Send in the clowns

[Hoopsdoc]

I thought Steichen was a good coach but I was wrong.

The decision to bench AR will end up getting him fired.

He’d have a better chance of surviving if he’d stuck with Richardson even if Richardson was awful. At least he’d have shown he gave the guy a shot.

And the longer he keeps insisting on playing Flacco, the worse it gets for him.

If the season keeps going the way it is, I think Jim may well clean house.

[Spike]

I watched the game today, and felt nothing. I have become numb to this shit show. Steichen doesn't have a feel for the game, that's obvious as hell. players know it. Flacco should not be out there, AR is either our future or not. Need to find out asap. Having him on the sideline is BS.

Ballard also needs to be gone after this year too. Done with his smug ass too.

Steichen doubling down on Flacco is fucking insane. Why???? What's the point of that. It makes no damn sense and that is why I really believe this organization has no damn sense. Fuck em.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Spike

I watched the game today, and felt nothing. I have become numb to this shit show. Steichen doesn't have a feel for the game, that's obvious as hell. players know it. Flacco should not be out there, AR is either our future or not. Need to find out asap. Having him on the sideline is BS.

Ballard also needs to be gone after this year too. Done with his smug ass too.

Steichen doubling down on Flacco is fucking insane. Why???? What's the point of that. It makes no damn sense and that is why I really believe this organization has no damn sense. Fuck em.

Same for me. My wife noticed it yesterday. Normally I get all irritated whenever the Colts do something stupid like that first Flacco int but yesterday I just laughed. I expect bullshit like that now.

It sucks.

[Mr. Session]

I am losing count of how many consecutive years we've been having discussions like this and I am also as apathetic as I've ever been about this product.

Maybe the Irsay family is actually okay with the mediocrity?

- They haven't hired an experienced HC that has proven they can establish/maintain a culture since Dungy.

- This paper from 2013 appears to argue the average length of a GM's career is 3 years, Why has Ballard been enabled like he has? - https://digitalcommons.law.villanova...4&context=mslj

- Are we finally done with the "Andrew Luck" excuse? It's absurd that there is an argument that Grigson was better at this than Ballard. That is a major, major failure on ownership's part.

- Ownership has also proven they are liars. They lie every year. They'll say whatever they have to say to keep people buying tickets. They are small, petty lies but they add up and we've been consuming these lies for almost a decade now. Empty fucking calories and now we're going brain dead from the caloric deficit.

I will say I am a little relieved shit appears to be falling apart now. Part of me was concerned that a good run here may put the organization in a spot where they afforded Ballard another year.

Right now it looks like Steichen is doing his best to get fired too, which imo offers a better circumstance. We can bring in a new HC & GM, let them deal with AR for a year and see what they want to do, and then let them draft the QB they want to draft if they deem they need to move on.

[nate505]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

I thought Steichen was a good coach but I was wrong.

The decision to bench AR will end up getting him fired.

He’d have a better chance of surviving if he’d stuck with Richardson even if Richardson was awful. At least he’d have shown he gave the guy a shot.

And the longer he keeps insisting on playing Flacco, the worse it gets for him.

If the season keeps going the way it is, I think Jim may well clean house.

Unless he's been forced this decision by Irsay, it should have him fired. Playing Flacco is mind numbingly stupid.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by nate505

Unless he's been forced this decision by Irsay, it should have him fired. Playing Flacco is mind numbingly stupid.

1000 percent Irsay

He was embarrassed by the loss and the tap out, so he demanded an in school suspension.., similar to how they did JT when he had fumble issues early in his career

It’s bullshit, Flacco doesn’t give us a better chance to win