Denver Native (Carol)
12-07-2010, 09:05 PM
The following, thanks to the Denver Broncos public relations department, are some highlights of Tuesday’s news conference that featured chief operating officer Ellis and interim head coach Eric Studesville after the firing of Josh McDaniels on Monday:
Topic: Ellis admitted McDaniels had too much power on football decisions and indicated that the team will not give the next coach as much power.
Ellis’ Quote: “Well, the first part of the question is that I think it kind of evolved and grew into that. I take some responsibility on behalf of [Broncos Owner] Pat [Bowlen], for allowing that to happen, perhaps. I think a lot of Josh’s vision and the way Pat had structured his organization in the past was something that at the end of the day, or during that time period, he wanted to see continue. In other words, having his head coach kind of oversee all of football operations. We started out with that not being the intent, but it ended up being that way to some extent. Josh had a lot of help from a lot of people, there’s no question about that. But, moving forward now, I think it’s important that -- and we have some time here to look at this and I’m not going to speak to the structure moving forward in definite terms -- but we have to evaluate that and we have to come forward for our fans and everybody. I understand that you’re going to be distributing the message and [letting the fans] know what the plan is. It’s very likely that the plan will not empower the next head coach with the kind of authority that Josh probably unfairly had put upon him. It’s also fair to say to say that we’ll stick to that plan.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/21403/talking-points-from-denvers-presser - rest of article
Also - Both Studesville' and Ellis' press conferences
http://www.denverbroncos.com/
Topic: Ellis admitted McDaniels had too much power on football decisions and indicated that the team will not give the next coach as much power.
Ellis’ Quote: “Well, the first part of the question is that I think it kind of evolved and grew into that. I take some responsibility on behalf of [Broncos Owner] Pat [Bowlen], for allowing that to happen, perhaps. I think a lot of Josh’s vision and the way Pat had structured his organization in the past was something that at the end of the day, or during that time period, he wanted to see continue. In other words, having his head coach kind of oversee all of football operations. We started out with that not being the intent, but it ended up being that way to some extent. Josh had a lot of help from a lot of people, there’s no question about that. But, moving forward now, I think it’s important that -- and we have some time here to look at this and I’m not going to speak to the structure moving forward in definite terms -- but we have to evaluate that and we have to come forward for our fans and everybody. I understand that you’re going to be distributing the message and [letting the fans] know what the plan is. It’s very likely that the plan will not empower the next head coach with the kind of authority that Josh probably unfairly had put upon him. It’s also fair to say to say that we’ll stick to that plan.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/21403/talking-points-from-denvers-presser - rest of article
Also - Both Studesville' and Ellis' press conferences
http://www.denverbroncos.com/