Joseph Hazelwood, Meet Mike Shanahan

I've never seen anything like it my life.

Ever.

But then again, I've only been watching sports rabidly since I was 10 (34 years and counting...) so many of you older folks might have something comparable.

Mike Shanahan, two-time Super Bowl winning NFL head coach, $7 million a year salary, just ran a franchise quarterback with an injured knee into the painted dirt before our very eyes.

He likely ran him into two additional ligament tears, but as of Monday afternoon they were only saying he would be heading to Dr. Andrews in Birmingham for a second look.

What a disaster.

What arrogance.

Never seen anything like it my life.

A layman's eye saw that Bob3 was operating at perhaps just 50% after the first re-injury just before he flicked a one-legged TD pass to Logan Paulson.

Nobody can play in the NFL at 50%.

Nobody.

Especially not in a playoff game being played at 110%.

Yet Shanny kept him in, ran him into a crumpled heap, and promptly took to the podium after the game to blame.... yes.... Griffin.

Never seen anything like it my life.

Coaches get paid to tell players "no." They get paid to make hard decisions. They don't get paid to explain how hard they are to make after the game.

And this wasn't even a hard decision.

Your star QB has hurt himself, again. You are ahead 14-0.

Go to the bullpen. Run the shit out of the ball. Adjust your gameplan at halftime. Hang on for victory.

This is not Monday Morning Quarterbacking. This was obvious. This is consensus.

Shanahan didn't even call timeout after Bob3 hobbled - HOBBLED! - back to the huddle after the first re-injury.

Insane.

Never seen anything like it.

This coach's arrogance is absolutely killing him.

The arrogance to think he could fix McNabb's myriad technical flaws.
The arrogance to think Grossman/Beck would work as a starting tandem.
The arrogance to try to shame Haynesworth back into shape.
The arrogance to lie repeatedly, and badly, about simple things that need basic communication to the media.

Now, with the possibility that Griffin is gone for up to a year, we'll see if that second big contract is coming.

Time to go?