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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc
I mean, he’s not wrong about the team. And as hard as it is to admit, maybe he’s not wrong about Richardson.
The infamous tap out and then the equally infamous “explanation” for it. Stepping out of bounds 2 yards short of a first down. The whispers about the work ethic and being late for meetings.
Maybe we should just totally clean house. Get rid of everyone. Resign Flacco and draft a guy.
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The issue isn’t AR, the issue is a locker room culture where that stuff wouldn’t be immediately corrected. Young players struggle with learning expectations all the time, but they should have leaders in the locker room that model professionalism for them and hold players accountable. The best teams have leadership and vision from top to bottom - GM, coaches, vet players. The Colts have none. They have none because of Ballard’s team building philosophy. I will point out again Ballard downplaying vets because he expect his coaches to set the culture. It was one of the first things that turned me off about him. That and his gifting of positions to young players and his plan to slow roll team building with Luck on the roster. Those three things told me he was going to be a shit GM. And he’s proven to be exactly that. He’s built a roster full of decent players who lack leadership and accountability. He’s failed AR way more than AR has failed the team. Those things from AR are a symptom of Ballard’s leadership.