Collateral damage of Bowlen feudmay sink team
Here’s a toast. The only reason Brittany Bowlen is being groomed to take over ownership of the Broncos is because she will keep the gravy train going for the current cast of trustees. Beth Bowlen would kick all these clowns out. Bruce, taking sides
Kiz: The wedding of Brittany was scheduled Saturday in the Colorado mountains. Now that had real potential to be an awkward family gathering, don’t you think? The staff here at Kickin’ It Headquarters wasn’t invited to the festivities. But inquiring minds want to know: Would it have been physically possible for Beth Bowlen to toast the bride and groom with a glass of champagne in one hard, while raising her other hand in a middle-finger salute?
Free-for-all. I’ve said from the beginning of this ownership mess that Pat Bowlen’s legacy will be that he foolishly left the team to all his children. No matter who is named to run the Broncos, the fight will go on. Mr. B should’ve left the team to one child or sold. Bill, admonishing the dead
Kiz: Growing up in my house, my two brothers and I threw elbows in effort to get the biggest piece of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. (Sorry, Mom. But he started it!) So why should any of us be surprised seven Bowlen kids by two marriages couldn’t even wait until their father was in the grave to begin fighting over a football franchise worth in excess of $2.5 billion?
Closed-door meeting. Great NFL teams start with great ownership. We’re (up a creek without a paddle) while these goofy heirs destroy Mr. B’s legacy. David, Kohler, Wis.
Kiz: Although I can type 40 words a minute with two thumbs, perhaps that skill doesn’t qualify me to do the job of Broncos president Joe Ellis. But, if I were in charge of keeping these incorrigible Bowlen children in line, I would be tempted to summon Brittany and Beth to my office, lock the door and tell them either we will put an end to this family feud, pronto, or immediately start the proceedings to sell the team to somebody outside the family circle that’s capable of acting like an adult.
Credit where it is due. So if the new lawsuit is successful and Bowlen is found to be mentally unfit in 2009 or late 2008, is it possible former coach Mike Shanahan might ask for his lifetime contract to be reinstated for being fired unjustly? Phil, relitigating history
Kiz: At this point, I’m not sure if hiring Josh Mcdaniels to coach the Broncos in ’09 would necessarily be judged as evidence of clear, solid thinking. But my understanding is the primary reason John Elway returned to the organization as a front-office executive in 2011 was Mr. B’s stubborn insistence the move be made. Seeing as the Broncos went on to win Super Bowl 50 under Elway’s guidance, it was a very prescient decision by an owner in failing health.
Maury’s dad was a sportswriter. And today’s parting shot suggest the Bowlen Family Feud makes for more compelling soap opera than “The Young and the Restless.”
Finally! Mark Kiszla has found a topic he is qualified to report on: daytime family feuds. Kiz is Denver’s own “Maury Povich Show.” David, munching popcorn