(02-07-2018, 12:16 AM)TJBender Wrote:

(02-06-2018, 11:55 PM)Eye of the Storm Wrote: Now they’ll pass on a blue chip QB on the hope that Luck returns healthy, but he comes back with an arm like Chad Pennington. Throw in a Gus Bradley or Jeff Fischer hire at HC, and it would nearly be as good as winning the Superbowl.

I'm wondering what the Colts do next. Logic suggests that they'll pick a safe, veteran option who's already familiar with the team, like Leslie Frazier or Scott Linehan (who already knows their DC). But, I mean, when has logic meant a thing to Jim Irsay? I wouldn't be shocked to see him swing for the fences by reaching for a bright prospect who isn't ready like Jim Bob Cooter or Brian Flores. Hey, with Flores, he could even stick it to the Patriots. But no, I don't think any of that happens.

I'm stupid for even saying it, and we should all be so lucky, but I think he drives a semi truck full of money up to Ann Arbor and drives it back with his former quarterback, Jim Harbaugh. It may well cost him Chris Ballard, but who cares, right? I mean, Ballard had Josh McDaniels lined up as the coach and couldn't close the deal, leaving the organization with egg all over its face in the process. And who else better is out there for fixing Andrew Luck than his old college coach?

I hope I'm right, because I really think that a Harbaugh/Irsay pairing would be a wonderfully spectacular failure. Two incredibly strong personalities, one on drugs, the other convinced he's God, and an overrated QB who may never play again caught in the middle. That'd be fun.

I wouldn't touch that job with a 100 foot pole. Not because the job isn't enticing, but when you aren't able to hire your own assistant coaches who know the system you want to run, you start out at a huge disadvantage. They are gonna have a hard time finding someone who is willing to come into that type of situation. Not only did McDaniels screw Indy, he screwed the assistant coaches he hired. He's burned a ton of bridges in the NFL. If I were a GM, I'd blackball him from ever coming to my team.

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