Wooo, that was quite the slumber. Well, after that Christmas vacation I'm happy to say I'm back and ready to devote 100% of my time to the blog- when I'm not busy with everything else. That being said, be ready for the daily updates you were so used to before our little break.
Guess who isn't back? Josh McDaniels, Offensive Coordinator of the Patriots the past two years and a key contributor to the Patriots' success for the past eight years or so. ESPN Reports:
The Denver Broncos have reached agreement to name New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels their new head coach, team sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday.
McDaniels, 32, replaces Mike Shanahan, who was fired Dec. 30 after 14 years on the job. The team is expected to announce the deal on Monday.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen sent COO Joe Ellis to Boston Thursday for a lengthy second interview with McDaniels, who, according to sources, was one of two finalists along with Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.
McDaniels becomes the third member of Belichick's coaching staff to be named an NFL head coach in recent years, following Romeo Crennel, who took over Cleveland in 2005 and was fired after this past season, and Eric Mangini, who went to the Jets in 2006. Mangini was also fired after this season and has since been named to replace Crennel in Cleveland.
McDaniels has worked in the NFL for eight seasons, all with New England. He joined the Patriots on March 1, 2001 as a personnel assistant in the scouting department and assisted the defensive coaching staff for three seasons. He began serving as the Patriots' quarterbacks coach in 2004 and was named offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Jan. 20, 2006.
McDaniels began his coaching career in 1999 as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, working under head coach Nick Saban.
Boo hoo hoo I'm so upset. Another Belichick minyan off to screw up another team. I'm not sure why teams haven't figured out that it's not the assistant coaches or the players, its the head coach Bill Belichick himself. How many assistant coaches under Belichick have to fail, and how many players have to leave the team and then suck, for people to realize that it is the system not the person. Hell, Matt Cassel can go from high school prom king to 14 mil per year QB.
This really isn't a big deal, and I'm sure there will be people who will argue that it is, but I mean, come on... you can't tell me that Brady, Moss, Welker, etc. won't perform just as well without Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator. No argument will convince me of this.
For the record, Miami's playoff performance was an embarassment to the AFC East. The fact that they made the playoffs over the Pats is a sin.
--JT--
asante samuel
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