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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
I actually don’t want either fired. You can’t switch the QB every year and expect success. Just doesn’t work that way. When a new QB comes in it takes half a year at least to learn a new system. I bc actually thought Ryan would do better next year than this one.
Ballard irritates me some especially when he doesn’t address a problem. But he is an astute talent evaluator and that’s the biggest part of the job. Eventually we will get a QB for longer than one year and I think the rest of the talent will form around that. Also I think Reich would be a good developer of a rookie QB. Everyone just got impatient with the retreads.
And yes I’m ok with the build style. Everyone thinks you have to build a team with QB and weapon to throw all the time but forgets we were sporting that build before everyone else. Got just one super bowl win, and that was only because the running game and defense peaked. Now we have the other elements but need the smart qB play to go with it.
You switch the coach, you are likely looking at a full rebuild. He will want his own DC, OC. Will want to run his own style and then the talent to fit that system.
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People always just assume that the next guy will be better and that’s hardly ever the case. Reich is way better than Pagano but before that you have to go all the way back to Dungy replacing Mora to find the a Colts coach who was better than the one he replaced.
Odds are that if they fire Reich, the guy that replaces him will be worse, or at least no better.
Personally, I don’t think Reich is a terrible coach. The slow starts are a pain in the ass but he generally fields a decent offense and let’s his defensive coordinator handle the defense.
He got career years out of Luck and Brissett and resurgent years out of Wentz and Rivers. He’s generally good with quarterbacks, at least until this year and this year has been a clusterfuck all the way around. In my opinion mainly because of how bad the offensive line is.
I’d like to see the Colts draft a quarterback high and let Reich work with him for more than one season. Hell, the man won a super bowl with Nick Foles.