Irsay is a great owner

[Oldcolt]

I just wanted to gladly eat crow. Irsay is so much more knowledgeable and has such conviction in his beliefs it amazes me. Not only that he was correct. In January I would have never thought this team was about to take off. The balls move was getting rid of Wentz, not matter what. The second great move was letting Ballard take over from there. It says a whole lot that Ballard/Reich and Irsay stayed on the same page through this whole mess. The man deserves a Lombardi for this-if we got the correct coaches hired this off season no reason we can't. Thank you Jim. I was an idiot to think I knew more than you about this team. You are truly THE MAN.

[omahacolt]

irsay is absolutely fantastic as an owner

[Colts And Orioles]

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When Art Modell offered Irsay $5 Million for the rights to the name and franchise records of the Colts in 1996, Jim said "The bidding starts at $25 Million."

In other words, take a flying leap at the moon, mister ...... his father was a bad owner, but the city of Baltimore gave him no choice when they threatened to take his team away via eminent domain.

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[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o


When Art Modell offered Irsay $5 Million for the rights to the name and franchise records of the Colts in 1996, Jim said "The bidding starts at $25 Million."

In other words, take a flying leap at the moon, mister ...... his father was a bad owner, but the city of Baltimore gave him no choice when they threatened to take his team away via eminent domain.

o

One thing I never understood, is why Baltimore treated the Colts as the red-headed step child to the big brother Orioles.

The Colts were bringing home just as many championships as the O's and had their hero's in their own right in, Johnny U, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Big Daddy, Bubba Smith, Ted Hendricks, Mike Curtis and Bert Jones.

My only conclusion is that Irsay instigated the treatment that the team got and that it was somewhat deserved.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

One thing I never understood, is why Baltimore treated the Colts as the red-headed step child to the big brother Orioles.

The Colts were bringing home just as many championships as the O's and had their hero's in their own right in, Johnny U, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Big Daddy, Bubba Smith, Ted Hendricks, Mike Curtis and Bert Jones.

My only conclusion is that Irsay instigated the treatment that the team got and that it was somewhat deserved.

I'm no expert on this topic, but I do know that Irsay wanted a new Stadium, the one in Baltimore sucked pretty bad! Was Irsay totally without blame, of course not, but it is really no different than what we see today, teams go where they get the best deal, and they all want new stadium deals...Baltimore fans basically blamed Irsay for all of it, the city deserved some of that blame as well!

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

I'm no expert on this topic, but I do know that Irsay wanted a new Stadium, the one in Baltimore sucked pretty bad! Was Irsay totally without blame, of course not, but it is really no different than what we see today, teams go where they get the best deal, and they all want new stadium deals...Baltimore fans basically blamed Irsay for all of it, the city deserved some of that blame as well!

I know that Irsay wanted a knew stadium and that he wanted it be football only, but I believe Maryland was only offering to build a dual purpose stadium.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

One thing I never understood, is why Baltimore treated the Colts as the red-headed step child to the big brother Orioles.

The Colts were bringing home just as many championships as the O's and had their hero's in their own right in, Johnny U, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Big Daddy, Bubba Smith, Ted Hendricks, Mike Curtis and Bert Jones.

My only conclusion is that Irsay instigated the treatment that the team got and that it was somewhat deserved.

No, the city didnt think he would tell them to, in the words of Deadpool, “suck a cock”.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

One thing I never understood, is why Baltimore treated the Colts as the red-headed step child to the big brother Orioles.

The Colts were bringing home just as many championships as the O's and had their hero's in their own right in, Johnny U, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Big Daddy, Bubba Smith, Ted Hendricks, Mike Curtis and Bert Jones.

My only conclusion is that Irsay instigated the treatment that the team got, and that it was somewhat deserved.

o


I'll be the first to say that Robert was a bad owner, but there have been numerous bad owners in the NFL over the last 50-60 years ...... but not of them (besides Irsay) had the threat of their team being taken away from though. The city of Baltimore all but put a gun to his head and dared him to make a move, and he did.

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[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I'll be the first to say that Robert was a bad owner, but there have been numerous bad owners in the NFL over the last 50-60 years ...... but not of them (besides Irsay) had the threat of their team being taken away from though. The city of Baltimore all but put a gun to his head and dared him to make a move, and he did.

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Art Modell for starters

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I'll be the first to say that Robert was a bad owner, but there have been numerous bad owners in the NFL over the last 50-60 years ...... but not of them (besides Irsay) had the threat of their team being taken away from though. The city of Baltimore all but put a gun to his head and dared him to make a move, and he did.

o

All I can say is I'm glad Robert Irsay was an asshole! Indianapolis metro area is small compared to many other cities they compete with, at the time of the move it was even smaller, I doubt Indianapolis would have ever gotten an expansion team, considering the metro size and the proximity of Cincinnati and Chicago...this may have been the only way we could get a team. So Irsay being an asshole worked out very well for us!