January 12-13, 2015 – John Elway parts ways with John Fox, wants his team to go out “kicking and screaming”
Not 24 hours after his team’s uninspired performance against the Colts, head coach John Fox and the Denver Broncos agreed to part ways. The announcement came as little surprise to anyone in Denver. Fox had failed to prepare his team in the Super Bowl the year prior, and John Elway had all but said aloud that Fox had to win the big one or find a new address. In his postseason press conference, Elway said, “For two years, it didn’t feel like we went out kicking and screaming,” a phrase that has defined the Broncos’ attitude ever since. Four days after they parted ways, Fox landed a head coaching job in Chicago, a sign to many that he had been looking for work even before Denver had closed the books on their season.