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  • #61
    Re: Here's my plea

    Originally posted by OlBlu View Post
    Make no mistake about it, the Polians were driven out because they didn't believe in releasing Manning and drafting Luck to replace him.

    I don't think that's true. The Manning decision was always going to be 100% on Irsay. It didn't really matter what anyone else thought. Make no mistake, the Polians were canned because the wheels came off last season.

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    • #62
      Re: Here's my plea

      To me that is a pretty big question mark to just hope that the assets we would have acquired with the number 1 pick would have fixed a lot of our issues.

      I get that people miss Manning, heck if you go back to March on this board, I would have been fine with bringing Manning back and even letting Luck learn under him, but as I watch this team, I don't know. This is a bad football team IMO, yes maybe all those assets we get for the number 1 pick and Luck pan out, but maybe they don't. Was there a more sure fire pick in the draft than the Luck? Maybe that tackle from USC, but that's about it. There is a reason Luck has been touted so high for over two years now.

      Luck deserves credit for that. At the start of his junior year, he was the sure fire number 1 pick, and even I predicted that as he stayed in college people would pick apart his game and start to find flaws. I thought ti would happen we almost always see it happen with "sure fire" number 1s. Someone always displaces them by the end of the season. Well Luck made it through his whole junior year without that happening. I thought it would happen AGAIN his senior year, that the more we saw Luck we would finally see something that made everyone say, this kid isn't quite as good as we think, but nope yet again, he was still number 1 at the end of his senior year, even after RGIII put an all out blitz on that pick. Luck was still the guy, and I don't think any other franchise would have played any differently than the way Colts did when it comes down to RGIII vs. Luck.

      And now even as we sit in week 5 of his rookie year and people still keep trying to poke holes in his game, what has Luck done? Oh, only already lead two 4th quarter game winning drives in his first 5 games (should be 3, I think we can all agree it should be 3, his team let him down against Jacksonville, period), I mean think about this for a second two 4th quarter game winning drives in his first 5 games, when he did it agianst Minnesota, it had been over 40 years since someone had done that. That is incredible, that is HISTORY making. And while he's doing this, yes, maybe he hasn't been the best QB in the league, but his advanced QBR has been in the top 5 all season, his yards per game is also top 5, he is running perhaps the most advanced offensive scheme we have ever seen a rookie run, a downfield passing attack with lots of route options and reads that occasionally goes no huddle. His completion percentage needs to get better, I agree and understand that, but I also understand that his completion percentage is right in line with where Peyton was 6 games into his rookie career and that was running a much less complicated offense at the time with a better supporting cast particularly on the offensive line.

      Yes, RGIII is great, I have never, ever denied this, back in April, I honestly did not care who we drafted between RGIII and Luck. I thought both were going to be great, part of me was excited at the prospect of RGIII even. I don't resent OlBlu for liking RGIII what I do resent is the insinuation that somehow RGIII is amazing while Luck sucks, because it is just not true or even based in reality. If they both keep up what they are doing all season it will probably be the two greatest rookie years for QBs EVER and it will happen in THE SAME YEAR. This is incredible on so many levels. even I thought it was a long shot 6 weeks ago, but it is really happening.

      No one really thought we would be 2-3 right now. Heck, OlBlu didn't even think we would win 2 games all year. And a big reason we have those 2 wins is because of number 12. He's played like a vet in crunch time three times now, he has been brilliant in the two minute drill in every game. Give the kid some credit, he's not Peyton Manning right now, but he might be some day, and regardless of who you want to blame for the Manning thing, Luck is not the guy who should take it, because if it wasn't him sitting there at the number 1 pick, then it would have been RGIII.
      Last edited by Trader Joe; 10-16-2012, 10:17 AM.


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      • #63
        Re: Here's my plea

        Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post
        I don't think that's true. The Manning decision was always going to be 100% on Irsay. It didn't really matter what anyone else thought. Make no mistake, the Polians were canned because the wheels came off last season.
        I don't believe that for one minute. They were not on board with the decision and that is why they were run out. We would be better right now if they had stayed. They put together one of the best runs in NFL history. It wasn't an accident.

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        • #64
          Re: Here's my plea

          Originally posted by OlBlu View Post
          Make no mistake about it, the Polians were driven out because they didn't believe in releasing Manning and drafting Luck to replace him.
          I must be mistaken then.... from what I heard Irsay was not happy about the nepotism with Polian and son. The relationship was slightly strained previous to that by Polian pushing Howard Mudd and Tom Moore out the door. Mudd and Moore were Dungy guys and Polian was slowly cutting away folks who had been faithful to the former coach.
          You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

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          • #65
            Re: Here's my plea

            Originally posted by OlBlu View Post
            I don't believe that for one minute. They were not on board with the decision and that is why they were run out. We would be better right now if they had stayed. They put together one of the best runs in NFL history. It wasn't an accident.
            Polian was great at finding talent from 1998-06. That is indisputable. But from 07 onward he was bad and the greatness of Manning covered up his poor decisions. It was time for him to go.

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            • #66
              Re: Here's my plea

              Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
              To me that is a pretty big question mark to just hope that the assets we would have acquired with the number 1 pick would have fixed a lot of our issues.
              Do you think all draft picks are big question marks, or just extra draft picks?

              Even if it's a big question mark, you get more chances to make impactful selections. If you don't have faith in the front office, with extra picks, then their alloted amount should be even bigger question marks.

              I think Luck is the better player when comparing just Luck and RGIII, but if it's RGIII+extra talent, I don't think Luck is THAT much better.
              Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.” ― Ricky Gervais.

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              • #67
                Re: Here's my plea

                Originally posted by Since86 View Post
                Do you think all draft picks are big question marks, or just extra draft picks?

                Even if it's a big question mark, you get more chances to make impactful selections. If you don't have faith in the front office, with extra picks, then their alloted amount should be even bigger question marks.
                All draft picks are question marks for the most part. I don't think Luck, RGIII, or Khalil in this draft were question marks. Everyone else question mark IMO. And this is a team with a lot of holes to fill, I don't think one draft was going to do it.


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                • #68
                  Re: Here's my plea

                  Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post
                  Polian was great at finding talent from 1998-06. That is indisputable. But from 07 onward he was bad and the greatness of Manning covered up his poor decisions. It was time for him to go.
                  You guys seem to be forgetting that Chris Polain was the guy who ran the drafts in the later years and totally botched the early rounds. He sucked and his daddy didn't want to the job fulltime anymore.

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                  • #69
                    Re: Here's my plea

                    Originally posted by Since86 View Post
                    Do you think all draft picks are big question marks, or just extra draft picks?

                    Even if it's a big question mark, you get more chances to make impactful selections. If you don't have faith in the front office, with extra picks, then their alloted amount should be even bigger question marks.

                    I think Luck is the better player when comparing just Luck and RGIII, but if it's RGIII+extra talent, I don't think Luck is THAT much better.
                    I can understand this argument but then again you would have had to trade back one selection which is a lot harder than people make it out to be. It probably could have been done but I am not sold that its just a simple phone call away with the Rams. They have their guy but all that aside your looking at 3 first round picks one of which is RG3 and then what? We have seen multiple first round draft picks have there season derailed by injury so its not a forgone conclusion that a second round selection in 2012 and a first in 2013 and 2014 would make a major impact.

                    Edit: It will be interesting to see how much the Rams improve in the coming years.
                    Last edited by Gamble1; 10-16-2012, 10:55 AM.

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                    • #70
                      Re: Here's my plea

                      Since86 thinks you could get more than what you suggested Slick thats why he believes in trading back one selection.

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                      • #71
                        Re: Here's my plea

                        The only way we could have gotten RGIII is if we would have drafted him with our number 1 pick. There was no feasible way to get RGIII + draft picks. St. Louis wouldn't have wanted our number one pick because they already have Sam Bradford on the roster. They would have then had a ton of money invested in two quarterbacks which obviously makes no sense whatsoever. Trading that second pick for a haul of assets (4 picks) from Washington was a much better option for them than giving us a bunch of stuff for a position they already had filled. Sam Bradford + four extra draft picks is better than Luck + Bradford minus four draft picks of your own. It's a difference of like 7 or 8 picks.

                        RGIII + draft picks might sound nice on paper, but it was impossible given the circumstances. You have to look at the team that had the number 2 pick and they had no use whatsoever for our number 1 pick.

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                        • #72
                          Re: Here's my plea

                          Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
                          There it is folks. He admits it. He just flat out hates Luck. He has said that he wants Luck to succeed but clearly that is crap and a lie. I have time for trolls, trolls can be fun. I don't have time for someone who will just hate hate hate for no reason.

                          So please, I've had as much fun with him as the next guy, but it's about to kill the Colts board. It is sucking all the fun out of watching Luck. I got what I really wanted from him. An admission that he is just a bitter man who hates Andrew Luck for no reason. So leave him to his devices.

                          Ignore him, block him, whatever.

                          Just let's let it be at this point. We are not going to get anywhere with someone who is consumed with blind hate. I don't care whether he continues to post or not. I won't be reading or responding to anything this guy says again.

                          Go Colts
                          About to? It already did because people don't know how to use the ignore button.

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                          • #73
                            Re: Here's my plea

                            BBS at Stampedeblue has always had a very condescending tone toward anyone who even remotely wanted to entertain the idea of retaining Manning:

                            http://www.stampedeblue.com/2012/10/...is#add-comment

                            He questions the competence of anyone who wanted to retain Manning, then follows it up with this gem:

                            Yes, better than Peyton was in 1998. Hell, he's better than Peyton was in 2000.

                            You can definitely say that Luck is a better rookie than Peyton for the simple reason that he shouldn't throw anywhere close to the 28 picks that Peyton threw. But saying Luck is currently better than Peyton in 2000 has to be one of the silliest things I've ever heard.

                            Manning 2000 stats (third season): 33 TDS/15 INT, 4413 yds, 62.5% completion, 94.7 rating. Colts went 10-6.

                            Manning 1999 stats (second season): 26 TDS/15 INT, 4135 yds, 62.1% completion, 90.7 rating. Colts went 13-3


                            If Luck has a second and third season like that, I'll be doing cartwheels. I like Luck a lot, but BBS had no right calling Colts fans who wanted Manning back dumb when he is saying that Luck is currently better than a third year Manning who was hanging 33 TDs and a passer rating in the mid 90's.

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                            • #74
                              Re: Here's my plea

                              Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post
                              BBS at Stampedeblue has always had a very condescending tone toward anyone who even remotely wanted to entertain the idea of retaining Manning:

                              http://www.stampedeblue.com/2012/10/...is#add-comment

                              He questions the competence of anyone who wanted to retain Manning, then follows it up with this gem:

                              Yes, better than Peyton was in 1998. Hell, he's better than Peyton was in 2000.

                              You can definitely say that Luck is a better rookie than Peyton for the simple reason that he shouldn't throw anywhere close to the 28 picks that Peyton threw. But saying Luck is currently better than Peyton in 2000 has to be one of the silliest things I've ever heard.

                              Manning 2000 stats (third season): 33 TDS/15 INT, 4413 yds, 62.5% completion, 94.7 rating. Colts went 10-6.

                              Manning 1999 stats (second season): 26 TDS/15 INT, 4135 yds, 62.1% completion, 90.7 rating. Colts went 13-3


                              If Luck has a second and third season like that, I'll be doing cartwheels. I like Luck a lot, but BBS had no right calling Colts fans who wanted Manning back dumb when he is saying that Luck is currently better than a third year Manning who was hanging 33 TDs and a passer rating in the mid 90's.
                              BBS is a complete tool, but it would be irrational to keep Manning when this team was rebuilding.

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                              • #75
                                Re: Here's my plea

                                It wasn't impossible. Arguing that it wouldn't have been easy is one thing, arguing it is completely impossible to do is totally different.

                                No doubt the FO would have to get creative, and it would most likely need more than one trade to happen, but that's not outside the realm of possbility. Just look at what StL did in the draft. They took their #2 pick, turned it into #6 with extra picks, then turned #6 into #14 and more extra picks.

                                Picks 2-7 were all traded due to teams jockeying for position to get the high talent left overs. Not only that but there were 19 trades total for just the first round last year, with 3 teams making multiple trades out of the 19 total trades.
                                Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.” ― Ricky Gervais.

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