Colts extend contract for Bill Polian; name his son Chris Polian as General Manager

I was just saying to my roommate like night (How’s a huge Brown’s fan) that there is no one more important to Colts than Bill Polian and yes even over Peyton Manning who’s a close second. Polian gets the nod because he made the decision to draft Peyton over Ryan Leaf. This is great news and a great contract and I’m glad Irsay stepped up to make sure that both Polians are here for a little while longer.

For those of you who might ask how they can do this without interviewing minorities under the ROONEY RULE Floria (i know, omg Floria) had the answer.

Some of you have asked how the Colts were able to promote Chris Polian to the position of G.M. absent a Rooney Rule-compliant interview process. The simple answer is that he still isn’t occupying the top spot in the football operation; thus, the Colts weren’t required to consider a minority candidate for the position.

Presumably, Chris Polian’s contract mandates that he will step into the shoes currently filled by his father, Bill, when the elder Polian relinquishes his role as the ultimate decision-maker in the football operation. This approach will allow the Colts to avoid the requirement that a minority candidate be considered after Bill Polian retires.

And, as a practical matter, the Colts are the last team that ever should be accused of failing to properly consider minority candidates for key jobs. Tony Dungy was hired as head coach in the days before the Rooney Rule was adopted, and current coach Jim Caldwell — also African-American — inherited the job without a full-blown search.

This is great not just for both Bill and Chris but us Colts fans. Bill Polian is a surefire hall of fame executive and we have been a role-model franchise because of it. Gotta love the news.. let the train keep rollin’ baby!!!!

Dear HoosierHorseman,

It’s certainly not a crime to be old but experience is a great teacher and leaves a trail of clues along the way to let you into the mind or thinking of the decision maker(s). In the NFL it is obvious that many owners needed the Rooney rule to open up the process that had been largely exclusive over the past 75 years. It was put into effect only after a lawsuit was forthcoming to illustrate such a woeful track record by the league over that same span. To be clear, the NFL is not doing African Americans a favor with the Rooney Rule, but rather avoiding a major liability and finally living up to the American creed. Those who get upset by it live in a fantasy world as all owners are not without bias and certainly do not share the same progressive thinking as Mr. Irsay. The great, Tony Dungy said himself that the problem is owners do not know what to look for in a HC. This came after Arthur Blank asked Dungy for a referral of someone just like him and Dungy said hire Caldwell. What did Blank do? He hired Petrino and we all know what happened there. Bottomline is owners need to hire the best personnel to run the organization regardless of ethnicity. The Rooney Rule allows them to pull candidates who would be outside of their scope into view so HOPEFULLY they can make a fully informed decision. It does not however, safeguard against stupidity.

Thanks for your clarification HoosierHorsemen. I see your point alot clearer after your 2nd email. I had no idea of the trend against old people you raised in your email . Certainly, we as intelligent human beings can be more careful not to stereotype or cast ALL of a particular group of people into a classification. Point well taken sir.

In Lil Polian we trust.

Whether you know it or not Chris Polian pulled the ill fated trade for Tony Ugoh. He brought it to Bill and Tony and they gave him the green light. I thought it was way too much of a reach to give a 1st and 4th for a 2nd round project at LT