2017-2018 Indiana Pacers and Everything NBA Thread
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Agreed. I heard the Holder quote and he's correct. AR's inconsistency is not surprising... The biggest surprise and the biggest problem are the parts where we invested tons and tons of resources and are still underperforming. -
Option plays work often, but they're risky. If it doesn't work, you're definitely losing yardage, unlike a run that gets stuffed, but you still got back to the LOS. I don't think the argument is that benching JT lost them the game. (I do think the option play severely undermined their prospects, though.) The argument is that JT should have been on the field, and when Steichen was asked why he wasn't, his answer was lacking. -
I reject the premise. I understand you want me to play along, but I can't; it's flawed and completely misses the point. And to the bolded, I probably have a less than popular perspective about Ballard's employment status with the Colts in 2023. It's my belief that Ballard wanted to draft a QB going back to 2020, but the state of the roster and the leanings of the HC and owner led to pursuing veteran options instead. So when Reich is gone and they've tried the veteran route with no long term success, Ballard looked vindicated, and I don't think his job was ever in danger. I think he now had full clearance to do what he wanted to do all along, and the idea that he felt desperate to hit a home run is probably a misconception. A lot of that is conjecture on my part, but it's what I believe. So now, the Colts have the #4 pick, and a HC who just helped develop a raw and athletic QB into a guy who started in a SB and almost won. They hired offensive assistants who had experience with athletic QBs. They had a good OL (presumably), and a good RB. And then Ballard said 'I think we'll get the best player in the draft,' and doubled down on that afterward. (There's always potential for coachspeak, but I think he meant it. At time time, if he had to choose between trading up for Stroud, or staying at #4 and picking Richardson, I think he would have stayed at #4 and been thrilled about it). You called picking Richardson 'not well measured,' and I don't think that's accurate at all. I think they found themselves in position to do just what they wanted with that pick. And I think it's too early to try to litigate the results of their decision. Richardson is one of the most raw QB prospects ever, and he's started six games. We understand the risk, and we know it's going to take more than a third of a season to get a definitive answer either way.
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Pretty much every position that is directly involved in the passing game or in defending the pass should be of the highest priority. And because this is a league with limited resources(salary cap), when you have to sacrifice somewhere you should be sacrificing the parts of the game that have to do with the run game/defending the run. This is especially true if you are unable to secure good run game or run defense after spending metric # ton of assets on defending the run. I think the rigidity goes with the overall defensive philosophy and in what Ballard wants as a whole from his defense. That's why the rigidity and predictability were similar under Eberflus and Gus, despite them actually having slight differences in what scheme they were employing at the back end(Tampa 2 vs heavy cover 3). This is not the defining characteristic that Ballard is searching for - the defining characteristic is what directly leads to the predictability - he wants to limit deep shots he wants to play zone and he wants to rush with 4. This right there, from the start cuts off a ton of variability and unpredictability you can introduce. Let me ask you like this - who is the defensive coach you think has those two attributes - he runs a defense that fits in Ballard's mold... AND plays inventive, unpredictable, variable defense? Who do you want as our DC under Ballard?
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I agree, it's just really concerning how much of the rest of the team is *.
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