Ballard and Steichen are coming back

[rm1369]

This is the reason season ticket renewals start before the season ends. I wouldn’t have renewed mine. Fuck Chris Ballard and his shitty ass “next year” team.

I can’t wait to hear again how “he gets it”, “it’s all on” him, and how he “needs to do some things differently”.

[Chromeburn]

He wasn’t going to fire them. I keep trying to tell people. They are under contract for awhile. They had to lure Steichen here, he’s not going to fire him after the second year. Steichen needs to go back to RPO some, that long ball offense is just low efficiency and I’m not sure it protects him more.

But Irsay likes Ballard and the people he listens to and respect like Ballard notably Bill Polian who speaks highly of him on his show all the time. Notice Pat didn’t mention Ballard but did a lot of players. I don’t think he has forever, but I do think he will be able to see the AR experiment through. I also think Dodds might take over more responsibilities but we will see.

[Dewey 5]

Chris Ballard is the longest tenured non-multi role General Manager (i.e. not an owner, CEO, principal etc) since 1988 to have a losing record and not have multiple playoff wins or a conference championship appearance.

If he finishes out this year without a playoff win, ( he did) he will beat out Ladd Herzeg of the Houston Oilers as the longest tenured GM of any team in NFL history to fit that same criteria.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

Chris Ballard is the longest tenured non-multi role General Manager (i.e. not an owner, CEO, principal etc) since 1988 to have a losing record and not have multiple playoff wins or a conference championship appearance.

If he finishes out this year without a playoff win, ( he did) he will beat out Ladd Herzeg of the Houston Oilers as the longest tenured GM of any team in NFL history to fit that same criteria.

Disgusting!

[Thorgrim]

Originally Posted by Dewey 5

Chris Ballard is the longest tenured non-multi role General Manager (i.e. not an owner, CEO, principal etc) since 1988 to have a losing record and not have multiple playoff wins or a conference championship appearance.

If he finishes out this year without a playoff win, ( he did) he will beat out Ladd Herzeg of the Houston Oilers as the longest tenured GM of any team in NFL history to fit that same criteria.

What a shameful mark on the team.

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

He wasn’t going to fire them. I keep trying to tell people. They are under contract for awhile. They had to lure Steichen here, he’s not going to fire him after the second year. Steichen needs to go back to RPO some, that long ball offense is just low efficiency and I’m not sure it protects him more.

But Irsay likes Ballard and the people he listens to and respect like Ballard notably Bill Polian who speaks highly of him on his show all the time. Notice Pat didn’t mention Ballard but did a lot of players. I don’t think he has forever, but I do think he will be able to see the AR experiment through. I also think Dodds might take over more responsibilities but we will see.

I’m not surprised. It’s stupid competitivly. It makes me wish I hadn’t renewed my season tickets. But I’m not at all surprised. Ballard is a con man and Jim likes stability more than anything. Hey one of these days Ballard’s supporters are going to have to be right and the team will squeak in to the playoffs and they’ll all get to say “see we told you Chris was a genius”. My money is on year 10.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by rm1369

I’m not surprised. It’s stupid competitivly. It makes me wish I hadn’t renewed my season tickets. But I’m not at all surprised. Ballard is a con man and Jim likes stability more than anything. Hey one of these days Ballard’s supporters are going to have to be right and the team will squeak in to the playoffs and they’ll all get to say “see we told you Chris was a genius”. My money is on year 10.

Don't act surprised. Disappointed sure. But we've all watched this same scene over and over again. The script hasn't changed, why should the outcome?

[CletusPyle]

The happiest team and fans right now are in Houston! We just handed them the division for the next 5 years!

I wonder if Carlie wrote this and signed Jim's name to it?

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by rm1369

I’m not surprised. It’s stupid competitivly. It makes me wish I hadn’t renewed my season tickets. But I’m not at all surprised. Ballard is a con man and Jim likes stability more than anything. Hey one of these days Ballard’s supporters are going to have to be right and the team will squeak in to the playoffs and they’ll all get to say “see we told you Chris was a genius”. My money is on year 10.

It makes some sense, it’s just not want fans want. But fans are fickle and develop a mob mentality online. Plus a lot of them are stupid and think things get automatically better with a reset like it’s a video game.

If they brought a new GM in that GM would want to bring in his own people and coaches/players. This is a bad draft to try that in. A bad QB draft and they don’t have a high pick. There is no good replacement for AR in this draft. The best bet is to continue to develop AR and hope he gets better. That is the only thing that will fix this. They could add a few players, maybe make the playoffs, but it’s the same result until they get a good QB. Develop AR and things will get better, should be the highest priority for these guys.a new GM will not fix the qB situation.

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

It makes some sense, it’s just not want fans want. But fans are fickle and develop a mob mentality online. Plus a lot of them are stupid and think things get automatically better with a reset like it’s a video game.

If they brought a new GM in that GM would want to bring in his own people and coaches/players. This is a bad draft to try that in. A bad QB draft and they don’t have a high pick. There is no good replacement for AR in this draft. The best bet is to continue to develop AR and hope he gets better. That is the only thing that will fix this. They could add a few players, maybe make the playoffs, but it’s the same result until they get a good QB. Develop AR and things will get better, should be the highest priority for these guys.a new GM will not fix the qB situation.

That’s just it - Ballard is and has been the worst thing for AR. They’ve mismanaged the whole fucking thing. Especially the roster construction. And this isn’t hindsight, I was saying this shit before the season. It should have been an all in season in support of AR. The team should have a D and run game it could lean on, veteran leadership to help set a winning culture, and an offensive scheme / plan from the onset that built ARs confidence and abilities. And we’ve seen none of those. That is a reflection of Ballard and his philosophy. That has been proven over time, it’s not a one off thing. All of those have been issues throughout Ballard’s tenure. You guys keep saying it as if AR is failing Ballard, but it’s the other way around- Ballard is failing AR. They best chance AR has is with a GM that will fix the culture and put a complete, supportive team and plan around him. That is not Ballard.