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My take is, that Reich had no conviction, no backbone to stand up to Irsay and had definitely lost Irsay's confidence.
I've said this before, I doubt that Irsay outright dictated every stupid personnel decision that was made. But he damn sure laid out some options and told Reich and Ballard to choose one. If I'm wrong I'll admit it when the evidence comes out. But for Irsay to dictate starting lineups, he would have to become his dad. So maybe that is the case, but I sure as hell hope not. Because if it is, the franchise is fucked for at least a decade. |
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Keefer, Holder, Bowen, JMV, Wells, Kravitz, they all agree that it was Irsay behind that move. I haven’t seen anyone connected with the team that doesn’t think it was Jim. I don’t think there’s really any doubt about that anymore. You can beat around the bush all you want but that’s Jim Irsay dictating the starting lineups. That’s just reality. |
Is something up with Irsay? Who knows, I didn't like him going after Snyder (not a Snyder fan I just thought it was petty and uncalled for), I don't remember him interfering this much in the past...last year with Wentz, this year with Ryan, hope his daughters are watching out for him!
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Did I miss something with the benching of Ryan for Sam? Like a separated shoulder. A shoulder that as soon as he was able to throw the ball he was back as our starter? The players didn't like it? Who gives a shit? This isn't the NBA, yet. I know that they said Sam was going to be the qb regardless of Ryan's injury. They also said it was going to be the qb for the rest of the year. The Colts lie to us continuously, I watch what they do, not what they say. Those who know what really happened will never tell us the truth. Irsay made some people uncomfortable and for that I am happy. Somebody needed to shake shit up.
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BTW, I am not alone in my feelings that perhaps Jim is not the best spokesman for moral virtue. |
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Actually Morocco Brown's first job in the NFL was as a scouting intern with the Colts when Polian was the GM. Brown started that job after he finished his college football career at NC State. I believe he spent some time as an intern with Washington as well. Following those entry jobs, he served in the following roles: Assistant Director of Pro Personnel - Chicago - 2001 - 2007 Director of Pro Personnel - Washington - 2008 - 2013 Vice President of Player Personnel - Cleveland - 2014 - 2015 Director of College Scouting - Indianapolis - 2016 - 2022 Chief Personnel Executive - Indianapolis - 2022 - Brown was hired for his second stint with the Colts by Ryan Grigson. Ballard decided to keep him on as they had previously crossed paths when they both worked for the Bears at the same time. |
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Irsay please run your team like normal, cause you have a great perception of usually doing... PS Irsay: stay off the media and twitter not helping anything. When one week you say Coaches and GMs are safe then start firing. |
Heinecke is officially the starter going forward in Washington. Announced today by Rivera
It’s the worst possible scenario for the Colts. Washington keeps winning without Wentz playing. Looks like it will be a mid to late 3rd round pick. |
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Hell Heinicke is 4-1 since loser Wentz as been out... Washington probably have better record if they started Heinicke over Wentz. Colts was smart getting rid of him.. Wentz is not a starter!! |
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Heinicke led the Commanders to another win this afternoon, against the Falcons. The Commanders are now 5-1 with Heinicke at quarterback ...... they owe us no explanation whatsoever for continuing to play Heinicke over Wentz. o |
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I think Saturday replacing Ballard is entirely possible. As noted above, Ballard has been completely neutered by Irsay. There’s no way he wants to stay, in my opinion. Neither will Dodds or Brown.
They’ll all leave and Jim will offer Saturday the GM job. And yes, we’ll be completely f****d until Jim is out of the picture. |
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I don’t see any way Ballard stays. Why would he? Saturday being offered the job is a little more iffy but I could definitely see it happening. |
I dont understand the angst over his . Will the Colts get a draft pick for a player they more than likely were going to cut and eat the contract?
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I listened to the show on Google podcasts a bit later in the morning/lunchtime. It's at the 1:46:18 mark on there. I'm sure it's in a similar spot on other podcasts.
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And the irony of all of this is the initial presumption ...... a lot of people (maybe even the Commanders themselves) probably figured that the Commanders would have their usual crappy season, and be something like 3-9 or 4-8 right now. And at 3-9 or 4-8 and no hope for a playoff berth, all of the talk would probably be around whether or not a team that has no hope for playoff contention would then sit their starting quarterback (Wentz) for the remainder of the season, considering the stipulation/clause in the trade that they made for him. Well, the opposite has happened ...... the Commanders are a pretty damned good team this season, as they are one of the hottest teams in the NFL having won 6 out of their last 7 games. They are very much in the hunt for a playoff berth at 7-5, and the last thing on their minds is whether or not Carson Wentz will play enough games to activate the trade stipulation in regard to a draft pick ...... the Commanders are thinking playoffs, and they probably couldn't give a rat's ass about Carson Wentz and the stipulation in his contract regarding his playing time. o |
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It’s been downhill since then. |
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I just thought it was weird to hear him saying the same things I said days ago. There is really shitty potential though, no denying that. Lord help our Colts. |
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Given the timing of Reich's dismissal and Irsay's rapid discussions with Saturday, I'm assuming that this whole fire Reich/hire Saturday thing was motivated by Irsay watching Vrabel during the KC-Tenn game that night. If so, then I don't see why Irsay would take Saturday out of the HC position to move him to the front office. It just doesn't follow. |
yeah, I dont see saturday as a GM prospect.
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If the meddling ends up driving Ballard away... What a royal black eye.
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There was literally only one person in the entire organization who felt like Sam deserved to start, or that he gave them a better chance to win and that was Jim. The reaction of the coaches and players, both on and off the record, made that crystal clear. It’s not even debatable anymore. That was 100 percent Jim Irsays call. So this arguing over whether Jim is really deciding who plays is pointless. He absolutely is, or at least he did in that situation. |
Colts need to hire Riddick as GM and whatever Irsay decides to do with Saturday.
Riddick will go after teams needs no matter what the price is. We need to focus on draft. Cause Ballard won't. lol Trade up with bears in the second spot eburlus may give us a deal or may not cause we let Frank go. lmao who knows |
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