I think we need to clean house. CB, Steichan, Bradley and let the new GM pick his guys. I was 50/50 on Steichan but after further thought on the matter, he didn't change the culture as head coach. He perpetuated the consistant lack of accountability. He didn't hold anyone accountable and just went with the flow. He's Reich 2.0, great guy, but not a tone setter.
miserable 8 year run as the general manager of Indianapolis • 61-69-1 record BALLARD & BRADLEY MUST GO! • 5 head coaches • 12 quarterbacks • ZERO division titles • Only 1 playoff victory • Team blew a 33-point lead (largest ever)
So does Ballard stay, or does he go? He needs to go. We need an aggressive GM who brings down the hammer and demands the best out of everyone. Plus, who is not afraid to trade players, picks, and whoever just to bring a championship back here.
I was right on Chris Ballard. I said years ago he needed to be gone Kent And most people disagreed. And I'm also right on Richardson. He's a running quarterback that gets hurt running the f****** ball. Yeah he's only 22 but he gets hurt like he's 42. The dude has back issues. He has inaccuracy issues. He has quitting issues. The dude is a bust
Exactly now all of a sudden this year was everybody's breaking point when Ballard has been losing and ass for years. Don't cry now...when losing has been acceptable to the new complainers for years
Ballard did not even consider Baker Mayfield when he wanted to come here. Mayfield is currently doing very well for the Bucks. Ballard also hired Josh McDaniels as coach...FIRE BALLARD
I think they need to draft another QB too. I get blasted for saying that bc everyone says this is a poor draft for QBs, but I’m not even sure if anyone can name the QBs outside of Ward and Sanders. At worst, the Colts will need a long term back up, so it makes sense to look closely at QBs after the first round
I Already Was Became a steelers fan in 2022 because i Was Sick Of Ballards lies i will root for the team again if they get it together Ballard shane and Ar Need Canned
I love that ur doing a little bit longer videos now Kent. I really only care about pacers, colts, and hoosiers and u keep me up to date on all that plus a little extra which is great. Thx for what you do!
Based on the remaining contract, I predict Irsay KEEPING Ballard. Ballard has never put the Colts in a bad salary cap scenario if I'm not mistaken. I see the DC Bradley being the "scapegoat." I see MANY players returning again in 2025. I'm not saying I support Ballard staying. I want Ballard and Bradley GONE!
Why Kent did you say no way to Jim Harbaugh? How can you hate on his winning and ability to get max output from his QBs. HE would have had the Colts in playoffs if he had been hired! Capt comeback wouldn't tolerate this crap!!
Time to move on from Ballard, he thinks he is smarter than he actually is. His mistakes have cost us a ton: drafting AR, Campbell over DK Metcalf, Latu over a CB, not reinforcing our major needs during FA year after year. His philosophy of building through the draft, has been proven wrong year after year. There is a reason why Chiefs became so dominant after he left. Ballard is a “confort GM”, he will bring you stability but not greatness. To win in the NFL you need greatness. Time to hire a new GM (despite the risks of ending with someone worse), you have to take that risk, or nothing is going to change. With Ballard all you can be as a team is being mid and that’s not gonna change until he leaves. Bring in a new GM, who gets the QB he wants, brings the coaches that he wants and let’s begin again. I am sorry for Shane but new GM means new HC, it won’t work if Shane stays, unfortunately for him, he will be a victim of the CBallard era. Maybe the new GM will let him stay as OC
8 years is enough. Im not even down on ballard, i just recognize his plan didnt lead to wins. I think he had sound reasons behind his choices, it just didnt work out. His philosophy to pay his guys sounds nice, but the guys he hit on are guys he drafted in his first 4 years, and they are positions other teams dont pay. #5....heck of an athlete, but is not a qb. Shane steichen....i dont know, but i think its more probable he beats us coaching from another team than him beating other teams coaching for us.
This is how I feel. I like Ballard and think he’s a decent GM, but his plans haven’t worked and the team doesn’t seem to have any clear direction. I do have concerns that we could replace Ballard with a worse GM, though.
@@joeb169I still can’t understand how you draft a guy that hasn’t played football. I know Tannehill converted from college WR to NFL QB, but at least he’d played enough football to understand the positions. AR is similar to Andrew Luck, minus the production
Kent! You should have went to New Castle last Saturday and watched that high school basketball tournament! I like that point guard #4 on Fishers! Sherron has a lot of Bobby Knight in him for Jeff! That Mullins kid would be a nice piece for IU
You're right about Mullins. Too bad he's going to go to a program that's won consecutive national championships and not to a school that's not even known as a legendary program to these kids. IU hasn't been to a final four in a generation.
Watching this colts team makes think how horrible our 80s team where up to 94 when we got jim Harbaugh and Marshall Faulk in 94 this how terrible they are now going thru qbs over and over again
I used to go to those games at the Hoosier/RCA Dome with my dad when I was a kid. The team was so bad the machine shop my dad worked at always gave him free season tickets and parking passes. We’d go to Charlie & Barney’s at the Hyatt Regency for chili and a beef frank for lunch right before the game. In those days you could sit basically wherever because the stadium was empty. Bad days for the Colts but really good memories for me 😂
They need to clean house and get a championship mentality back in that locker room and get some good leaders in the front office. Until then, I'm done with the Colts. I hope that stadium is empty tmrw, I know I won't be there.
........ AGAIN! AR has the worst completion percentage of any starting QB in the NFL. Even Justin Fields, who sucks, has a completion percentage 10 points higher than him.
It will cost the franchise way more money if Ballard is still the GM because people will not attend the games ticket prices will be down fix the culture and the money is fixed as well
Kent aren't you a member of the media? Can't you Just ask anthony richardson if he was offered a meeting with Peyton manning and passed on it? I've seen you at the press conferences before. This is a real question.... You are kind of the Conduit for the fans.
I refuse to sit through another season of Ballard and Bradley ...I will not do it !!!! I never thought I'd say this but I'll stop watching this team all together til they can give us a winning team ...what's the point if we can't win
I said something similar towards the end of the Polian era. I was rejuvenated when Grigson was brought in, but the shine quickly faded on that one too. Regardless, I still watched most of the games and still followed the team. I can’t blame you for wanting to do something else with your Sundays though. I hate how many I seemingly wasted this year
Let's take one of those reasons not to keep Ballard or the Coaches. Expensive to Jim Irsay. Jim Irsay made the decision to get these guys so his problem. That money doesn't count against the NFL Salary Cap. We fans want a GM that can bu successful in the draft and in free agency. Fans matter more. Owners will be fine.
Last time the Colts took a CB in the first round was Marlin Jackson in 2005…dang! They don’t value the position! They should! You name a lot of HOF CBs on the Patriots during their run!
Since they only like to play soft zone, they don’t value skilled man cover corners at all. The only one I can recall in recent memory was Vontae Davis. He was the best Colts CB I’ve ever seen
If you keep Stichen then you have to keep ballard. You want get the best GM if he doesn't get to pick his own coach. If this happens or Stichen picks the GM then the dysfunction of this organization will continue. It needs to be all or nothing.
Fire Ballard, patience has run out in Indy. But if I was a betting man (I am), I say they keep him for the 2025 season just because he is still under contract.
The question is what or who replaces Ballard. Firing a GM is never addition by subtraction. Need to hire someone better at the job. Can you trust the Irsays to do that? That is the question.
Kent, you do have a point although even Ballard can’t stay forever. He’s not the Pope! Let’s face it, anything short of McAfee & Friends raising the capital to buy out Irsay’s won’t be enough to make a difference anyway.
I actually would recommend 26 free agents. A year ago, I would've called that insane. Now, after witnessing the "Run It Back™" Season, I think the Colts have a toxic locker room, and anybody who's just cashing a paycheck has to go. There is no hunger. Give me a culture of hungry players and build the talent over time. Talent with a crappy culture means everybody plays to their floor. Fire Ballard and put him with Grigson in a new Colts Ring Of Shame.
Chris Ballard needs to be let go and gus Bradley needs to be let go. And trade a.r. colts are losing fans.. irsay needs to see this and know colts need a real vision for where the franchise is headed. Let's go blue 🔵 let's be the horseshoe.. we need Mike borgonzi as GM...and assistant GM Ed dodds should be the d.c.
AR is only good for a Tebow like 3rd down or running situation play. Not good for a #4 pick. Another 5 yrs of crap until we possibly rebuild with some new QB. Can't throw, Can't win in NFL.
The sooner a mistake is recognized, the quicker it can be fixed. That is true, but I'm not ready to declare the Richardson experiment a mistake. The disc problem is a significant chip against him, but I'm good to run him back one more year.
Ballard double-downed on Bradley as 28th ranked defense in NFL last season and still 28th this season. Ballard double-downed on Richardson as 49th ranked QB in the NFL last season and still 49th this season. Ballard is consistent in keeping shit on the payroll by failing to learn from his mistakes, producing the same losing results year after year.
Time for major change Alll coaches and Ballard need to go Draft Jaxson Dart in the later rounds of the draft if he's available and have a legitimate competition between him and AR
@KentSterling I don't really care for any of the QB'S in this year's draft but looking at Dart and what he did for 3 years at Ole Miss he could be this years Bo Nix and yep Kent I agree with you I wish we would've drafted Nix at 15 just to create competition and Nix would've won the job easily I think Dart would be a steal in the later rounds if he's available
I’m not as vindictive towards Ballard as other but I want to win. When has there ever been a coach/gm on the hot seat where there was a big “are we gonna fire you meeting” and they chose to keep said person AND it ended up working out?
They say Ballard builds and wins in the draft! NFL released its top 5 rookie classes of 2024 and the Colts ain’t on it!That means he does not win in the draft, FA, or in trades! So he doesn’t win! He had 8 years! See ya! Hire Assistant GM of the Eagles (Alec Halaby)! This is a protege of Howie Roseman who wins in the draft, FA, and has fleeced the Colts and Ballard in trades! I want the guy who does the fleecing not the guy who gets fleeced….end rant!!!
Kent…did a little research…I’m no Mike Chappell but…Josh Allen didn’t get going until year 3, after 28 games in his first two years. His completion percentage in 2018 was 52.8% and 58.8% in 2019. Broke into the 60s in 2019. What Richardson needs is leadership and real coaching! Coach him up!! Someone! He’s a 22 year old with untapped athletic ability but unless he’s coached, and coached hard, he’ll fail. And that will be another failure of the post Peyton Manning Colts. I believe in AR5 but he needs a real coach with real leadership to reach the brass ring. I genuinely hope he gets that, proves the haters wrong, and we all get to enjoy the game of football again. Love all your shows Kent!!
Thanks. I don't know which coach is failing Richardson, but at some point he needs to grow up and take charge of his career. So far, that has been a challenge he has yet to succeed at. Steichen was good with Hurts and Herbert.
@ Thanks for the reply Kent!!! I forgot about Hurts and Herbert being Steichen projects. Great point! I’d love to get a few years of those levels of QB play. It’d be fun to watch. Be safe in the bad weather this weekend. Thanks for all the great Indiana sports info!
Hey Kent, I know you wanted to draft Bo Nix. However, I think water will find its level with Nix. I wasn't impressed with him at all against the Colts. He's a game manager so unless the Colts improve their defense, having a game manager won't get them to the super bowl.
Chris Ballard needs to be let go and gus Bradley needs to be let go. And trade a.r. colts are losing fans.. irsay needs to see this and know colts need a real vision for where the franchise is headed. Let's go blue 🔵 let's be the horseshoe.. we need Mike borgonzi as GM...and assistant GM Ed dodds should be the d.c. 5:14
Ballard is gone for sure, that's not even an interesting discussion. The defense had a horrible game 16, but they also had a bunch of really good games this year when the offense did nothing. What has shane done to deserve to stay over Gus Bradley? Obviously they should all go. Gus Bradley isn't responsible for the terrible culture the way Shane is, he's not responsible for the consistent game management errors, and he's not making excuses for and protecting our failure of a top draft pick. Shane's interviews are an embarrassment. I cannot listen to this clown for another year. He's earned nothing.
Anthony Richardson was a project that did not pan out the guy's injury prone can't stay on the field time to move on it's not going to work out you either have to draft another quarterback or try to hire somebody like Justin fields or try to get a Sam darnold or jj mcarthy who ever minnesota wants to part with, maybe take chance on zach wilson. Ballard and gus bradley need to go.
Theres no step backwards, Stop it!!!! Adam Peters should have been hired last year.... Guess we'll be watching Washington in the playoffs after 1 off season..... #FIRECHRISBALLARD #HIREANDYWEIDL
Could have had Josh Allen, baker Mayfield any one better then a 23 yr old broken down qb?, Ballard has to go can't draft can't judge talent a true moron I hate being a fan of this shitshow, never no hope
Wentz was a very capable starter and a tough dude. The Colts got rid of Carson because he wouldn't take the JAB for COVID-19....he was on the wrong side (which is actually the right side) of Frank's politics!
@@KentSterling true I'm basing it off the fact that if they keep Steichen and fire Ballard it's purely based off the relationship Steichen has with him from there time in Philadelphia and Cunningham did learn under Roseman and he's a pretty damn good GM if not him then what about Louis Riddick
Why do we accept IU as losers and still enjoy the games but we can't enjoy the colts losing lol I flat out cannot watch the colts make a ton of mistakes
we keep Ballard for the 2 years. AR is a prove it year next year. Change at D Cord. and we pray. I personally think AR is cooked and will bury this team. Its wild seeing all of the 'blind desire' in regards to AR's performance and projection... thats what got us in this boat in the first place.
Wentz was better than we give him credit for. He was known to study and work hard. He played hero ball on the field. In hindsight, the Ballard Colts culture might be why the locker room didn't like Wentz. Maybe, just maybe, he made them look lazy.
I actually give the team credit for terminating the Wentz relationship when they did. They were able to get out of it fairly cleanly all things considered. I know the moves they’ve made since then haven’t worked out, but Wentz was not the answer.
@@hankhillsurethra I agree. Wentz probably wasn't the answer (but I might take him over Ryan, AR, and Flaco of the last 3 years). I definitely question his football IQ and decision making. But he put it all 200% on the field when he played which I respect. And yes Ballard made a fantastic deal to get out of the Wentz contract from an economic perspective.
You are dead on it. since tony dungy and bill polian, there has been nothing but inexperience at G.M. and coach. The lone bright spot in that is, bruce arians, who took his talents to tampa and won a super bowl. Clean house and get some experience in here.the training school approach for G.m. and coach hasn't worked......
I have a feeling Ballard stays. But the entire coaching staff gets the axe. Several star players get traded for high draft picks. The team will get even younger. A free agent QB will get signed, maybe even a big name. Then another four years until they let Ballard go without resigning. Do the colts go to the playoffs in that time? Hard to say. Probably not.
This team was doomed from the second that Jonathan Taylor showed that sitting pouting and being selfish is the way things are done with this Colts Organization immediately upon anthony richardson's arrival.
What kind juice you on? There is no comparison Allen can run & Pass. Colts have half-ass everything Richardson can run but not short pass. He will always have a back problem I can prove it. He has had it since 8th grade. Taylor can run can't catch or block, Flacco can pass can't run.
AR seems like a nice kid and he says almost all of the right stuff, outside of “I was just tired”. But the kid barely played football before getting drafted and it looks like he still doesn’t know how to play it. When you add in his availability and durability concerns, I don’t know how you can confidently say he’s the guy moving forward.
PLEASE name something Chris Ballard did wrong…. A GM is living within salary cap and lead team of guys who make draft picks…. He hits on the draft while many teams dont even keep their draft picks at all!! Getting rid of Ballard is like firing BLUE…. Ballard does his job well!!
Everybody was ready to sign off on Ballard at the start of the season. Then when things went sideways, everything is "his fault." I think the Colts are one of the dumber fanbases in the NFL. Very entitled, very oblivious to reality.
Run it back 1 more year with steichen, ballard, and Richardson. It is baffling to me that this fan base had playoff expectations. You basically had a rookie qb. .500 should have been the realistic expectation. But 1 more year of these 3 and you know if AR is a true bust or not, and you tie the coach and gm together with pink slips or extensions. Its a cleaner break. And id like to add, if if if AR had played well, was this not a playoff team? So this idea that the fans have that the team stinks is astoundingly absurd. I honestly think ballard has been cheap in FA because he wanted to see if he has a qb or not and will spend WHEN the team looked ready to really make a run. Why not let your young secondary learn on the job if your team still has a qb learning? He was brought in for sustained success not to gamble on winning a sb 1 year. I love the colts but this fan base is insanely dense sometimes. And to all you threatening to withhold season ticket purchases, winning cures all and if im gm, you guys and your hyperbole would be the last opinion id listen to.
If it's true they want Shane retained, I could see Ballard getting a one year reprieve. Division, playoffs or you're done. Bradley gets canned, Some serious player turnover will occur.
Fire GM and all coaches this team needs change from top to bottom
Ballard, the coaches and AR all need to be gone. AR is a BUST
Sooner that sinks in the better!
I think we need to clean house. CB, Steichan, Bradley and let the new GM pick his guys. I was 50/50 on Steichan but after further thought on the matter, he didn't change the culture as head coach. He perpetuated the consistant lack of accountability. He didn't hold anyone accountable and just went with the flow. He's Reich 2.0, great guy, but not a tone setter.
miserable 8 year run as the general manager of Indianapolis
• 61-69-1 record BALLARD & BRADLEY MUST GO!
• 5 head coaches
• 12 quarterbacks
• ZERO division titles
• Only 1 playoff victory
• Team blew a 33-point lead (largest ever)
So does Ballard stay, or does he go? He needs to go. We need an aggressive GM who brings down the hammer and demands the best out of everyone. Plus, who is not afraid to trade players, picks, and whoever just to bring a championship back here.
Come on March! 🏎🏁
AR is a Ryan Leaf level Bust
Not quite, but close.
Ballard definitely needs to go!!! I'm losing faith in AR also. It seems he will never be healthy for a full season!!!
I was right on Chris Ballard. I said years ago he needed to be gone Kent And most people disagreed.
And I'm also right on Richardson. He's a running quarterback that gets hurt running the f****** ball.
Yeah he's only 22 but he gets hurt like he's 42.
The dude has back issues. He has inaccuracy issues. He has quitting issues. The dude is a bust
I did too. And had person after person tell me that I was out of my mind. Now most comments regarding Ballard sound just like how I did. 😂
You're no profit, but you do understand pro football. Even Ray Charles could have seen this.🤣
Exactly now all of a sudden this year was everybody's breaking point when Ballard has been losing and ass for years. Don't cry now...when losing has been acceptable to the new complainers for years
I agreed with you years ago and still do.
Ballard did not even consider Baker Mayfield when he wanted to come here. Mayfield is currently doing very well for the Bucks. Ballard also hired Josh McDaniels as coach...FIRE BALLARD
Never understood the Bkaer thing myself…Ballard believed bringing in Matt Ryan was a better option than Baker Mayfield…
Yeah we need a 50 year old qb whoose peak was in 2009 😂
With him talking about disc problems I don't know how you don't draft a QB this year if for no other reason than to push AR
Common Sense!!!🤪
@@jamescrawford5330 Easy for us but to our current GM? nope lol
Someone needs to be fired for this alone!
I think they need to draft another QB too. I get blasted for saying that bc everyone says this is a poor draft for QBs, but I’m not even sure if anyone can name the QBs outside of Ward and Sanders. At worst, the Colts will need a long term back up, so it makes sense to look closely at QBs after the first round
I'm done with this team if Ballard isn't fired by Monday at 12.01 A.M.
I Already Was Became a steelers fan in 2022 because i Was Sick Of Ballards lies i will root for the team again if they get it together Ballard shane and Ar Need Canned
I love that ur doing a little bit longer videos now Kent. I really only care about pacers, colts, and hoosiers and u keep me up to date on all that plus a little extra which is great. Thx for what you do!
Stop buying tickets problem solved
Based on the remaining contract, I predict Irsay KEEPING Ballard. Ballard has never put the Colts in a bad salary cap scenario if I'm not mistaken.
I see the DC Bradley being the "scapegoat."
I see MANY players returning again in 2025.
I'm not saying I support Ballard staying. I want Ballard and Bradley GONE!
There are no positives keeping Chris Ballard
Best Sermon I've heard on a Sunday in some time 💯
Why Kent did you say no way to Jim Harbaugh? How can you hate on his winning and ability to get max output from his QBs. HE would have had the Colts in playoffs if he had been hired! Capt comeback wouldn't tolerate this crap!!
He was never a realistic options for the Colts.
Yeah he Was but Irsay Didnt Close the deal
They’ll lose a major chunk of fans if Ballard stays, my season ticket renewal, like many others, is contingent on him staying or leaving.
They all need to go no more debate
We need a clean rebuild. Ballard, Steichen, AR all need to be gone.
Time to move on from Ballard, he thinks he is smarter than he actually is. His mistakes have cost us a ton: drafting AR, Campbell over DK Metcalf, Latu over a CB, not reinforcing our major needs during FA year after year. His philosophy of building through the draft, has been proven wrong year after year. There is a reason why Chiefs became so dominant after he left. Ballard is a “confort GM”, he will bring you stability but not greatness. To win in the NFL you need greatness.
Time to hire a new GM (despite the risks of ending with someone worse), you have to take that risk, or nothing is going to change. With Ballard all you can be as a team is being mid and that’s not gonna change until he leaves. Bring in a new GM, who gets the QB he wants, brings the coaches that he wants and let’s begin again. I am sorry for Shane but new GM means new HC, it won’t work if Shane stays, unfortunately for him, he will be a victim of the CBallard era. Maybe the new GM will let him stay as OC
AR not an NFL qb… maybe a backup
@@Mike-.747I would like to see him in a Tyson Hill type of roll
You forgot to mention giving up a 1st rounder for Trent Richardson Rb a total bust.
@@joeb169 Grigson did that. Not Ballard.
@kevinlee9929 ok. My fault.
Colts need to find a true starting qb AR isn't he's a backup at best
Ballard is ok!
Get rid of AR and some other players.
Then hit discipline hard remaining players and future ones.
8 years is enough. Im not even down on ballard, i just recognize his plan didnt lead to wins. I think he had sound reasons behind his choices, it just didnt work out. His philosophy to pay his guys sounds nice, but the guys he hit on are guys he drafted in his first 4 years, and they are positions other teams dont pay. #5....heck of an athlete, but is not a qb. Shane steichen....i dont know, but i think its more probable he beats us coaching from another team than him beating other teams coaching for us.
This is how I feel. I like Ballard and think he’s a decent GM, but his plans haven’t worked and the team doesn’t seem to have any clear direction. I do have concerns that we could replace Ballard with a worse GM, though.
AR has a perpetual bad back.......and it will never get better
I can't understand how they didn't catch this on his physical. He says he's had since he was a kid. No disclosure either. He needs to go too.
@@joeb169I still can’t understand how you draft a guy that hasn’t played football. I know Tannehill converted from college WR to NFL QB, but at least he’d played enough football to understand the positions.
AR is similar to Andrew Luck, minus the production
Kent! You should have went to New Castle last Saturday and watched that high school basketball tournament! I like that point guard #4 on Fishers! Sherron has a lot of Bobby Knight in him for Jeff! That Mullins kid would be a nice piece for IU
You're right about Mullins. Too bad he's going to go to a program that's won consecutive national championships and not to a school that's not even known as a legendary program to these kids. IU hasn't been to a final four in a generation.
Watching this colts team makes think how horrible our 80s team where up to 94 when we got jim Harbaugh and Marshall Faulk in 94 this how terrible they are now going thru qbs over and over again
I used to go to those games at the Hoosier/RCA Dome with my dad when I was a kid. The team was so bad the machine shop my dad worked at always gave him free season tickets and parking passes. We’d go to Charlie & Barney’s at the Hyatt Regency for chili and a beef frank for lunch right before the game. In those days you could sit basically wherever because the stadium was empty.
Bad days for the Colts but really good memories for me 😂
They need to clean house and get a championship mentality back in that locker room and get some good leaders in the front office. Until then, I'm done with the Colts. I hope that stadium is empty tmrw, I know I won't be there.
AR worst completion percentage in Colts history and can’t finish the season
........ AGAIN!
AR has the worst completion percentage of any starting QB in the NFL. Even Justin Fields, who sucks, has a completion percentage 10 points higher than him.
Ballard will be back because of Irsay health for one more year then I expect Irsay family to fire Ballard
Steichen is being paid 6 million dollars per year.
I would have to assume Ballad is making more.
4 yrs $100,000,000 extension
@@nathanwilliams5290 - NOT TRUE.
Actually, although it is counterintuitive, I believe the average amount paid to HCs > the average amount paid to GMs.
0:30 - Except for the cool $25 million signing bonus Irsay allowed Andrew Luck to keep when he quit the team.
Debate? No debate, Ballard goes or the fan base does.
If you can rid of Ballard then we also need to clean house, which includes 25 percent of the players
It will cost the franchise way more money if Ballard is still the GM because people will not attend the games ticket prices will be down fix the culture and the money is fixed as well
Kent aren't you a member of the media? Can't you Just ask anthony richardson if he was offered a meeting with Peyton manning and passed on it? I've seen you at the press conferences before. This is a real question.... You are kind of the Conduit for the fans.
I refuse to sit through another season of Ballard and Bradley ...I will not do it !!!! I never thought I'd say this but I'll stop watching this team all together til they can give us a winning team ...what's the point if we can't win
I agree, it's been too long and I have better things to do on Sunday.
I said something similar towards the end of the Polian era. I was rejuvenated when Grigson was brought in, but the shine quickly faded on that one too. Regardless, I still watched most of the games and still followed the team. I can’t blame you for wanting to do something else with your Sundays though. I hate how many I seemingly wasted this year
Fire Shane and Ballard Times Up and Trade Richardson and Start Over
Let's take one of those reasons not to keep Ballard or the Coaches. Expensive to Jim Irsay. Jim Irsay made the decision to get these guys so his problem. That money doesn't count against the NFL Salary Cap. We fans want a GM that can bu successful in the draft and in free agency. Fans matter more. Owners will be fine.
Last time the Colts took a CB in the first round was Marlin Jackson in 2005…dang! They don’t value the position! They should! You name a lot of HOF CBs on the Patriots during their run!
Since they only like to play soft zone, they don’t value skilled man cover corners at all. The only one I can recall in recent memory was Vontae Davis. He was the best Colts CB I’ve ever seen
Wink is an excellent choice for DC! Good idea Kent!
The new GM may not be better, but it's worth the risk.
Who are the hot GM prospects out right now?
VRBAL for defensive coordinator
Need a no nonsense tough guy -Vrabel!
Ballard and Bradley are too nice and too soft on making the tough decisions.
If you keep Stichen then you have to keep ballard. You want get the best GM if he doesn't get to pick his own coach. If this happens or Stichen picks the GM then the dysfunction of this organization will continue. It needs to be all or nothing.
Fire Ballard, patience has run out in Indy. But if I was a betting man (I am), I say they keep him for the 2025 season just because he is still under contract.
How is there even a question of retaining Ballard?!?!?! Same for SteichenReichen, Gus Bradley & AR. Move on!!!!!
The question is what or who replaces Ballard. Firing a GM is never addition by subtraction. Need to hire someone better at the job. Can you trust the Irsays to do that? That is the question.
Kent, you do have a point although even Ballard can’t stay forever. He’s not the Pope! Let’s face it, anything short of McAfee & Friends raising the capital to buy out Irsay’s won’t be enough to make a difference anyway.
I actually would recommend 26 free agents. A year ago, I would've called that insane. Now, after witnessing the "Run It Back™" Season, I think the Colts have a toxic locker room, and anybody who's just cashing a paycheck has to go. There is no hunger. Give me a culture of hungry players and build the talent over time. Talent with a crappy culture means everybody plays to their floor. Fire Ballard and put him with Grigson in a new Colts Ring Of Shame.
G.M. must go.
I'd rather be terrible than the average and have a hope of getting better
Chris Ballard needs to be let go and gus Bradley needs to be let go. And trade a.r. colts are losing fans.. irsay needs to see this and know colts need a real vision for where the franchise is headed. Let's go blue 🔵 let's be the horseshoe.. we need Mike borgonzi as GM...and assistant GM Ed dodds should be the d.c.
AR is only good for a Tebow like 3rd down or running situation play. Not good for a #4 pick. Another 5 yrs of crap until we possibly rebuild with some new QB. Can't throw, Can't win in NFL.
Maybe we can convert him to TE
Jaxson dart is the guy
The sooner we move off AR the better. He's just not going to stay healthy long enough to improve to an acceptable level.
The sooner a mistake is recognized, the quicker it can be fixed. That is true, but I'm not ready to declare the Richardson experiment a mistake. The disc problem is a significant chip against him, but I'm good to run him back one more year.
Ballard double-downed on Bradley as 28th ranked defense in NFL last season and still 28th this season.
Ballard double-downed on Richardson as 49th ranked QB in the NFL last season and still 49th this season.
Ballard is consistent in keeping shit on the payroll by failing to learn from his mistakes, producing the same losing results year after year.
Steichen has been way worse this year
Time for major change Alll coaches and Ballard need to go Draft Jaxson Dart in the later rounds of the draft if he's available and have a legitimate competition between him and AR
Dart had a monster year. No doubt about that.
@KentSterling I don't really care for any of the QB'S in this year's draft but looking at Dart and what he did for 3 years at Ole Miss he could be this years Bo Nix and yep Kent I agree with you I wish we would've drafted Nix at 15 just to create competition and Nix would've won the job easily I think Dart would be a steal in the later rounds if he's available
Cade Klubnick and LSU’s QB are qbs I have my eyes on this year.
I’m not as vindictive towards Ballard as other but I want to win. When has there ever been a coach/gm on the hot seat where there was a big “are we gonna fire you meeting” and they chose to keep said person AND it ended up working out?
Hire Peyton as GM, draft Arch Manning in 2026 and hire Eli for Qb coach. 😁
Peyton would have to take a massive paycut - and Peyton don't play that.
AR was hurt & try Hard & 2make up 4his tyme off from. Injury still put Winning # 🤔 Secondary fault Kent walk it back and take a look💯
They say Ballard builds and wins in the draft! NFL released its top 5 rookie classes of 2024 and the Colts ain’t on it!That means he does not win in the draft, FA, or in trades! So he doesn’t win! He had 8 years! See ya! Hire Assistant GM of the Eagles (Alec Halaby)! This is a protege of Howie Roseman who wins in the draft, FA, and has fleeced the Colts and Ballard in trades! I want the guy who does the fleecing not the guy who gets fleeced….end rant!!!
Keep Ranting!!! Irsays seem to have a hearing problem!! ( or move this franchise to a town who does “stupid” better than us)!!🤬🤬🤬
Championship teams have an offensive line that is good enough. The best and worst linemen don't win you championships.
I wish we got baker years agi
Kent…did a little research…I’m no Mike Chappell but…Josh Allen didn’t get going until year 3, after 28 games in his first two years. His completion percentage in 2018 was 52.8% and 58.8% in 2019. Broke into the 60s in 2019. What Richardson needs is leadership and real coaching! Coach him up!! Someone! He’s a 22 year old with untapped athletic ability but unless he’s coached, and coached hard, he’ll fail. And that will be another failure of the post Peyton Manning Colts. I believe in AR5 but he needs a real coach with real leadership to reach the brass ring. I genuinely hope he gets that, proves the haters wrong, and we all get to enjoy the game of football again. Love all your shows Kent!!
Thanks. I don't know which coach is failing Richardson, but at some point he needs to grow up and take charge of his career. So far, that has been a challenge he has yet to succeed at. Steichen was good with Hurts and Herbert.
@ Thanks for the reply Kent!!! I forgot about Hurts and Herbert being Steichen projects. Great point! I’d love to get a few years of those levels of QB play. It’d be fun to watch. Be safe in the bad weather this weekend. Thanks for all the great Indiana sports info!
Hey Kent, I know you wanted to draft Bo Nix. However, I think water will find its level with Nix. I wasn't impressed with him at all against the Colts. He's a game manager so unless the Colts improve their defense, having a game manager won't get them to the super bowl.
Colts would need to improve their defense with 2004 Peyton Manning at quarterback.
Why should the Fraud keep his job? I see zero reasons
I don’t mind if Ballard stays but he needs to be AGGRESSIVE in FA. That’s his weakness. Little unlucky with the QBs honestly
Chris Ballard needs to be let go and gus Bradley needs to be let go. And trade a.r. colts are losing fans.. irsay needs to see this and know colts need a real vision for where the franchise is headed. Let's go blue 🔵 let's be the horseshoe.. we need Mike borgonzi as GM...and assistant GM Ed dodds should be the d.c. 5:14
We like our guys who loose chris Ballard
If you keep Shane and AR... Gotta keep Ballard.... One year... if not Clean sweep... GM HC QB.
Ballard is gone for sure, that's not even an interesting discussion. The defense had a horrible game 16, but they also had a bunch of really good games this year when the offense did nothing. What has shane done to deserve to stay over Gus Bradley? Obviously they should all go. Gus Bradley isn't responsible for the terrible culture the way Shane is, he's not responsible for the consistent game management errors, and he's not making excuses for and protecting our failure of a top draft pick. Shane's interviews are an embarrassment. I cannot listen to this clown for another year. He's earned nothing.
Since the Colts have come to Indianapolis, they have only been really successful with Peyton Manning. I hope Irsay brings Peyton back as GM or Owner!
Anthony Richardson was a project that did not pan out the guy's injury prone can't stay on the field time to move on it's not going to work out you either have to draft another quarterback or try to hire somebody like Justin fields or try to get a Sam darnold or jj mcarthy who ever minnesota wants to part with, maybe take chance on zach wilson. Ballard and gus bradley need to go.
Theres no step backwards, Stop it!!!!
Adam Peters should have been hired last year....
Guess we'll be watching Washington in the playoffs after 1 off season.....
#FIRECHRISBALLARD
#HIREANDYWEIDL
I'd fire ballard over steichen anyday!
Could have had Josh Allen, baker Mayfield any one better then a 23 yr old broken down qb?, Ballard has to go can't draft can't judge talent a true moron I hate being a fan of this shitshow, never no hope
Wentz was a very capable starter and a tough dude. The Colts got rid of Carson because he wouldn't take the JAB for COVID-19....he was on the wrong side (which is actually the right side) of Frank's politics!
D -
The only good thing about Ballard staying is that we get to hear his press conference at the end of season lol
F- the colts
I want to bring in Justin fields we need a quarterback competition next year may the best quarterback win the starting job
I actually like this idea I think fields is an NFL quarterback just has not had a great chance tbh
Ultimately I think Ballard is gone and they hire someone like Ian Cunningham from Chicago who Steichen has a relationship with from Philadelphia
I need to dig deeper into the Ian Cunningham idea, but hiring the assistant GM from that dumpster fire does not appear to be the sharpest idea.
@@KentSterling true I'm basing it off the fact that if they keep Steichen and fire Ballard it's purely based off the relationship Steichen has with him from there time in Philadelphia and Cunningham did learn under Roseman and he's a pretty damn good GM if not him then what about Louis Riddick
Why do we accept IU as losers and still enjoy the games but we can't enjoy the colts losing lol I flat out cannot watch the colts make a ton of mistakes
we keep Ballard for the 2 years. AR is a prove it year next year. Change at D Cord. and we pray. I personally think AR is cooked and will bury this team. Its wild seeing all of the 'blind desire' in regards to AR's performance and projection... thats what got us in this boat in the first place.
Wentz was better than we give him credit for. He was known to study and work hard. He played hero ball on the field. In hindsight, the Ballard Colts culture might be why the locker room didn't like Wentz. Maybe, just maybe, he made them look lazy.
Exactly!
I actually give the team credit for terminating the Wentz relationship when they did. They were able to get out of it fairly cleanly all things considered. I know the moves they’ve made since then haven’t worked out, but Wentz was not the answer.
@@hankhillsurethra I agree. Wentz probably wasn't the answer (but I might take him over Ryan, AR, and Flaco of the last 3 years). I definitely question his football IQ and decision making. But he put it all 200% on the field when he played which I respect. And yes Ballard made a fantastic deal to get out of the Wentz contract from an economic perspective.
You are dead on it. since tony dungy and bill polian, there has been nothing but inexperience at G.M. and coach. The lone bright spot in that is, bruce arians, who took his talents to tampa and won a super bowl. Clean house and get some experience in here.the training school approach for G.m. and coach hasn't worked......
Need that flawed GM no one else wants to deal with, but is really good at his job. Polian 2.0
Just to keep some things in perspective:
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I have a feeling Ballard stays. But the entire coaching staff gets the axe. Several star players get traded for high draft picks. The team will get even younger. A free agent QB will get signed, maybe even a big name. Then another four years until they let Ballard go without resigning. Do the colts go to the playoffs in that time? Hard to say. Probably not.
This team was doomed from the second that Jonathan Taylor showed that sitting pouting and being selfish is the way things are done with this Colts Organization immediately upon anthony richardson's arrival.
None of that helped, but the slide began prior.
PLEASE name something Chris Ballard did wrong….
What kind juice you on? There is no comparison Allen can run & Pass. Colts have half-ass everything Richardson can run but not short pass. He will always have a back problem I can prove it. He has had it since 8th grade. Taylor can run can't catch or block, Flacco can pass can't run.
AR gets a D+…
May have been a C- except for his tap out!
Colts will jeep him but he’s got too far to go and seems injury prone.
AR seems like a nice kid and he says almost all of the right stuff, outside of “I was just tired”.
But the kid barely played football before getting drafted and it looks like he still doesn’t know how to play it. When you add in his availability and durability concerns, I don’t know how you can confidently say he’s the guy moving forward.
PLEASE name something Chris Ballard did wrong…. A GM is living within salary cap and lead team of guys who make draft picks…. He hits on the draft while many teams dont even keep their draft picks at all!! Getting rid of Ballard is like firing BLUE…. Ballard does his job well!!
Everybody was ready to sign off on Ballard at the start of the season. Then when things went sideways, everything is "his fault." I think the Colts are one of the dumber fanbases in the NFL. Very entitled, very oblivious to reality.
@@carriteso you think we should keep Ballard? I wanted him gone before the 2022 season.
12 QB's, so that's 12 reasons. Do you need more?
Nobody goes. Running it back!!!
Run it back 1 more year with steichen, ballard, and Richardson. It is baffling to me that this fan base had playoff expectations. You basically had a rookie qb. .500 should have been the realistic expectation. But 1 more year of these 3 and you know if AR is a true bust or not, and you tie the coach and gm together with pink slips or extensions. Its a cleaner break. And id like to add, if if if AR had played well, was this not a playoff team? So this idea that the fans have that the team stinks is astoundingly absurd. I honestly think ballard has been cheap in FA because he wanted to see if he has a qb or not and will spend WHEN the team looked ready to really make a run. Why not let your young secondary learn on the job if your team still has a qb learning? He was brought in for sustained success not to gamble on winning a sb 1 year. I love the colts but this fan base is insanely dense sometimes. And to all you threatening to withhold season ticket purchases, winning cures all and if im gm, you guys and your hyperbole would be the last opinion id listen to.
If it's true they want Shane retained, I could see Ballard getting a one year reprieve. Division, playoffs or you're done. Bradley gets canned, Some serious player turnover will occur.
Guys, please don't allow the Colts to drive y'all crazy. Actually losing and being a complete embarrassment is fun. 😎 Run it back. 💪🏆
"C minus"