but can’t be in the pension plan for 6 months.

all I can say is the general sports media loves this crap. anything to bring the colts down.

sorry but the players play and of course peytons going to comment on this. those two are his coaches his entire 11 year colt career. you got to be nuts to think peytons not going to comment on this or whats going on

in the end the colts will adjust. in the meantime from now until sept the media will use this to bring them down. nobody will write how the eagle losing jim johnson will effect their vaunted D, etc or other teams big questions. Im sorry but tom brady and how he plays is still a big question mark but nooooooooo. it will only be the colts and their demise. everybody wants to see the demise while tom brady magically regains his form of two years ago. we are not cleveland sports. Im sick of all of this.

in the end its going to be indy and tenn battling it out and its time we focus on the great players we have on the field

For the most part, I don’t commit too much to the May-August time period with the Colts. I love ‘em, but I hate, HATE, the communication. It’s very frustrating to say the least. However, I thought that was only towards the fans. Now if the players are feeling that way, well the veterans, that’s not where you want to be. I’m surprised they didn’t just ask Peyton who he wanted as OC, may as well. I’d trust his decision over Caldwell’s, no offense.

I think Peyton’s just pretty ticked that they didn’t figure this crap out like, you know, as soon as the offseason started and everyone was making coaching changes? The fact that the Colts, doesn’t matter if the blame is placed on the FO or Mudd and Moore, waited until after the draft to address it, is frankly bullshit. Especially since, well, there really wasn’t anything the Colts could do, it’s not like they were trying to pressure the Colts into paying into the pension plan.

It’s just a SNAFU from the get go. There’s nobody to blame, but people are breaking promises. Tony said “Don’t fear! Everything is staying EXACTLY the same except Caldwell is becoming the HC. NOTHING else is changing!” Well, it doesn’t look like minor changes, the way it’s panning out is a complete overhaul of the coaching staff. Granted some may be people from within, but Mudd and Moore may come back yadda yadda…I think Peyton knows how this looks. He may not be worried, but the Colts are starting to look like they’re going to come out of this with egg on their face. It’s not being handled very professionally. You can’t double talk and play both sides in football, you make a decision and you stick with it. Just decide what to do. I mean they’re sticking by them in Denver.

I hope this doesn’t end up screwing up the last years Peyton has, and the most talented (in my opinion) team he’s ever had.

I’m going to go stick my head back in the sand because I’m starting to work myself up into a rage. I mean I was in the military, and these guys have more OPSEC than the government. I wanted to bang my head against my keyboard when I was trying to figure out everyone’s salaries a few months ago. They really need to get back on the teams to release that info. Most do, but it’d take a group highly skilled in espionage at the highest level to find out ANYTHING about the team. At some point it crosses the line from “understandable” to “really? you need to hide THAT?”. And that point is when Peyton Manning, you know the guy that should BE the loop, isn’t IN the loop.

Alright, heads going into the sand again.

Owner Jim Irsay plans to rehire Moore and Mudd as consultants in time for the start of training camp Aug. 2, basically keeping intact the team’s offensive brain trust. According to Larry Kennan, executive director of the NFL coaches association, that will be allowed, with a caveat.

    Kennan told ESPN.com late Tuesday that a clarification from an attorney representing the Employment Retired Income Security Act (ERISA), a government agency that regulates pension plans, paves the way for Moore and Mudd to return as consultants.

    "As long as Howard and Tom pay their own taxes for the next six months, they can return to the Colts as paid consultants, I’d say effective right away, based on what the ERISA attorney just told me,’’ Kennan said.