Quote Originally Posted by Elevation inc View Post
No but he is responsible for the downfall of the franchise. he is a douche through hand through and Denver will be better off without him, just Remember we could have had Kyle instead of VJ and his shit if it wasn't for him, that alone should have Denver fans chanting his way out the door.
Well, I've had enough contact with him to know the first part of your statement isn't true. Not even where you come up with that, from the handful of pressers you've watched?

On the second, based on everything said and written at the time, and for years later, it's a fiction to blame Ellis for VJ over Kyle. Elway was making the football decisions and decided on VJ over Kyle. Elway has stated this in interviews and said that Kyle's interview was so impressive, that he paused and almost offered him the job, but believed so strongly in VJ's leadership abilities that he went with VJ.

The only time Ellis relationship/veto has been reported was after Kubiak left (I believe was the timing), Elway wanted to bring in Mike Shanahan as HC (no indication Kyle was part of the deal, being firmly entrenched in SF by then) and that one reportedly vetoed.

Ultimately, the Broncos have won, and more recently, lost under Ellis running the business side and Elway in charge of football operations, and with the whole "buck stops here" it's fine to place blame for missing the playoffs x years, not hiring a coach/GM capable of drafting a good QB, etc., but some of this stuff just seems to be total fiction and randomly picking a devil to blame.