COMPLETE COLLAPSE
COMPLETE COLLAPSE
As I sit at my computer and think of what I want to say the comments of Robert Mathis keep ringing in my ears. It was odd to hear a player with such ability and leadership quality throw himself under the bus. But what was even stranger was the comments of Bill Pollian, the man sounded awe struck. He was completely CLUELESS!! To say he needed to look at the film to see what went wrong was almost comical. I can see it now, Bill standing in front of the team, playing the same scene over and over saying…Down and to the Left, Down and to the Left, DOWN AND TO THE LEFT!!!
Now as many of you know I am, and have been, a huge fan of the game. I am not one to get to upset or overwhelmed by any one lose. I have been there since the Mayflower trucks pulled into town and can honestly say I have seen some strange games and team’s with a lot less talent. I remember when the only guy scoring points was the field goal kicker. So when Mathis proclaimed he was as much to blame as anybody I was proud to be a Colts fan. There were days when this type of lose would have caused a lot of finger pointing and the blame game would have been in full swing. I mean let’s face it the press and all of us are doing enough of that already. The fact is when Kansas City was on offense even my wife commented “They are just running the same plays, why can’t we stop them?” I was at a loss to explain it.
Then it hit me, the explanation was so obvious. After looking at the league standings and realizing that DETROIT was 5-0 and OAKLAND had a winning record it came to me. During the lockout the owners decided to screw with us and decide the whole season should be OPPOSITE of normal. That is of course except for one or two team’s that HAD to be allowed to win a FEW just to keep folks interested. I mean let’s face it; they had teams like Philly and Dallas rolling into a playoff spot with no trouble. While teams like San Francisco, Oakland and the Redskins were not even mentioned. But here we are at the start of week six, and the whole league is upside down with Buffalo, Detroit, Oakland and the Redskins looking at first in their division. While the Colts, Dallas, Philly and the Jets are sucking air. Who would have guessed? Hell the BENGALS have won more games so far. So over the summer the owners had a Texas Hold’em tournament and the owners went all in and that decided the standings. I know that is crazy, but my only other explanation is that there is a glitch in the Matrix and we all need to wake up.
The truth is this is a game played by men who beat the crap out of each other every Sunday and they get older. The game changes and sometimes it takes a major failure in thinking to get a team to change what it was doing to compete or they get left in the dust. Great teams fall and if they have what it takes they can pick up the pieces, regroup and become winners again. I truly believe that this team will be one of those. It may take some major changes and a lot of pain along the way, but we will return to or winning ways. We are the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, and as for me and all of you that bleed blue we believe in our team.
Injuries happen. Players come and go. Lately both of these have happened to our Colts so often I cannot even say who is playing what spot. But if you think for one minute these guys are going to give up and lay down then you do not know our team. So we as fans have to do the same, stay strong and support or boys in blue no matter what.
One last thought, if anybody even THINKS about wearing a SUCK FOR LUCK shirt into the BLUE CREW LOT I will have to get GUY IN SHORTS and his bull horn to run you out of the lot! He is our official keeper of the faith. Plus, he needs a new cause now that the Steelers game is done.
Greg Woods aka PT Colts Guy
