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I personally think how it was followed up was a worse look, especially on Irsay. Specifically, with the reports that came out that Ballard objected to bringing Saturday in. Irsay had his mind made up... Regardless of that, I'm not sure Frank's firing was a bad look considering they recognized (and by they, I mean Irsay, and by recognize, I mean way too late) that the organization was clearly heading in the wrong direction with him. And I think the moves made in the offseason and subsequent success, even with major injuries and suspensions across the board, proved it was the right decision.

Shane will be heavily involved. There is no doubt. I think the o-line’s improvement (and Ballard’s continued belief of constant investment in the trenches) as well as having established weapons in Pittman (if he’s retained), downs and a top back in JT is a good starting point to add to for Richardson to be successful. I don’t think it’s going to take as much as some think it may. Of course, we want to add as much firepower as possible. regarding the scouting, I don’t know. I tend to agree with @DougDew on being lucky in the draft- but putting yourself in position to be is a big part of that. If they like certain traits of players and they have option of a few guys at a certain position throughout the draft, who can reasonably predict who is going to be the one to excel in the nfl? Using measurables and your interviews to gauge the type of worker they look to be seems to be a pretty solid philosophy when picking players. I think Ballard tries to outsmart the draft process by trading down and acquiring more possibilities of hitting maybe a little too much. But I can’t reasonably say that, because I only know so much about the process.

Ballard said that Luck was not coming back as early as is first presser on the matter, IIRC. Many others were holding out hope, and Ballard said that he has to assume that Luck won't ever be here. Whether he meant it, who knows, but he sounded pretty convincing then. that’s why I wonder if he had his hands tied by Irsay regarding spending a first round pick in ‘20 on a qb to pair with rivers. They scouted Herbert and love both. They essentially reached out to Luck every year to keep dialogue in the event he wanted to stage a comeback. Even the slightest hope (especially by the owner) can alter decision making. The Wentz move is the interesting one as it was Reich that stuck his neck out for it. Either Ballard didn’t have much of a say on that, or felt the options were poor enough to go along with Reich’s willingness to vouch for the guy. “You can take most of the credit for his success, but you can also take the blame for his failure.”

I get what you are saying, but I think that is a major stretch… 98%?

this was my first thought.

his biggest issue was being arrogant to think it wasn’t “about any one guy” after Luck retired and believing he could build it without addressing the qb spot aggressively. It is about one guy. It was with Peyton Manning. It was with Andrew Luck. And it certainly is with CJ Stroud in Houston. You take any of those “one guy” away and the results are significantly different. It’s a qb driven league. So that’s his biggest knock, yes. I always wonder if he didn’t have his hands tied early for the concern that Luck might come back. Idk on that, and I know that he had some good opportunities in 2020 to be aggressive, and he chose to be on the defensive line with Buckner. For me, and it’s worth repeating over and over, you just hope he shows he has learned big lessons. I think drafting AR/hiring Steichen was a big sign that he did. Just bad luck that AR was knocked out for the season or else we’d all likely have a much different outlook going forward.

Don’t even pretend to have meant something else… lol. I’m not sure I even meant for you to be lumped into the negative Nancy group I was referring to, if that is how you took it. And it wasn’t fair for me to “fire first” and include you in the fictional short-story dialogue that I created. You were just easy target for commenting recently on this thread, so it seemed relevant.

Why are you here? Seriously… what the hell are you doing here right now? Seeking attention?

Not necessarily. I'm not sure you are one that attacks people in a negative manner. I mean- I was literally told last night that I likely jerk off in a Chris Ballard sock puppet... LOL. You speak of problem solving as if that is what people do here. (Or even as if we are responsible for solving the problems of our beloved Indianapolis Colts). It's one thing to point out and discuss negative aspects that you might not like, and debate on concepts. It's another thing to post nothing but hate (and the same hate over and over again,) especially from a place of emotion. I would argue that your comments on "positive mindedness goes towards helping feelings" isn't really applied here, but that the opposite is. People seem to take their anger out on this forum to help them feel better that the Colts haven't been in the playoffs much like we were so accustomed to. The positive-minded ones are perhaps the ones that aren't angry about it and look at it from a more logical standpoint. I've worked with some of the personalities on this forum, and as one of my mentors have pointed out, if those individuals were the ones making the major decisions of the company, we'd be in trouble. They'd be firing people on a whim without looking at consequences. They'd be unable to keep staff from turning over. They'd be placing the blame on others on problems they created. Simply put, they'd be dysfunctional as managers. But they all have their opinions on management, that's for sure. Having a general positive mindset in life and not recognizing problems in one's own life/not solving them are not mutually exclusive. One can recognize issues and choose to apply their positive way of thought to solve the problem, and often in a more efficient manner than the alternative. I mean, imagine being a negative problem solver with a child, who often has a lot of negative behaviors that need correcting... I can't imagine reacting to my children's poor behavior in anything but a positive way. It's the scientifically proven way to do so.

tell me you don’t understand addiction without telling me… 🤦‍♂️ A history of addiction in an older person with chronic health problems is a dangerous combination. It’s a vicious cycle. Addiction leads to poor health requiring surgery down the road. Surgery requires pain medicine. Etc. I think the fact that he has more resources than the vast majority to address it (and has used those resources and even started full campaigns on mental health awareness) should be seen as a very real scenario that it’s not some nonsense excuse for drug users. It affects every level of society. You should take a course and thank your lucky stars that you aren’t personally affected by it. Which you are obviously not with your judgment on the issue.

some people just can’t help but being negative. I left an entire career at a young age from being around toxic negativity all day… and it made my life and bank account much better over time. When I log off here for periods of time, it’s because it’s too negative for my liking. Negative energy is contagious and when it grows, it’s overpowering. Guaranteed. GUARANTEED those that are frequently negative on this forum live their lives that way. You don’t magically become a positive minded individual when you log off the computer and vice versa.

Exactly. It just shows they are incapable of thinking logically. I didn’t agree at the time years back when people were laughing at colts fans because they were spoiled. But man, I do now. These haters on here think can just snap your fingers and win football games like it’s Madden. It’s easy to point out the issues in hindsight, and people are really good at on this forum. But the minute you say anything that is actually logical, like the record of Ballard when he actually had a starting qb out there, they choose to ignore it or double down on the record with backup caliber qb play.

I understand this to be a sensitive topic with the news of the day: But this post was the first thing I thought of this morning... Going into the first drama free offseason in a while, or so we thought.

I doubt there are very many on this forum that don't wish that...

They could also create a new ownership group (calling Peyton Manning) and put more pressure back onto the NFL. We act like this isn't an owner's league. I have little thought that moving the Colts to a foreign city is a good idea versus a team in another small market elsewhere that doesn't have the same fan base and support.

Why the Indianapolis Colts? The team that has had one of the top attendance record in the entire league for the past, what? three decades? We also hosted the best Super Bowl possibly ever, in terms of efficiency. Make Tepper move to Mexico. He's a clown, and his fans are gone...

I’m not sure we really know… I hope to see an aggressive offseason. I would categorize last year as one. Landing a top offensive coaching candidate and pairing him with a top 5 draft pick, super human at qb was a pretty big change in the Ballard tenure. If he steps it up a notch from that this offseason, I don’t see a reason we won’t be competitive. Most of it will ride on Richardson’s health and continued development.

It depends how sentimental his museum is… selling his collect ion would put a huge dent in the taxes. I can’t imagine that taxes hasn’t been part of the planning. It’s poor planning if it hasn’t been in the works. I can’t imagine that being the case. perhaps they bring in some minority ownership to raise capital to offset that burden, but I don’t see it with how involved are. The Colts are the Irsay legacy. They all seem to be all-in on that. You can spot Carley on the sideline with a headset on most home games.

do you know what helps that? Having consistent qb play. It hides a lot of holes, and every team has them. The margin of winning is small, and more often than not can be pointed at the qb play. Houston game is the perfect example of that…

for one, they are all Indianapolis based girls. All 3 are vice-chairs and co-owners of the franchise. So the succession is in place. Carley is the oldest and has represented the team since 2004. Casey is married to AJ Foyt IV, you know the Indy car family… she went to Indiana University, as did Kalen, the youngest.

its the same tired “year 8- blah blah.” They have their qb. They have a legit head coach, not a last second makeshift guy pretending to be. They were a few plays away from the division title with their qb on IR. Get him weapons. Keep him protecting (mostly from himself). Add some pieces on defense and go do the damn thing.

No. I wasn't. I was only happy with the performance of Andrew Luck. I get what you are saying. I also think it could be a big reason Ballard's been given a second chance by Irsay. He might have wanted Frank to be a short term makeshift deal, but he had a good 2018 run and then Irsay tied him up with him for too long. We don't know that it was Ballard's decision to keep him that long, just like we don't know that it was Ballard making the decisions on qb's. I think the fact that he's been given a second chance, and this time Irsay stepped out of the picture and let him entirely conduct the coaching search/decision as well as draft the qb speaks volumes.

I don't disagree at qb. And I would say that he probably would agree with you, in hindsight. At the time, they had Phil Rivers coming in on what they all thought would be 2 years. It was probably the right time to make that move. Dodds scouted Herbert pretty hard and they ended up trading for Buckner. I really liked the idea of Jordan Love, and in hindsight, he could have worked out sitting for a year behind Rivers and then taking his lumps for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, which were miserable anyways. But that's all in hindsight, so it doesn't do much good discussing the what-if. What if Ty Goodson caught that ball, and we beat Houston and are still in the playoffs right now? See- I just don't like playing that game. It's not living in reality. We have our qb. We need to get him healthy and throwing again. We need to protect him and help him protect himself. And we need to be aggressive in putting weapons around him/shoring up the defensive side of the ball. Next year is a big year for the Indianapolis Colts. I won't sugarcoat it more than it needs to be said.

@shasta519 I don't expect you to read that post. Considering you just said you think I jerk off in a Ballard sock puppet. And I'm not sure you can actually read comprehensively. But you should try...