(12-21-2021, 06:09 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote:

(12-20-2021, 09:47 PM)Upper Wrote: I think McDaniels was never comfortable with the job but Indy made an offer that was simply too good to be true. He half heartedly took it and then last second realized it just wasn't right for him. Kind of like what Shad did with Meyer, but Meyer just couldn't say no to the money and Tlaw allure.

Whatever job McDaniels jumps into with both feet next is going to wind up being a success I believe. Hopefully it is here.

He backed out in '18 right? The colts roster overall was coming together and this was a full year before Andrew Luck retired. Who would have said no to Andrew Luck +  a stacked roster. I'd feel differently maybe if somehow he knew Luck might retire the following year but I doubt it.

It was in the news that off-season that his shoulder was shot, and when he played it looked like he couldn't throw with the same velocity he had before (which wasn't elite to start with). If I had to guess, McDaniels found out he wasn't a sure thing to stick around and decided he didn't need to be in another Broncos situation. It's scummy, but from that standpoint I can't blame him. Can you imagine being the coach of the colts when they run out of quarterbacks and go into a decades long run of mediocrity? That fan base is the very definition of spoiled. They don't even have to make noise at their home games. A few years of sub .500 and there'll be talk about the mayflower vans coming back.

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