coltsfeva Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 There’s probably some names missing but I was curious who you like listening to or reading, for Colts content? I like Kevin Bowen and Rick Venturi. There are some on this list that are a little too negative, for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restinpeacesweetchloe Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Hands down Kevin Bowen. Heccomes from a fan perspective and is so good at his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerColt Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 How about our very own Andrew Walker? Would he count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltsva Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I like Bowen and Venturi. You can keep the rest, as I find them unlistenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smonroe Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Bowen for sure. I always listen to his pod. From the StampedeBlue crowd, my favorite is Chris Shepard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogg63 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I prefer Bowen and George Bremer. Andrew Walker does a good job, but is constrained in what he can say by being a Colts employee. Don't have much use for the rest of those listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restinpeacesweetchloe Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I like Bremer too. He is really good with fans on Twitter and will always have conversations with you if you ask a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluke_33 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Bowen’s good for info but listening to him he sounds like a goober. I like the keefer for writing but I went with chap since he wasn’t there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitches Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Zach Hicks bar none. Best content out there on the Colts. Kevin Bowen is good for general talk about the team too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrep1967 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 It’s Venturi for me all the way hands down . There’s no one in the market more knowledgeable than him. Some will say he sucked as a head coach but at least he coached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Coltsbestever Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Bowen and Walker. JMV is the best on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four2itus Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Well, if Doyle or Wells get a vote, we'll know they visit this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I don't like any of them. The guy doing actual football stuff on Stampede Blue is really good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshinator Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Jim Ayello of the Indy Star is my favorite writer. Love his pieces, love to see him do interviews. He is an absolute machine when listening to him speak, and he is so intelligent. No one compares IMO. Second would probably be Kevin Bowen. Still mad he got fired off of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluke_33 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, 2006Coltsbestever said: Bowen and Walker. JMV is the best on the radio. Jmv is the most entertaining for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluke_33 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Jared Cisneros said: Still mad he got fired off of here. Did it ever come out what the reason was? Leaked info or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshinator Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Fluke_33 said: Did it ever come out what the reason was? Leaked info or something? I don't know tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts2Colts Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On twitter I like Zach Hicks and Kennan. The latter does a really impressive film breakdown each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexed Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I like all these guys actually. Kevin probably tops my list but coach breaks it down like no other. It’s interesting getting different perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexed Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Even on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Superman Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 How can anyone pick just one? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltsva Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 20 hours ago, coltsva said: I like Bowen and Venturi. You can keep the rest, as I find them unlistenable. To clarify, the above is based on their radio appearances and not on their writing, which I don’t follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierHero Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I like Rick Venturi because he gives me hope that one day I might be able to coach in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w87r Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 23 hours ago, RollerColt said: How about our very own Andrew Walker? Would he count? Agreed, what disrespect to not be on the list. Walker takes questions from the forum and puts them in his articles. Not to sure how many of those other people do that. Sorry Andrew, you should of been included in the poll. Would of had my vote. Thanks for all that you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt.45 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 George Bremer? Zak Keefer? There're some really good guys there. Doyel and Kravitz might be the only two whose work I'm not a fan of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt.45 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 9:26 AM, superrep1967 said: It’s Venturi for me all the way hands down . There’s no one in the market more knowledgeable than him. Some will say he sucked as a head coach but at least he coached. Venturi is a riot. Hilarious guy. Knows his stuff but he thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread, his back has to be crooked from him patting it so much. Also, he does way too many about faces and acts as if there are no receipts of some things he's said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastStreet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 11:00 AM, Superman said: I don't like any of them. The guy doing actual football stuff on Stampede Blue is really good though. I'm in this camp. I don't really hate any of them, but they all have holes and are inconsistent. Some are too fan boy, some don't know the game well enough, some regurgitate, some are high light kings, some are just way off the mark. Case in point. I like some of what Hicks does. Then this week though he comes out with an article pumping up Okereke. Yes, Oke's last game was improved, but he's been pretty bad for the most part this year. One or two decent games doesn't erase 4 bad ones and picking out highlights doesn't erase the really ugly plays that are ignored. I do agree he's probably better in man than zone. Anyway, the inconsistency of the some of these guys drive me nuts. And I hate fanboys and highlight kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveheartcolt Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Does Natalie Portman ever write or talk about the Colts? Asking for a friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogg63 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, braveheartcolt said: Does Natalie Portman ever write or talk about the Colts? Asking for a friend... Wake up BHC, your pizza is here........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Coltsbestever Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, braveheartcolt said: Does Natalie Portman ever write or talk about the Colts? Asking for a friend... - not lately but I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, braveheartcolt said: Does Natalie Portman ever write or talk about the Colts? Asking for a friend... She went to Harvard so I assume she can write well, but I don't know if she knows anything about the game, or the Colts. But Indy Star could do worse, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Coltsbestever Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Just now, Superman said: She went to Harvard so I assume she can write well, but I don't know if she knows anything about the game, or the Colts. But Indy Star could do worse, that's for sure. She is hot too, Smart and hot = great combo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, EastStreet said: I'm in this camp. I don't really hate any of them, but they all have holes and are inconsistent. Some are too fan boy, some don't know the game well enough, some regurgitate, some are high light kings, some are just way off the mark. Case in point. I like some of what Hicks does. Then this week though he comes out with an article pumping up Okereke. Yes, Oke's last game was improved, but he's been pretty bad for the most part this year. One or two decent games doesn't erase 4 bad ones and picking out highlights doesn't erase the really ugly plays that are ignored. I do agree he's probably better in man than zone. Anyway, the inconsistency of the some of these guys drive me nuts. And I hate fanboys and highlight kings. Hicks is the SB guy, right? He does football stuff. I don't have to agree with it all. He does seem more fanboy than previous SB guys (which isn't a hard bar to clear), but he appears to understand the game and takes the time to write about it. But he's a blogger. He isn't part of the team's media pool, which is what I thought the OP was asking about. Among the guys at the pressers, asking questions, interacting with the team and the staff, none of them really ask about the things that I would like to know more about. They get wrapped up in surface level stuff, and they ask superfluous questions about already covered topics. They lean toward being click-baity and sensational, making more out of the high level stuff than I care for, while not digging into the more detailed stuff that matters to me. (And Gregg Doyel is a troll.) A question I'd like to hear asked and answered would be something relating to the team's screen game -- we haven't been able to run screens effectively since PM left, and this year they work a lot better, but we don't run a lot of them. Same for swing passes. What's that about it? Why are we better, and why don't we call more? Similar questions about play action. And to be honest, I've stopped following the pressers very closely because they're so boilerplate. So it's possible that in recent weeks some of the questions I would be more interested in hearing answers to have been asked, but I've missed them. But I listened to basically every coach presser for several years, and didn't hear this stuff, so I doubt that they've changed their approach in the last six weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four2itus Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, Superman said: A question I'd like to hear asked and answered would be something relating to the team's screen game -- we haven't been able to run screens effectively since PM left, and this year they work a lot better, but we don't run a lot of them. Same for swing passes. What's that about it? Why are we better, and why don't we call more? Similar questions about play action. Preach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastStreet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Superman said: Hicks is the SB guy, right? He does football stuff. I don't have to agree with it all. He does seem more fanboy than previous SB guys (which isn't a hard bar to clear), but he appears to understand the game and takes the time to write about it. But he's a blogger. He isn't part of the team's media pool, which is what I thought the OP was asking about. Yup, he's SB. He does good stuff at times. I just think he get dug in on favs and over highlights the good, and ignores the bad. I think he's overly fanboy for instance on Okereke. 12 minutes ago, Superman said: Among the guys at the pressers, asking questions, interacting with the team and the staff, none of them really ask about the things that I would like to know more about. They get wrapped up in surface level stuff, and they ask superfluous questions about already covered topics. They lean toward being click-baity and sensational, making more out of the high level stuff than I care for, while not digging into the more detailed stuff that matters to me. (And Gregg Doyel is a troll.) I don't mind hard questions, but I do not like the sensationalists. I'd prefer just simple hard questions. But you really never get good answers to hard questions. 12 minutes ago, Superman said: A question I'd like to hear asked and answered would be something relating to the team's screen game -- we haven't been able to run screens effectively since PM left, and this year they work a lot better, but we don't run a lot of them. Same for swing passes. What's that about it? Why are we better, and why don't we call more? Similar questions about play action. Yup, I'd be very interested in those answers myself. I'd also ask why we aren't running more power/gap with Taylor why he gets his zone timing down. 12 minutes ago, Superman said: And to be honest, I've stopped following the pressers very closely because they're so boilerplate. So it's possible that in recent weeks some of the questions I would be more interested in hearing answers to have been asked, but I've missed them. But I listened to basically every coach presser for several years, and didn't hear this stuff, so I doubt that they've changed their approach in the last six weeks. Boilerplate is an understatement. It's almost always straight from the coach-speak script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta519 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, EastStreet said: I'm in this camp. I don't really hate any of them, but they all have holes and are inconsistent. Some are too fan boy, some don't know the game well enough, some regurgitate, some are high light kings, some are just way off the mark. Case in point. I like some of what Hicks does. Then this week though he comes out with an article pumping up Okereke. Yes, Oke's last game was improved, but he's been pretty bad for the most part this year. One or two decent games doesn't erase 4 bad ones and picking out highlights doesn't erase the really ugly plays that are ignored. I do agree he's probably better in man than zone. Anyway, the inconsistency of the some of these guys drive me nuts. And I hate fanboys and highlight kings. Hicks isn't bad...I like him better than the other SB guys (except for TTR...but he's strictly a data guy...and that's not for most people). But those film reviews are just filler for the most part. You can make any player appear to be having a great season with 6-7 good clips. What surprised me is that 5 people voted for Holder. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastStreet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, shasta519 said: Hicks isn't bad...I like him better than the other SB guys (except for TTR...but he's strictly a data guy...and that's not for most people). But those film reviews are just filler for the most part. You can make any player appear to be having a great season with 6-7 good clips. What surprised me is that 5 people voted for Holder. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but yikes. I wish the votes were public. I could probably guess who voted for Holder lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, shasta519 said: What surprised me is that 5 people voted for Holder. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but yikes. I think Holder is a good writer, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta519 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Just now, Superman said: I think Holder is a good writer, at least. Oh definitely...very good writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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