Out with the Old, in with Who? Broncos, Bucs Start Fresh in 2009

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Published: June 7, 2009

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... class="MsoNormal" >No, becoming the first head coach to win a championship in franchise history won’t prevent the unavoidable fate of any coach that doesn’t slip out of town before management decides the buck has stopped and future bucks will no longer land in the coach’s account.

Jon Gruden and Mike Shanahan, two of the highest-paid coaches in the National Football League, were probably one win away from maintaining their lofty status this offseason.

The NFL, notorious for its quick hooks and short memory, hasn’t failed to disprove its "Not for Long" label, a tag that applies to coaches, too.   

After Gruden’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Shanahan’s Denver Broncos narrowly missed the playoffs, management promptly dismissed the coaches and several of their star players.

Since the end of the 2008 NFL season the Bucs and Broncos have ...

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