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They're Not Booing, They're Yelling "Kubes!"

Be careful what we wish for, especially in this case, since it came true. Half of Broncos Country was in shock at the sudden "mutual parting" of former head football coach John Fox and Denver's VP of Football Operations John Elway less than 24-hours after the team was eliminated from the SuperBowl tournament.  The other half of Broncos Country was thinking maybe Coach Fox had taken the team as far as he was able and were ready for a substantive change. As quick as the Broncos' season ended, Fox was gone and nearly as fast, John Elway knew exactly who he wanted to lead his team.  Gary Kubiak, Denver's favorite back-up plan.  The former quarterback was drafted the same year as Elway, before the blockbuster deal that brought the Hall-of-Famer from the then Baltimore Colts.  Kubiak made the roster and became a better than average understudy who competently took the field the few moments Elway wasn't able to play over the years. A lot of talk about how attent