Ballard Using An Orangatang For Player Selection

[King Colt]

As long as it works I'm all for it. Better than the Browns method.

[BLUEx40]

just sucks now ifel like when i read/watch anything on our great draft its goin to overshadowed by this but still good draft

[MTC]

I highly doubt it was Ballard's idea.

[BLUEx40]

Just now, BLUEx40 said:

4just sucks now ifel like when i read/watch anything on our great draft its goin to overshadowed by this but still good draft

 

[2006Coltsbestever]

I could really care less if he uses a Donkey, we had a great Draft.

[chad72]

It is so easy, even an orangutan could do it, is that what he was trying to say?  

 

We probably are trying to gain more animal lovers for season ticket holders. 

[WoolMagnet]

Thats our secret weapon.

is that Macafee's old roomate?

actually, the ape is making better picks than Grigs did.

irsay could have saved a bunch of money spent on Ballard and just throw the monkey a bag of food on occasion.

[WoolMagnet]

Anyone else think this was Pag's idea?

a shot at Grigs maybe?

[NewColtsFan]

 

Ahhh.....    uhhh......     ehhhh....

 

I seriously doubt it was Ballard's idea or his call to do that.

 

It was likely made in another part of the building and Irsay signs off....

 

I had no trouble with it...      it was a picture on the front of NFL.com for a while....    

 

It's just fun......

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

What the hell? Could somebody explain? Who did what/said what? 

[Steamboat_Shaun]

7 minutes ago, Mr Clueless said:

What the hell? Could somebody explain? Who did what/said what? 

 

 

[bababooey]

Mayock was not a fan 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

7 minutes ago, Steamboat_Shaun said:

 

 

OK, that is weird!

[austriancolt]

Didn't like it! It is disrespectful to the player, unoriginal and not very funny, there is enough show and entertainment in this draft you don't have to make such stupid stuff.

[jvan1973]

2 minutes ago, austriancolt said:

Didn't like it! It is disrespectful to the player, unoriginal and not very funny, there is enough show and entertainment in this draft you don't have to make such stupid stuff.

The NFL disagrees with you

[King Colt]

1 hour ago, MTC said:

I highly doubt it was Ballard's idea.

Duh, really?

[MTC]

1 minute ago, King Colt said:

Duh, really?

 

I mean you stated it in the title. 

[King Colt]

1 minute ago, MTC said:

 

I mean you stated it in the title. 

It's called "humor', you know like a joke or a gag. Get it?!

[DougDew]

What in the world is the big deal?  It was funny, and injected some humor and interest into an otherwise boring string of player selections.

[King Colt]

1 hour ago, BLUEx40 said:

just sucks now ifel like when i read/watch anything on our great draft its goin to overshadowed by this but still good draft

Since those funny creatures are about six times stronger than a man think of that when the Colts are on the field.

[cbear]

I thought it was hilarious.  

[King Colt]

Maybe Tom Brady & New England should sue Russia and NASA for the "floating football" in the space station bits. Some of you people need to take a long swig of good booze and go to bed.

[The Peytonator]

Orangutans are smart animals. Much smarter than the dumb ape we had drafting our players the last few years. 

[unvrsty07]

The coolest way to draft a player ever. Maybe select it from the International Space Station only way to top that.

[GwinnettColt]

The Orangutan does math problems at the zoo during presentations.  

 

Well, with the draft we had....I'm fine if he picks next year.  He can be in the war room and wear a suit.

 

 

 

 

[strt182]

2020 with the first pick from MARS 

[hoosierhawk]

• I thought we we done having monkeys drafting players when we got rid of Grigson.

[Nadine]

There's an orangutang center at the Indy Zoo and the colts have a relationship with the zoo but, I'm sure just for a little draft fun.  Orangutangs are amazing.

 

http://www.indianapoliszoo.com/plan-your-visit/animals-exhibits/international-orangutan-center

 

 

Here's a baby born at the zoo

 

 

[oldunclemark]

1 hour ago, MTC said:

I highly doubt it was Ballard's idea.

Agreed...I bet he found out about it when we did

[oldunclemark]

21 minutes ago, The Peytonator said:

Orangutans are smart animals. Much smarter than the dumb ape we had drafting our players the last few years. 

Most of our O-line was drafted last year by that member of the animal kingdom

[Buck Showalter]

22 minutes ago, Nadine said:

There's an orangutang center at the Indy Zoo and the colts have a relationship with the zoo but, I'm sure just for a little draft fun.  Orangutangs are amazing.

 

http://www.indianapoliszoo.com/plan-your-visit/animals-exhibits/international-orangutan-center

 

 

Here's a baby born at the zoo

 

 

Was gonna say the Indy Zoo has a recently added top notch Orangutang exhibition. It lets them swing around above large sections of the park in if I remember correctly...

[Nadine]

15 minutes ago, Buck Showalter said:

Was gonna say the Indy Zoo has a recently added top notch Orangutang exhibition. It lets them swing around above large sections of the park in if I remember correctly...

 

It does.  they want to bring visibility to orangutangs because they are endangered because of destruction of the rain forests. They are very much like humans.  They've created an environment designed for them so they can go where they want to go. 

 

The draft was an excellent way to create visibility for the orangutans.

[jvan1973]

43 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Agreed...I bet he found out about it when we did

And I bet he couldn't care less

[oldunclemark]

 We should have had a Colt talk like 'Mr Ed'. and give the pick

[oldunclemark]

There some very creative ways to give the picks../.

 

..some were silly but its a TV show.....I liked most all of them

[oldunclemark]

The NFL Network just had an in depth scouting report on the organgutang

They said he's a good fit at 'will linebacker'

Edited April 29, 2017 by oldunclemark
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[shakedownstreet]

This is an OUTRAGE!!

[ReMeDy]

I thought they were just going to do it for one pick, so I thought it was great, until one pick became two, then three...

 

I would have preferred they substitute the orangutan for a cute pony, but I digress.

[MackAttack]

 I loved learning about rocky the orangutan. I thought it was nice and rich eisen made it pretty funny, and it made for a good snapchat story. I was a fan. Also it was great seeing Robert Mathis announce the second round pick I love that guy

[MackAttack]

1 hour ago, The Peytonator said:

Orangutans are smart animals. Much smarter than the dumb ape we had drafting our players the last few years. 

Yeah