Seems Vic Fangio Has Some Ugly Skeletons In The Closet

Vic Fangio was a beloved coach for the Chicago Bears between 2015 and 2018. He will go down as one of the organization's best defensive coordinators ever. His work was the primary reason this team won the division in '18 and looked like they had a shot at winning the Super Bowl. The Bears were never the same after his departure. However, for all his on-field success, it appears the man doesn't have as many admirers outside of Chicago. When he left in 2019, it was to become the new head coach for the Denver Broncos. This was a job he'd been chasing for the better part of almost 30 years. So it wasn't a surprise he took it. Things didn't go well, though. In three seasons, the Broncos never finished above .500. Injuries and quarterback problems bedeviled them. Though Fangio managed to produce another top defense, a toothless offense always held them back.

One can only imagine his reaction when Denver traded for Russell Wilson.

Yet it appears some people aren't content to let him leave quietly. Certain players have an ax to grind with the former head coach, believing his conduct in Denver was toxic and unprofessional. No doubt a big reason why the team never took a significant step forward. Su'a Cravens, the former 2nd round pick of the Washington Redskins, signed with Denver in 2018. Going into the 2019 offseason, he was finally healthy and ready to compete for a job. It became clear almost right away though, that Fangio would never give him a chance. He broke down why in an extended Twitter thread.

It would be easy to pass this off as a former player having sour grapes about what was essentially the end of his career. Yet that changed when his ex-teammate, Pro Bowl cornerback Chris Harris Jr., corroborated the story.

Not a great look for Vic Fangio. For all his coaching brilliance as a coordinator, stories like this help to illustrate why things went so wrong for him in Denver. Being a successful head coach is getting players to buy into a culture. That is hard to do when treating them poorly in front of teammates and acting as if they don't even exist. Stuff like that gets around a locker room.