Thread: Bill Polian: I’m not speaking to Jim Irsay and I’m rooting for Denver

Yeah.. I think that Getting to the Super Bowl is DAMN HARD alone. Winning one just requires to have the right amount of luck and timing for a team. It's like those that want to say Schottenheimer "just cant' win the big game." Brady has three rings won by a TOTAL of 9 points, yet Polian is looked "down" upon because he GM'd teams TO the Super Bowl but his teams couldn't win them all?????? Get me TO the Super Bowl every time, I'll take that to being the Chiefs.

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

Yeah.. I think that Getting to the Super Bowl is DAMN HARD alone. Winning one just requires to have the right amount of luck and timing for a team. It's like those that want to say Schottenheimer "just cant' win the big game." Brady has three rings won by a TOTAL of 9 points, yet Polian is looked "down" upon because he GM'd teams TO the Super Bowl but his teams couldn't win them all?????? Get me TO the Super Bowl every time, I'll take that to being the Chiefs.

Exactly. He's not a coach. He's not a player. He's a GM. His job is to build a team that is capable of winning a SB. He clearly has succeeded in his job.

I think its crap when people say Irsays comments were taken out of context. Yes he said they wanted to change the model but he specifically mentioned loving Payton, Marvin, and Reggie's Star wars stats but preferred a SB over that. If he meant that they needed a better cast around them then he should have said "that". Polian also built great teams. He picked players capable of reaching the post season . That's what you want. Its up to the players and coaches to actually do that and win. I'm sure teams like the Raiders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Browns, etc would have loved to have teams like the ones Polian built.

Originally Posted by Army Bronco

I think its crap when people say Irsays comments were taken out of context. Yes he said they wanted to change the model but he specifically mentioned loving Payton, Marvin, and Reggie's Star wars stats but preferred a SB over that. If he meant that they needed a better cast around them then he should have said "that". Polian also built great teams. He picked players capable of reaching the post season . That's what you want. Its up to the players and coaches to actually do that and win. I'm sure teams like the Raiders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Browns, etc would have loved to have teams like the ones Polian built.

Where is the horrible, outrageous comment here? Wouldn't ANYONE prefer a super bowl over big stats??? How is it so incredibly unbelievable that he meant while offensive stats are great, those teams would have been better had a better defense and ST been put around them. To me, it makes no sense to interpret those comments at some shot at Manning.

I agree that what he said isn't bad. I would want rings over stats. I'm sure we all would. That was proved after last year's 11-0 run.

The issue is when he made the comments. The week before Denver comes to town??? He could have said that when they drafted luck. That is the issue.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Originally Posted by Army Bronco

I think its crap when people say Irsays comments were taken out of context. Yes he said they wanted to change the model but he specifically mentioned loving Payton, Marvin, and Reggie's Star wars stats but preferred a SB over that. If he meant that they needed a better cast around them then he should have said "that". Polian also built great teams. He picked players capable of reaching the post season . That's what you want. Its up to the players and coaches to actually do that and win. I'm sure teams like the Raiders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Browns, etc would have loved to have teams like the ones Polian built.

Where is the horrible, outrageous comment here? Wouldn't ANYONE prefer a super bowl over big stats??? How is it so incredibly unbelievable that he meant while offensive stats are great, those teams would have been better had a better defense and ST been put around them. To me, it makes no sense to interpret those comments at some shot at Manning.

Lol..dude...who ******* said it was outrageous? Its a knock...he didn't call Manning a bitch. A knock is a knock. Doesn't have to be an outrageous knock. "Its great that all of you defend Irsay. We appreciate all your opinions. But they don't matter as much as........blah blah" I shouldn't get anyone here arguing my last line since its not outrageous or bad, right?

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Where is the horrible, outrageous comment here? Wouldn't ANYONE prefer a super bowl over big stats??? How is it so incredibly unbelievable that he meant while offensive stats are great, those teams would have been better had a better defense and ST been put around them. To me, it makes no sense to interpret those comments at some shot at Manning.

Those comments were definitely not a shot at Manning, notwithstanding the possibility he could be harboring a little resentment over the missed season (2011).

More likely, those comments were just Jimbo being Jimbo. This is a guy who tweets absurd shit about his own team with fans, to the point that, when Colts' fans quoted the Bozo, I couldn't believe it was for real and that someone was pretending to be 'Jim Irsay'. Definitely wasn't projecting himself with any sense of decorum or professionalism.
This guy was a spoiled little rich kid, the son of a carnival barker and snake-oil salesman, who, while daddy Bob was hustling the Baltimore faithful, was establishing himself as a big party animal and coke head. All that white powder has dulled his senses and, to this day, he continues to blather nonsense.

Originally Posted by Dzone

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