thirty-year-old Parks Fraser, who just a few years ago, he
walked through the door as the assistant head coach. Yeah, he
was that for two years then he was a quality control, which
the lowest level you can be and still
be on the coaching staff, but that's where he was right. Then
he was assistant quarterbacks coach. Last year, this year
he's been passed game
specialist and assistant quarterbacks coach, he's going
to call the plays.
That's the guy that Jeff Saturday selected. Not Scott,
Milankovitch who apparently was a head coach in the CFL. Well,
yeah, so
knows a thing or two maybe more about Parks Frazier. So,
at a time when you're already have the Dynamics turned
completely upside down in Indianapolis, the idea that
you're giving the play calling duties
to a guy who was a step below, Scott, Milankovitch that only
makes it even more Awkward. Well yeah, in the locker,
right, as they try to put this all together. Now, this is
the move that would make me think they're tanking right here like
that. Hey,
hey
Jeff!
I'll sell you, Jeff. Okay, I'll sell you won't, but you make
sure the most unqualified guy in the building cause the place
for us this week. I mean, that's what that is.
This is, I don't know. This might be the this is up there
with the craziest of them all to now. Maybe Scott
Milankovitch Mike, it did cross my mind. Yesterday when I
saw this is just that maybe he didn't want to
maybe he was like I don't want to call this
offense and this mess right now.
Do you guys put it on my name? Then it didn't work.
I could seek certain guys in this situation going. Nah
no thanks. I'll keep coaching.
Watching the quarterbacks, thanks a lot.
So I don't know where that goes. But part, I mean, first
off Parks, Frasier, you mean, I know you just laid out.
I mean, this is beyond not ready for
this type of Duty
assistant to the head coach, just two years ago.
Do you know what the assistant here?
Three years ago,
three 3028. Make sure 2019. I thought I was too until 2018
2019.
All right, I see three years ago. K3 year 2022. Okay, got
you right? I'm not counting this full. Here yet.
But either way
like assistant to the head coach is like, hey, go pull my
car around front. Hey, go get my dry cleaning. Hey,
Go pass this message along to the other coaches
and then you said it quality control.
I mean, again that's what I wasn't. And I mean, up in New
England. It's
that's the kiss, exactly, right? I mean,
it's typing things into a computer.
I mean, that's what you're doing, your
Taking down teams your, you know, looking at tendencies
that you might have there, giving you a little projects
that way. And then, the assistants quarterback coach,
the assistant quarterback coach. The guy who sits in
the quarterback room
in the back of the room in the corner,
and hands out some printed papers and then just listen to
the, the quarterback code to run the meeting. I don't know,
it's just shocking. You can't make this stuff up right now.
It's going on in Indianapolis, it's shocking. I don't mean
any disrespect to him. I'm just laying down.
Down the disrespect of the whole coaching process right
now that's being laid out here. I think is what really is
shocking to me.
Well, I keep thinking back to Monday night when Jim irsay
said, I'm glad you have Saturday doesn't have
experience because NFL coaches are afraid. They operate in
fear. You got a whole room full of NFL coaches. Now,
beyond having to placate anyone who may interview for the job
later or not. You've got a roomful of guys on staff who
are in FL coach, Coaches went. And when you
throw that brush around and paint gets on everyone, he gets
on the guys currently on your staff. And I've had people ask
me this question too.
And I think it, it has some Merit, the question of whether
or not
one or more of the guys on staff should have resigned in
protest and and look,
it's just like when someone bets on themself, we love it
because it's not our money. Yeah. Like we love. Oh, I love
all. They got up and they resigned in protest. What
a Thing, how inspirational
gee, I wonder how they're going to pay their electric bill. Now
I mean that's the other side of it, there's a thing. Every two
weeks you get called a paycheck, that would be
the thing that would cause you
to not storm out in protest. There's also a legal
phrase known as breach of contract. Action may be
a little concerned about so, okay, fine, you don't storm
out, but Chris, maybe you got some people there
who aren't all that happy. We don't know that all come out.
Tell us that. Why me?
I mean, on a coaching staff with that, many people chances
are certain percentage of them are pissed off right now, and
they're going to go through the motions and do the bare minimum
as a nephew to Jim irsay
Mike, 100%. There's no doubt. I mean, this is totally against,
you know, the hierarchy of how coaching goes,
it is disrespect over there. A lot of those guys in that
building and I hear what you're saying. I'm sure.
Guys in that building. That it looked at it and got man. I'd
love to just quit and resign. The problem is, and this is,
you know, this is one of the goods and the bads of coaching
and being in the NFL as
again. A lot of these coaches aren't going to do that because
they're just, they're not going to disrespect the owner because
of fear of it, might affect them with another job. It might
affect them with the
Colts, maybe four years down the road when
they go work somewhere else. And now a new head, coaches
with the Colts, and They want to bring them back and they go
or say goes. Well, don't bring that jerk back.
He quit on us last time.
So that's what's really holds it. Together here is that it's
the rest of the NFL that stops some of these coaches walking
out the NFL and are and walking out the door and it's the
future prospects of jobs and maybe a job back with the Colts
is the only thing stopping some of these coaches. I guarantee
my coaches want to walk out of that building right now and go
what the hell?
The hell would this aisle?
Wait till January and try to find a new job with a new team.
Yeah, anytime you go against the Shield, even if
even if, yeah, it is, the nuttiest craziest example of
dysfunction we've ever seen in the middle of a season, even
then there's only 32 of these teams
once you get a reputation to your label that kind of
a thing, right? It's hard. It's hard to get back in. There's
too many other choices out there especially if there's
an owner that's willing to go beyond. The universe of the
traditional coaching industry choices, just start plucking
people out of. Yeah, anywhere out of Studios to be head
coaches. So I wonder
whether and to what extent there is that acrimony, and
look, all the stuff that people are speculating about on
the outside as they try to make sense of this.
I guaran-damn-tee you,
this stuff is happening
on the inside as they try to make sense of it.
Why isn't John Fox the interim head coach? Why isn't Gus Bradley
the interim head coach?
Why isn't Scott Milankovitch
the play caller? Why is it Reggie Wayne the head coach? If
you want to reach back into the past Glory Days and make one of
the players
who was a key part of the team's success,
a head coach. How about the guy that's already the receivers
coach, who's in the damn building, who accepted
the offer to come. You know, people look, I don't blame Jeff
Saturday
for saying yes, to this. I do blame Jeff Saturday for saying no,
No, two opportunities to join the coaching staff because it
would have made it a lot easier for this medicine to go down
for everyone if he was already on the staff. So
those guys on that coaching staff
are, I would assume justifiably pissed and all the things we're
wondering about our, they tanking what's going on
there? Wondering about it. Ten times over. Yeah, they are
learning about but this is the one thing that, you know, is
great about NFL coaches to, they're worrying about that,
they're thinking some of those things, they might even rolled
her eyes and
You know, meeting the linebackers coach with
the linebackers about like, oh, what's going on here? But but
man, my experience, when
NFL coaches have been incredible positivity about
them and they're still, it's almost like a teacher in
school, no matter what. Hey, the principal did what today or
you know, the superintendent in what, doesn't matter. I got to
come in and teach my kids
and make them better
and there is that aspect in coaching,
there is that? And a lot of these coaches are
their glorified teachers that just know how to swear.
In her little rough around the edges and love football,
so
they'll put their best foot forward when it comes to that
stuff. They will. But how could they not? Like the rest of what
you're talking about? Mike scratch their head, rolled
their eyes
and you know and private room nor settings,
you know, talking to each other going. What are we doing? This
is crazy. And giggle and laugh. And like yeah, that's
definitely going on. And of course with the pliers, that
training staff, everybody in the organization right now.
They're all doing it.
But that goes, that's where it goes. Back to the, you know,
the the military at Mystic,
you know, chain of command in the NFL, they'll continue to go
on and
they'll respect Jeff, Saturday and act like he's a sergeant
General. And yes, sir, whatever you say head coach and they'll
go from there as crazy as it is. It's crazy as it is. But
yeah, I've never seen anything like this. I can't remember
anything like this in my days
ever and football.
It's a lot of stuff that a lot of people have to process on
the Fly.
The players will be in the building today.
Yeah, they have to
you know, that's when this there's going to be these
comments like there's some really some stuff going on this
week and then they got to practice and they got to
prepare and they got a game plan, that's got to be
installed all the things you do, Wednesday, Thursday Friday,
they've got to do and then they have to pack it all up and go to
Las Vegas and play the Raiders coach by
Josh McDaniels who
who left the Colts at the altar. Sparking the Frank Reich
regime in the
Place. It really is
the craziest damn thing I've ever seen in season created by
a team, a decision made by a team. Not a circumstance that
was thrust Upon A Team like Jon Gruden last year, which was
pretty damn crazy.
But the Raiders didn't say,
gee, how can we turn our season upside down
the Cults did? Again they didn't do it on purpose.
Jim irsay actually believes. Yes
is half and it's not like this team was like two and twelve or
two and 14 the last year's it's playoffs two of them. Last four
years,
it's salvaging a year. Would you co P % being competitive?
It's
On The Fringe of the playoffs with Carson Wentz, where,
you know, again I know that maybe Frank Reich has is being
held accountable for that decision to a degree. I get it.
But still is a positive year.
Did anybody like definitely think the culture go to
the Super Bowl last year? Was that like such a disappointment that
that's where it's shocking. It's not like we're,
this is like, you know,
some of the years we saw with the Cleveland Browns.
Hounds. And some of the coaches being cycled through there that
were one and two games won game, three game, whatever this
team was relevant and applier.
So that's where it's even, you know, more shocking than usual,
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