Wade Phillips

...fired by the Jets Monday. Shanahan probably will receive a contract extension past 2011. Pat Bowlen had the guts to fire Dan Reeves and Wade Phillips. But he doesn't have the backbone to fire Shanahan. As someone who knows said Sunday, the...

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...went 10-6, 11-5 and 8-8, and he was out on the streets. His overall record as a head coach, excluding two shifts as interim, is 69-46 in the regular season and 0-4 in the playoffs. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called Denver's Bowlen, among...

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...Jones and Shanahan have had a great relationship for a long time. Jerry wants to win as bad as Bowlen, and Dallas isn't going to the SB with Wade Phillips at the helm. Dallas will soon have a new stadium, they have a good QB, good running...

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...as the Broncos' coach and vice president of football operations, would be the leading candidate to replace Cowboys Coach Wade Phillips if Jones makes a move for the 2009 season, though 2010 would be more likely, ESPN said, citing...

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...Dan Reeves' contract after the 1991 season, he tried to get Shanahan from the 49ers. When he didn't, he simply promoted Wade Phillips from within. And when Bowlen fired Phillips after the 1994 season, he broke out a disguise to meet...

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...Bowlen would be obligated to pay the balance of that "offset." Jones has been committed to a third season with Phillips as head coach and Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator. Sources say the owner was particularly pleased with Phillips'...

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...for a run at Shanahan. Jones said publicly in the wake of the Cowboys' season finale that coach Wade Phillips, whom Broncos owner Pat Bowlen fired after the 1994 season to hire Shanahan, would be retained. But that was before a...

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...than to fall on the sword themselves. Not all coaches feel that way. Wade Phillips was famously released in Buffalo after refusing to dump some of his assistants. Mike Shanahan was reportedly fired after telling Broncos owner Pat Bowlen...

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...was unable to get his man in Mike Shanahan. Phillips kept the seat warm for two seasons, which included a playoff appearance that resulted in a blowout loss to the hated Raiders in 1993. A wholly average stint and two wasted years for...

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