But not at 63 (when the season starts), with 1 winning season in 8 years. Convenient to leave out his college coaching success. Hey Chip Kelly never had a winning NFL season before getting the Eagles job. It's not a convenience thing, but you seem hung up on the idea that Shanahan has been passed by the NFL game, with one year off. Pete Carroll wasn't even involved in it for over a decade. College and NFL are quite different. Your obsession with age and how this relates to Cutler has no validity. I can understand the concern with a lack of recent major success, but I hardly think the game has passed him by and think you are unduly influenced by all the obsessive Steelers fans that take pride in only having 3 coaches in 95 years. This hiring isn't about 10 years from now, 8 years from now or even 6. This hiring is about the next 2-4 years. If that person wins, he can and will stay beyond that point, if he loses, he better be gone. Mike Shanahan isn't Dale Sveum. He has the best resume of the current coaches on the market and drawing interest. He may or may not be the best candidate for the job, but your reasoning for claiming he should not be one makes absolutely no sense.