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2 hours ago, akcolt said:
I agree Turbin is easily our best blocking and short yardage RB. He is more athletic then he gets credit for He doesn't have the 40 times of Mack or Hines but he has quick feet. I wouldn't be surprised if he lead the team in rushing this season.
You mention 40 times...
Question for everyone... Do you think experience makes up for lack of a fast 40 time?
Say a 4.5 guy in college who makes the NFL and has 5 years of experience - Could you knock off .1 for every year of experience? So Robert Turbin is .3 or .4 behind the rookies and Mack, but with experience accounted for, he's quicker than the younger backs in game situations.
I'm not suggesting Turbin be the lead back, but if he can slip through this little crack of opportunity and produce. The team will have no choice but to use the most productive back more often, despite the 40 time.
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A little misdirection never hurts when trying to gain advantages in pro football. Never show all your cards. There's a lot of fame and fortune if one can stay in the line-up and work through the injuries. Some people will attack a known injury and who can blame them in today's game.
Just say it's a lower body injury and let them all try and figure it out. Advantage Colts.
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How about Robert Turbin? Known to make tough yards. Innovative play calling could put him in situations that create mismatches or just decoy him for bigger gains.
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5 hours ago, CR91 said:
Not sure how to feel if nelson cant move woods/stewart
Ah that's just a snippet. I'll bet Nelson pounded them at times as well.
Is it okay to start dreaming of an o-line that actually takes care of 12 and can pound teams into submission by the 4th quarter?
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Mr. Irsay has made way more good decisions in his lifetime, than many people here want to recognize. He's a billionaire team owner and you don't just walk into that territory without making millions of smart decisions.
People chirping about his indiscretions are simply jealous of Jim and couldn't make it to the billionaire status if they started with $999,000,000.
Good luck to you and your negative opinions of our owner. He is a strong family man who is secure enough to engage cynical fans on twitter.
Go Colts and Mr. Irsay in hoping the big mini-camp is competitive and productive for the team.
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On 5/30/2018 at 10:35 PM, PrincetonTiger said:
I see it on the player acquisition side
A lot of “Analytics Guys” have had more of a business background
That's a very interesting question to me.
I come from the hockey world and the analytics guys seem most interested in providing lots of situational data that can help the coaches plan for a game. They will suggest ways to strengthen the statistically-proven team weaknesses of their own team or provide ways to exploit every single opponent with mismatches that the data analysis suggests will have the highest percentage for success.
As for the "nerds" winning out, I'm not sure about that. The coaches are ultimately the ones who decide what to do in each situation during a game or practice. Now I will say that the players nowadays are very aware of the "best" play, as determined by analytics, and often play a less risky style. Whether that is good, bad or indifferent the players are very much affected by what the analytics guys are prompting the coaches to stress to the players in every tiny facet of the game.
I believe analytic's effectiveness is limited to a head coaches' ability to use the analytical information to make in-game decisions very quickly and effectively, yet also to listen to his intuition that is rooted in experiences the "nerds" will never understand. "Paralysis by analysis" can happen, with both coaches and players. Finding the right balance is very difficult when tradition says something completely different than the guy who now has a higher status within the organization than you. Your job depends on game results, while his jobs depends on managing data that never stops growing and multiplying.
The player acquisition side of an analytic guys's job is less obvious to the outside eye because it happens far from the ice. It happens in war-rooms (just like the NFL) where the scouts and "nerds" hash it out until an accurate picture is formed. It goes without say that old school hockey scouts are often stubborn and set in their ways, however the solid statistical counter-points that come from the well informed "nerds" can sometimes sway the scouts decisions which often, in a small way, saves themselves from themselves.
One last thing to add from my point of view is, that in professional hockey, the analytic gurus are shooting up the charts in terms of being hired for top-end managerial jobs. I've always thought there was some truth to the saying, "The meek shall inherit the earth", but I never thought in a million years that "nerds" would have any place in hockey. Consider me converted. I've lived the sport for over 50 years and I still enjoy studying and learning more about the game. From whom that information comes, is less-important to me these days.
Bottom line is: Old School Ideas < New Aged Ideas. The sooner any coach can accept that fact, the better his or her job security will be.
Sorry for the ridiculously long post folks. This subject is near and dear to me, what can I say. I hope my blathering allows some of you to see analytics from the perspective of a sport that really doesn't get much attention around the Indianapolis area.
Go Colts!
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Getting here late, but wow I'm interested in what Peyton has to say about the Colts not whether Tiger Woods is relevant anymore.
Reps is, and always has been, the key to mastery. Peyton probably answered the question after getting off the practice tee. The range is where every pro talks about how much they have to squeeze range ball reps into their busy schedules in order to stay sharp and get to Sunday still in contention for the win.
Another other part of the 10,000 reps philosophy is that Andrew Luck does not have to start at rep #1. He mastered the skills along time ago and it will take far fewer reps to get back to optimal performance for him.
I'm sure I'll catch flack from the keyboard coaches on the forum who will want to split hairs over the "mastery" aspect of my comment about Luck. That's okay, this is simply my opinion on the topic of skill acquisition when my beliefs are based on the tenet that perfection is not possible, nor necessary to have success in life.
Leaving now to watch the hockey game. I'll check back later for the banter this creates, if any.
Peace. And go Caps!
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Wasn't it was more like Grigson to pursue this familiarity type of deal?
Remember how Pep Hamilton and his familiarity with Luck was going to take us to the promised land. Or how anybody from The U that had familiarity with Chuck Pagano was going to lead us to greater heights.
I'm sure there are many other examples of Grigson's lame attempts at bettering the Colts by signing every guy who hit the waiver wire. Perhaps the more astute thing to have done would be to challenge his coaches to inspire and coach up the players they already had on the roster and see where that leads.
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Coaches must like what they have. The starters will emerge from within our current roster after battling it out at training camp.
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Hmmm. HIPAA huh? I see your point there. No wonder I'm a gym teacher.
Count me in as a patient fan who believes that this rehab is totally different than the last.
I trust there is more than hope this time for Luck getting back to playing like the stud athlete he was before these crazy injuries.
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Richie Incognito is not welcome here (by me at least). His face is the same as when he was a baby and his brain apparently stopped maturing at about the age of 12.
So what if he can block people and lasted 12 seasons in the NFL. It's a league where teams would sign a hippopotamus to play nose guard if they could get away with it. Even if the hippo had a history of throwing barbells at other hippos and has had previous suspensions for calling walruses very bad names.
No matter what Richie has left in the tank, the Indianapolis Colts don't need him or his substantial mental baggage.
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Man I can't wait for the season to begin. Getting back to reading actual columns by actual columnists reporting about what is actually happening with the team is going to make this Colts fan stop checking in on all these wild and crazy forum opinions.
I come here often to learn about the team and I usually leave ticked off because we have so many misguided "fans" who love to throw their opinions around like it's gospel.
How we ever going to be the class of the league if we constantly question the integrity of all the medical professionals and football people involved with Andrew Luck?
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Hey I heard that the doctors installed an extra ligament in his arm and he is going to be able to throw "The Duke" 171 yards standing still.
Irsay is just a little slow organizing the pay-per-view event where Luck throws it from Lucas Oil Stadium to Kokomo, Indiana.
Just saying, I mean I read it on the internet. I believe it was the Blah-Blah-Blah Blog.
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I like to think TY goes for a 1000 yards receiving the ball, then a whole bunch more after he catches it. 10+ TDs
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5 minutes ago, P'Son said:
I was against the signing then and still am. This guy is trouble.
Ouch. Did he steal your lunch money or something? lol
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Composure guys composure.
No bickering in the huddle! It never helps the team.
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Should be some holes to run through this year. I'd like to see the Colts force the young guys to grow up quick and the only way is by playing in the games. Cream will rise to the top by playoff time.
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Winning games will control the only message that's relevant to the Colts. If a team is dumb enough to alter it's preparations for the Colts based on media rumors, so be it. Advantage Colts.
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Also can't wait for them to start neutralizing the blitzers coming right up the middle every game.
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Well he has some potent pieces to coach up this time.
Two All-American linemen in the draft this year, plus Kelly coming back.
Can't wait to see them just manhandle people at the line of scrimmage.
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Is it fair to say that "Indy" has been identified by opposing players, coaches and talking-heads as a "soft" team?
If so, why did we get it? And what do we need to do to change it?
I have heard things like they're a indoor turf team, a finesse team, a pass first team, etc.
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They are similar in that neither is going to influenced by the hype going on in the media. Remember when the media said Ricky Williams was the greatest thing since sliced bread and Polian took Edgerrin (thank God).
Fairly common trait amongst GMs I would think. Dorsey in Cleveland just stunned most people with the Mayfield pick because the media kept pumping us with Darnold and Allen.
I believe Ballard has the potential makings of another Bill Polian. Hopefully he isn't as smug as Crusty Bill used to be when people questioned his decisions.
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13 minutes ago, Trueman said:
God, I can’t wait to watch this kid. I’ve waited my entire adult life to see a dude like this on the Colts.
Let’s start punching people in the mouth.
Man I am so with you on that. It's time to start "giving" the beatings as opposed to "taking" the beatings.
Only on the field of course!
Domestically we need gentlemen who can handle the fortune and fame.
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In addition to the athleticism, the grit and toughness our picks show should be a monumental step in turning around the "soft label" we once earned and can never seem to shake.
Creeping back into contention...
Can't wait for Blue Nation to be on top again.
Hopefully this coaching staff plays the better players.
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Playing the best player at a position seems like a no brainer, but history suggests differently when RG/CP were leading the Colts.
I would hope the new regime is smarter than the last and will at least try to win games using the top players at their position.
When splitting hairs between two equally performing players, I hope that youth wins out and that player is given the chance to develop further with the experience of playing games with the live bullets flying.