Thread: Wade Phillips is our new DC.

I have to say, I'm incredibly JACKED about our coaching staff. I so wish we had done this originally when McD was shown the exit. I am very excited by seeing Kubiak, Dennison, Phillips in the house again. I have a VERY good feeling about this.

I wonder if Jake Plummer is interested... I'm joking!!!!

I suspect Plummer and Schaub between them taught Kubes a hard lesson that even the best coaches as positions they know best can only do so much if a player can't do the rest. Hope so; last thing I want is another Schaub, and Plummer blowing up on the SB launchpad in the '05 AFCCG (still the only AFCCG Denver's ever lost at home) was the beginning of the whole desultory debacle that's only now ended.

Anyone think some fans are over hyping our coaching hires?

Originally Posted by DenBronx

Anyone think some fans are over hyping our coaching hires?

Over hyping it in what way?

I'm down with Wade.
He's the logical answer to what we had left to choose from.
Overall, he's got a hell of lot more talent to work with here than he had in Houston... and that's counting JJ Watt as 4 people.

Originally Posted by TXBRONC

Originally Posted by DenBronx

Anyone think some fans are over hyping our coaching hires?

Over hyping it in what way?

Seems fans wanted these coaches based on familiarity instead of actual results. I like Kubiak and Dennison alot but what have they done since they weren't with Shanahan? What did Wade do post Broncos?

Fox at least had 2 SB appearances. One with Delhomme and one with Manning. The blowout last year was on him? He didnt get blown out with Jake... just curious on why these guys are the best fit.

Originally Posted by Joel

I suspect Plummer and Schaub between them taught Kubes a hard lesson that even the best coaches as positions they know best can only do so much if a player can't do the rest. Hope so; last thing I want is another Schaub, and Plummer blowing up on the SB launchpad in the '05 AFCCG (still the only AFCCG Denver's ever lost at home) was the beginning of the whole desultory debacle that's only now ended.

Actually, Joel, that was the pass rush blowing up on the Super Bowl launchpad. Defense couldn't get off the field on third down.

Originally Posted by EastCoastBronco

I'm down with Wade.
He's the logical answer to what we had left to choose from.
Overall, he's got a hell of lot more talent to work with here than he had in Houston... and that's counting JJ Watt as 4 people.

I like the hire.

Originally Posted by DenBronx

Seems fans wanted these coaches based on familiarity instead of actual results. I like Kubiak and Dennison alot but what have they done since they weren't with Shanahan? What did Wade do post Broncos?

Fox at least had 2 SB appearances. One with Delhomme and one with Manning. The blowout last year was on him? He didnt get blown out with Jake... just curious on why these guys are the best fit.

Kubiak has recently taken a team to the playoffs as a head coach so that's one main reasons I like the hiring. When Fox he had suffered through two or three straight losing season and at the end of it his record was barely above .500. I think literally everywhere Wade Phillips has gone as a defensive coordinator those team have finished in the top 10 defense. So he's had a lot of success as coordinator.

Welcome home Wade.

Ok not my first choice, but he wasn't Elway's either. Now he is here I am all for it 100%
And huge bright side. I love fat guy DC. They always act like they have a chip on their shoulders ( like a doritos bag in some cases) and it carries through their unit.

Originally Posted by MileHighCrew

Welcome home Wade.

Ok not my first choice, but he wasn't Elway's either. Now he is here I am all for it 100%
And huge bright side. I love fat guy DC. They always act like they have a chip on their shoulders ( like a doritos bag in some cases) and it carries through their unit.

We know what we're getting with Phillips.

Reasonable hire. Solid chemistry. Kubes has some tools, looking forward to 2015.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Reasonable hire. Solid chemistry. Kubes has some tools, looking forward to 2015.

Absolutely. I wouldn't been against the hire of Joseph but he still unknown with Phillips as the coordinator we know Denver is getting top flight d.c.

Wade's defenses are stout and steady, much like Wade himself. They tend not to be flashy, or get excessive #s of turnovers. They're not especially risky, even though they bring the pressure, and they usually get off the field. Wade's defenses will almost never win you the game, but they will keep getting the ball sent back to your offense to let THEM win it. It relies on quite a bit of man-press in the early downs and nickel-pressure in later downs, IIRC, and it's a good fit for much of what we already have on that side of the ball.

He's a better DC than Del Rio. We have a ton of defensive talent. A couple tweaks to the personnel and our defense should do a MUCH better job of creating consistent pressure while shutting down the run.

We should field one of the better defenses in Manning's career. The rest will be up to his side of the ball - AKA Kubiak's specialty.

Hoping to see Houston's retreads turn into something special with the talent on this team. Sometimes the message just gets stale, and it's not a problem with the messenger. Looking forward to seeing how we change up some of the pieces on this squad to try to get another trophy in the case.

As John said, that's the goal - as it should be.

And no, Wade isn't a sexy hire, but the idea is to get better.

Dennison - better offensive mind than Gase.
Phillips - better defensive mind than Del Rio.
Kubiak - better motivator and gameplanner than Fox? We'll see.

But if you're better on both sides of the ball than the coaches who left - and got IMMEDIATELY hired by teams around the league because they were the best on the market - then it has to be considered a good start to the offseason.

I'm satisfied. Now go patch our holes, John. I wanna bathe in Patroit tears and pluck Seahawk feather outta my teeth, if you don't mind.