but waugh announced he was stepping down after three years as head coach. in a statement, waugh says his vision did not match that of the organization, and that he was not being given an adequate say in decisions regarding the team. the avs won the central division in waugh's first season, but have failed to make the post-season the last two years. the avalanche have just about a month to find a new coach before training camp. tonight taking on john fox's bears. michael spencer is in chicago. michael, a lot of guys are going to be making their broncos debuts tonight. >> reporter: hey, mike. that's exactly right. we talked to some of the young guys making their broncos debut earlier in the week, and they told us, yeah, for sure, we are going to be nervous. one was justin simmons. we told you about d'amonte booker last night. keep an eye on justin simmons. he was a third round dr out of austin college. it may be hard to stand out, but earlier this week we asked the veteran players, hey, give us one rookie who has stood out in training camp, and nearly all of