Comments on: Colts hire Greg Manusky as defensive coordinator

By: mystereo

mystereo — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:08:47 +0000

Dear Colts fans,
Expect to give up a lot of points, refuse to rush passer and play prevent D for 60 minutes.

That’s Manusky D in a nutshell.

By: eanmoss

eanmoss — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:19:54 +0000

Uhhhh…. The 49ers dump this guy and their defense goes from soft to beastly. One of the best in the league. The Chargers hire him and their defense goes from number one in the league to 22nd.

This is a move that makes absolutely no sense at all. The Colts are trying to stockpile picks right now.

Horrificly terrible hire.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:17:07 +0000

No, heaven forbid I point out why Kevin Butler was never seriously in contention for the Colts job. That might seem like intelligent football commentary. And we’re not allowed to engage in intelligent football commentary on this Web site.

By: poprox13

poprox13 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:54:52 +0000

Ok, try this one more time… Glad the Raiders didnt get a “bad” DC to go with their “bad” OC. Thanks Colts!!!

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By: djrando7

djrando7 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:54:43 +0000

“piratesofthecoliseum says:
Feb 2, 2012 12:41 PM
Great hire colts!! Now my Raiders need to go after a real DC!”
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Who would that be? The Faiders already took the Broncos one year wonder defensive coordinator, what more do you want? Why doesn’t he just call D plays like Wade Phillips used to? You could have gotten the stud defensive coordinator, but the Broncos already did that with JDR. It’s all in the way the cards fall, and the Broncos knew what they were doing when Allen walked!

By: greysolon

greysolon — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:52:36 +0000

Dang. This Charger fan was hoping he’d go to the Raiduhs.

By the end of his short time in SD, the players were asking management to go in a different direction. They didn’t like his play calling or his abusive manner.

By: phillybirds

phillybirds — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000

The Colts are going to be terrible for years to come.

By: SOBEIT

SOBEIT — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:39 +0000

The Niners had a great defensive team under Manusky…but it was not because of him. He actually made the defense worse. We all saw what the Niner D could do with a good DC…Vic Fangio. Now go back and look at the performance under Manusky. Any sliver of a lead the Niners had going into the 4thQuarter was squandered because Manusky would go PreventD for the rest of the game to not give up the big play. The problem is that the opponents would drive down the field with short passes very quickly. Then his redzone defense was so bad that the team would score and win the game late. This story played out too many times with Manusky as the DC. That’s why the Chargers let him go and that is why he will fail at his next team as well.

By: flapjackdaddy

flapjackdaddy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:11:53 +0000

So…will they run a 3-4? Not sure that suits Freeney or Mathis.

By: moseszd

moseszd — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:03:36 +0000

As a life-long 49er fan… Manusky wasn’t the worst DC we ever had. But he wasn’t that great either.

Manusky is too conservative in his approach. He’s so afraid of giving up the big play, that he won’t do anything to make a big play…

It works against average and bad offenses…

But the good ones will just cut you up…

By: silverandblack052099

silverandblack052099 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:51:37 +0000

I’m so glad this clown is not coming to Oakland…..

By: ninerfan94954

ninerfan94954 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:49:27 +0000

Niners should refuse to let him interview, show him the money he worked wonders with the sh and safeguard. Goldson lived up to potential and did not play stupid football.

By: dankinator

dankinator — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:25:11 +0000

As a Colts fan, I’m not ready to label this as bad just yet. It’s not like he did a terrible job at SD considering the poor play of some of their players, injuries to guys like Castillo and just all around being the scapegoat for such a terrible HC like Norv Turner.

By: 4t9er

4t9er — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:26 +0000

I think he’s a good coach, his approach is conservative which might work great if he has a great pass rush (he didn’t have that with the Chargers and to a lesser degree the 49ers). He will teach the players the fundamentals (how to tackle) at least, which can’t be said about most defensive coordinators these days.

By: whatnojets

whatnojets — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:14 +0000

Franchise is now officialy in the “self-destruction mode”.

By: vanmorrissey

vanmorrissey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:38 +0000

Gee, Joe Pagano, Chuck’s brother, worked under Manusky in San Diego last year. Manusky gets canned, Joe Pagano gets promoted to SD’s DC, and Manusky now works under Chuck Pagano in Indy. Circle of life, circle of life……..but Manusky still sucks and Chuck will do the heavy lifting for that D next year.

By: AlohaMrHand

AlohaMrHand — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:12:45 +0000

Whew glad the Raiders didnt get him.

By: dawsonleery

dawsonleery — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:27 +0000

I don’t like the Colts coaches. Overrated bunch.

By: mikeeg

mikeeg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:07:51 +0000

Great day for Raider Nation. Thanks for taking one for the team, Colts…

By: rastaraider

rastaraider — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:07:40 +0000

Ed Donatell !!

By: sdcameron

sdcameron — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:04:20 +0000

Ironic that Chuck hired him as D-coord when Manusky was fired so the Chargers could promote Chucks little brother John.

By: famousrob30

famousrob30 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:53:58 +0000

I can hear the collective SIGH of relief from all of the Raider Nation…..

By: cletusvandam

cletusvandam — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:51:10 +0000

This is the first bad choice the Colts have made for their coaching staff.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:49:06 +0000

I wouldn’t sweat this one too much, Colts fans.

The only reason he’s there is because he’s the only experienced coordinator whose resume is bleak enough that he would take a job carrying water for the real Colts DC- Chuck Pagano.

It’s no coincidence that the only other team that was even considering hiring Manusky as DC was another team with a defense oriented head coach, the Raiders.

By: bigtganks

bigtganks — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:48:37 +0000

Hurry and get Donatell now Raiders.

By: bozosforall

bozosforall — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:48:34 +0000

What happened to the big handlebar mustache?

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:48:14 +0000

Good news for Raider fans, bad news for Colts fans.

Sucks…Donatell was the one guy I didn’t want the 9ers to lose!

By: emmac13

emmac13 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:44:22 +0000

If the Colts can’t score atleast the opponent will.

By: piratesofthecoliseum

piratesofthecoliseum — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:41:11 +0000

Great hire colts!! Now my Raiders need to go after a real DC!

By: zeusiv0ii

zeusiv0ii — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:40 +0000

Manusky may be the “defensive coordinator”, but I’m pretty certain the Pagano will be the one to actually coordinate the defense.