ESPN.com: McDaniels on Broncos' radar

I think he is getting waaaaayyy too much credit.

No way, IMO, that McDaniels is any where near ready to be an NFL head coach, and, again IMO, he never will be.

Shouldnt they be offering the job to Brady? He's the one who taught Cassel

He's 32 years old. Many of his players will be older than him. I just don't know if he'd get proper respect at that age. I think if he loses a few games in a row, some of the veterans would start to question if he's ready for the job yet.

I think he's a smart guy and will be a head coach someday, but I don't know if this is the right time. He'd probably end up like Romeo Crennel.

Yeah, i agree with all comments above. Some success in the league for one or two seasons and all of a sudden your qualified to run the show? Jeez.... Hey, he may be a good coach someday, but I think he'd be best served getting more experience under his belt...but I really don't know squat, so it's just my opinion.

McDaniels or Brady's plan 07 was throw it deep to Moss. Remember the open receivers thats all the talking heads talked about for half the year.This year I can't think of many RED ZONE plays that weren't crap. I don't think it was all Matt either. All his passes were under 15 Yrds most of the year. It took till the seahawks game and a two point con. attempt to get Wes on the short out at the goal line called. I don't think anyone stopped that play all year in 07. Everyone remembers the SB adjustments.

we're playing them next year... hope he does'nt take it...

these people are so desperate for a piece of the patriots that pretty soon they're going to try to hire Pat Patriot away

He can do well with Bronco's offense. But I am not sure if he can win with that defense. And what is the broncos thinking? You fire shanahan and hire McDaniels? What's the difference? The problem is on Defense. Find somebody else, idiot.

I agree with Supreme12, McDaniels doesn't seem like a good fit for the Bronco's because they need a defensive minded coach right now. I do think McDaniels will be a head coach for someone either this coming season or the season after. It's hard to know how well he'll do because the odds are more-or-less stacked against you when you take over a losing team. Certainly he's had the opportunity to learn from the best.
I hope he stays one more season because (unlike some who post here) I think he's doing a fine job.

The last "boy wonder" was Orson Welles and Lil' Josh is no Orson Welles. His foremost weakness is an inability to make real time adjustments during the game.Hmmmm....doesn't that remind us of another "Boy wonder" who was "just asked to leave the building"

Boy...its lucky we have so many "insiders" who post in this forum, such as "gick"
who states "Shouldnt they be offering the job to Brady? He's the one who taught Cassel"....obviously gick has been in camp and KNOWS who spent all the time teaching Matt to be a QB....thanks for the insight gick!

I wish McDaniels was as bad a coach as some people have mentionned on here because I think the Pats will have a hard time coming up with an OC candidate to replace him should he leave. Current O Staff: Scarnecchia? Mangurian? O'Brien? Fears? or possible outside candidates: Chan Gailey? Al Saunders?
... or is there someone else I've missed?

Doc, I must congratulate you on your comments regarding "real time adjustments,"

McDaniels has killed this team with that problem in several
key games where opposing defensive coaches made 2nd half adjustments and McDaniels, like a little kid, was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and had no idea what to do about it.

And for Rog, you are dead on about McDaniels pitiful red zone play calling. In so many games his inability to know what the hell to do in the red zone cost this team a bundle of points and greatly effected games that should have been won by fairly large scores and turned them into nail biters.

McDaniels, IMO, is vastly over rated and far too many people are basing a positive opinion on him based on the Pats 2007 season. Any coach could have gotten similar resuilts with that talent at the WR position. Even with that, we saw far too many games, especially in the 2nd half of the season where games were closer because defensive coordinators learned how better to defend while McDaniels was, once again, caught with his pants down and unable to fully adjust.

And finaally, I don't believe he would get along with players his age, or older. On the Pats, Belichick maintains control. And, of course, winning helps. How would his players react to him if the team were losing, which would be a good possibility.

BB didn't do to well in his first head coaching job, now did he.

Got to start sometime.

I agree Josh McD would probably be over his head as HC at this point, but I'm with Jaydbu at being mystified by comments from his detractors here.

Doc are for real with: "foremost weakness is an inability to make real time adjustments during the game"? I guess you missed 2nd half of the Jets OT game.

Seems that the Pats' O philosophy provides the QB with options to make "in game adjustments" on EVERY play, dependent on the formation/personnel package. Brady excels in that system and Cassell showed the potential to grow toward mastery.

MikeR has documented the chameleon-like nature of the Pats offense all season. McDaniels deserves the lion share of the credit for designing AND implementing this complex scheme week in and week out.

That's a big job, well done.

Wow, Mike Allen, you've done it again.
Maybe Bill will hire you to replace Josh or Scott should either depart. Obviously, you know everything already and, besides, anybody would be better than them 'cause they're just aweful. And you could start for Hobbs, as well, since he's the worst corner of all time.
In fact, you could take over the whole team. The Kraft family has done a terrible, terrible job and Bill can't win without Tom at QB. This team hasn't won the Super Bowl since '04, so it's time for a change and you're just they guy to do it, since you have so many insights about everything that's wrong.
Then you could fire Dean and Josh. You could cut Light and Seymour and trade Maroney and Watson for 7th-round picks. You could bench Moss for a couple of drops and start Washington instead. Every guy you select in the draft will become all-pro starters within two seasons.
You, Mike Allen, are a football god. You know all and see all.
And you tell every one of us here what is wrong with the Patriots and how they're the worst team of all time.
Thanks.

Doc's got the nail on the head. McDaniel's is in the same situation as Mangini: a team in the conference/division that's in free-fall figures it wins a double-wammy, assuaging fan unrest by taking a highly respected coordinator/comodity from a team, within their own conference/division, that's appeared to do more with less. They're promoting these guys, primarily, because that will mean they won't have exchange anything for it (picks) & get them at a premium. If it happens to work out, then they're (Bowlan/Johnson) geniuses for being so decisive. If it doesn't work out, the "failed" coach takes all of the heat. It's not like Shanahan can coach forever; this way they're being proactive, by switching to someone much younger.

The real issue, is if they've anticipated the problem of Shanahan remaining in the conference. Maybe they have....

-VerDisqo

McDaniels wasn't the red zone problem. It was poor execution by Cassel, the WR's, and the offensive line. Brady was missed the most in this area of the game because of the split second decisions he made as well as recognizing Moss is a matchup nightmare in the red zone. He also was able to make the throws that Cassel sometimes made.

Denver is crazy to go after McDaniels. His first job probably shouldn't be a football town pressure cooker like Denver.