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1 hour ago, AwesomeAustin said:

Good for him. Still i find it odd a former coach is doing a weekly analysis. He seemed very well liked and he is the king of coach speak so should go over well. 


Former Coach Rick Venturi also does weekly analysis, does he not?    Or am I misunderstanding you?   

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2 hours ago, AwesomeAustin said:

Good for him. Still i find it odd a former coach is doing a weekly analysis. He seemed very well liked and he is the king of coach speak so should go over well. 

Well a former coach who won all of one game is the color analyst and Grandpa Ted called games on the radio for years so it’s not really unprecedented.

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6 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:


Former Coach Rick Venturi also does weekly analysis, does he not?    Or am I misunderstanding you?   

Never mentioned Rick Venturi and what he does and had to look him up.  I understand it’s happened before but I hope you understand that in my opinion I find it odd. Just like if Doug Pederson would have started doing a weekly analysis of the Eagles after they fired him. 
 

Chuck seems to be well loved in Indy so it should go over well and probably why he was chosen. He has been coming back to Indy for his charity and was at camp this year.  Glad he and the team are on good terms.  Its not common but I welcome it.  
 

 

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7 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:


Former Coach Rick Venturi also does weekly analysis, does he not?    Or am I misunderstanding you?   

Oh great.  Now, along with the Rick Venturi "basically" counter, we have to listen to the Chuck Pagano rapid fire "you know, you know, you know, you know, you know".  I like both guys, but listening to them makes my ears bleed.

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20 minutes ago, John Hammonds said:

Oh great.  Now, along with the Rick Venturi "basically" counter, we have to listen to the Chuck Pagano rapid fire "you know, you know, you know, you know, you know".  I like both guys, but listening to them makes my ears bleed.

We'll see. He may be more polished and scripted this time around. As opposed to coach speak during a press conference where everything was mostly improvised. 

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16 minutes ago, 1959Colts said:

I really like Chuck a lot... now that he's not the coach

I have been a Colts fan since 1984 and one thing I have noticed is, hardly nobody is ever happy with the coaches we have had. Some in here can't stand Frank. I remember when I chatted over at ESPN that some Colts fans couldn't stand Dungy. One of my best friends thought Dungy was overrated and average and was the reason why we always lost in the playoffs. I thought Dungy was great but wasn't Belichick great if that makes sense. We just ran into the Patriots in his era. Same thing with Chuck, in 2013 and 2014, it was Belichick and Brady again.

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 Chuck is a great man, and he has a fun personality. I saw him on McAffees show. He got down with them, pretty raw, and i really enjoyed his perspective. He surely has the Irsay families respect. Irsay "mentored" Grigson and Chuck when Irsay had some deep issues. IMO, Irsay manned up to how his leadership affected our success then by giving them new contracts.

 Chuck AND Venturi!  We have a Seniors program. Chuck-le.

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5 hours ago, John Hammonds said:

Oh great.  Now, along with the Rick Venturi "basically" counter, we have to listen to the Chuck Pagano rapid fire "you know, you know, you know, you know, you know".  I like both guys, but listening to them makes my ears bleed.

 

To the bolded, you don't have to listen to either of them.

 

I listened to a lot of Venturi a few years back. I stopped doing that. I doubt that I'll be checking for Chuck at all. But good for him. Seems like an easy gig that keeps him somewhat connected to the Colts, which isn't a bad thing. 

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8 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I have been a Colts fan since 1984 and one thing I have noticed is, hardly nobody is ever happy with the coaches we have had. Some in here can't stand Frank. I remember when I chatted over at ESPN that some Colts fans couldn't stand Dungy. One of my best friends thought Dungy was overrated and average and was the reason why we always lost in the playoffs. I thought Dungy was great but wasn't Belichick great if that makes sense. We just ran into the Patriots in his era. Same thing with Chuck, in 2013 and 2014, it was Belichick and Brady again.

This never goes well when I say it but dumb dumb me keeps saying. Dungy was a very good coach.  He wasn’t great and not HOF material. Some of that was the Patriots era and the rest was skill. At no time did I ever think we should replace Dungy, I just thought he was a super high floor but low ceiling type of coach. Like the Russel Wilson of coaches.  Couldnt ask for a better human being tho. I love Dungy

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