Originally posted by flynhayn15:
Originally posted by Rascal:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Why? For starters, we're not in Salary Cap Hell and they are going to have to make a LOT of cuts and restructures. Nobody even knows if Manning WILL come back let alone, if the Broncos want to pay him $19M. Plus you have key FA's like J.Thomas who may not be back either, Elway fired all the offensive staff, etc. I think everyone on that teams knows their run is over. They had a REAL 2-year window. Elway has the same expectations as Jed (win the Superbowl) but he's much less likely to win one next year even if Manning DOES come back (he's really aged and Gase is restricted with him). Their future looks very poor. For Gase, you'd think this is a golden opportunity to get out from under Manning's shadow and work with some great tools and a team that is in great salary cap shape and now will have a #15 pick in the draft, a top 5 defense without all-pro players who now will be coming back, etc. My question is why would anybody want to stay in Denver? They are done and at best, absolute best, have one more year just to compete...with little chance of winning a Superbowl.
I kind of posted about my reasons earlier. But, just say even if Manning retires and the Broncos go into rebuild mode, that will give Gase much more time to make things work as expectations would be far lower.
But, if he goes to the 9ers, as Baalke said this is a reload not a rebuild and York said is Super Bowl or bust, that means Gase will pretty much have to get the team back to the playoffs right away. Can you imagine what will happen if we miss the playoffs again next year ? The fans will explode especially the Harbaugh supporters who hated York's move in firing him.
In other words, the 9ers job is far more risky.
If he would choose a rebuild and a stay in salary cap purgatory for the next few year just because its less risky, he probably isn't head coach material. I doubt he chooses that because I believe he is.
On top of that, Elway just fired a coach that went to the playoffs 4 years in a row, you don't think he might have some unrealistic expectations.
Finally, look at Harbaugh and Fox. If you do your job, have success and get fired mainly because you couldn't win a super bowl, then you will have no problem finding a job.
You are assuming Gase will have success. If we struggle even to get back to the playoffs, who knows the guy can be gone in 2 years. Harbaugh and Fox are different, we made it to the playoffs 3 years in a row and the Broncos made it to the playoffs 4 years in a row.
On top of that, don't forget we are talking about the NFC West here, is damn hard even to make it as a wild card. If we go anywhere in the vicinity of 8-8 and miss the playoffs, it will put a dent in his reputation and resume, not to mention he will ultimately lose his job.
I am in no way saying this is going to happen, the point is whichever way you look at it, the 9ers job is no doubt much more risky.
