Steve Keim taking an indefinite, health-related leave of absence

[LarryStalling]

I won't be shocked if Keim steps down to another position within the organization due to health

Water boy?

 

[Cheesebeef]

I'll be honest, I just don't buy health reasons. Even my mom, who has the purest heart of anyone I know (which was obviously not passed down to Ouchie and I) said this all smells REAL funny coming on the heels of one catastrophe after another this season, with the capper coming on MNF.

 

[oaken1]

I'll be honest, I just don't buy health reasons. Even my mom, who has the purest heart of anyone I know (which was obviously not passed down to Ouchie and I) said this all smells REAL funny coming on the heels of one catastrophe after another this season, with the capper coming on MNF.

ya never know. Hit 50 and stress affects you differently sometimes.

either way, best wishes to steve in his future endeavors....Mike needs to get on the ball and start interviewing GM.s, a ship without a captain is in deep water

 

[Stout]

So...rehab?

Yep.

 

[Stout]

No, Quentin Harris is draft and Adrian Wilson is Free Agents. I'd assume it would be that way for the time being.

What a train wreck that would be.

 

[Stout]

It really feels like this is Bidwill's way of taking the easy way out and making ADub the GM without having to actually fire his buddy

 

[LA Redbird]

I remember the Tupa years. This seems much crazier to me. Back then we were just a bad team with a horrible roster. This year has been non-stop chaos on so many levels. I mean, one of our players died during training camp, and nobody even really mentions it anymore.

Let's go a level deeper here.

If our roster was so bad that we had to rely on an actual punter to start at quarterback, who in the hell was our BACKUP quarterback????

 

[CFLredzoned]

If you go back to Keim's press conference after the DUI, he never did say anything about getting clean and sober. He did an excellent job of dancing around it, talked about the embarassment he caused for the organization and his family. But never once suggested that he would attempt to get sober or cut back on drinking. So if he entered rehab on his own, that would be a really big step.

 

[TRW]

Let's go a level deeper here.

If our roster was so bad that we had to rely on an actual punter to start at quarterback, who in the hell was our BACKUP quarterback????

I believe it was Chrystal Chandelier or Stan Gelbaugh.

 

[pemory09]

Let's go a level deeper here.

If our roster was so bad that we had to rely on an actual punter to start at quarterback, who in the hell was our BACKUP quarterback????

I recall a long day at SDS watching the Tom Tupa quarterbacked Cards get pasted by Elway and the Broncos around Christmastime 1989. The Denver fans in the stadium and, afterwards, in the Tempe eateries and bars were ecstatic (they’d get their comeuppance in the SB v. SF a few weeks later). Anyway, yeah, we were bad then. Really, really bad. Perhaps it was a very green Tim Rosenbach who served as the backup that day?

 

[Zeno]

I recall a long day at SDS watching the Tom Tupa quarterbacked Cards get pasted by Elway and the Broncos around Christmastime 1989. The Denver fans in the stadium and, afterwards, in the Tempe eateries and bars were ecstatic (they’d get their comeuppance in the SB v. SF a few weeks later). Anyway, yeah, we were bad then. Really, really bad. Perhaps it was a very green Tim Rosenbach who served as the backup that day?

I was at that game too, I didn’t remember Tupa playing so had to look it up. Hogeboom & Rosenbach were QBs that day.

That was some bad football. 101 yards of total offense.

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Denver Broncos 37 at Phoenix Cardinals 0 on December 16th, 1989 - Full team and player stats and box score

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[LA Redbird]

Chrystal Chandelier

I. Am. Dead.

 

[LA Redbird]

I was at that game too, I didn’t remember Tupa playing so had to look it up. Hogeboom & Rosenbach were QBs that day.

That was some bad football. 101 yards of total offense.

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Denver Broncos 37 at Phoenix Cardinals 0 on December 16th, 1989 - Full team and player stats and box score

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Lol. Man. Some things never change. 22 rush yards?!

Imagine if Elway hasn't thrown 2 picks.

Guess it would have looked closer to the 0-56 SEA game....

 

[TJ]

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A-Dub to Kliff at the end of the season

 

[ajcardfan]

I was at that game too, I didn’t remember Tupa playing so had to look it up. Hogeboom & Rosenbach were QBs that day.

That was some bad football. 101 yards of total offense.

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Denver Broncos 37 at Phoenix Cardinals 0 on December 16th, 1989 - Full team and player stats and box score

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I had forgotten about that game. Yeah, that was an awful day and that is probably where my deep dislike of the Broncos and their fans comes from.

 

[Stout]

Let's go a level deeper here.

If our roster was so bad that we had to rely on an actual punter to start at quarterback, who in the hell was our BACKUP quarterback????

Um, me? I better be a pocket passer, though, 'cause let me tell you, I didn't have wheels before age and massive lower leg/ankle/foot injuries crippled me lol

 

[Harry]

The only thing wrong with Keim’s choice is the “of absence“ part.

 

[az jam]

Interesting breaking news for sure. Not going to jump to conclusions to quickly as this may play out much different than we think. Black Monday will be interesting to see who survives. Free agency doesn't start till March. Lots can and will happen between now and then.

 

[Red on White]

Would certainly be a high stress environment at present

 

[BurqueCardFan]

I'll be honest, I just don't buy health reasons. Even my mom, who has the purest heart of anyone I know (which was obviously not passed down to Ouchie and I) said this all smells REAL funny coming on the heels of one catastrophe after another this season, with the capper coming on MNF.

Agree. The health angle is pure BS. I just fear they are still going to try and bring him back at a later date when the storm blows over.

 

[WakeForestCard]

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A-Dub to Kliff at the end of the season

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[MaoTosiFanClub]

I want to point out that if the collective bargaining and revenue sharing rules were the same today as they were in the 80’s and 90’s we’d likely be just as bad as we were back then.

Hiring proven losers like Kliff and retaining bums like Keim for a decade are pretty similar in terms of odd dysfunctional behavior that we saw under Bill Bidwill.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Would certainly be a high stress environment at present

It’s one of the most difficult jobs in the entire world so of course it’s stressful. Then again he gets paid seven figures a year. Plenty of low stress jobs out there if he wanted to take a pay cut.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Agree. The health angle is pure BS. I just fear they are still going to try and bring him back at a later date when the storm blows over.

I agree that he’ll likely get some other dumb job within the organization. MB loves his sycophants and lackeys around the building.

 

[jf-08]

I was at that game too, I didn’t remember Tupa playing so had to look it up. Hogeboom & Rosenbach were QBs that day.

That was some bad football. 101 yards of total offense.

Denver Broncos at Phoenix Cardinals - December 16th, 1989 | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Denver Broncos 37 at Phoenix Cardinals 0 on December 16th, 1989 - Full team and player stats and box score

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Why in hell did Denver rub it in by having a trick play by Bobby Humphrey tossing a TD pass up like they were?