Vance Joseph reportedly out as Broncos head coach
The Denver Broncos are reportedly not going to keep Vance Joseph as their head coach going forward. Here are the latest updates…
The Denver Broncos have obviously contemplated a coaching change following their horrid 2017 season, and reports are starting to trickle in that Vance Joseph is coaching his final game with the team.
Multiple reports, starting this afternoon with Adam Schefter and followed by Greg Gabriel and Benjamin Allbright, indicate that Joseph will be out after the season.
Schefter stated that Joseph was facing long odds, and the Broncos apparently aren’t even waiting for the result of the game…
Broncos’ HC Vance Joseph faces increasingly longer odds at being retained and returning for his second season in Denver, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2017
We’ll dive into the possibilities from here later, but for now, this is the news we’ve all really been waiting for leading up to this game.
In Joseph’s first year with the team, the Broncos went from nine wins to no more than six, their first sub-500 season since John Elway took over the team in 2011.
The way the Broncos got to the point they are at now is why Joseph is being let go.
A losing season could have been tolerated, in theory, but not the way the Broncos have gone about it. Denver has done a horrendous job of situational football, player management, and general decision-making throughout the year.
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They have made inexplicable errors an unacceptable amount of times, rendering them completely and utterly non-competitive.
Even as I type this, Kareem Hunt has just sprinted through a gaping hole in the Denver defense for the easiest touchdown of his stellar rookie season.
The Chiefs are playing virtually no normal starters in this game, so seeing Hunt on the field is a bit of a surprise.
At any rate, Denver’s new coaching search is probably already underway if this news has leaked to media. Obviously, without a formal announcement, the team isn’t going to make any sort of interview requests with possible candidates, but it’s possible Elway has created a short list or a list in general of candidates he would consider as he’s been spending time with his front office peers and Gary Kubiak on Friday night.
It’s a shame things haven’t worked out with Joseph, who was considered one of the best leaders in last year’s coaching ‘free agency’ period. The Broncos thought they had a guy that had deep knowledge of every phase of the game, that could get this team quickly back to the playoffs.