3Pm Pagano News Conference Thread

[Phil J]

doesnt know anything about manning, waiting for rob lowe tweet. ahahahahahahah

[shakedownstreet]

doesnt know anything about manning, waiting for rob lowe tweet. ahahahahahahah

phil b wilson asked about the goatees. we all know he got that from this forum

[Corndog]

PWilson has posted a pic (http://twitter.com/pwilson24), yet ESPN and NFLN aren't shoiwng it yet.... so much for big news, huh? The Colts rank below Prince Fielder right now, and the AFC Pro Bowl practice. That's depressing....

ESPN is showing the Paterno Memorial, most teams press conferences don't get live air on ESPN unless it's a big post game conference, usually a game that aired on ESPN.

I wish Indiana had a better sports network. If they had something like CSN Chicago, I am sure we would get live coverage.

[hawkeyes]

"WEE WEEE pure adrenaline.....*snort* hehe" - Chuck Pagano errrrrrrrrr Maxwell the Pig

I could just tell this guy has got it !!! Nice presser!

[willysp]

let me guess, you have dsl & not cable

That would make no difference.

[shakedownstreet]

That would make no difference.

you are right it shouldn't. but it is a well known fact that cable is both faster & more reliable than dsl. but most people would be perfectly satisfied with either in most cases

i'm not trying to derail the thread. i was just going on a hunch. it's not always right

[HGRekks]

The entire thing is on the Colts front page now, I believe.

[BleedBlue4life]

My favorite quote from the presser, in regards to the type of defence coach p will implement, : "We could easily be a 4-3 defense on first down, a 3-4 on second down, and... lord only knows on third and seven plus". If that doesnt get you excited about the future prospects of our defense, nothing will!

[JColts72]

What a breathe of fresh air; saw the whole conference at colts.com. Makes me want to suit up.All the players better be ready for action!

[willysp]

The Pags presser still not working for me. Not terribly surprising given that it's "Brought to you by --------", my mobile provider. ;)

[Coffeedrinker]

I will preface this with, overall I liked the press conference and he seems to have some definite ideas on things and he seems like a good guy, but when asked what type of offense he would run, his response was(after about a 10 second pause), "[y]ou don't want to know." Then after an awkward moment where he was the only one laughing he said, "[w]ell, I know you have to run the ball and stop the run." Then he followed that up with, although there are times when you have to throw the ball, too.

Hopefully, he will leave the offense to the OC.

[GoColts8818]

Oh we hired a coach today? I thought the presser was for Jim Irsay to call Peyton Manning a politician...

No really I liked this hire before today. He won the presser and now I love it. I think this guy is going to be a really good head coach here. You can't take much away from a first presser other than leave a good first impression and I think he did it. To give you an idea I would say Grigson lost his first presser but I am getting the idea he's going to be more of a man behind the scenes type of guy and will only talk when he has to which after Polian seemed to be something people wanted.

This guy seems much more comfortable talking to the media. His lines about tweeting Rob Lowe and pulling for Eli were very funny and to me are signs he gets where he is.

The serious football notes I took from him is that you can tell the AFC Championship loss is killing him and I think he has a fire to get back there and win it this time. He also mentioned he didn't think that Freeney or Mathis would have an issue with becoming outside linebackers in a 3-4 which tells me two things one he wants them both back and two he wants to run a 3-4 here. I do think he's going to get in and study the team and figure what is the best way to go forward in terms of a type of defense he wants to run here.

[ThatOneColtFan]

Instantly reading too much into it.

You only bring Manning back if you're going after the Superbowl title(assuming he's healthy). Not when you're building a team for your new rookie QB, if common sense is equivalent to reading too much into something, I guess I am reading too much into it.

The Manning situation has not changed. His health is the only factor relevant to his return. If he plays, he plays for the Colts.

I once believed such a thing too.

[Fx Stryker]

Anyone see the Raymond Berry banner? If we hold banners in our building we should put them on the RoH. That'd drive the Baltimoreans nuts.

[Coltssouth]

I once believed such a thing too.

And I still do.

[ThatOneColtFan]

And I still do.

I rather have no hope, than false hope. But if 18 did comeback this guy would be as happy as the next Colts fan. If he isn't a Colt, I'd still want him to comeback and play football, that is my biggest fear. Him retiring.