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Took way too long!
+100
420-433-2 since the Irsay family bought the team in 1972. They’re an 8-9 franchise, with one exception when Jim Irsay wasn’t involved in running the team.
Well, except for the two decades after drafting Peyton Manning (and then Andrew Luck). We have Bill Polian to thank for building/drafting those teams at the beginning of Jim Irsay’s ownership.
From 1998 through 2011, the Colts regular-season record was 143–81. From 2012-2018, the record was 63-49 under Grigson and the first year or two of Ballard.
Yes, 1984 through 1997 and 2019-present we’ve been wandering in the wilderness, but to be fair that’s only about half of the 40 years of the Indianapolis era.
But in no way can the Irsays excuse keeping Ballard this long.
I see 2012-2018 as leftover momentum from the Polian years. Jim wanted to prove he knew football (especially after his disastrous run as Colts GM under his father) and hired GM’s not nearly as strong-willed as Polian. It didn’t work out.
The daughters have a chance to chart their own path. Trading two first round picks for a cornerback wasn’t a good first big decision to take, but we shall see how the future plays out.
+1
Long overdue. Steichen should also be on the clock.
🙏
New Owners would be a bigger improvement.
The Colts are a poverty franchise. Expect the next 20 years to feel more like the post move but pre manning years than anything else.
Hire the right people and give them the resources. Will they, who knows? Saying 20 years though, is just a non-serious take.
Do we know enough about the current ownership group to know if
A) they will be able to identify the right people
B) the right people will want to work for the current ownership group
C) the current ownership group is resourced well enough to compete? Are we sure that Chris Ballard was the only reason the Colts were well under the salary cap all those years?
Wow, looooong past time for the change.
This is the franchise that won one Super Bowl with Peyton Manning.
Early reports and prominent candidates connected to the permanent general manager vacancy include Peyton Manning as the franchise’s primary exploratory call, with ownership potentially discussing a unique role that combines football operations control and partial ownership. Others in the mix include
Ed Dodds, the team’s longtime assistant general manager who is currently heading up interim personnel duties and is a natural internal candidate; Ian Cunningham, who is frequently mentioned by analysts and fans as a rising front-office executive target; and Alec Halaby, Dwayne Joseph, Nolan Teasley, and Nicole Blake, league executives and assistant directors of scouting tracking across multiple organizational watchlists.
• Ian Cunningham: Frequently mentioned by analysts and fans as a rising front-office executive target.
• Alec Halaby, Dwayne Joseph, Nolan Teasley, and Nicole Blake: League executives and assistant directors of scouting tracking across multiple organizational watchlists.
Several weeks ago I suggested seriously to friends and family that the Irsays should sell the Manning family 25% of the team and make Peyton GM. Probably 25% is unrealistic but 10% might be doable.
PM has no interest in being a GM or any other position that requires a ton of time.
PM was reportedly interested in becoming team president here if Jim had come off some percentage ownership stake. Jim refused, and Peyton moved on to his burgeoning media gig. No idea if he would be still interested in the role if the Irsays would come off an ownership stake.
Since moving here they have had only one GM that understood the true value of players and coaches while clever enough to organize it, Bill Polian. There are maybe 10-12 current players on this roster worth keeping and none of the coaches.
Hard pressed to think of 10-12 players worth keeping. Our players are, to a very significant degree, slow and soft. Almost no leaders.
There IS ONE COACH worth keeping, and THAT, is Reggie!!!!
Maybe the Irsay family should think about selling the team…..Obviously that haven’t been good at this for 15 years…..
How about Colin Kapernick? He’s available.
I was starting to wonder if Ballard had more dirt on the Irsays than Russia has on Trump.
This should have been a done deal years ago. I honestly do not know if Steichen is the answer or not with the insane decisions that have been made with the roster and the lack of foresight. They have been working hard at turning into the Browns v. 2.0.
whatever happens the city can’t afford to lose the Colts franchise. IF the state can’t get Da Bears to move to NWI and the state loses The Colts look at how embarrassing that would be for the entire state? Have any of you taken a trip to downtown St Louise lately? Once they lost their NFL team downtown has really struggled to attract anything worth going down there for. Hardly any new major developments if any and an empty stadium hurts. Although they do have some form of low level football currently being played there. Indy would lose a lot of momentum if the Colts were to ever leave. We would be put on the same tier as Louisville and Columbus Ohio
I suggest Mike Tomlin as GM and Sean McDermott as coach.
Yeah, NOT!!!! Tomlin is Shane Steichen 2.0, and McDermott, has too much baggage!!!