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[Mameluc]

I don't remember anyone getting flamed for that opinion. I recall being concerned whisenhut would do a good job, thus having a very short stay.

i dont remember who but i remember plenty of his scheme sucks and it was because of larry catching fire and werner playing great and that he sucked etc.

 

perhaps flamed was exageration but i honestly liked the idea and people was mostly not to fond of the idea.

[Rian Huff]

my bad a was typing in a hurry, and was just saying it and typing something different lol

[Darryl C. Patrick]

You wanted Arians to be HC after he was fired by the Steelers? I call nonsense on that one.

And I think you forgot how bad the offense was at times last year. Now imagine that offense without Reggie, DA and Vick Ballard.

I totally agree. I dont see why no one is giving Pep Hamilton anything but failing grades after the cards hes been dealt as far as personnel injuries are concerned. He didn't ask for DHB dropping key passes or Reggie Wayne being hurt. But, his style of play, when things get back to normal with the right personnel, will build Championships. No one was dogging him out when we played Steeler and Raven like smash-mouth Football on the 49ers.  Everyone wants the gaudy numbers but damn yall...all those years with Peyton Manning lighting up the scoreboard during the regular season to watch every smash-mouth team come in and knock us out of the Playoffs hasnt educated anyone YET? I understand Irsays mentality that ONLY one Lombardi trophy after all those so-called great OFFENSIVE numbers is a good lesson learned. Smash-mouth Football on BOTH sides of the ball will win Championships. MULTIPLE ones....not Madden 2014 offensive numbers....Pep's doing fine.

[Darryl C. Patrick]

Are the old "Fire Arians" threads still available for perusal? A lot of people on here were calling for his head bc Luck was getting killed last year. Also, complaints about no check downs, no attempts to run the ball, plays taking too long to develop....geesh hindsight is 20/20 isn't it? You are are canonizing Arians right now when last year everyone complained how his offense wasn't working here. I distinctly remember the same "he won't adjust his game plan" complaint threads about Arians last year as we're seeing with Pep this year. And Pep has tried in the past few weeks! Arians just kept having Luck chuck it down field and get crushed. Pep may not be the answer. But Arians is gone and we can't change that. Pep is learning on the fly and has dealt with massive offensive injuries that Arians didn't have last season. But with this line and the injuries we have, Arians' offense would likely produce similar results

Very fair post. After this new style of play takes hold when all the starters that are injured get back and the Colts are as hard to beat every week as they looked up in San Fran, these same haters will be on the bandwagon when the Colts win big. And they wont even have the decency to say they were wrong about Hamilton. That 49er game is the blueprint for going deep in the Playoffs. Just look at the results of the two teams in the AFC that employ that style. Between the Steelers and the Ravens, since 2000, they BOTH have two Super Bowl victories. How many do the Colts have in that time trying to air it out to beat NFL Championship contenders. When the Colts DID win the Super Bowl in 2006, it was a strong defense late in the season and smash-mouth football, much of it on the ground with Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai that got us the Lombardi trophy. If people are HONEST with themselves, they'll see that a great rush defense, and the Colt smash-mouth GROUND game and probably Dominic Rhodes were the REAL story of the game and Dom earned the MVP award. I was shocked they "gave" it to Peyton. And that's an honest, non-biased assessment.