With on fan who called in and said he was “losing faith in the team” (and to this moron we Stampede Bluers say, There’s the door chump; go root for the Bengals if your “faith” is so easily lost), Bill reminded this yutz that the Colts won the friggin Super Bowl two years ago

So you think that the fans of a team that goes one and done in the playoffs 3 of 4 years shouldn’t be allowed to even question that team? Are you one of those people that says, ‘IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE LAWS, MOVE TO CANADA!!!!"? I understand that you want to come off as this in-your-face tough guy, and thats fine when you’re dealing with fans of other teams, but it really seems like you continue to miss the mark whenever you talk about the Colts and their fans.

Some people out there are probably OK with having a ton of great regular seasons and then generally falling flat in the post season. They’ll say, “i remember when the Colts would go 1-15 and you were just so happy to get the 1!” Well, okay. I remember part of when the Colts stunk, too, but I was born in ’80, so its not like I got to enjoy the full suckitude too much. That being said, the Colts are still post-season underachievers.

I don’t think that anyone that shares my (apparently unpopular) point of view on the Colts thinks they should win the Super Bowl every year, but the one and dones are ridiculous. This is a team with the league MVP. Apparently with one of the top defenses in the NFL. ANd they couldn’t beat an 8-8 team without their starting running back, their best pass rusher, with their star TE hobbled and with NORV TURNER as their head coach. Look, maybe the Colts are better off than I think, but they sure aren’t fine.

You can continue to point to 6 seasons of 12 wins in a row and say, its okay! Stay the course! But that regular season success doesn’t negate the obvious post-season failures of this team.

This is a year where the AFC had the following occur: No Tom Brady. No Shawne Merriman. No VINCE YOUNG!!!! A rookie QB on the team with maybe the best defense. No offensive line and a turnover prone QB on the team with maybe the best defense. For all the injuries they had, I’m being told that they had the league MVP (true) and one of the best defenses in the league at the end of the year (I hope all of you guys in the ‘3rd down defense thead’ are happy!) and they couldn’t do better than ‘happy to be here, can we pick at the end of the first round, again?’

Further, you’re taking an extreme. No one is saying BLOW IT UP. No one is saying fire Dungy, fire Polian, fire Irsay and bring in the Bidwells!!!! Actually, for the most part, people that are concerned about this team aren’t saying much of anything, because anytime they do they are told to MOVE TO CANADA. Well, I already live in Canada, so I guess I’ll just continue to rationally and calmly voice my concern with Colts fans that want to continue to cheer for the Colts and be rational human beings.

Finally, monstersbox: You and I seem to type the biggest WALLS… OF… TEXT… on the internet. I think you and I should harness this gift and start our own blog… “Monster and Nid’s WALLS OF TEXT”. I’m pretty sure this will be a big hit, especially with the cyber-ladies. It may even lead to bigger and better things, like being head coach of the oakland raiders. We would start out with just football, of course, but we could move to other things, such as politics, fashion, soap operas, and public transportion in cities with more than 3 million people. I’m pretty sure that people out there are dying to hear what we have to say, and it will be a unique blog, as it won’t be one voice, but two people continuing to wall of text off of each other in a free-flowing manner. Now, just so everyone knows, this idea is being copyrighted by me as I type, so don’t go tryin to steal this goldmine, it won’t work. Monstersbox, you hit me up, let me know what you wanna do. I mean, this is gonna be great, dude. It’ll be bigger than Rocky or the Spice Girls.

I’m pumped.

You know why we’re talking about this? New England. That’s why. That’s really the only reason we’re concerned. Because New England has 3 titles. Otherwise the disappointment wouldn’t mean as much because we could all say, yeah… we’ve had some hard times in the playoffs, but who’s won more Super Bowls than us in the last 10 years? If New England only had 1 trophy we could boast about our regular season record and our MVP. But instead we’re caught in the inevitable trophy envy game and we constantly dog on the team if it doesn’t go all the way.

Just a quick personal note: I was at the game (I live in LA) Saturday with a friend and former NFL player who is great friends with Howard Mudd. Spent 2 hours pregame on the Colts bench and Polian came over to say hello to my friend and I and was very nice to both of us. Posed for pictures, answered questions and told some funny stories for about 15 minutes. I am 6-5 and asked him if Peyton was a legit 6-5 or an “NFL 6-5.” He laughed and assured me he was legit.

This has little to do with the topic at hand, but just wanted to say I found him approachable and accessible (as was everyone I met from the Colts). At least made it that much more enjoyable to root for them (sometimes you meet people in real life who are total dicks vs. what they seem in public from afar, not the case with the Colts people I met Satursday).

Peyton did look as tall as me, but I was surprised his big Mike Scifres is (6-2 and 235). I was standing right by him at warmups and had I known he was going to be such a big factor, I would have “accidentally” fallen on his leg.

As for Peyton, trust me not everything I heard was positive about some players/coaches but everyone was unanimous about how great a person Peyton is; it seemed genuine and not some spin. Friend of mine shoots jocks for promos out in LA and said every athlete comes with a posse … except Peyton, who came by himself and went out of his way to interact with the people at the shoot. I like rooting for such players.

I said this somewhere else too… I applaud Polian for his ability to bite his tongue and sit patiently while a) callers babble and b) callers ask dumb questions. For a man with a noted temper and his intelligence, it’s amazing that he is able to stay calm and complimentary to even the dumbest fans. (Now – this is absolutely a necessary behavior – but as an impatient person myself I can appreciate the difficulty.) Not only is he patient, but he can go of on tangents, tell stories, give examples, and never lose track of the original questions. he always comes back and wraps it up nicely. I actually listened to the show instead of just reading the recap this week and there is some heavy editing on the questions. Some were real head-shakers. Good for him for staying levelheaded and encouraging through it all. I especially liked how he kept coming back to agree with them – nobody is more frustrated than he is, he’s going to work to make it better, optimistic about 09, etc.

I agree that the show is a great thing to have. I have a hard time believing that anyone without a prior bias could listen to that radio show and not come away impressed with the man and the organization.