'Change the culture' a tough exit strategy for Broncos

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The week that was has once again revealed one of the harsh truths of a lost pro football season.

People are going to get fired, and for the Denver Broncos, not only were six assistant coaches shown the door, they were publicly described as part of the problem. Such is life at 5-11 after some with the team had scoffed at preseason predictions that had the Broncos winning “only" 10 games.

And often head coaches have to fire assistant coaches to remain the head coach. But that difficult and often awkward process, for coaches and their families, got a little more awkward this week as coach Vance Joseph said this about firing six assistants (Jeff Davidson, Brock Olivo, Fred…