Why Colts were comfortable letting Matt Eberflus take defensive staff to Chicago

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Probably because Eberflus was McDaniels's coordinator that they kept on and now that he's leaving, Ballard is letting Reich pick his coaching staff.

After 4 years? If they liked Eberflus' defense they would not have wanted to change it and if they want to change it why wait 4 years? Team is a mess right now.

[Brylok]

Because it's the beginning of the end of the Ballard/Reich regime?

[HoosierinFL]

I think Ballard is the kind of guy that is not going to stand in the way of the careers of the people on his staff.
Sure we could have locked Flus down and rejected Chicago's ask to interview him. But that wouldn't be good for morale.

Ballard knows that if he has the reputation of not letting guys advance their careers, then talented position coaches won't come here, knowing they'll get stuck.

He also knows that if his organization becomes known as a place where people can make a name for themselves and become attractive to bigger jobs, then the talent will come.

Letting Flus take the job was the only real possibility, and once that's done, the position coaches on that side of the ball are in an unstable position because you never know who the new coordinator will want, so letting them go with Flus is the right thing to do.

Everything we see with Ballard is always about being honorable and doing the right thing. its what he did when keeping these guys after McDaniels pulled out. And he's still doing it now by letting them go.

All this talk in here about it being contradictory or a signal that the Ballard/Reich era is ending is just you guys being a bunch of dumb bitches.

Wise up and quit being dumb bitches ffs.