Comments on: Bill Polian thinks a later trade deadline could have helped the Colts

By: brenenostler

brenenostler — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:39:10 +0000

Might have helped Polian keep his job but would have hurt the Colts in the long run cuz they wouldn’t have gotten Luck.

By: Punk

Punk — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:41:48 +0000

We Colts fans have long known that Bill Polian rarely tells the truth.

I like to call him Hurricane Bill. He comes in off the coast and looks impressive. As he gets closer you feel his energy and his power and are awestruck. When the eye passes you the field is beautiful and peaceful and you have a Super Bowl team. Then he fades as tumultuous as he arrived and when all is said and done the franchise is leveled needing to completely rebuild from the inside out.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:39:53 +0000

You got freaking Andrew Luck! You had ONE bad season with no QB! Nobody feels bad for you. If you made a trade, you could have gone 6-10. Then maybe you’d have Ryan Tannehill and we’d have Andrew Luck.

Disgruntled Colt fan needs to be put in his place. Is Udonis around?

By: northerntanned

northerntanned — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:44:08 +0000

He’s right on this one. Trades are something that rarely happen in the NFL. If it was moved back to week 10 or 12, many more trades would get done and the trade deadline would be exciting rather than the complete bore it is today.

By: elijason

elijason — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:42:18 +0000

LOL! “I don’t listen to pundints” Bill Polian

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:56:17 +0000

What he actually means is that it would have helped HIM keep his job for another couple of years.

If they hadn’t gotten Luck or Griffin, they would have kept Manning and been much improved in short term, allowing Polian another year or two in office.

Of course, that probably would have led to him making lots of short sighted moves to try and win right away, and would have most likely resulted in the team being in even more terrible shape than it is now.

So yeah, it might have been good for Polian, but it would have been very bad for the Colts and their fans.

By: therealbleedcoltsblue

therealbleedcoltsblue — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:21:50 +0000

@radzyfsu23

I don’t think Luck is a bust.. I just don’t think he’s better than Griffin, either.

By: crik911

crik911 — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:14:51 +0000

Don’t get me wrong I’d hire Bill Polian right now, but Kyle Orton was not going to save the Colts season. He might have one a game or two more and cost them Andrew Luck.

I think no move was the best move for Bill Polian and the Colts, although ultimately it cost him and his son their jobs.

By: cannonballdookie

cannonballdookie — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:09:39 +0000

No wonder this derp got fired. He would have traded a third round pick during a lost season for Kyle Orton, wow! Does that really need a further explanation? I guess he wanted to keep his job but the best thing happened for Indy last season. WHy scrape out an extra win or two when it just gets you worse draft position???

By: ezg1

ezg1 — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:25:21 +0000

Hiring your worthless son as GM also contributed to your demise!

By: radzyfsu23

radzyfsu23 — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:23:50 +0000

I hope Luck is a bust

By: birddog20

birddog20 — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:08:38 +0000

Haha, going from one bad purdue quarterback to one that may not be quite as bad would have saved the season for sure.

By: someidiotfromouthereintheprojects

someidiotfromouthereintheprojects — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:54:05 +0000

the colts tanked. teams that are tanking don’t make moves to get better during the season.

By: ar1888

ar1888 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:50:19 +0000

If the Colts could have swung a trade for Kyle Orton, why didnt they just pick him up off of waivers when he was released? Could of had him without giving up anything in return.

By: sean6886

sean6886 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:32:02 +0000

Nothing worse than the would-a, should-a, could-a game. You were fired, get over it.

By: ogre2010

ogre2010 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:27:15 +0000

And having a decent back up QB

By: civilizationsdying

civilizationsdying — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:22:09 +0000

As to why Polian is no longer with the Colts, perhaps a bigger factor than whether or not Kyle Orton was available was the fact that it took him until week 8 to realize the QB situation was bad. Knowing your starter had numerous off-season surgeries and still insisting Curtis Painter would suffice didn’t prove to make him look very shrewd.

By: jcusa514

jcusa514 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:20:01 +0000

….or better drafting from 2006-2011

By: rickvaldez

rickvaldez — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:01:32 +0000

No Bill. You lost your job when the owner wanted to tank the season for Luck and you wanted to keep Manning. If you think Orton would’ve helped you had first crack at him on the waiver wire.

By: popolover

popolover — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:58:47 +0000

nyyjetsknicks says:May 28, 2012 7:38 AM

Want to know what would have helped the Colts? Drafting better players.

_____________________

Remember Bill your drafts after 2006 are now documented as part of your history. That is what failed you. You wanted a team that you built from the ground up, and you trashed a eam instead.

By: rcbn

rcbn — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:54:39 +0000

Whom do you suppose Who is when asked who cares?

By: popolover

popolover — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:53:46 +0000

Does Bill really think this helps his cause? EXCUSES!!!! This is no way a man who desperately wants to be in the HOF acts. Maybe if he had some, he would just admit the things he has done wrong and apologize to everyone he affected in Indy. Including the fans.

Polian is a FAKE, and everyday he is in the media he is just trying to get little Chrisissy a job.

Orton was available on Waivers and you did not take him. Your QB problem was you. Sorgie and Painter are NO backups.

Polian Schmolian.

By: wannabeqb

wannabeqb — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:42:52 +0000

C’mon man. This guy kept Peyton off IR so that the Colts would have (effectively) a lower salary cap, leading to a terrible record & therefore were able to draft Luck. If you had had any interest in in Orton, why no waiver claim when he was released?

By: 4ever19

4ever19 — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:32:47 +0000

Poor drafts (especially after ’06), inability (or refusal) to find at least a suitable backup, Manning contract situation that put the team’s back up against a wall, bad choice on Dungy replacement, running off two of the league’s most respected assistant coaches — none of that had anything to do with losing his job. It all came down to not having the chance to sign Orton. Wow. Wonder what color the sky is in planet Polian.

By: pftcensorssuck

pftcensorssuck — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:54 +0000

It’s perfectly understandable that the Colts didn’t know Manning would miss an entire season after having neck surgery on May 25th, and go week after week without picking up a credible starter.

Sure.

“Suck for Luck”? Never heard of it, says Polian.

By: skinsfan76

skinsfan76 — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:30:11 +0000

You could have also drafted another QB sometime in the last 14 years before the later rounds.

By: dickjagger

dickjagger — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:24:39 +0000

Woulda coulda shoulda….

By: 5chan

5chan — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:19:37 +0000

Bill your time has passed, just accept your cushy studio job and shut your mouth about what could have been.

By: waraggie

waraggie — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:18:52 +0000

As a Colts fan, it wouldn’t have mattered who QBd the Colts last year (outside of Manning, of course). The biggest issue wasn’t personnel. The issue was a coaching staff that remained rigid and refused to make necessary changes to the scheme. No QB in the league could run that offense like Peyton so why would you keep that same offensive philosophy with guys that would be 3rd string for most teams?

I honestly think that the biggest change going forward will not be swapping Manning for Luck (I, along with a lot of other Colts fans will miss Peyton), but will be the change in coaching philosophy.

By: preventoffense

preventoffense — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:04:24 +0000

So the bad assessment of his existing talent, and the follow on bad decision to grab grandpa Collins are not relevent? This venue doesn’t lend itself to the long list of other bad decisions over the past 4 years.

Polian had a great career to be sure. The trajectory seems similar to Collin’s.