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"I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe
Hmm, I'd give a few guys a fighting chance rather than firing them outright:
Studs - obviously interviewing for the HC position.
Wink - love him as an LBs coach, although coordinating a 3-4 is definitely not his forté.
Mike Priefer - our STs have been ok which is big improvement from the Shanny days.
Keith Burns - Elway would probably like to keep the guy on.
Ed Donatell - Squyd, Vaughn and Cox have come on nicely under him, as well as Bruton and McBath (when not in the tub). Smith not so much, but you can't win them all.
Wayne Nunnely - our DLs haven't been great, but then - as the old saying goes - you can't polish a turd. The guy did a great job in SD and has made something out of Marcus Thomas (as a rotational rusher) and Kevin Vickerson. However, could not tame Ryan McFacemask.
Adam Gase - was sceptical about his hiring, and he turned round and has helped Brandon Lloyd come out of nowhere. Eric Decker's looking better and better (and DT had his moments too). Plus he may yet make something out of Matt Willis. Very pleased with his work.
Most of the others can go really. Especially Bob Ligashesky. I'm on the fence about McCoy and Barone. With McCoy, he obviously isn't ready to be a full time OC, and it's hard to tell how much involvement he had with the QBs and gameplanning etc. He may be sought after by other teams in the offseason.
With Barone, our OL was dire at the beginning of the season but has come on since the positions got set. Walton and Beadles have acquitted themselves well despite the circumstances. However, he's clearly not Rick Dennison.
It's weird, our D does not carry many players who I would consider "not NFL-worthy". Too many guys in the "backup material" category, granted, but not in the same league as the 08 squad (Engleberger, Josh Shaw, Webster, Manuel, McCree, Lowry, Fox, Koutouvides...); they showed up at times (some excellent run stopping earlier in the season against teams such as the Jets and Titans) but were downright awful at others. Our next DC needs to whip them into shape and carry an infectious attitude and it's something that I don't think Wink was very good at, despite his billing. I personally hope we stay as a 3-4 team - some shrewd draft/FA picks will go a long way towards making this a half-decent unit - although I just hope we get better any which way.
I hope we can Studsville. I like the guy as a person, but dont like him as a RB coach.
Thanks MO for the wicked Sig.
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