Near the end of the Denver Broncos’ record-breaking 2013 seasons — one of the greatest in NFL history — Adam Gase was the hottest young prospect on the head coaching market.
It seemed more of a case of ‘where’ rather than ‘when’ he would become a head coach, but a certain set of circumstances prevented it from happening. In 2013, Gase spurned the Cleveland Browns for an interview, and that turned out to be a great piece of judgment on his part because Mike Pettine has already been fired along with GM Ray Farmer in Cleveland.
In 2014, the head coaching carousel was spinning as rapidly as it ever has, and it seemed Gase leaving Denver — or perhaps becoming their new head coach — was a near certainty.