New Special Teams Coordinator- Brian Mason

[TomDiggs]

Just saw the Colts are hiring the Notre Dame ST coach as our new ST coordinator 

 

I’ll have to dig in to learn about him later

 

 

 

[TomDiggs]

Here’s a nice article about Mason and how highly regarded he is. 
 

 

[chad72]

As soon as Bubba was leaving, I called this:

 

 

 

[stitches]

Is he good? I don't follow Notre Dame football... 

[MacDee1975]

11 minutes ago, stitches said:

Is he good? I don't follow Notre Dame football... 

 

Very

[Fluke_33]

1 hour ago, TomDiggs said:

Here’s a nice article about Mason and how highly regarded he is. 
 

 

Sounds perfect

[GoColts8818]

Great hire

[TaylorStillTruckedYou]

The offensive staff we put together is actually pretty good.  I'm kind of glad we missed out on some eagles assistance

[Btown_Colt]

2 hours ago, chad72 said:

As soon as Bubba was leaving, I called this:

 

 

 

You called it. Props to you.

[jchandler7]

Great hire!

He really helped ND's ST unit last yr. 1st season with ND (2022) they ranked 6th. His last season with the Bearcats (2021) they ranked 12th in the nation. 

[Indyfan4life]

We’ve been getting the right staff and coaches, so hopefully we follow suit in the draft and FA. 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

2 hours ago, TaylorStillTruckedYou said:

The offensive staff we put together is actually pretty good.  I'm kind of glad we missed out on some eagles assistance

The Eagle staff was highly respected too, wasn’t they? Did we dodge a bullet somehow?

[TaylorStillTruckedYou]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Irrelevant said:

The Eagle staff was highly respected too, wasn’t they? Did we dodge a bullet somehow?

I wasn't saying it in a bad way.  Just saying the people we did end up getting have a decent history of experience and are of great quality.  Looking forward to seeing how our offense develop and perform this year

[OLD FAN MAN]

1 hour ago, Indyfan4life said:

We’ve been getting the right staff and coaches, so hopefully we follow suit in the draft and FA. 

just like before we need talent on the field coaches cant make elite talent out of below average talent, hope ballard changes his method

[Jason_]

4 minutes ago, OLD FAN MAN said:

just like before we need talent on the field coaches cant make elite talent out of below average talent, hope ballard changes his method

 

[chad72]

I’d like some field positions flipped with defensive turnovers and excellent special teams to help out a rookie QB as much as possible. This is a step in that direction too. Expecting some positive results here.  

[AKB]

i like when we get guys from indy 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

49 minutes ago, AustinnKaine said:

i like when we get guys from indy 

[Zoltan]

11 hours ago, chad72 said:

As soon as Bubba was leaving, I called this:

 

 

 

Good call

[VikingsFanInChennai]

20 hours ago, chad72 said:

As soon as Bubba was leaving, I called this:

 

 

 

Yes, you did. what was the basis for your choice?

 

awesome Colts Front Office do read the comments here to get ideas 

[bluephantom87]

20 hours ago, stitches said:

Is he good? I don't follow Notre Dame football... 

 

One of the best in college. Didn't want to lose Bubba but this is a great hire.

[Defjamz26]

I’ve also read that the Colts are his dream job since he’s from the area. Seems like a match made in heaven.

[DiogoSales]

Outside of the OL hire, 2023 staff is looking better and better each day.

 

And I can give the OL coach the benefit of doubt, in the end, cannot go much worse...

[chad72]

5 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:

Yes, you did. what was the basis for your choice?

 

New creative ideas to generate blocks, field positions and points which kept ND in games a lot of times. I just imagined what he could do with NFL caliber athletes.

[Yoshinator]

Love this hire. He may be better than Ventrone IMO. 

[VikingsFanInChennai]

40 minutes ago, chad72 said:

New creative ideas to generate blocks, field positions and points which kept ND in games a lot of times. I just imagined what he could do with NFL caliber athletes.

that's nice, but was he already looking for NFL entry? Did he already separate from ND, I was curious how he became available just at the right time when Colts had this coaching change. Maybe, due to him being the native it's natural he'd want to come here? 

[2006Coltsbestever]

18 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

Love this hire. He may be better than Ventrone IMO. 

I agree, so far we have made some good choices with our coaching staff (head coach included). I have no complaints so far. I can't wait to see who we get as our QB? That is going to be what makes us or breaks us.

[Yoshinator]

7 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I agree, so far we have made some good choices with our coaching staff (head coach included). I have no complaints so far. I can't wait to see who we get as our QB? That is going to be what makes us or breaks us.

Yep. Funnily enough, I'm not even so concerned about the QB as I am about the possible cost of the QB. With our coaching staff, I'm relatively confident that we can develop any of these QBs at about the same level as each other. The staff looks nice so far. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

3 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

Yep. Funnily enough, I'm not even so concerned about the QB as I am about the possible cost of the QB. With our coaching staff, I'm relatively confident that we can develop any of these QBs at about the same level as each other. The staff looks nice so far. 

The way I rank these QB's goes like this:

1. Young - His HT doesn't bother me

2. Stroud

3. AR

4. Levis

[Yoshinator]

3 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

The way I rank these QB's goes like this:

1. Young - His HT doesn't bother me

2. Stroud

3. AR

4. Levis

Exact same for me. I actually think there's a chance at this point that Richardson could go before Stroud or Young because of his combine and perfect RAS score. That could almost guarantee us one of Young or Stroud.

[Shive]

Please don't turn this into another QB discussion. We've already got like 4 of them going.

 

On topic: Really excited for this hire! I've read nothing but glowing reviews of Mason as a STC.