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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 21, 2008 18:26:02 GMT -5
Boy this great. I would of really thought he was Florida bound.
"Tony Dungy will remain the Colts' head coach through at least next season, Colts Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jim Irsay announced late Monday afternoon. Dungy spent the past week considering whether not to retire following his sixth season as the franchise's head coach."
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Post by jackc99 on Jan 21, 2008 18:50:29 GMT -5
At last...some good news.
Jack
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 21, 2008 19:17:33 GMT -5
Very happy with that news!!!
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Post by swilk on Jan 21, 2008 19:45:33 GMT -5
With him and Peyton .... and hopefully a more healthy team, they should be in the running again next year.
I hope the Colts are able to keep Dungy for a long time ..... he is a perfect fit for this situation.
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Post by varmint101 on Jan 21, 2008 20:51:38 GMT -5
Man I thought you were talking about Stewart. I was like  !? Yup, it is good news! |
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Post by danf on Jan 21, 2008 21:12:45 GMT -5
yeah, I wish stewart would stay in indy and off the track!
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Post by indianahick on Jan 21, 2008 21:54:58 GMT -5
I am very glad to read that Tony D. is returning to Indianapolis for at least one more year. Now they need to draft another defensive end that could play either end and a big, fast line backer. This is my opinion anyway. A really decent back up running back would be okay too. As for Stewart, he is one heck of a racer. As a two time nascar champion. Wasn't he also a indy car champion and a midget car champion?
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Post by dbd870 on Jan 22, 2008 5:22:54 GMT -5
So he is, I was wrong on that one. Still, does anyone else think this will be the last year with all the talk of grooming a successor and getting him more involved in the decision making process? I agree they need someone to take some minutes at running back.
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Post by duff on Jan 22, 2008 5:26:31 GMT -5
Man I thought you were talking about Stewart. I was like !? Yup, it is good news! Great minds think alike, I thought the same thing ;D |
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Post by drgreyhound on Jan 22, 2008 6:02:24 GMT -5
Awesome news! Here's hoping Tony finds coaching and being a "family man" a reasonable deal this year and in the years to come. Tony makes Indy proud!  |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 22, 2008 7:48:07 GMT -5
Great news for sure. I figured he was gone.
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Post by ccordray on Jan 22, 2008 13:19:43 GMT -5
I think this and the signing on Jim Caldwell is a negative. Tony's had two great groups in Tampa and Indy and has managed one Super Bowl between those. The year after Tony left Tampa, Gruden won a Super Bowl with TD's team. I've never thought of Tony as an "A" coach. He's an A+ human being but a "B" coach. As much as I (Colts fan) hate to admit it, Bill Belichick is just better.
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Post by danf on Jan 22, 2008 13:30:19 GMT -5
I don't think it's a matter of which coach is better. Personally, I think they are both great coaches, both having essentially the same quality of players. There's two things separating them- the first difference lies in that the Pat's have been able to stay healthy all season. Get Freeney and Harrison off of the injured list for the entire season, and the Pats most likely wouldn't be undefeated and going to the Super Bowl. But they got hurt and the Colts are home. The other difference (and I DON'T agree with TD on this one) is that TD didn't play the starters all of the last couple of games. Bellicheck did and, again, you can see the difference. We can "what if" all day long though...  ;D |
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Post by swilk on Jan 22, 2008 13:50:20 GMT -5
That is such a lose lose situation for coaches. Rest your players and come out looking rusty and critics yell "bad decision". Play your players and someone gets hurt and critics yell "bad decision".
I think Dungy is a good fit in Indy ..... in other systems, with other egos .... I think he would struggle. Much like Bill Parcels did with my Cowboys. Bill is a football genius but coaching has just passed him by.
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Post by indianahick on Jan 22, 2008 14:32:17 GMT -5
Both Dungy and Belichick are respected by their players, listen to the Patriots they mimic what Belichick says to a man, the cowboys did not respect Parcells. But then again look at their owner a definite wild card. He's fired good coaches and hired bad, turned around and fired the bad and hired good. Then you go out and buy expensive free agents that do not respect anyone or anything. Anarchy.
As for playing players in games when it is possible to rest the starters. All you have to do is look at the attitude of each coach to wards opponents as far as respect for them goes. One does one apparently does not.
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Post by ccordray on Jan 22, 2008 16:22:07 GMT -5
Freeney played in the regular season game against the Patriots and was a non-factor. They sacked Brady once and it was Mathis who sacked him. Read the IndyStar column from Bob Kravitz today. He is 100% on the money.
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Post by cambygsp on Jan 23, 2008 4:30:28 GMT -5
I guess it's hard to give up a 5 million dollar a year job when you are fully capable to do it.
Tony is a class act both in football and in the community, however I just wonder if all this "will I stay or will I go" stuff is staged each year.
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Post by drgreyhound on Jan 23, 2008 5:28:03 GMT -5
It sounded to me like the issue for Tony was being that far away from his family instead of the money. When you make 5 million dollars a year and you're a halfway responsible individual, you can make that kind of money work for the rest of your life regardless of what you do.
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Post by hornharvester on Jan 23, 2008 9:11:40 GMT -5
Last Wed about noon i was sitting in the Indy airport waiting to board my plane. I was watching the people walk by and suddenly here comes Tony walking by himself. I wasn't sure it was him and someone sitting close by yelled "Hey Coach" and he turned, smiled, waved and walked on. I thought it was odd he was by himself. He went to where they were waiting to board a Tampa flight. h.h.
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