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Robert Mathis is Letting Brad Wells Have It

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Brad Wells is insufferable, always has been.

 

He says Pagano's job would have been on the line had they lost to the Raiders. No. Way. This is essentially his first season coaching. Should the Jags fire Gus Bradley for losing to the Chiefs week 1? Should the Browns fire Rob Chudzinski for losing to the Dolphins week 1? Answer to both of those: NO. It's one game.

 

Also, today he suggested we should fire someone for the poor performance against Oakland. Lol

 

He also claimed when we released Freeney that he was expendable, but now he keeps stating "Someone tell me why we released Dwight Freeney again?!?" 

 

The examples above are only to name a few of his antics.

 

What Skip Bayless is to the national sports world, Brad Wells is to the Colts world. Thrive on negativity and get views based on his irrational, wishy-washy, insane comments.

Totally agree. I can't begin to describe how annoyed I am by people calling for coaches' heads after 1 game. We have no idea how good this season's Raiders are. It was a close game sure, but how do we know the Raiders are a bad team this year. We assumed they would be an inferior opponent, but maybe they are this year's surprise team. Nobody knows because it's been ONE game. Pep has coached ONE game. Pagano has not even coached one full season! They will both look at their coaching from this game and adjust/improve, just like the players. 

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i know brad wells is a *, but i actually agree with him on the pagano front, about his coaching and in-game managing.. about the "coaching with the lead" article, i noticed it last year, and saw it again in week 1.. 

 

i love the the colts and wish them nothing but the best..

 

but if i think the head coach is not currently doing the best job, does that make me a * as well?? 

 

I understand your concerns.  Let me see if I can do something to allay them a bit.

 

In this scenario, we come out, guns blazing.  We go up by two touchdowns going into the half.  After the half it seems that the other team comes on strong and we lose our momentum. 

Before long the game is tied, or worse, we are now behind.  Late heroics from Luck saves the day again.

 

Sound familiar?    It happens all the time, but not just to us.  Even the best of teams suffer though this scenario. In fact it happens so often that Chris Collinsworth had dubbed it "The Curse of the Big Early Lead."

 

So, what is really happening? 

 

When we open up a lead early on, our gameplan is working.  We are executing well, and we are well prepared for the opponents reprisal.  We have the initiative.

 

Then at some point, usually after the half.  The opponent adjusts their obviously faulty gameplan to more specifically counter ours.  Often this swings the momentum to the other team, as we are now reacting to them.  They now have the initiative.

 

If our team is good, we can make adjustments on the fly and reclaim the momentum late in the game.  Ending with a glorious W for us and a big fat L for them.

 

Why aren't we blowing out teams?

 

A variety of reasons. 

 

When a blowout occurs, it's usually the result of the above scenario mixed with multiple catastrophic failures for the losing side.  Could be anything.  To name a few: serious injury to critical players, turnovers, bad penalties, fatigue, turnovers, broken wills, bad counter strategy, ineptitude, or turnovers.

 

First and foremost we simply aren't creating enough turnovers to rout or opponents.  It is the key element present in the majority of heavy beatdowns.  That's not really a coaching problem, that is a defensive/ST playmaking problem.  I'm not worried about it because this team is still really young and/or new.  We have a lot of talent, but it takes time for everyone to start pulling in the same direction.  I am confident we will get there.

 

Beyond that, our offense is still too inexperienced to really put the heat on opposing defenses for the full 60 minutes.  Again, I am confident we will get there. 

 

Also, our OL is weak.  If it were strong we could really start enforcing our will on opponents.  I have hopes that Thornton and Holmes can improve the line, but only time will tell.

 

Are we too conservative? Why does it seem like we are in the second half?

 

No, I don't believe we are.  We just simply have great opening strategy.  When you are rolling on a team it would be foolish to alter your strategy before you understand your opponent's counter.  It's seems like we go conservative because the other team has changed up attack and is now attempting to exploit the holes in our game.  We generally do tighten up a bit when we get a lead, almost all teams do.  It just simply, minimization of high risk plays.  Sometimes teams overdo it, but it doesn't happen nearly as often as you might think , and I haven't had that concern with the Colts.

 

So, where does that leave us?

 

I think we are looking pretty good coaching wise*.  We have, ostensibly, a first year head coach.  A first year OC.  Tons of new players. Tons of young players.  I don't think you can apply data from last season to this team.  And given what I have seen thus far, I think we look just fine.  The most impressive thing is that we still have the ability to adjust to our opponents counter.  This is not easy to do, particularly with a squad as young and fresh as the 2013 Colts are.  It speaks to the talent level (particularly Mr. Luck) that we are able to implement adjustments on the fly.  But it also speaks to the coaching that the players are confident enough to pull it off.

 

TL/DR:  We are going to be fine  We do have some issues, but there is zero evidence that our coaching is a problem.  I just remembered the thread was about Brad Wells.  Guess that shows what I think of that guy.

 

*Although it is far too early to cast judgement.  Coaching takes time to evaluate.  I don't mean wait a week or two.  I mean give it a season. 

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I read Stampedeblue--Wells has actually surrounded himself with some strong bloggers who write well thought out articles. As for Wells, I actually think he has good points at times, but his presentation, tone, and lack of willingness to entertain those who disagree with him, overshadow what he is actually saying. I do think Pagano has struggled to coach with a lead. We saw it last year against the Vikes and Jags and this year against Oakland. I don't know if it is his conservatism per se, or just a general team struggle. Either way, it falls on Pags to figure out how to drive the nail in the coffin so to speak. 


 


As far as arguing with Mathis on Twitter, well, it is unprofessional of both Wells and Mathis. Wells started it by throwing the first punch, but Mathis should have just ignored it. Anyone remember when Saturday called out Wells? The blogger in his mom's basement comment...hahahaha. 

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Brad Wells is a brave man. He said what needed to be said. Pagano is too conservative.

Wells is an amateur. He consistently makes inflammatory remarks that many times are just his opinion. It's all for the draw to his blog. He can't even be professional enough to spell words correctly on a consistent basis. He can hide behind his computer and never have to face any of the people that he drags thru the mud. He's nothing more than a fan like most of us but he has a larger audience because of the website. Most of his stuff is just put out there to cause a stir so more people log onto his site.

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Being critical of the coach isn't the problem. It's the sensational manner in which it's done, along with the presentation of opinion and supposition as unimpeachable fact.

I just read a twit of him saying something like "is my job to write my opinion". I thought he considered himself some sort of journalist...i thought a journalist was in the business of writing facts, opinions aside.

 

he sucks

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I just read a twit of him saying something like "is my job to write my opinion". I thought he considered himself some sort of journalist...i thought a journalist was in the business of writing facts, opinions aside.

 

he sucks

 

He wears the reporter/journalist hat when it suits him, and the blogger/opinion writer hat when it suits him. He's a phony. He's not even a good writer. He's turned his opinion based blog into something with a lot of reach, and he deserves credit for that. But he's the blogger version of a shock jock.

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Wells is an amateur. He consistently makes inflammatory remarks that many times are just his opinion. It's all for the draw to his blog. He can't even be professional enough to spell words correctly on a consistent basis. He can hide behind his computer and never have to face any of the people that he drags thru the mud. He's nothing more than a fan like most of us but he has a larger audience because of the website. Most of his stuff is just put out there to cause a stir so more people log onto his site.

 

The funniest part about that is, if you compare the number of comments at Stampede to the other SBN NFL blogs... It's underperforming in comparison. The number of comments in their game day and analysis posts leave Stampede in the dust. How often have you ever seen Brad need to split his game day thread into 1st and 2nd halves? But that's common for the other blogs. And no, those bloggers aren't hated by their team's fanbase. 

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Phil B. is my favorite, but then I am biased truth be told.  I have to say I really miss Kuharsky and that neither Well's (Mike or Brad) do much for me.  (Are they they same guy?).  One hates the Colts and the other could care less about the Colts and openly says he's no fan of the team and doesn't know much about that.  (I was shocked he admitted it).  You don't have to be (and shouldn't be) a homer, but I do think it helps to sincerely have an interest in the team and not just be going through the motions.  Phil and Mike and Bob love the Colts but still tell it like it is.  

 

 

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Phil B. is my favorite, but then I am biased truth be told. I have to say I really miss Kuharsky and that neither Well's (Mike or Brad) do much for me. (Are they they same guy?). One hates the Colts and the other could care less about the Colts and openly says he's no fan of the team and doesn't know much about that. (I was shocked he admitted it). You don't have to be (and shouldn't be) a homer, but I do think it helps to sincerely have an interest in the team and not just be going through the motions. Phil and Mike and Bob love the Colts but still tell it like it is.

nah Mike Wells is the old Pacers beat writer from the star. At least he's a legit journalist. Also I've never gotten the idea that Kravitz is attached to the Colts at all which I am fine with I prefer my media guys to not be attached to them unless they are the local play-by-play guy like Lamey that's part of Lameys charm he's one of us calling the game.
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To those that suggest Pagano isn't very good coaching with a lead, have you though just maybe our pretty young and immature set of players are just finding their feet? It's like me saying give him a pay rise for being able to coach up a team to win 3/5 games he's actually been on the side lines for....

 

And let's ignore the way we finished off the Texans (with a lead). That was probably just down to the players though.

 

*sigh*

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Brad wells never stops, he goes after former players too lol

@StampedeBlue: Remember how the Bills were going to 'unleash' Jerry Hughes? Hahahahahaha!!! Yeah, that crap was hilarious.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue get a life buddy and stay on your own team

@StampedeBlue: @Iam_jerryhughes Be relevant, 'buddy.' Right now, you're a classic first round bust.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue you just keep my name out ur mouth.I don't concern myself with u and u should do the same.U had ur time in Indy.

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Brad wells never stops, he goes after former players too lol

@StampedeBlue: Remember how the Bills were going to 'unleash' Jerry Hughes? Hahahahahaha!!! Yeah, that crap was hilarious.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue get a life buddy and stay on your own team

@StampedeBlue: @Iam_jerryhughes Be relevant, 'buddy.' Right now, you're a classic first round bust.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue you just keep my name out ur mouth.I don't concern myself with u and u should do the same.U had ur time in Indy.

I would love to see Brad say some of this stuff to these guys in person. He is a turd

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Brad wells never stops, he goes after former players too lol

@StampedeBlue: Remember how the Bills were going to 'unleash' Jerry Hughes? Hahahahahaha!!! Yeah, that crap was hilarious.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue get a life buddy and stay on your own team

@StampedeBlue: @Iam_jerryhughes Be relevant, 'buddy.' Right now, you're a classic first round bust.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue you just keep my name out ur mouth.I don't concern myself with u and u should do the same.U had ur time in Indy.

Yeah well in this case Brad Wells was right.

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Brad wells never stops, he goes after former players too lol

@StampedeBlue: Remember how the Bills were going to 'unleash' Jerry Hughes? Hahahahahaha!!! Yeah, that crap was hilarious.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue get a life buddy and stay on your own team

@StampedeBlue: @Iam_jerryhughes Be relevant, 'buddy.' Right now, you're a classic first round bust.

@Iam_jerryhughes: @StampedeBlue you just keep my name out ur mouth.I don't concern myself with u and u should do the same.U had ur time in Indy.

That's pretty funny lol.

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uh...no he wasn't

i have to agree with you.  everytime I have watched the Bills this year Hughes seems to be near the ball and or QB.  I am not impressed with Shepherd AT ALL.  I like Grigson and think he has made some great moves but Shepherd for Hughes was a mistake. 

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I would love to see Brad Wells in the Colts locker room just once lol, at least Skip Bayless will say what he feels to the players face(ex. Chris Bosh, TO, Richard Sherman, t.suggs etc) and offer them to come on the show and discuss it. Even if what he says sometime is ridiculous least he has the balls to say it to them directly

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Jerry Hughes is awful. Brad Wells' job is hack blogger. He may well be the greatest of all time.

actually Hughes did pretty well his last year with the Colts in the game he started, He got inconsistent playing time because staff was stuck on the idea of Freeney actually being good in this defense on a near every down basis (when he was healthy he should have been a 3rd down pass rush specialist only and had Hughes in on 1st and 2nd down)

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Hughes isn't awful this year. 

He was drafted in the first round by the Colts to be a great pass rusher. He was horrific here. One decent/good year on a different team doesn't change the fact that he is/was a disappointment here. I dislike Wells as much as the next guy, but what he said to Jerry doesn't bother me.

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He was drafted in the first round by the Colts to be a great pass rusher. He was horrific here. One decent/good year on a different team doesn't change the fact that he is/was a disappointment here. I dislike Wells as much as the next guy, but what he said to Jerry doesn't bother me.

 

 

Not his fault he was taken 3 round to early. 

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actually Hughes did pretty well his last year with the Colts in the game he started, He got inconsistent playing time because staff was stuck on the idea of Freeney actually being good in this defense on a near every down basis (when he was healthy)

I'm sure that was a $ thing. I have issue with a first round picks play being described as pretty good after he has been in the league a few years. I also get that had Hughes been on a 3-4 team the whole time as opposed to a 4-3 he probably would have been better. I just think he was drafted way too early, and into the wrong system. I've never been impressed with his play on the NFL level.

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