'd probably be done, so I'm not entirely surprised. Shanahan has been on the hot seat among the fans for several years now; he was saved by a slavishly loyal owner. But considering he had GM responsibilities, he made his own bed, so it's hard not to hold him accountable for the downward slide of the Broncos.

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Kind of surprised. But come on, the Broncos had SEVEN running backs on IR. Their number one was Tatum Bell-Hop coming into the last game. He was cut by the LIONS.

Still don't get that Bell wasn't picked up earlier, he's pretty good if you ask me.

Didn't see this one coming tbh, the way he can get the running game going without any good RBs at all combined with his O-lines always being pretty good and a QB who's stock is rising fast... He just seems to struggle alot with the defense though, maybe that's the reason?

I'd like to see who the Broncos will hire though, and whether that coach will actually get the team to winning record or just gets them to a 4-12 or so, with that horrible defense.