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How Will Bill Polian Handle The Heat Tonight On His Radio Show?

Reoccurring theme around here: Bill Polian does not handle criticism well. No apologies if that theme 'annoys' people. It annoys me too. I take no pleasure in writing about it. But, ignoring it doesn't make it any less annoying.

One gets the distinct vibe that the Colts president thinks people who make pointed observations about his shortcomings, and the shortcomings of the teams he is in charge of, are dumb. He lashes out at the media and fans whenever they show the slightest inkling of resistance to him. For all his genius at building strong rosters, the man often acts like a petulant child when it comes to facing his critics.

Tonight, Mr. Polian will most certainly hear it from fans when he does his weekly call-in radio show for HANK FM and 1070 The Fan.

After an off-season of Polian pointing fingers at his offensive line, Colts fans watched four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning get knocked around against the Texans yesterday. Manning was playing behind a line that one assumes Polian felt was 'better' than the group he chewed out back in February. However, the only difference between this year's line and last year's is that key performers (like Ryan Lilja) were cut for no reason while known scrubs (Mike Pollak) were starting for no reason.

Despite an entire off-season in an uncapped year, the only people Polian thought were good enough to bring to 'fix' the line were Andy Alleman (cut during training camp), Adam Terry (cut after preseason), and Jacques McClendon (inactive on Sunday).

So, it's pretty fair to say that fans are going to lay into Bill Polian tonight on his show, if he goes through with it at all. I've called 1070 The Fan and asked them if the Internet feed for The Bill Polian Show will be made available. No reply yet from them. Last year, after Week Sixteen, the feed was no longer provided. We still were given no reason as to why that was done, but we have are suspicions. Those suspicions fall under the 'Bill Polian does not handle criticism well' category.

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BBS… what time is the radio show?

by NanceyBoy on Sep 13, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

Not sure

HANK FM and 1070 have nothing on their sites indicating anything.

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by Brad Wells on Sep 13, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

I thought i heard 6:30pm

put don’t quote me

"Are you f*cking kidding me???"

by danorocks17 on Sep 13, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

*but*

"Are you f*cking kidding me???"

by danorocks17 on Sep 13, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well arrogant or not.........

He can’t dispute what we saw. The proof is in the pudding, and last Sunday the pudding was curdled.

by tim55 on Sep 13, 2010 11:19 AM EDT reply actions  

He can, he always does.

He always says, you’re dumb, you have no idea about football., Keyunta Dawson is an awesome player.

by Ty46 on Sep 13, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

^^Rec'd^^

he didnt even play well on Special Teams as i saw it yesterday…. pathetic!

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

He handled tough questions perfectly well on Sirius last week...

it was wednesday or thursday, I believe, with Ross and PK. He talked quite calmly about the umpire rule and made King look like kind of a fool (both for being incorrect and for talking over him repeatedly) without once sounding petulant or annoyed.

The answer to this question is easy: if a fan smart enough to ask the question about how to compare Sunday to the post-Super Bowl line comments, he’ll simply say that it’s a bit too early to answer that and worry about it, as the starting tackle and center were both injured for most of pre-season and the way the OL performs is largely about continuity. That there wasn’t any good value in the draft at the times of their picks (there wasn’t, regardless of what people seem to want to believe about Brown), and that they believe they can work with what they have. And that they’ll work very hard to improve as the week progresses, since they still have a lot of games left against teams with great pass rushes.

He may also make the point that his post super bowl quote was that they didn’t have a good game by their own standards; which is to say that the guys they had can/could do the job, and had, but underperformed that game. Which, as much as it insults those players, is true. It’s especially true of two guys who remain on the team and should’ve played a lot better yesterday as well. One gets a pass. The other shouldn’t.

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by willyduer on Sep 13, 2010 11:33 AM EDT reply actions  

You know

even when you say you have defended and praised Bill Polian in the past, thats just it, it happened in the past. Even your most recent article that praised Polian has a subtle caveat which berates Polian.

I remember when you used to be more optimistic, now you just throw players, coaches and front office men under the bus the minute one thing goes wrong.

by metal_militia on Sep 13, 2010 11:34 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

It's called

“holding people accountable.” lol

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
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by peytonsthebest on Sep 13, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

When Peyton's health and well-being is threatened... anything is fair game....

as the commentator said in the game….. “You cannot let anybody come so clean to your franchise QB, absolutely cannot allow it”!!!!!! and yet, after Tarik Glenn, who else did Polian bring in?? Peyton could have done so much more….. IF ONLY!!!

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

you have to remember

Glenn was drafted very early in the first round. A guy of that talent doesnt fall to you when your drafting near the bottom every year.

by metal_militia on Sep 13, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

not specifically Glenn and i think he is mid 1st round. Regardless no matter whatever....

i dont care how and where he finds the talents, if Polian is that good, he’d better find somebody that can protect Peyton “NOW”, not next year, not developing players…. Peyton will not last that long every single friggin’ game!

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just to clarify...PTB i agree with you.

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

I want to say this just one more time...

I miss you coach Dungy .. How do we evaluate coach Caldwell’s ? Does he has a say on personal at game day? Or is he nothing more than a part of Polian’s puppet show? I think he deserves some of the heat not just Polian.. what you think?

by thebossuzzi on Sep 13, 2010 12:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Marcus McNeill

Seriously will someone please call in tonight and ask Polian if he’d even think about offering SD a 2nd round pick for this guy???

Every game that Manning plays behind this line is going to age him exponentially faster than in the past when he’d finish games with a clean jersey. Our Super Bowl window won’t be open forever!

by TrustInPolian on Sep 13, 2010 12:43 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah... somebody knock on Polian's noggin!!! #18 has to be protected at ALL Costs...

but do they practise what they know??? We still need another 5 good years out of Manning…. the best thing to end our SB hopes is to get Manning hurt….. and i don’t want to go there….

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't want to go there either....

but until Polian pulls his head out of his ass, each game is going to be a big risk to Peyton.

by Ayrshire on Sep 13, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Why...

Why did Polian blame the Super Bowl loss on the O-line, yet neglect to rectify the problem during the off season? Sounds like a jerk move IMHO.

by Dr. Brain on Sep 13, 2010 12:55 PM EDT reply actions  

It sucks

I’ve been a Colts fan many YEARS before Polian came to Indy, and I know its pretty much his team, but I feel like the team really belongs to Indianapolis.

Anyways, it seems like the guy is riding off his 1998 success, which is THE Peyton Manning. If it weren’t for Manning, I don’t think Polian would even be an after thought right now.

by Dr. Brain on Sep 13, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, Peyton Manning makes the job easy for Polian... if we remember correctly.

Big P came prepared and in charge, worked hard and showed his leadership while Leaf talked about Vegas. I dont think i would have drafted Leaf. haha, so far i have one bust for employee hiring… crossing my fingers…. :)

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Scouting

I think it is the scouting on the O-line and D-line fronts that need to be changed, IMO. Saints have built a very good O-line with draft picks in the rounds 4-7 category. They have also shown that 320-340 lbers can pass block just fine.

Something is clearly wrong with our O-line scouting. Polian has had to make decisions based on his scouts’ reports, but he takes the ultimate responsibility for drafting the player. Maybe it is Chris Polian now, not sure, since Chris Polian is the GM. Just saying that it is not all Polian but he puts himself in the forefront inviting the blame. Right or not, that is how it goes.

by chad72 on Sep 13, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Why is there heat?

Oh just because we lost 1 game? Obvioulsy you guys are Colt fans from the last few years & expect to win. I’ve been a Colt fan ever since I watched them in Memorial Stadium (and I’m still living in Balto.) I’ve been thru the ups and downs (mostly downs) Remember when Elway said “screw the Colts?” Remember Jeff figgin’ George??? Obviously not. All I hear is nothing but fairweather fans “OH we’re great cuz we’re winning” and “OH NO we lost 1 game!!!”

Be happy that you can call yourself a “fan” during one of the Colts greatest eras which sits #2 to the Unitas era. Hey you can’t win them all and it could be worse. Just wait until Peyton Manning retires or goes to another team. (OH what? He’ll never leave??? If Joe Montana, Brett Farve, Jerry Rice finish their careers in other cities. Even Wayne Gretzky)

by the_dude6789 on Sep 13, 2010 1:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Heat

Bob Sanders was given a big contract after the 2007 season. He took $20 mill in guaranteed money. He’s played in 9 games since signing that contract. Nine. Bill Polian was the one who crafted the contract.

That’s ‘heat.’

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by Brad Wells on Sep 13, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hayden too

If Hayden continues his current play, there will be heat for his contract too.

Backup DE, backup LB is how our draft went, none of them played on opening day, if I am right. Recent 2nd round picks Pollak and Moala have a lot of ground to make up in terms of performance.

Plus, I did not understand why we kept Mitch King over Marlon Favorite. Marlon Favorite, a lot of us observed, did get a lot of push in pre-season on running plays. Maybe we could have used a clogger like him in the middle in the rotation instead of keeping Mitch King (though Mitch is a fan favorite), just giving my honest opinion :-).

by chad72 on Sep 13, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah, Marlon Favorite.... i miss this guy in a Colts Uniform....

I know some of us get heat by calling Polian having a Al Davis syndrome and this mainly refers to the last few years’ draft picks and personnel decisions…. and I am worried this trend will continue. Not even keeping Favorite in the PS is beyond me…..

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by Manning4ever on Sep 13, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sanders is a bum!!!

I never liked the contract w/ Sanders back in 07. He’s always been prone to injuries when he signed that contract. There should of been heat 3 years ago over Sanders, not now.

by the_dude6789 on Sep 13, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Our LB and DB performances

As our D-line goes, so do the LB and DB performances. Bob Sanders had his best year when Ed Johnson and Quinn Pitcock manned the middle real well. Having a stout D-line at the point of attack allows our LBs and DBs to make plays instead of dealing with O-linemen and blocking TEs all the time. I do believe Bob Sanders, having to play behind a less than stout D-line, has contributed significantly to his injuries though they are not the only reason.

Pat Angerer, I feel, would have fared no better, behind a porous D-line. I mentioned this when Bill Polian said “if you like the way Gary Brackett plays, you will like how Pat Angerer plays”. The opposite of that applies too – “if you do not like the way Gary Brackett plays, you will not like how Pat Angerer plays”. Right now, Pat Angerer is a drag-down type of tackler who will give a yard or two before bringing an RB down. If we expect him to bring down an RB like MJD upon a first hit, you will be in for a HUGE surprise. Gary Brackett and Pat Angerer are only as good as the D-line before them allows them to be, IMO.

Fix the D-line (mainly DTs), you fix so many issues – no keep away, less clock control, less injuries to LBs and DBs, better freedom to make plays for LBs and DBs etc.

by chad72 on Sep 13, 2010 2:12 PM EDT reply actions  

heh heh.
One gets the distinct vibe that the Colts president thinks people who make pointed observations about his shortcomings, and the shortcomings of the teams he is in charge of, are dumb. He lashes out at the bloggers the media and fans whenever they show the slightest inkling of resistance to him. For all his genius at being a writer building strong rosters, the man often acts like a petulant child when it comes to facing his critics.

Pot… meet kettle.

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by chrisd21 on Sep 13, 2010 6:52 PM EDT reply actions  

just wanted to come by and say...

you guys have one hell of a quarterback.

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by chrisd21 on Sep 13, 2010 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Bill Polian

He is a victim of Peyton Manning and of his own arrogance…

The Colts are in big trouble and here is why…

Peyton won a lot of “grind it out”games last year…But that offensive line is terrible and Peyton is gonna get hit alot this year…Offensive line problems dont go away overnight…When teams get ahead,Peyton has to fire right back with a score or we are in trouble…Peyton is gonna have to play perfect football against teams like the Texans,Ravens,and Titans..Thats not fair to him at all…

20 points might have beaten the Ravens in the past,but thats not going to cut it anymore…

Teams have gotten better and we havent…

Im not happy giving up 2 yards on a play that should have been a loss..Thats the type of defense we have…They give up 3 yards on plays that should have been stopped on the line of scrimmage..As the game goes on,3 yards turn in to 5 then it turns into 9…

We didnt need Donald Brown and we didnt need Anthony Gonzalez…

Our offense got dominic rhodes a decent contract…

Point is Polian needs a reality check….

Did you see the Pats defense yesterday??

Say what you want about New England or Bill Belicheck,but he had them boys ready to go..They were hitting and hitting hard…

Im tired of 6’3 295 defensive tackles….We need some Sam Adams types in the middle

by kingjaffe on Sep 13, 2010 7:05 PM EDT reply actions  

more total crap from you

he did not spend all offseason pointing fingers at the OL. He did not say it needed an overhaul. He blamed the OL for the super bowl loss. As with much of what he says, I thought he was full of shit. His blame could have meant that the players didnt execute in that game the way he expects them to. That does not mean they need to be replaced. You are just going over the top with innuendo and spin instead of taking the statement at face value. Twisting what he actually said

Polian does not handle criticism well. No shit Sherlock. Why is that newsworthy here? He has no respect for his critics? BIg deal! Either do I. They are mostly self impressed pissants who wouldnt know a football from a watermelon. If he wasnt asked stupid questions he wouldnt lie to us. He knows the team lost. He doesnt need you or any other amateur with a god complex to tell him what went wrong. Unlike you, he actually KNOWS what went wrong, knows how to fix it and knows what is actually possible at this point. Did you ever think that people like you who just decide they are unhappy and so they will make as much noise as possible until someone pays attention to them, are EXACTLY the reason Polian has no patience or time for his critics? I bet he remembers the days when Chris would have a load in his diapers and would cry for attention. Chris grew out of that stage. Isnt it time you did?

by Lucky Horseshoe on Sep 14, 2010 10:31 PM EDT reply actions  

darn right

bring in a couple sam adams/jerry ball types to sit on the bench because they cant play in our scheme. I am a fan and dont have to listen to logic or good sense. Just like Brown cant be our RB if he cant pass protect, Adams/Ball cant play in our D because they cant penetrate.

oh yeah, and our starting DTs on Sunday are listed at 303 and 312. And when Johnson is healthy they are 310 and 312. nice try though

by Lucky Horseshoe on Sep 14, 2010 10:39 PM EDT reply actions  

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