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In trying to crystallize how I feel about Managing Editor his coaching tenure in Baltimore, my mind Luke Jackson took me back all the way to the first Super Bowl I ever attended -- Super Bowl XXXII manager of digital programming at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The Glenn Clark Green Bay Packers and quarterback Brett Favre were 11-point favorites against the Account executives Denver Broncos. The Packers finished the Julie Sawyer Jordan Burt season 13-3 and were the reigning champs, having beaten the Bill Parcells-led New Dede Glassband Dave Patrick England Patriots, 35-21, in Super Bowl senior editorial adviser XXXI. The Broncos, coached by Mike Shana- Bill Ordine han, were 12-4. Quarterback John Elway Senior Graphic Designer entered his fourth Super Bowl having lost his first three. This one would be a tussle Kimberly Shilling all the way through. The Broncos led, 17-14, Cover Designer at the half, and Denver led, 24-17, entering the fourth quarter. The Packers tied the John Harbaugh Molly Blosse kenya allen/pressbox kenya score with a bit more than 13 minutes to Office Manager play in the game. led me to the unavoidable conclusion that a head coach, a .406 winning percentage. At that point, both defenses tightened. my mother was right when she used to That includes two years in Denver after he Leah Lancaster It wasn’t until there were less than two quote Casey Stengel whenever he was com- ran Plummer out of town and four in Wash- Staff Photographer minutes left in the game that Hall of Fame plimented for being a great skipper for the ington, D.C. His tenure with the Redskins Kenya Allen running back Terrell Davis scored the last New York Yankees. included a failed Donovan McNabb experi- of his record-setting three rushing touch- “You have to have the horses,” my mom ment, which led to the Robert Griffin III “inside PressBox” downs. Davis was the MVP, and it was well would say, quoting the old professor. era. Dave Laishley, senior producer deserved after he rushed for 157 yards. As usual, my mom was right; it just took That was a long drive around the bend As I left San Diego, Davis wasn’t on my me a while to come around to her brilliant to bring us back to Harbaugh. If he is let go Matt Stovall, producer/videographer deduction. Shanahan went 47-17 during after this season, he’ll immediately be gob- mind, nor was Elway. The person most on Interns my mind was Shanahan. I watched him his first four seasons as head coach of the bled up by any of a number of franchises in carefully at media day. I stood with about Broncos and won those two Super Bowls need of a shot in the arm. Joe Catapano Duncan Woodward 300-400 people around his perch and lis- with Elway. Harbaugh went 54-26 as Ravens head tened intently to Shanahan, who I thought Shanahan went 34-30 as Broncos head coach from 2008-2012. Those five seasons was the greatest coach of modern day foot- coach from 1999-2002. This time around, happened to coincide with linebacker Ray ball. His calm, intellect and self-assured- Shanahan’s brilliance as a head coach was Lewis, safety Ed Reed, defensive tackle ness were dazzling. limited to being smart enough to trade for Haloti Ngata, linebacker Terrell Suggs It was with that memory in mind that the uber-talented but erratic Jake Plum- -- who was still very much in his prime -- I planned my trip down to SB XXXIII in mer ahead of the 2003 season to lead his along with a young, super running back Miami. The game would be played at Pro team back to the promised land. Sure in Ray Rice and quarterback Joe Flacco, > Scott Rifkin Player Stadium, and the oddsmakers in- enough, Plummer was the quarterback a first-round pick who hadn’t earned real > Bradford Mills stalled the reigning champion Broncos from 2003-2006, and while there were no NFL dollars yet. > Stan Charles as a 7.5 favorite against the upstart At- Super Bowl appearances, the Broncos’ Since then, Lewis, Reed, Rice and Ngata ard of > John Coulson regular-season mark was 42-22. Bo lanta Falcons, led by Elway’s ex-coach Dan have left, and the Ravens have had to pony Directors > Andrew Levine Reeves. It really wasn’t much of a game, But if you read up on the relationship up big-time money for Flacco. The Ravens as Elway was brilliant in leading the Bron- between Plummer and Shanahan, it’s clear have gone just 44-45 since 2013. That, my PressBox is published monthly by Word Smith Media Ve ntures, LLC, cos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories. nothing Plummer did was good enough, friend, is a .494 winning percentage. 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 300, Baltimore, Maryland 21211 Elway rode off into the sunset as a player, leading him to prematurely quit at the age Ravens Nation and ownership has had (410-366-7272). Copyright 2016 by Word Smith Media Ve ntures, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be and the coach who I thought was so fan- of 32. its collective blinders on for far too long. reproduced without the expressed written consent of the publisher. tastic was left without his Hall of Fame If you haven’t seen Shanahan lately -- The moral of the story is, as my mother PressBox is a free publication distributed every month on the 15 th in quarterback.