Even with Pagano, how is it possible this team is so poorly coached?

[Gimmick]

Sorry I missed the game tonight and just got home during 4th quarter. Went online to check the play-by-play that I missed and here is the very first play of the game:

(15:00 - 1st) B.Walsh kicks 67 yards from SEA 35 to IND -2. Q.Bray to IND 9 for 11 yards (T.McEvoy).

WTF? How terrible can the coaching staff possibly be at their multi-million dollar jobs? Couldn't a ****ing janitor with an IQ of 55 figure out that you get the ball at the 25 if you catch in the end-zone and take a ****ing knee every time?!!? Instead we've got these superstar assholes always running it out to the 9 ****ing yard line.

The coaching on the Colts might be worst coaching I've ever seen at any level of football. Ever. It never improves. There is always **** like this popping up every single game for 5 years now. ****ing disgusting.

[omahacolt]

You missed the game? Why

[Thorgrim]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

You missed the game? Why

We should have been so lucky.

[Kray007]

Unless the ball's kicked deep into the end zone...at least 6 or 7 yards, most return guys are gonna be tempted to run it out. You don't make SportsCenter's NFL highlight package by taking a knee in the end zone.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Unless the ball's kicked deep into the end zone...at least 6 or 7 yards, most return guys are gonna be tempted to run it out. You don't make SportsCenter's NFL highlight package by taking a knee in the end zone.

Maybe. It but you become a prime candidate for "COME ON MAN!"

[nate505]

Originally Posted by Kray007

Unless the ball's kicked deep into the end zone...at least 6 or 7 yards, most return guys are gonna be tempted to run it out. You don't make SportsCenter's NFL highlight package by taking a knee in the end zone.

Then they should cut him. Quan Bray doesn't possess some sort of skill set that nearly anyone else can do. If a mannequin stood in the endzone the Colts would get better field position than what Bray tends to manage.

So they should cut him if yelling at him to not take the ball out of the endzone doesn't work, but this is the Colts and their dumb fuck of a coaching staff so he stays. Much like they should cut Moore, though at least he did make a nice play in the Seattle game, even though he's made far more dumb plays.

That being said, there's a total non-football side of me that's glad Bray has a job in the NFL, mostly because of the tragedy in his life that he's overcome. Still, his on field performance hasn't justified much lately.

[albany ed]

Accountability comes from the top down. From Pagano, all you get when you fuck up is a few claps, a pat on the ass and a few "um, you know" words of encouragement. If Bray runs a kickoff out of the end zone from a few yards deep, he should get his ass reamed out, unless that's what you're coaching him to do. Anything less is basically saying, "um, you know" you gave it a shot. Better luck next time. Pagano should be ripping the Asst. Coaches when their charges fuck up and they in turn should be ripping the players. Mental errors can happen, but repeated mental errors are a coaching problem.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Accountability comes from the top down. From Pagano, all you get when you fuck up is a few claps, a pat on the ass and a few "um, you know" words of encouragement. If Bray runs a kickoff out of the end zone from a few yards deep, he should get his ass reamed out, unless that's what you're coaching him to do. Anything less is basically saying, "um, you know" you gave it a shot. Better luck next time. Pagano should be ripping the Asst. Coaches when their charges fuck up and they in turn should be ripping the players. Mental errors can happen, but repeated mental errors are a coaching problem.

I believe the exact quote Clappy uses is: "Don't worry. You'll chop more wood next time."

[DrSpaceman]

It annoys me when Bray returns the ball from out of the end zone

But on the other hand, in terms of his actual ability to return kicks rather than just fair catching or downing in the end zone, Bray is the best return man the Colts have had in awhile.

You can say he does not possess a skill set that cannot be easily replaced, but years of history for the Colts says otherwise.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Accountability comes from the top down. From Pagano, all you get when you fuck up is a few claps, a pat on the ass and a few "um, you know" words of encouragement. If Bray runs a kickoff out of the end zone from a few yards deep, he should get his ass reamed out, unless that's what you're coaching him to do. Anything less is basically saying, "um, you know" you gave it a shot. Better luck next time. Pagano should be ripping the Asst. Coaches when their charges fuck up and they in turn should be ripping the players. Mental errors can happen, but repeated mental errors are a coaching problem.

You must have hated Dungy.