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Originally Posted by JAFF
Because Irsay has a history of being hands off. He let Polian run the shop until it failed. Post Polian, he pulled the trigger on that one a little late, using hindsight.
Ballard has a good record finding talent. The Online was considered one of the best until that group totally failed. The remaining linemen have played well below their past efforts. You cant blame Ballard for the player preformance. That is on the coaching staff.
Finding a Qb is on both Ballard and Irsay. They should have tanked the season when Luck was put on the IR, But they didnt. They traded for Brisset and went .500. Because they thought Luck still gave them 5-6 years of play.
Jim Irsay will not tank a season. He is not his father. Yeah, he is eccentric, but he knows people. Hiring Saturday as HC, he gets a smart guy who will let the asst coaches do their job, he is going to establish the ATTITUDE. Oh, putting Ryan back at Qb is Irsay not tanking. Saturday didnt come in to tank. He came in to put up a fight. They could have hired any one off the street to tank.
Yeah, Irsay may be half a bubble of plumb, he isnt a quitter, and the Colts arent tanking. Fuck that shit. Go down swinging. I can get behind that kind of crazy
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No, they’re not tanking, but every major move made this season traces back to Jim. Benching Ryan, firing Brady, and then firing Reich. That’s all on Jim and all made against the wishes of his coaches.
He’s never before meddled like this and there’s no reason to believe he won’t continue to do so.
Besides, he’s already made it clear he doesn’t trust Ballards judgement because Ballard was against hiring Saturday.
I’m not saying I think Ballard ought to be fired, I just think it’s inevitable now that he’s either fired or he leaves on his own.