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I agree with you. And this is why I love Colts (and Pacers). Of course everyone wants to win games. But ultimately, we--players, coaches, managers, and fans--are people. We are not football machines. A key difference between people and machines is that people have emotions and characters while machines are just designed for a single purpose.
I am sure there is a way to build up a winning team purely based on talents and numbers. But that is not a team I want. I want a team of players with characters and hearts, not a machine running to produce wins.
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Everyone will have a bad day. AV shows that he is trustworthy and a good leader in the locker room. If he thinks that he can do another year, I just find no reason not to trust him.
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I love Luck as a person and as a player. And this is just my very personal opinion on Luck. To me, Luck is the kind of person who always cares too much and puts too much weight on his shoulder. However, he is also the kind of player who needs to forget about tons of concerns in order to focus. This is why he had so many fourth-quarter comebacks--that was the moment when he could totally forget about different concerns and focus on football. (another example was the end of first half yesterday, the only two minutes I felt like Luck being the real Luck.)
I think this also explains why Luck played comparatively poorly in the last few games. I feel that he cared too much about turnovers and worried about mistakes. The terrible pick six in the Titan game really hurt. Personally I believe that was an interesting turning point.
Because Luck worried so much about turnovers, he started holding the ball for too long and when he threw, he threw it relatively low and short. I haven't played football at all but I think that is another sign of Luck's being worried about getting intercepted. Yesterday, most of Luck's bad throws were slow, soft, and short. This is what one would do in that kind of weather when one worried about turnovers.
Again, just a very personal thought. Go Colts!
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We have a first-year HC, a first-year OC, and a first-year DC. I believe they learned a big lesson, and I believe they will be better. And I've seen the first step to being better: taking responsibility. Go Colts!
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To me, this shows our lack of playoff experience, including Luck, the coaching staff, and fans. I think everybody tried too hard and thought too much, losing the right mindset. Luck has playoff experience but he was off for a year which was a big gap. He worried too much about mistakes in the past few games. Reich also thought too much. I guess he wanted some changes in play calls in order to make us less predictable, but the sacrifice was that we lost our rhythm. Those defensive turnovers, to me, were results of players thinking too much and being nervous/sensitive. They worried about losing, which was a bad mindset.
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I will just sign him if he wants to play. I trust this man so much and I believe that if he feels he could no longer contribute he will quit. Before that, I enjoy every moment of having him.
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Well said.
Irsay is not perfect, and nobody is perfect. I admire Irsay because he truly loves football and truly supports players and coaches. He is not a good public speaker, but from his broken sentences you can see and hear his love and commitment. Working for a man like Irsay would be great.
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I think before his knee hit the ground, the ball had been out of his hand for sure. The video was clear.
The next question is, then, whether he had control of the ball merely using his arm, or whether this was even possible. I like the win and I also think it was the right call.
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We saw how fearless this man was. He never hesitated to get the hit.
We saw how depressed he was when he was not able to play, and thought he might not be able to play at all, in a recent interview.
From everything I learned for years about Andrew, I just have no doubt that he would take the hit and score if it was a close game. And this play reminded me again this man is a responsible person who once worried he might not be able to play anymore. He is not a robot but a person with emotions, thoughts, passions, worries...
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Let me say this. People have different ideas because they think from different perspectives. Tbh I am confused about some options of Ballard too. But I also believe two things. First, I am confused because I think about things from my perspective. From Ballard's perspective, he should not be confused; otherwise, he would not make those options. Second, I truly believe that Ballard's perspective is better than mine... the information he got, the analysis he had, etc.
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First, whether it is a good plan or not, he has a plan. AND he wants to communicate with us about it and keeps it transparent.
Second, I personally like his plan. So, I just like it!
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Two thoughts. First, Gore is a humble and responsible man. He took responsibilities and apologized several times to fans. He truly loves football and fans.
Second, I have a hard time evaluating his performance. I think his performance was below average for sure, but he was also the best RB we've had in Luck era. At least it suggests that our line should take partial responsibility for Gore's performance.
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A good piece for some exercises of critical thinking. From some data, plus a methodology, you get some conclusion. But this whole process may show either the conclusion is right or the methodology is problematic, or the data are not complete.
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I have mixed feelings toward Robinson. He has done a very decent job defending players of his type. But I also remember that he REALLY struggled when defending receivers that were taller than him.
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kudos to Irsay for his courage to fire his lovely son.
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I am fine with Chud. He is not the best for sure and he has some questionable game plans. But I just do not know whether there are better options and, if there are, whether its worth replacing Chud with a new system. Also, I think the primary problem is the defense not the offense.
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I think:
1. he is pretty funny.
2. his show on IU campus is expensive. $31 for a student ticket...
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This is why I like the decision. Fans evaluate different options solely in terms of their possibilities, like Sean Payton, Saban, etc. But Jim (and his staff) evaluates different options in terms of viabilities. I'm sure they tried hard and checked many options, more than fans can think of, sometimes. And to be honest, there are few really great coaches available...
IMHO this is probably the best result. Pagano is a good coach and loved by players. Of course it is not perfect but life is not ideal...
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IMHO, Luck's problem is more at the psychological level. Look at his face when he stood at the sideline. He was worried and helpless. I was in that kind of situation before, you made mistakes, you wanted to correct your mistakes, you failed, then you wanted to do more but messed up again.
This explained to me why Luck made slower decisions than before. He worried about mistakes. So he hesitated and missed open players.
Luck has to get our of this by himself. And this will be important experience in his career. I would like to be patient but also wish he could find himself asap.
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We all know what our locker room looks like and how responsible Luck is. But man it is just so nice to hear how a player describes the locker room and Luck. I will never get bored hearing those words.