Colts name Jeff Saturday Interim Head Coach

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

I disagree. I think this is all Irsay. NFL radio has had several guys on close with Frank and they were all saying he would never fire his coordinator mid-season and Ehlinger is not ready to play. Its pretty obvious. This screams Irsay calling the shots now. And now Saturday which is out of left field.

If that is the case we are fucked!

[TheMugwump]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Who is gonna call plays? They don’t have anyone who’s ever done it.

Matt Ryan.

The offense only really moved the ball when they went hurry-up, and he was calling them then.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy

Erickson wrote that story. He thought that Reich may be gone after yesterday's press conference. So he inserted that extra paragraph in case the news broke while he was traveling back from Boston.

However, he had inserted his best guess at who would take over (I mentioned in a different thread that Keefer thought it would be Ventrone). The IndyStar editor was supposed to update it with the actual interim coach. Erickson admits that he should have placed a XXXXXXXXXX as a placeholder to make it obvious that it needed to be updated.

Ok, thanks. That makes sense.

[apballin]

I don’t know what to think about this, I respect Saturday but a guy with no coaching experience seems crazy

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

Nope, there’s no way Nelson and crew are that bad. I don’t buy this narrative they got paid and quit. This is bad coaching. Just the mere fact they couldn’t pick up stunts, over and over, speaks volumes to how bad the coaching of this team is.

The problem with that theory is that Strausser has been here since '19. I wouldn't think changing assistants would be that detrimental. Maybe replacing Fisher and Glow w/ Pryor and Pinter was so disruptive that it caused Nelson's, Kelly's, and Smith's play to go to shit, but seems like there's more too than just that.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

None of that is happening. You can't implement a new offense mid-season. We don't even know who will call plays or insert the offense week to week. This has to be a tank job of epic proportions. Otherwise, it is massive incompetence in action. Saturday is probably there just to report who they should keep and not going forward. Full rebuild I expect.

Thats why I think Reich resigned. He had enough.

Has it been confirmed that Reich resigned? Seems like that would cost him a lot of money if he had. Although I suppose he could have worked something out a settlement w/ Irsay.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

There are no first round qbs I would consider outside of Levis, and he definitely needs time for development and a friendly system. With a very high pick I’d def go with Anderson, the edge rusher from Alabama. For picks in the 8-10 range, OT Skoronski should be there.

What about Hooker at QB? I know he struggled against UGA, but he's been lighting it up against everyone else including Bama.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

What about Hooker at QB? I know he struggled against UGA, but he's been lighting it up against everyone else including Bama.

Nope.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

I think they handed him an impossible situation. I also don't think he wanted to fire Brady or bench Ryan.

I think Irsay is just like, no more mediocrity, just go for a new young QB. The problem is I wouldn't do that in this draft. Unless you want to take on a project at the position. It's too bad because I think Reich would have done well coaching a young QB up.

Reich had a top ten offense every year except this one and the Brisset year.

Colts fans will live to regret this move. Reich is a good coach, he just had literally nothing to work with. And that’s on Ballard.

If he lands somewhere with a good quarterback in place, he’ll be really good.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Colts fans will live to regret this move. Reich is a good coach, he just had literally nothing to work with. And that’s on Ballard.

If he lands somewhere with a good quarterback in place, he’ll be really good.

No we won't. Reich was trash!