Hawktawk wrote:Krieg needed a championship . That’s all . And of course the game has changed but you still honor the superstars of each era. Frankly I don’t get worked up about it at all . I want wins . It’s cool our few guys in there but it’s a subjective analysis so there likely is a bias . Don’t give a rip really.
""Agreed 100%. Had we won a SB with Krieg at the helm, he would have been a shoe-in given those very impressive stats he put up. Although there are exceptions, like Dan Marino and Dan Fouts, getting that ring is one part of the HOF ticket that has to get punched. And like you, I don't get worked up about it if one of our former Hawks get dissed.
Hawktawk wrote:Although it’s clear Russ went from extremely likely in the HOF in Seattle to likely not a chance not quite halfway through his first season on a new team . The Walton’s are reportedly “ embarrassed “ and considering firing Hackett immediately . Holy cow .
I mostly agree. I personally feel that Russell, similar to our discussion about Phillip Rivers, needed another ring or a league MVP in order to be a first ballot HOF'er, that as it stood, he was on the bubble.
Russell has done a huge amount of damage to his chances in his first 6 games. If his new career in Denver ends on a down note, there's not a snowball's chance in hell of him getting a gold jacket.
I'm hearing the same thing about the Denver ownership. Hackett not only could get fired before the end of the season, but he might not even make it to Thanksgiving. It's a new ownership, and they have to be concerned about all the negative PR that's been floating around the team.
The Broncos have another home game, this time against Jacksonville, another team like the Jets that were not expected to contend but have been a bit of a surprise so far, coming within a few feet of upsetting the one loss Giants last week. After that game, they have their bye week, which would be a good time to rid themselves of a head coach as it would give their interim coach a few extra days to pick up the pieces.
So I'll go out on a limb and predict that if the Broncos lose to Jacksonville this Sunday, Hackett gets the axe.[/quote]
Any team with Doug Pederson as coach is one to be wary of. They blew out the preseason wonders the chargers in similar fashion to the Hawks . They have this "generational talent" at QB whatever the hell that means. But Pederson won a Superbowl after getting there with Nick Foles and coached him up well enough to outperform Tom Brady. I had said if Seattle was to move on from Pete that guy would be high on my list.
I expect Denver to lose handily. I wont speculate on Hackett but his head has to be spinning like Linda Blair from the exorcist. Dream job to nightmare in 7 weeks .