Has expected Colts coach Josh McDaniels learned from his failures in Denver?

IndyStar's Stephen Holder discusses how the Indianapolis Colts are approaching their coaching search, and the likely hiring of New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Stephen Holder/IndyStar

(Photo: Gregory Bull, ASSOCIATED PRESS)Five days after he buried his mother, in January 2002, Tony Dungy lost a playoff game and lost his job. He’d rescued a fledgling franchise from football oblivion, lifted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to four postseason berths in five years – more than their previous 20 seasons combined – then was coldly and promptly rewarded with a pink slip. Distraught, he mulled retirement. He weighed a life away from football.

Then Jim Irsay called. He sold Dungy on…