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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
Yeah don’t put words in my mouth, I never said anything about luck. 
The veteran leadership comment is dumb, sounds made up in your head. There is literally a leadership group on the team made up of veterans.
Every team has gaping holes in their team, the cap forces you to prioritize position groups. Teams fill groups with rookies and udfa all the time. You expect the colts to be done exceptionally well to the rule.
Every team places athletic measurables as a high priority. Everyone loves the Rudy story, reality is athletes dominate the league. Despite that Latu was not the most athletic choice but he was the most skilled.
The fact you dismiss the opinion of guys like Bill Polian tells me all I need to know. You should sit down and listen, you might learn something. The fact you dismiss their collective opinions because you don’t agree says a lot.
Ballards drafting has been fine and last I looked was above league average and has a high amount of guys retained in the league.
No Grigson’s, philosophy was not better. He thought he could build a oline on the cheap. You can’t do that today. He was so bad at it he had to spend a 1st on a center, the safest position to draft. Ballard just filled it with what? A third? And now he’s one of the better centers in the league.
AR started because Jim wanted him to start because ARs biggest weakness is game experience and starting right away worked for Manning and he is an advocate of it. The front office said he was raw almost every chance they got. And im not convinced sitting him would have developed him either. Guy was always a gamble, QBs have a low success rate, it’s not surprising he has developed, especially with his injuries. |
Yes Polian’s opinion matters more than Ballards actual results. He’s a good GM who has one playoff win and no division titles in a decade - in arguably the worst division in the league. His teams are consistently less than the supposed sum of their parts. There are many teams that have bottomed out and had more success, but hey Polian likes him. How many wins is that worth? Should we hang a banner?
The philosophy was stated when he cut vets his second year like Hankins. And it’s been shown many, many times. Remember the secondaries that were a collection of nothing but young cast offs? Same at WR. Remember the DE room when he drafted Paye and Dayo? It’s happened so many times I’m not sure how you can even argue it.
I guess I’ll wait for the “Polian likes him” wins to start piling in. Because that trumps the actual on the field results. Never mind all the other GMs that have shown actual results in the league, Ballard is liked.