Garrett banking on an aggressive style
By Mike Klis
The Denver Post
Posted: 01/06/2009 12:30:00 AM MST
In the past three seasons, Montrae Holland has played for three of the NFL's most ingenious offensive coaches — Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan and Jason Garrett.
Payton and Shanahan were head coaches. Garrett will try to become one today when he interviews for the Broncos' head coaching job at Dove Valley.
"He was like a head coach without being the head coach," Holland said of Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys' offensive coordinator. "I think he has the swagger of a head coach. He'd be a big get for you, if they pull the trigger."
Holland is an offensive guard who played for Payton's New Orleans Saints in 2006, when Payton was named the NFL's coach of the year. Signed by the Broncos after that season, Holland started all 16 games for Shanahan in 2007, but he got beat out in 2008 after reporting to training camp overweight.
Holland was dealt during the preseason to the Cowboys, for whom he played in seven games and started the final two. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has said he wants his team to retain position coach Jeremy Bates. But Holland believes Cutler could benefit from having Garrett as his head coach.
"Cutler's a great player," Holland said. "But the way Jason attacks the game — he's very aggressive — I think Cutler will like him. I think the offensive line will like him, also."
Garrett, 42, turned down head coaching offers from Baltimore and Atlanta last year to return as a $3 million coordinator for Dallas. Holland believes the experience of dealing with the distracting controversy of combustible receiver Terrell Owens accusing quarterback Tony Romo of favoring Jason Witten should help, not hinder, Garrett's candidacy.
"Jason let them be men and talk it out," Holland said. "He went up to them and said, 'What's going on? What can we do to get past this so we can get back to football?' He's a communicator. He listens to the players when the players come off the field."
Broncos to interview Frazier.
Add Leslie Frazier to the Broncos' short list of head coaching candidates. Frazier, the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, will interview Wednesday at Dove Valley.
A star cornerback on the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl winning team of 1985, Frazier, 49, was Cincinnati's defensive coordinator from 2003-04 when the Bengals combined for 60 takeaways. The Vikings' sixth-ranked defense this year had 25 takeaways, nearly double the Broncos' league-worst total of 13.
The Denver Post
Posted: 01/06/2009 12:30:00 AM MST
In the past three seasons, Montrae Holland has played for three of the NFL's most ingenious offensive coaches — Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan and Jason Garrett.
Payton and Shanahan were head coaches. Garrett will try to become one today when he interviews for the Broncos' head coaching job at Dove Valley.
"He was like a head coach without being the head coach," Holland said of Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys' offensive coordinator. "I think he has the swagger of a head coach. He'd be a big get for you, if they pull the trigger."
Holland is an offensive guard who played for Payton's New Orleans Saints in 2006, when Payton was named the NFL's coach of the year. Signed by the Broncos after that season, Holland started all 16 games for Shanahan in 2007, but he got beat out in 2008 after reporting to training camp overweight.
Holland was dealt during the preseason to the Cowboys, for whom he played in seven games and started the final two. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has said he wants his team to retain position coach Jeremy Bates. But Holland believes Cutler could benefit from having Garrett as his head coach.
"Cutler's a great player," Holland said. "But the way Jason attacks the game — he's very aggressive — I think Cutler will like him. I think the offensive line will like him, also."
Garrett, 42, turned down head coaching offers from Baltimore and Atlanta last year to return as a $3 million coordinator for Dallas. Holland believes the experience of dealing with the distracting controversy of combustible receiver Terrell Owens accusing quarterback Tony Romo of favoring Jason Witten should help, not hinder, Garrett's candidacy.
"Jason let them be men and talk it out," Holland said. "He went up to them and said, 'What's going on? What can we do to get past this so we can get back to football?' He's a communicator. He listens to the players when the players come off the field."
Broncos to interview Frazier.
Add Leslie Frazier to the Broncos' short list of head coaching candidates. Frazier, the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, will interview Wednesday at Dove Valley.
A star cornerback on the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl winning team of 1985, Frazier, 49, was Cincinnati's defensive coordinator from 2003-04 when the Bengals combined for 60 takeaways. The Vikings' sixth-ranked defense this year had 25 takeaways, nearly double the Broncos' league-worst total of 13.
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