Thoughts on The End of an Era

[Facedown]

Ok, looks like the trolls have had their fun.

Yes, you have.

[dtmfs]

Ok, looks like the trolls have had their fun. No surprise there. Now back to the topic at hand, for the few people here who actually want to talk football.

Numerous assistants were officially let go in the wake of Coach Caldwell's firing. Grigson is on a path of destruction throughout the franchise. I don't think anyone he's met with in the organization has kept their job. I really, really hope Clyde Christensen is retained as offensive coordinator. There's nothing wrong with our offense. We've had the same offensive system since 1998. To through that away would be foolish.

Still no clue who Grigson has in mind for head coach. I don't really have any candidates that I would prefer. I am sure he'll do his due diligence and bring in the right person for the job. I also have no clue what our roster willl look like next year, other than it will certainly have Andrew Luck on it. As for Peyton, I can't fathom the possibility of him playing somewhere else. Although I do have to admit, with all that's happened in the past few weeks, that's absolutely a possibility. With Peyton, I think we'll have a good team next year. Without him, we're going to be in a slow rebuilding mode for the next several years.

So pointing out that Brady and the Pats have obviously had the supperior era is not talking football? You really are dumb as fuck. Winning % and titles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>regular season wins.

[Heenan Snuka]

Caldwell sucks and shoulda been fired

[Facedown]

Colts suck

Yep.

[cantstopthemusic]

There's nothing wrong with our offense. We've had the same offensive system since 1998. To through that away would be foolish.

Don't through the crybaby out with the bath water.

Right, Greg?

[bigbuttskinner]

Regardless of Mr. Forehead, the Colts have several free agents to configure. Wayne, Garcon, Mathis, Saturday (who may retire). If they all go, it's going to be a fucking nightmare in Indy. Good luck, schmucks.

[poizond13]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

[Facedown]

I'd be lying if I said I knew that much

No surprise there.

[WhiteHouseSubsAC]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

[bane]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You admittedly don't know much about him, but you think he's a phenomenal coach?

[poizond13]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You admittedly don't know much about him, but you think he's a phenomenal coach?

His record at OSU speaks for itself. I don't know much about him personally other than he did a phenomenal job there and obviously when you have that kind of record over a long period of time, you did a good job of coaching.

[poizond13]

I'd be lying if I said I knew that much

No surprise there.

[poizond13]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

Nothing Tressel did would be against NFL rules. He did not cheat. He broke NCAA rules. There's a difference. The NCAA rules are ridiculous and I couldn't care less about them. It's not like he was caught video taping the opposing team's practices before a Super Bowl or anything.

[cantstopthemusic]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

Nothing Tressel did would be against NFL rules. He did not cheat. He broke NCAA rules. There's a difference. The NCAA rules are ridiculous and I couldn't care less about them.

I thought you said you didn't know that much about him.

Liar.

[Facedown]

I'd be lying if I said I knew that much

No surprise there.

Typical troll response.

[Facedown]

Still stand behind everything you've ever said, troll?

COLTS HAD BEST REGULAR SEASON RECORD FROM 2000-2010!!! FACT!

[poizond13]

Still stand behind everything you've ever said, troll?

COLTS HAD BEST REGULAR SEASON RECORD FROM 2000-2010!!! FACT!

[Facedown]

I'll take that as a yes.

[demolition23]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

Nothing Tressel did would be against NFL rules. He did not cheat. He broke NCAA rules. There's a difference. The NCAA rules are ridiculous and I couldn't care less about them. It's not like he was caught video taping the opposing team's practices before a Super Bowl or anything.

He lied about things he knew were against the rules, breached his contract and allowed students parents had trusted to him to go further down a path to trouble than might have been the case if he'd handled things in a stand-up fashion.

Cheat or not, stupid rules or not, he sounds like a stand-up guy.

[Tenacious_Dio]

The 2000s decade was 2000-2009. The Colts own the record for most wins in a single decade. No one cares

For once, I agree with p13.

[johnk5150]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

How many programs does a honkey have to leave in shambles for P to consider the guy a cheater.

[Crazy Levi]

Tressel is a scumbag lowlife and much more of a "cheat" than "Bellicheat" har har har.

Not that i give a fuck, college football is a joke anyway. But it's gonna be purely hi-larious watching P-13 try to rationalize his support for this guy after beating the "Bellicheat" thing into the ground.

As for the Colts - they are the new Redskins. I seriously see them becoming one of the most dysfunctional sports franchises in no time at all. Virtually ALL of their veteran leadership - coaches and players - will be gone soon. Hiring college coaches never works out - it has only once with Jimmy Johnson. Twice if you wanna count Switzer but we all know my grandmother could have coached that team to a Super Bowl. Irsay is clearly running the team now, and that shit never works out either.

It's gonna be a rough decade P-13. The salad days are over - long over. And in 10 years of excellence you only got one Lombardi trophy...better than none, but a real waste of an era.

[WhiteHouseSubsAC]

They may as well hire Lane Kiffin for the amount of organizational integrity that Tressel is going to bring to the Colts if he gets the job. Dark days indeed.

[SkyDog112046]

The most successful franchises in sports typically have owners that take care of the financial side of things and hire strong organizational people to run their operations and then get out of the way and allow management to run the personnel side of things. Look at football. New England, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, San Francisco, New York Giants, and Denver all run that way. Indy and Miami used to run that way as did Washington and Dallas under old ownership and with Johnson there before Jones took control. There are quite a few championships between those organizations.

Now look at the organizations with meddling owners over the past 20 years: Washington, Miami, Oakland and Dallas. Not a lot of success from those franchises. Indy used to be in the former category and while they didn't win a lot of championships they won a lot of games. Now their owner Jim "Thanks, Dad!" Irsay decides he is going to clean house and bring in people to do his bidding. Any guess as to how this is going to turn out? Watch them screw up the Manning and Luck situation one way or another and then have the franchise crumble around their QB's. Would anyone be surprised if they did keep both QBs and let their free agents walk instead of investing in their O-line and defense only to see Manning get pounded until he can't play and then have Luck take a beating to the point where he is permanently shell shocked?

[bane]

Sounds like Jim Tressel interviewed with the team today for the 2nd time. The interview reportedly lasted 7 hours. I think Tressel is a phenomenal coach who could provide excellent leadership to the team. I'd be lying if I said I knew that much about him, but clearly the amount of success that he achieved at OSU speaks for itself. He's a winner.

You're going to call Belichick a cheater and then say Tressel is a winner? Holy shit.

Nothing Tressel did would be against NFL rules. He did not cheat. He broke NCAA rules. There's a difference. The NCAA rules are ridiculous and I couldn't care less about them. It's not like he was caught video taping the opposing team's practices before a Super Bowl or anything.

Tressel has no integrity whatsoever. He's a scumbag. Nice attempt at spin though. You ought to go into politics.

[Tymaster]

Coming to you from Columbus, OH. Jim Tressel padded the Ohio State schedule with cream puffs and often had 7 home games to 5 road games. Yes, he did dominate the Big Ten, but look at the Big Ten in bowl games to see where they stack up. Then look at Tressel's bowl record. Mediocre. He is a defensive guru who had inept offenses throughout his tenure at OSU. He is not NFL head coaching material. This won't end well.

[bane]

Jay Gruden to Colts, "Thanks, but no thanks." Doesn't sound like they're sold on anybody just yet.

[Tymaster]

Jay Gruden to Colts, "Thanks, but no thanks." Doesn't sound like they're sold on anybody just yet.

The fact that you would turn down a headcoaching job to stay on as an offensive coordinator for the franchise voted the WORST in all four major leagues...that speaks volumes about the state of affairs in Indy.

[bane]

Jay Gruden to Colts, "Thanks, but no thanks." Doesn't sound like they're sold on anybody just yet.

The fact that you would turn down a headcoaching job to stay on as an offensive coordinator for the franchise voted the WORST in all four major leagues...that speaks volumes about the state of affairs in Indy.

To be fair, he turned down Jacksonville too.

[Tymaster]

Jay Gruden to Colts, "Thanks, but no thanks." Doesn't sound like they're sold on anybody just yet.

The fact that you would turn down a headcoaching job to stay on as an offensive coordinator for the franchise voted the WORST in all four major leagues...that speaks volumes about the state of affairs in Indy.

To be fair, he turned down Jacksonville too.

Who wants to coach a team that is bound to be moving? Ask Bill Belichick how his last year in Cleveland went. Jeff Fisher however, he handled the Oilers/Titans in 3 cities ordeal masterfully. Thus he is perfectly suited for a Rams move.