Colts name former Center and current ESPN analyst Jeff Saturday interim HC… wait, what?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Fired the OC last week, now no one has ever called plays

 

 

Here's fifty cents, boys.  Go give Urban Meyer a call. 

[Mr. WEO]

9 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Fired the OC last week, now no one has ever called plays

 

 

 

yeah but...the Raider, tho

[17islongenough]

Has there ever been a HC that hasn't coached higher than HS?

[BillsFan4]

I don’t know if this is about tanking. If it was, why not just keep Reich in place? They’ve already been losing.

 

The only thing I can think of is that maybe Jim Irsay trusts Jeff Saturday (he’s been a team consultant for years and was a colts player for over a decade before that. I believe he & Irsay are close) and wants his eyes & ears in the locker room to help figure out wtf is wrong with the team and figure out who needs to stay/go (and that might include the GM).

 

either that or this was a crazy out of the box hire by Ballard to try and save his job. He is a unique dude.

 

My guess is Irsay wanted someone in that locker room that could be his eyes and ears. He seems to have gone back to meddling in decisions again.

[Airseven]

Tanking for a QB. Tossing Saturday onto the sidelines will be entertaining for fans in the meantime.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

In other words, they’re tanking. Hard. 

[YoloinOhio]

 

[ExWNYer]

22 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Fired the OC last week, now no one has ever called plays

 

 

 

Maybe Saturday should hire Wendi Nix to be his OC. Pretty sure she's never called plays either...

 

20 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Rumor is Ted Marchibroda will be coming back to call plays. 

 

Will Goodell & Ted's family give Irsay permission to exhume the body?

[RiotAct]

it’s just crazy enough to work!!!

[Albany,n.y.]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

If he was going to hire a guy with only high school coaching experience, he should have hired Jerry Smith, long time coach of St. Francis High.

 

https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7839/podcast-change-with-the-times-or-the-times-change-you-jerry-smith-st-francis-high-school-n-y

 

With close to 40 years of coaching experience at St. Francis High School (N.Y.), head coach Jerry Smith has seen a lot during his tenure. St. Francis alumni such as Brian Daboll (Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator), David Caldwell (Jacksonville Jaguars general manager) and Chris Polian (Indianapolis Colts vice president and general manager [2009-2011]) are just a few examples of the success stories under Coach Smith. He has witnessed how the game has evolved over time and he has changed with it. On today's episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, hear how a veteran coach has approached each day on the job with a fresh outlook.

[Dopey]

1 hour ago, Buffalo Boy said:

First one on with….Should we hire Reich and have a replacement for McD, Dorsey etc

Not the first, but   

[Irv]

1 hour ago, IronMaidenBills said:

When you are strange, faces come out of the rain. 

 

No one remembers your name.  

[First Round Bust]

I was hoping they would wait until an off-day...Tuesday to announce the hiring of Saturday..but they jumped and did it on a Monday....but at least they thought it over Sunday...good thing they dont play this Thursday...as an iterim I do see him lasting beyond black Friday...but not past Good Friday or Phat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)...

[HOUSE]

Well, Joe Friday is dead

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

2 hours ago, BillsFan4 said:

I don’t know if this is about tanking. If it was, why not just keep Reich in place? They’ve already been losing.

 

The only thing I can think of is that maybe Jim Irsay trusts Jeff Saturday (he’s been a team consultant for years and was a colts player for over a decade before that. I believe he & Irsay are close) and wants his eyes & ears in the locker room to help figure out wtf is wrong with the team and figure out who needs to stay/go (and that might include the GM).

 

either that or this was a crazy out of the box hire by Ballard to try and save his job. He is a unique dude.

 

My guess is Irsay wanted someone in that locker room that could be his eyes and ears. He seems to have gone back to meddling in decisions again.

 

Reich was 3-5-1 and had them playing well enough to (probably) finish with a pick in the 6-10 range. 

 

It's hard to see the Colts winning another game this year with Saturday as HC. 

[Mango]

Luckily the HS season wrapped up just in time.....

Jesus Christ.

[Gary Marangi]

2 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Rumor is Ted Marchibroda will be coming back to call plays. 

[Scott7975]

This seems pretty out there.  Was his only competition Nick Wright or something?

[Dr Krentist]

 

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Well…it worked out well for the Lions when they hired Matt Millen.