Colts Begin To Clean House

[Youk]

From Chris Mortensen's twitter:

Filed to ESPN: Irsay cleans house, including Bill and Chris Polian, per league source -- AdamSchefter

Colts press conference at 5pm Est

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

About time. If you look at the last few drafts you will see how bad Polian is.

 

[nwfisch]

Earth to Bears: Clean house.

 

[Bear Pand]

Yeah!

Blood Everywhere we celebrating!

Bill Polian fired. He's a good GM, arrogant bastard though who might be losing it as he gets old. He'll get another job and deserves one. Did a lot for the Colts but GTFO.

Chris Polian. Nepotism LOL.

Caldwell You're Next!

 

[Gonzo]

What a glorious, glorious way to start 2012...Looks like they'll let the new GM decide, Caldwell or Fisher. You gotta think Jeff is nutting over a chance to coach his idol.

 

[Diivox]

Earth to Bears: Clean house.

no shit right?

good for the Colts, if you want a shot at a real head coach, this is how you do it.

Bears should do the same thing, but Cutler / Forte's MVP campaigns this year probably bought them another season.

 

[Woy]

What a glorious, glorious way to start 2012...Looks like they'll let the new GM decide, Caldwell or Fisher. You gotta think Jeff is nutting over a chance to coach his idol.

Fisher reportedly wants GM duties too or at least to select his own. You really don't want that.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I am terrified of the Rams hiring Fisher and the cronies he'll bring with him.

 

[Gonzo]

Whatever he wants is irrelevant. You only fire someone if you have prospects to replace them. Irsay has an ace up his sleeve.

 

[Woy]

I am terrified of the Rams hiring Fisher and the cronies he'll bring with him.

Donnie Nickey would be your starting SS.

 

[biggamejrs]

Remember Fisher putting on the Manning jersey? LOL

 

[Gonzo]

Well... reports are that Polian wanted to cut Peyton... Irsay said no, and apparently, JMV in Indy is insisting it will be a combo of Reggie Mackenzie and Jeff Fisher next season.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Well... reports are that Polian wanted to cut Peyton... Peyton said no, and apparently, JMV in Indy is insisting it will be a combo of Reggie Mackenzie and Jeff Fisher next season.

Ffy

 

[nwfisch]

no shit right?

good for the Colts, if you want a shot at a real head coach, this is how you do it.

Bears should do the same thing, but Cutler / Forte's MVP campaigns this year probably bought them another season.

You probably hope the Bears keep Angelo. :yao:

If the Bears won't let Angelo go now, it sets them back another year in reloading talent on the defensive side of the ball.

The Bears will likely be in a similar situation as the Colts in a year or two if they don't start drafting better now.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I hope the Jeff Fisher thing is purely speculation. I'm not confident in that, maybe I'm misguided or ignorant, but we beat Jeff Fisher's ass for almost a decade - Peyton Manning or not, I think we could do better fishing for a guy like Cowher or even Gruden. (not saying those are viable options, just emphasizing I have no confidence in a guy like Fisher.)

Hire a real defensive coordinator too. please.

It's exciting though, purely because maybe we'll see a different type of team built, one that doesn't scrap every decent linebacker that comes through, one that emphasizes strong defensive play as opposed to "protecting a lead".

 

[Bear Pand]

Well... reports are that Polian wanted to cut Peyton... Irsay said no, and apparently, JMV in Indy is insisting it will be a combo of Reggie Mackenzie and Jeff Fisher next season.

Which Polian?

 

[Bear Pand]

 

[ThomasTomasz]

A team that has Peyton Manning under center at quarterback can run itself offensively. What the Colts need to do is hire a head coach who is a defensive guru, and has experience with both building a unit and turning one around immediately.

The person that comes to mind for this position is Gregg Williams. He's had top defenses with the Titans, Bills, Redskins and Saints, and has come into the last two stops and immediately turned a bottom rung defense into a top 10 unit in his first season.

He's had a couple years under both Joe Gibbs and Sean Payton, who are renowned offensive play callers. That should have helped him get a feel for the offensive game more, but in the end, he just needs to hire someone that Manning can get a long with and just be along for the ride.

 

[citizenerased]

Well... reports are that Polian wanted to cut Peyton... Irsay said no, and apparently, JMV in Indy is insisting it will be a combo of Reggie Mackenzie and Jeff Fisher next season.

Cut Manning?

Even Matt Millen would find that a laughably bad decision. If you decided that Luck was the way to go and announced that Manning was on the trading block, you could film an NFL edition of the Amazing Race as 27 Franchise GM's and Owners would scramble the private jets to reach Indy first.

A team that has Peyton Manning under center at quarterback can run itself offensively. What the Colts need to do is hire a head coach who is a defensive guru, and has experience with both building a unit and turning one around immediately.

The person that comes to mind for this position is Gregg Williams. He's had top defenses with the Titans, Bills, Redskins and Saints, and has come into the last two stops and immediately turned a bottom rung defense into a top 10 unit in his first season.

He's had a couple years under both Joe Gibbs and Sean Payton, who are renowned offensive play callers. That should have helped him get a feel for the offensive game more, but in the end, he just needs to hire someone that Manning can get a long with and just be along for the ride.

Should've been done in 2008 when Dungy retired.

 

[Gonzo]

No idea which said it...assumed Bill, possibly mistaken. Just going off JMV's reports.