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The pendulum swung too far in the opposite direction. These are not emotional decisions either way, but objective decisions based on metrics from the rubric. Those of us in business do "what-if" comparisons (OK, competitions) between alternative scenarios. We do correlation analysis to see what metrics give us the biggest bang for the buck given various contexts. Boring stuff, but there are times when it shows us how wrong our gut feelings can be. Or, we can keep on being a .500 team, missing the playoffs year after year, and wasting the talent of our players. Are you happy with the performance of Reich and Pagano? Even when Luck was winning?

This is why it is important to have 'provable' performance measures, and keep all the emotional 'stuff' out of professional decisions.

Some here may not be familiar with using rubrics for personnel evaluations. Here's an example:

Simple. They understand what it takes to hire good coaches, good players and play winning football. The rubric we use in these matters isn't cutting it, and this is evidenced by keeping Gus Bradley. My prediction is the same 'ole, same 'ole in the future. Look how long we kept Pagano and Reich? Pitiful.

I'm not so much down on the Colts as I am down on football in general. Some of the Colts decisions baffle me, but I'm always free to be a fan of another team, another sport, or just opt to take a nap.

I hear that kind of thinking every year. I see what we have under Gus Bradley, and I don't like what I see. While we can always hope for more talent, we are underperforming with the talent we have. That drives me nuts!

What with the suspicious officiating, the Colts staying with Bradley, it's becoming difficult to remain a fan of Colts football. I suppose it is regression to the mean, and the mean is getting lower and lower each year.

He probably watched the Texans game, and his resistance to illness crashed. It made me sick, too.

Why try to bring in any talented player when we seem to be asking them to play sandlot football? We need a better coaching staff. The Colts have perfected hiring poor coaches like Caldwell, Pagano and Reich. The verdict is still out on Steichen, but he has a long way to go and needs to improve a lot. Our Defensive Coordinator needs to find a job that fits his talents - like Risk Avoidance. We performed as well as we could with this staff.

The Colts have shown they have a lot of structural problems to overcome. It's not fun watching a group of talented players play sandlot football against any actual professional football team. I'm not convinced the Colts would recognize good coaching if they had one arrive on their doorstep. I'm not blaming any one person. I'm blaming all of them.

That was the most stupidly called game I've watched all season. Makes me sick.

Bradley is the weakest link on this team. Between him and Reich, I don't know how we ever won a game. He must aspire to be pathetic.

The defense is so bad, I'll see you next year.

Bradley should join Reich in coaching a high school team preferably in another state.

Causal chains (causation) are networks of complex-coupled factors that are frankly beyond the grasp of most people. Even big honkin' computers have difficulties sussing them out.

The Pats are a toothless tiger, and not the competitors they once were. This game will tell us a lot about the Colts, especially if they were to lose.

I wonder how the decisions are being made? Who's pounding the table for these players, and who is picking the lesser of evils? If Ballard is driving this bus, he needs a better rubric (evaluation criteria). Hopefully, he's not using gut feelings.

In most sports, you are either winning or learning. At this stage, if we are learning that's what we need to be doing. If we win while learning, I'm fine with that, but so far - every ***** week - I see the same soft defense giving up miles to weak teams. We seem to have perfected our weak defense. Drives me crazy. If it weren't for the talent of a few of our players in making turnovers ... nevermind.

Tell me again when it comes to 2024 draft position how this win was helpful. Or, do you still think we are going far in the playoffs? Cue Jim Mora's infamous rant ...

It's what is known as a Pyrrhic Victory.

We have some good defensive talent, but our defensive strategy sucks. Maybe Bradley would be better at McDonalds.

You mean we didn't soil the bed, but we puked in it?

It's hard to evaluate Ballard with our coaching history being so bad. Our player development is terrible. This is not to say the Ballard is a good or great GM. We just can't make that judgement.

You go to war with the army you have. Quit making excuses, and learn to play the game.

Love the Colts, but really angry at the NFL. Maybe the Colts should play Lacrosse?