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Where do the Colts rank over the last 21 years?

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3 minutes ago, ColtRider said:

 

KC, you obviously do not know the entire story why the Irsays left Baltimore. They gave that city every opportunity to stay. Go read it, in it's entirety. I guess he could've given them more time, but time ran out fighting the municipalities. I would've left long before the Irsays did. By the time the city started to come around to the fact they might lose the organization, it was too late. 

 

The city played a game of chicken with the Colts. And, LOST! Darn shame IMO. If they could go back in time (the city) I think they would've changed things.

 

If you could go back in time, they probably would have. After the Colts left, things started to move for the Orioles with Camden Yards.  However, if you really want to go back in time, Baltimore should have built a new stadium for Carroll  Rosenbloom, who was local Baltimore guy, and a successful owner. Had we done that, possibly there never would have been a Robert Irsay in Baltimore. 

 

That being said, even had we built Rosenbloom a new stadium , he still may have wanted to swap franchises and move to the west coast , because he married gold- digging Georgia Frontierre , and wanted to produce movies in Hollywood. So maybe we still would have gotten Irsay anyway, but even with a new stadium , he may not have stayed as he had a horrible relationship with the Baltimore press. I guess we will never know. 

 

The other factor as stated were the incompetent Baltimore politicians. I will defend the fans , but the politicians were bad in 1983, and as you guys saw with the riots this summer, they are just as bad now in Baltimore. The other factor was that Bob put a bad product on the field in Baltimore, and later Indy . Jim has even acknowledged that. 

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