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Article: Rookie QB could put Cowher, Steelers on path to Super Bowl.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- November 2, 2004
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Byline: Rick Gosselin
PITTSBURGH _ Mike Shanahan was widely regarded as a coaching genius when his Denver Broncos were winning back-to-back Super Bowls in 1997-98.
It didn't hurt Shanahan that he had a Hall of Fame quarterback taking his snaps. But when John Elway retired in 1999 following that second Super Bowl, Shanahan fumbled away his genius tag. He hasn't won a division title or a even playoff game in the five years since then.
Mike Holmgren was another perceived coaching genius in the mid-1990s. He took the Green Bay Packers to back-to-back Super Bowls in 1996-97. Holmgren had Brett Favre as his quarterback. But Holmgren left the Packers ...
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