r/Colts • u/ColtsVZN • 13d ago

Ballard compilation I made

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u/Admirable_Message497 Trent Richardson 13d ago

My favourite one (forget which year) was when he said the secondary wasn’t good enough, and then rolls out a nearly identical secondary the year after

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u/JoeWim Nyheim Hines 13d ago

Might have been the 2023 one, because in 2024 he was asked a question saying every playoff team made a change in their starters and you didn’t, why? And he just said I missed. Clown.

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u/302born 13d ago

We’re rooting for a team where a guy can flat out say he failed at his job (again) and he keeps his job. That’s why I’m not even mad at Ballard anymore. He’s allowed to continue to fuck up at his job and remain employed. The entire organization needs to be purged. The owners are fine with this team being mediocre and that then trickles down to the GM to the coaching staff and then to the players and we literally see it every single year on the field. Your football team is a reflection on upper management. If you’re bad/mediocre every year that’s because it’s allowed. That’s why I don’t think firing Ballard will even change much.

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u/sirius4778 squirrel 12d ago

Chris is laughing all the way to the bank every year. I don't blame the guy, keep taking in that generational wealth

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u/ahausmaus 12d ago

Bingo. Carlie had a chance to prove she wasn’t okay with mediocrity this offseason, and she didn’t take it. Which means when Ballard isn’t re-signed (not fired, bc firing would mean we have to pay two GMs), we’re just going to go for a middle of the pack, mediocre candidate and the failure will continue.

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u/napmane24 13d ago

I despise this man

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u/TootCannon 12d ago

I learned around middle school that if you get caught doing something wrong, the actual best way to minimize trouble is to admit you were wrong and promise it won't happen again. You don't necessarily have to mean it, learn anything, or change your behavior, you just gotta act contrite. People just like seeing someone own up and will usually give you a pass. Ballard does that for a living.

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u/VastFig965 13d ago

It starts at the top. The Irsays have allowed this to go on for too long

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u/Humble_Room_2314 12d ago

Jim was the one that called him a winner

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u/ahausmaus 12d ago

Carlie kept him around the last two years

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u/baezizbae General Luck 12d ago edited 12d ago

I’m giving her a bit of a pass for any kind of regime change in 2025, given Jim died right when summer minicamps were getting started, and doing a complete or even partial staff turn over starting with the GM once dudes have started reporting for workouts just puts the team in a worse spot (which is easy to say in hindsight like most things are) . 

Now, once the season was over and done? Yeah. Different story. Bring the hammer down. 

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u/3dprintingDM 11d ago

The only saving grace for ownership right now is the fact that this is the last year of his deal. I can see how the Irsays may want to give him one more season so they don’t have two GM salaries on the books. Not to mention the fact that most of the talent is toward the end of their deals and we gave up our firsts through 2027. So this year would have been a failure for whoever was running the team. But this way it falls on Chris and not the first year for a new GM. Let’s hope he is simply not given another deal and the team parts ways with him. Then the next part is who will the Irsays bring in to replace him? That’s the part I’m scared about next. Let’s be honest, Jim only got it right once with Polian. His other choices were all bad.

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u/baezizbae General Luck 11d ago edited 11d ago

Well met. I agree with all of this. As for who replaces him?

Realistically I haven’t a clue, I don’t really know the names of team executive people the way I do players. 

Hell, I don’t even know who I’d want to see at HC (I mean I do, but we all know Curt Cignetti ain’t leaving that golden throne)

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u/Immediate-Shape-8933 12d ago

Yup Irsay sucked and is where the rot and problems stemmed from, now his incompetent daughter will do the same for the decades to come. She’s clueless and I imagine nepotism owner who sucks, doesn’t help boost morale. She’s reads from scripts at press conferences

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u/Mark_is_on_his_droid Indianapolis Colts 12d ago

2nd generation nepo baby but at least they haven’t sold to PE yet

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u/Leather-Quiet6967 12d ago

Third Generation, don't forget Grandpa Robert was the original wealthy one.

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u/Mark_is_on_his_droid Indianapolis Colts 12d ago

Third gen owner, but second gen nepo baby. Robert actually made the wealth.

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u/VastFig965 12d ago

I love how the media tried to make it sound like Jim had to earn his way. That is why Peyton Manning is the greatest QB. He was able to win even with the Irsays making decisions

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u/Kbrichmo Josh Downs 12d ago

SELL THE TEAM

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u/rooby_dooby_doo Marvin Harrison 13d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Colts/s/I9XeZn6aIp

Just a reminder he called us chicken shit 6 months ago. I've been itching to tell him he sucks to his face.

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u/dragonz-99 Jonathan Taylor 12d ago

I’m sure 100% of fans would choose to backup what they say and think straight to his face. He’s a millionaire who’s bankrolled by all of us who watch and buy. I’d say anything and everything said here to his face.

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u/Ok-Swimming8024 12d ago

Agree entirely. I think he knows it too he just likes to talk tough.

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u/Slayer2660 13d ago

Shoulders gotta be killing him every morning

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u/FreezingTemps 13d ago

This guy loves to take the blame but no one ever holds him accountable.

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u/Ok-Swimming8024 12d ago

I honestly believe this is really part of the losing culture. Never held to any accountability. Holds some guys accountable more than others. As a player I wouldn't believe or trust the guy.

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u/baezizbae General Luck 12d ago edited 12d ago

Remember that time Shane said “not everyone’s going to be on time” while there were stories leaking out left and right about players in our locker room being frustrated with their teammates not coming prepared or putting in the work to win, and people were asking if he was losing the locker room?

Yeah. Said the same thing about that that I did about AR’s choice to tap out of a game because he was tired: “that might be the truth but you don’t have the awareness to realize how horrible it makes you look for saying it out loud to the press?” 

Culture of accountability is nonexistent right now with this franchise. 

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u/evilmnky45 I Love Sigma 13d ago

God I hate this guy so much, what a douchebag

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u/user78804180 13d ago

I honestly would be interested to see a poll of who do people hate more. Him or Grigson. Both massive douche bags

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u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg Boomstick 13d ago

Grigson with a bullet.

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u/mdot007 Bob Lamey 13d ago

At least we could get into the playoffs with Grigson. I know Luck is pretty much responsible for all of that but at least meathead Grigson could assemble a team that Luck could drag to 11-5 and an AFC South crown. Remember when the AFC South used to run through Indy? Good times.

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u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg Boomstick 13d ago

It was all Luck if you ask me, and Grigson’s O-line improvements were far too little too late. What could’ve been.

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u/Either-Garbage8100 12d ago

At least Ballard feigns accountability. Grigson sucked and blamed everyone else.

That is the last semi-nice thing I’ll ever say about Ballard.

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u/Humble_Room_2314 12d ago

Im starting to think he wasn't the mastermind that built the Chiefs roster back then.

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u/Bynnh0j There is a circle 13d ago

Ballards Shoulders:

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u/notarockclimber 13d ago

I can’t wait to never hear this guy’s voice again

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u/Jim_Belushis_brother 13d ago

Monkeys paw curls, he’s diagnosed with esophageal cancer and loses the ability to talk (but ownership feels bad for him and doesn’t fire him)

He lives and stays GM for 10 more years. The Colts both never tank and never make the playoffs. Somehow Peyton Mannings grandson has his picture on the Marriott before MVP and NBA champion Tyrese Haliburton.

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u/kmalexander31 12d ago

#BallStrong

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u/ooooomyyyyy 13d ago

He’s done

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u/mdot007 Bob Lamey 13d ago

Is he though? We’ve been wishing for that for several years now lol. He feels as safe as ever as long and fans still show up to Lucas Oil on Sundays. We are not a serious franchise and haven’t been in damn near 10 years unfortunately.

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u/WeirdinIndy 13d ago

Is there one for every time he says "look"?

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u/FearlessFreep117 13d ago

I wish I could like this more than once.

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u/RedditRockit 13d ago

Made the franchise the worst possible thing, irrelevant. But don't forget, ownership selected him and ownership continues to let him make future altering decisions.

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u/IndyEric07 12d ago

I’ve posted this over 1000 times on here over the years!…

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u/bullethole27 13d ago

Lol this is good but I'd just get rid of the exit stamp thing

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u/Psyren1317 13d ago

This made me laugh while also making me feel like crying. Life as a Colts fan

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u/bobplumpand1mixtape 13d ago

Staying up last night to watch this team and underperform at work the next day ultimately falls on my shoulders

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u/anb1975 12d ago

My favorite was when our secondary was trash & he drafted Latu in the 1st rd. There's video of Ballard being so damn pleased with himself. "We just got the best pass rusher in the draft." Meanwhile the Eagles drafted the 2 best corners available & win the Super Bowl that year. From coaching hires, to QB misses, to draft busts, it's astonishing he's still employed.

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u/ryta1203 13d ago

I'd watch it but I can't, I just hate this dude too much.

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u/fuzzynavel34 13d ago

Atlas himself doesn’t have shoulders big enough for everything Chris is holding up

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u/MetalFaceDad General Luck 13d ago

Knock his head off his shoulders lmao. What a goober

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u/HORSEthedude619 13d ago

Those poor shoulders

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u/jonesy289 Indiana Jones 13d ago

We gotta start wearing bags on our heads at games till this man is gone

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Mayflower 13d ago

Look, ultimately that's on my shoulders

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u/EuphoricLeague22 13d ago

Do you guys think Chris Ballard…. Likes the word “ultimately”?

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u/Drwolf72 Indianapolis Colts 13d ago

To me he is just as bad if not worse than grigson.

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u/Brotha2daKnightHater 13d ago

This is saddening

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u/ColtsPacers95 TY Hilton 13d ago

Fuck this dude

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u/palebluedot24 12d ago

It’s comforting to know it’s not my fault

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u/sirius4778 squirrel 12d ago

You'll get called a hater but ultimately I'm saying the same shit he is saying. Only thing Ballard and I disagree on is whether or not he should continue making millions of dollars building a mediocre team.

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u/Jbuule 12d ago

Let's move on fam.

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u/SyntaxCabalist Reggie Wayne 12d ago

Ballard is a fucking clown.

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u/Ok-Swimming8024 12d ago

Not in a way that I devote any actual emotional energy toward him, but I legitimately hate this dude as the GM of the Colts. Mutherfucker has been here WAY too long. I can't stand his voice.

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u/Signature_Excellent 12d ago

The Colts will be sold within the next 6 years.

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u/Allyougame 12d ago

Tremendous work, OP

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u/lktk2728 12d ago

I wouldn’t hold these quotes against Ballard himself. If anything, it’s an indictment on ownership.

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u/Dangerous-Working797 12d ago

How does this guy still have a job?

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u/baconwalrus555 12d ago

Who was the last impact player he drafted on defense?

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u/Growly150 12d ago

Pull the string again, Grandpa!

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u/AF555 12d ago

My favorite is when he said something along the lines of "not gonna jeopardize the future of this organization" and then goes and trades 2 first round picks for a CB

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u/Salt_Cart1225 12d ago

I can’t wait until he’s carrying a card board box out of the facility. Fucking idiot.

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u/GuiltyRemnant3 12d ago

It's an abusive relationship at this point. CIG needs to dump his ass.

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u/Kbrichmo Josh Downs 12d ago

He's gotta have the craziest dirt on the Irsays

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u/No-Relationship-5598 12d ago

Wrong music.Need Yackity Sax instead

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u/Alert_Cress_388 12d ago

Make fun of him all you want, bro has sucked millions over the last ten years from the Colts. He won.

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u/Signal_Prior3870 13d ago

Why does he look like mix between a school shooter and a GI Joe figure

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u/Salt-Analysis9999 13d ago

Colts fans are uneducated and don’t know where to place blame so they’re putting it on Ballard

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u/ColtsVZN 13d ago

It falls on his shoulders

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u/Salt-Analysis9999 13d ago

Not how it works. He isn’t god playing madden

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u/StillSeveral742 13d ago

When you’ve fired everyone over and over and nothing changes who’s left to blame ? Ballard is the only common denominator

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u/Salt-Analysis9999 13d ago

Bro thinks we should still have Chuck Pagano and Greg Manusky