ALL GOOD THINGS.......

IT WAS A SHOCK TO MILLIONS OF BRONCO FANS WHEN OWNER PAT BOWLEN FIRED HEAD COACH MIKE SHANAHAN. "THE MASTERMIND," AS HE WAS OFTEN CALLED, HAD BEEN DENVER'S HEAD COACH 14 YEARS AND WITH THE FRANCHISE FOR 21 SEASONS. THAT'S FOREVER BY TODAY'S STANDARDS. WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 1994 WHEN HE WAS NAMED HEAD COACH? YEA, I CAN'T REMEMBER EITHER. BUT ITS A REMINDER THAT ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END. AND MIKE SHANAHAN WAS A GREAT THING FOR THE BRONCOS. BACK TO BACK SUPER BOWL TITLES IS ALL YOU NEED TO REMEMBER. BUT LIKE THAT FAVORITE SONG YOU LOVED FOR A WHILE, OR THAT TIE THAT SEEMED TO ALWAYS LOOK GOOD, YOUR TASTES, AND THINGS, CHANGE. BOWLEN GAVE SHANAHAN ENOUGH TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND. BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON, WITH A PLAYOFF BERTH RIDING ON THE OUTCOME, AND GIVE UP 52 POINTS, IT WAS TIME FOR BOWLEN TO LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR A NEW COACH. DON'T FEEL BAD FOR SHANAHAN. HE IS OWED 20 MILLION DOLLARS BY BOWLEN, WHICH SHOULD HOPEFULLY PAY FOR HIS FURNITURE IN HIS 32 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT HOME. BUT ITS A LARGER REMINDER OF ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END, AND THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE IS CHANGE.