Mike Shanahan is a very good coach but it was time for him to go in Denver. His team looked lousy the last 3 games of the season. Injuries or not, his team didn't play hard the last game of the season. For a team not to play hard when the playoffs is unexcusable.
Maybe after 14 years players have tuned him out I don't know. If so then more reason for him to go. The last 3 years Denver is 24 -24. They have won only 1 playoff game since John Elway has retired. Pat Bowlen, the Broncos owner has give Shanahan more than enough time to try to turn it around. Plus he's not one of those meddlesome owners.
Shanahan will be alright. He will be a hot commodity and be sought after though I like to see him take a year off.
Now for your Raiders. I don't see that ship getting back on track until one of two things happen. Al Davis gives up power in the football-making decisions and sits back enjoys his later years simply being one of the owners or he dies. Since he feels he knows what he is doing then Raiders fans are going to have to wait until the latter for their team to move forward.
It's a sad thing to see how far they fallen, too. I think it's great for the NFL when the Raiders are doing good. Too bad they are now the Lions of the west. 
