Former Broncos GM Sundqvist is the guy

[Arizona's Finest]

Interesting...anyone got any thoughts....

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/KentSomers/48094

 

[Pariah]

Sunquist had his hands tied in Denver and was one of many of Shannahan's scapegoats. Even Bronco apologists recognize that.

He's a smart guy.

 

[jaguarpaw81]

Well, atleast we know where to look if the team drafts 6 offensive guys and one defender this year.

 

[Pariah]

Well, atleast we know where to look if the team drafts 6 offensive guys and one defender this year.

I know you're joking, but those calls were all Shanahan.

 

[jaguarpaw81]

Interesting...anyone got any thoughts....

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/KentSomers/48094

Reading that really makes me think that Hodel got screwed. His knee couldn't have been too bad if the Pats just signed him. Good man and a classy guy. He'll always have my respect.

 

[joeshmo]

Ted was a glorified GM in Denver. His main roll and pretty much only roll was a negotiator and ran the pro personel scouting department. He pretty much had no so in what players to bring in or what players to draft.

As a negotiator if the rumors are true that is what we are looking for the most, then it would be a good hire because Ted is one of the better ones in the league, he has a good rep with pretty much all the agents, and not in a push over way, just in a working relationship way.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sundquist

Bob sledding ?

 

[joeshmo]

Reading that really makes me think that Hodel got screwed. His knee couldn't have been too bad if the Pats just signed him. Good man and a classy guy. He'll always have my respect.

Just because he signed doesnt mean he will make the team. Plus we would have had to of given him a 200k roster bonus just 5 days after a knee surgery. Pats dont have to pay him until he starts getting game checks and show his knee is healthy. Far less risk for the Pats compared to the Cards.

 

[jaguarpaw81]

Just because he signed doesnt mean he will make the team. Plus we would have had to of given him a 200k roster bonus just 5 days after a knee surgery. Pats dont have to pay him until he starts getting game checks and show his knee is healthy. Far less risk for the Pats compared to the Cards.

Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. I was unaware of that.

 

[football karma]

solid hire

I like that he is experienced --

 

[anks106]

I like that he came into interview, but that is all the article says.. I know Jurecki claims the guy would be coming in yesterday.. but who is to say we interviewed only 1 guy?

My thoughts on Jurecki's claim is we probably brought in 2 or 3 guys to interview, and all 3 fit his criteria. So he knew we were getting an ex GM/someone we would love, but not who, because it was between a few of them. That may still be the case.

 

[WildBB]

As a negotiator if the rumors are true that is what we are looking for the most, then it would be a good hire because Ted is one of the better ones in the league, he has a good rep with pretty much all the agents, and not in a push over way, just in a working relationship way.

Where did you hear this?

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

i don't know a whloe lot about him. I will get worried if a bunch of Cleveland Browns castoff DL's start finding their way onto our roster .

 

[ajcardfan]

i don't know a whloe lot about him. I will get worried if a bunch of Cleveland Browns castoff DL's start finding their way onto our roster .

If they castoff Shaun Rogers I'll take him.

 

[joeshmo]

Where did you hear this?

I dont know how to say this but I am a pretty big deal.
Anyways I know a few people in the agent/negotiator/nflpa world.

 

[WildBB]

I dont know how to say this but I am a pretty big deal.Anyways I know a few people in the agent/negotiator/nflpa world.

I don't know if I''d put it quite like that. But Cool. Who you know counts quite a bit too.

 

[jaguarpaw81]

I dont know how to say this but I am a pretty big deal.
Anyways I know a few people in the agent/negotiator/nflpa world.

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[Garthshort]

I don't really know anything about him, but we needed somebody. And getting a former GM is a BIG DEAL. It seems the Cardinals are morphing into a real NFL football team, right before my eyes.

 

[D-Dogg]

I dont know how to say this but I am a pretty big deal.

Did your friend Merlin Olsen tip you off on this!?? I'd love to read your leatherbound books on the salary cap, whilst taking in the rich mahogony smell of your apartment.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

I dont know how to say this but I am a pretty big deal.

He's not just some Joeshmo off the street.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

He's not just some Joeshmo off the street.

LOL.

 

[DoTheDew]

As a negotiator if the rumors are true that is what we are looking for the most, then it would be a good hire because Ted is one of the better ones in the league, he has a good rep with pretty much all the agents, and not in a push over way, just in a working relationship way.

If true, this could really help since Graves seems to really struggle in that department. In fact, I wonder if this hiring is directly related to getting Boldin an extension. Maybe Boldin's problem with the front office is with Graves and his negotiations?

 

[Arizona's Finest]

If true, this could really help since Graves seems to really struggle in that department. In fact, I wonder if this hiring is directly related to getting Boldin an extension. Maybe Boldin's problem with the front office is with Graves and his negotiations?

Ding Ding Ding.

Dansby and Dockett are likely included in that convo as well. If Rod is the one who "mislead" Q it is smart business to bring in a non bias perspective to start anew.

This organization is growing like a baby right before our eyes

 

[DRVNFAST]

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_8551034

It's a wicked disease, losing.

There is so much evil in losing, it can tear apart even the most productive of professional relationships.

After the Broncos missed the NFL playoffs the last two seasons, relationships became strained on the top floor offices at Dove Valley. That strain reached its breaking point Wednesday night when coach Mike Shanahan announced general manager Ted Sundquist "is no longer with the team, effective immediately."

The timing of the announcement — a period between NFL free agency and its draft — leaves little doubt Shanahan and Sundquist had reached irreconcilable differences. Top-level executive shake-ups almost always happen either directly after the playing season, or after the draft.

Sundquist had spent 16 years with the Broncos, the first 10 in the college scouting department, and the last six as their GM.

"Very disappointed," Sundquist said. "I loved the organization. I started from the bottom and worked my way up. I feel like I've done a good job over the time I've been a general manager."

It's been a tough couple of months for notable alumni of Houston's Spring Woods High School. Sundquist was a high school football teammate of pitcher Roger Clemens, whose fame was smeared by allegations in the Mitchell report on steroid use.

While Clemens decided baseball was his sport, Sundquist played football at the Air Force Academy, then became part of its coaching staff. A member of the U.S. Bobsled Team that participated in the 1988 Olympic trials, Sundquist eventually hooked up with the Broncos in 1993 as a scout.

He became head of the college scouting department in 1996, then, after the Broncos finished 8-8 in 2001, was promoted to general manager. The beginning of Sundquist's GM term was the start of a franchise-record five consecutive winning seasons.

"In his tenure as general manager of the Denver Broncos he embodied the word 'professional,' " said Denver-based agent Peter Schaffer, who represented such Broncos as Trevor Pryce, Mike Anderson, Al Wilson and Ben Hamilton. "Everything he did, and how he acted every day, I can't imagine he'll be out of work for very long."

Under Sundquist, the Broncos became one of the league's most active traders. His most notable move came before the 2004 season, when he dealt star running back Clinton Portis to the Washington Redskins in exchange for cornerback Champ Bailey and a No. 2 draft pick that turned out to be Tatum Bell.

Sundquist also engineered a series of trades in the 2006 draft until the team had moved from the No. 29 overall pick to No. 11, where they selected quarterback Jay Cutler.

But the Broncos went 9-7 and missed the playoffs in 2006 and finished 7-9 this past season. Soon after their 2007 season, Shanahan promoted scout Jeff Goodman to assistant general manager, a move that in hindsight was a hint Sundquist's job security may have been tenuous.

Sundquist was called into Shanahan's office at about 6 p.m. Wednesday and told the news. Less than an hour later, the Broncos issued a statement in which Shanahan announced Goodman and his father Jim Goodman, the Broncos' director of player personnel, would receive more prominent roles.

Joe Ellis, recently promoted from business boss to chief operating officer, will also handle more administrative duties in football operations.

Sundquist isn't sure what his immediate future holds.

"I'm surprised," Sundquist said. "I envisioned myself
Ted Sundquist, a former AFA fullback, was the Broncos' GM for six seasons.
working for the Broncos for the rest of my adult life, and hopefully in the capacity as general manager. I'm disappointed that's not going to happen."

Mike Klis: 303-954-1055 or [email protected]

 

[Carddan]

This is another good article from one year ago when he was fired:
http://www.milehighreport.com/story/2008/3/13/887/97348

A couple interesting quotes from it:

""The question isn't whether Mike (Shanahan) is getting the right advice, as much as how it is being used. I think the assumption that our personnel department has somehow let him down and that Denver needs to hire a 'guru' to get things right is a bit off," Sundquist had informed Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post in December."

"There is no doubt the Broncos will miss Sundquist's ability to talk with other teams and player agents. That, above anything else, was the strength the Ted brought to the Broncos and might be as important as game plans and cap space. "

The first quote indicates that Shanahan did not take his advice, notice the Bronco's decline. The second quote in particular sounds very encouraging. This could be a very important hiring which will influence a lot of issues off the field. (Boldin, Edge, etc) It would be interesting if Boldin got a new agent and so did the Cardinals.

(I may not be a pretty big deal, but I do have a great gameface and I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express at the Super Bowl)