Bowlen Says He Urged Shanahan to Make Changes
Published 3/18/2008 by Mark Maske at Mark Maske's NFL Insider
Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen told the Denver Post that he continues to support his coach, Mike Shanahan, and urged Shanahan to make changes after the team went 7-9 this past season. One of those changes was last week's ouster of Ted Sundquist as the club's general manager. "There was in my mind a dysfunctional relationship between the head coach and the general manager," Bowlen told the newspaper. "Not that they didn't like each...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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