Colts fire OC Marcus Brady

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Wait, I thought Reich did the game planning as well as the play calling? How the heck is this gonna help?

Also, how in the hell is Strausser not the first one fired?

This doesn’t make a lot of sense, unless Brady wasn’t on board with the quarterback change.

I’m guessing Brady will end up in Philly.

Maybe they will bring in an OC that actually will call the plays....,doubtful, but we can hope!

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

Maybe they will bring in an OC that actually will call the plays....,doubtful, but we can hope!

Great news....instead of hiring a new OC, Frank will be calling all the plays the rest of this season!

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Chaos do you think Ballard has done a good job of building the team?

Fans perception of the team 8 games into this particular season doesn't paint the full picture. But overall, yes. That doesn't mean he's aced everything. I've said all along that Pryor and LT have been his biggest failure. And he whiffed on Basham, Banogu, and Turay. There are others.

But he built the entire defense. Although it's not complete (of course we'd all love our own Nick Bosa), I like our defensive personnel. I think he nails LB, just about nails S, nailed Grover + Buckner, has gotten some good young guys at CB in Rodgers and Moore and brought in good vets like Gilmore or Xavier Rhodes before him, and our DE situation was weak and is getting better. Kwity was playing really well when he got hurt, I think Dayo will keep getting better (they're both 23), and Tyquan Lewis was under the radar playing really well for us.

We all know the story with the OL this season... meaning NOBODY understands why they have inexplicably played so poorly this year. But until now, the OL was a strength for us. We just produced the rushing champ last year.

We just lost one of my favorites in Nyheim Hines and that stings. But Ballard drafted that RB in the first place. He brought Mack in who played well for us and brought Taylor in after. We've already seen Deon Jackson play well when called. That lets me trust that he can bring guys in who can play going forward.

Receiving corps was the trendy panic position this offseason. Not unwarranted. But as wrong as he may have been trusting Pryor and Pinter... I think he may have been equally correct trusting guys like Campbell, Granson, a rookie Pierce, etc., to go with Pittman. We don't have an All-Pro, but I think we have plenty of weapons.

I look at moves he makes for this team, weigh it with the shortcomings, and it leads me to easily trust future moves.

The elephant is QB which is it's own long discussion. Here's your Rorschach, I'll just put it like this: Assume these Ballard teams are healthy and stick Luck at QB. Now compare to those 11-5 teams Luck played on under Pagano. Are we better?