Indianapolis Colts - Chris Ballard media tomorrow; what will he say? Colts need tough management!

[@eddieyoung3856]

Kent from the top ropes. I love this. I’m ready for GOOD Colts football!!!

[@SemperColtsFan]

Preach it Ken! Tell it like it is! I am with you all the way!

[@jamesotting220]

Thank you Kent, I sure hope someone on 56th is watching this, we need someone with balls to tell it the way it is!!! I remember hearing if you were late at Patriots for a meeting 15k fine, a second suspension and 3rd fired We need a sheriff like Manning again, maybe a Buckner, or one on offense and one on defense, I also don't understand why player's vote for a captain, that's BS, and why do they need so many, it used one on each side of the ball, This organization is way out of wack, thanks for telling it the way we want it and need it !!!

[@theridingthebenchcolts]

This got me fired up!

[@Ryan78900]

Yo what up Justin! Fancy seein you hear this side of town

[@spookshilljoe7376]

Tell it like it is!!! Freedom of speech!!!

[@cameronhochstedler779]

Great show tonight. Knocked this one out of the park

[@KentSterling]

Thanks, Cameron!

[@roccobovenzi7018]

Let’s see you get tough at the press conference

[@MattWilhoit]

He won't nobody will

[@coltsyanx]

One thing I always appreciate about you Kent is that even tho you criticize the colts it still sounds like you want to see them win…. I swear some of the colts content creators on KZbin are so pessimistic it’s like they want us to lose. Crazy! Go colts

[@larryhansen4334]

Good stuff today Kent Good stuff

[@raykersey5362]

Great chat Kent! 💯

[@KentSterling]

Thanks, Ray. I appreciate it.

[@leonardlowry7626]

Great show Kent!

[@KentSterling]

Thanks, Leonard.

[@909djf]

As Dan Dakich always says, Ballard is a survivor...

[@Ryan78900]

Survivor will win. I’d take the colts win the Super Bowl in the Jubilee year of 2025 instead of lame ass 2024 anyway. Right?

[@hoosierwilliams]

We are Kent’s confessional.

[@bonddude7]

I’m already guessing they will whiff on the d coordinator hire. They will just pick someone with ties and it will be the same defense we have had. Top ten once in past 8 years

[@carrite]

Cold weather = More coffee for Kent!

[@KentSterling]

Coffee? I don't need no stinking coffee!

[@rgriggs5218]

Hey Kent, you do such a good job at pointing out to the Colts what needs to be done to improve, I would nominate you to be "The Colts Standards Enforcer". You'd be great and hopefully Irsay would pay you a bundle of money. I know I'm dreaming but just throwing that out there (for fun of course 😂). Great program Kent. LET"S Pray the Colts will do what is necessary to WIN!!!

[@perryparsons9264]

Yeah Kent, you need to apply for the GM! The Colts need your attitude..

[@KentSterling]

Not sure the Colts could afford me!

[@roccobovenzi7018]

Brock Bowers was a first rounder he’s in the pro bowl

[@KentSterling]

Bowers would have been awesome for the Colts if he had dropped two spots.

[@Wideoval73]

Hold the players accountable....how about holding Ballard accountable! Good show, made to much sense!

[@KentSterling]

Thanks very much. Appreciate it.

[@imbradandyouarenot]

Nothing will change until changes are made.

[@carrite]

The clear problem is an inexperienced QB who can't stay healthy with a completion percentage the worst in the NFL since Tim Tebow (true fact!). What change do you suggest????

[@imbradandyouarenot]

@@carrite New GM, new coach, new QB. Clean house.

[@BrianBurton-bi4uz]

Yeah there’s no weather until there’s weather!

[@TyroneMaxey-hr8xu]

Talk Guarantees.. new hope

[@xrpxtrariceplease2811]

The Pacers need to keep their young players and continue to develop them

[@KentSterling]

100% right. Might want to deal one of their veterans though.

[@xrpxtrariceplease2811]

@ That is ok with me. Trading Myles Turner is the best option.

[@Sarge-y5r]

Young inexperienced quarterbacks best friend is always a good reliable tight end. Cornerbacks can usually take a year to develop and get accustomed to NFL receivers. Let’s take a look at them going into this season. Maybe a solid free agent

[@RicMarti-z6s]

I agree Ballard/Steichen need to get tough, but THAT is tough to do if you haven't already been tough from the start.

[@KentSterling]

Tough people are born, not made. You are right about that.

[@JoFreeland-kv6ge]

I agree we need a forumula like the past Colts like when Zack Crockett was on and a real fullback a united team for the goal... and surround the new qb with really good players period as we have except the position that granson played.

[@KentSterling]

Love any Zack Crockett reference.

[@mikethompson7436]

The only formula the past colts had was they lucked into manning and luck

[@russelhughes1066]

I kinda agree with you , we need cb or s or te in first round, who ever is the best

[@KentSterling]

TE - Warren!

[@coltsfan46]

I respect the thought of a TE un the first round but in Ballard's tenure he has either drafted or traded for a defensive or offensive lineman that's his mindset and always will be

[@SeerArt]

Jim Irsay said 1-0 on 2025? …what ?? We need to remind Jim Irsay when was the last time Colts won an opener season game ?

[@KentSterling]

The earth had not yet cooled the last time the Colts won an opener. Hell, Grigson was in his second year as GM.

[@mikeronald3812]

I wish someone would ask Ballard why he does not manipulate the cap like the Eagles do. I have never heard that question asked. Does the media not understand the cap? The Eagles do not draft well. Howie Roseman is a master at salary cap manipulation. Kent, go to over the cap and have 2 monitors in front of you and look at the salaries for the Eagles players and the Colts. It will blow your mind. Cap manipulation is the key. The Eagles will continue to have loaded rosters because of it.

[@TyroneMaxey-hr8xu]

Too late to get rid of Turner .. I like Obi Toppin. But looking for solid wing defender 6’8-6’10

[@starman2337]

Just ask Ballard what he's done wrong.

[@jaymzdeen]

Don’t want a damn TE in the 1st rd. The secondary didn’t get better by doing nothing. We need cbs and safeties.

[@timothydoty9309]

yeah, TE in the 1st round is actually crazy.

[@forsythe3963]

Why? We have one of the best runners and Anthony needs a big guy up the middle to hit

[@j.t.taylor5415]

Same thing I said . We need cbs and a safety .

[@garviden0]

@@forsythe3963love em, but he won’t be starting. Atleast he definitely shouldn’t be. Bring in a guy that we plan on starting for the next 2 seasons, or atleast to COMPETE with AR for the spot. He misses high school passes but makes the impossible ones it makes no sense. He needs to sit and study and actually learn the game. He’s never been able to read a defense and has only been a QB since his senior year of highschool and practically didn’t play in college. They knowingly took a huge risk drafting him and as of now it looks like it won’t pan out, I HOPE it does I bleed blue for life but I’m also a realist

[@carrite]

TE.

[@max1mus540]

Has anyone heard of this Six Points place Anthony says he’s training at? Tom House’s training WORKS. Why aren’t they insisting that he go work with him? Can’t, can you find out tomorrow?

[@linwoodharrell3102]

Don't put the Richardson ,you have to get rid of the weak links on defence

[@johnwilliams5596]

This I’ll be Chris tomorrow: Look. I didn’t do enough for this team to succeed. But I believe in our process. Look. I believe we’re close. I do. AR is going to be great. He is! Look Shane is a great coach. He is! I would rather die and go to hell then change my approach. I would.

[@KentSterling]

That might be it verbatim. Might have save the Colts media staff some time transcribing!

[@TyroneMaxey-hr8xu]

Can a college DC turn this team defense around

[@robertfoxworthy5503]

He had 8 years he probably would not get hired, look at Grigson just now getting interviews. There are only 31 one gm positions. As Jerry Jones is Cowboys gm for life.

[@CharlesHill-v1h]

Should AR practice and office session

[@RobertStone-f2o]

Embako needs to drive the lane and get foul to go to the charity line because when he gets a few free throws in him he's better I think 🤔 confident in his shooting them threes!

[@cafultz92]

Remember when he said “I’ve fired myself at least 50 times this season” a couple years ago?

[@KentSterling]

Maybe he has learned to forgive himself.

[@AtlantaJonny]

Colts should hire Pritchard.

[@KentSterling]

He would flip the roster in three weeks!

[@newlife3992]

Kent if you have to tell Chris and Shane how to set a standard with this franchise, they are the wrong leaders for the franchise. Still love the Colts but watching from a distance.

[@garviden0]

Grigson failed here, but is excelling as assistant gm in Minnesota. All about timing.

[@carrite]

It's all about this dingbat fanbase trying to make this team into the Carolina Panthers, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Arizona Cardinals, or the New York Jets. P A T I E N C E.

[@jerrylocke3632]

If grigson failed, what is Ballard doing?

[@tylery5950]

kyle kuzma is not horseshoe material

[@jasondavid3606]

Best thing for Colts is if Chris Ballard resigns. Ballard will do nothing but lie tomorrow anyone that has watched this end of season press conferences in the past would know Ballard never does what he says he will do in these meetings. The only reason Chris Ballard has a job is because people like Pat M. and the national media like the way he talks like a politician. Saying things people want to hear but never does what he says he will do in the future. Change is good . I have seen through Chris Ballard after season 4. 5th season he throw everyone under the bus when he was right in the thick of it.

[@roccobovenzi7018]

Tom coughlin fined guys if they weren’t 5 minutes early

[@donaldmarcum2752]

Hopefully they hire a no nonsense D.c then give him a say in the draft.

[@indyjarhead7541]

Your spot on, Kent. Colts leadership is soft and wants to be buddies. No respect from players. Stechen is a creampuff.... Ballard a clown.

[@bonddude7]

We need to hire Gene Hackman as director of discipline

[@KentSterling]

No one better than Norman Dale, and how about "Bull" Meechum as defensive coordinator!

[@mikethompson7436]

1st 4 letters of his last name tell you all you need to know

[@realtired220]

Yada Yada Yada Ballard ain’t gonna say anything worth listening to at this point. I know you have to have something to talk about but it’s going to be another year of failures. Everything you just said is not going to happen or it would’ve already.

[@mikeronald3812]

Why did they let Isiah Rogers go? Yeah he bet on football but it was minor infraction. He was a good player.

[@mikethompson7436]

😂 what was he going to do this year and we already have enough of no accountability

[@dabneyoffermein595]

ballard pulled out a 2nd time

[@BrianBurton-bi4uz]

Colts need to get busy WINNING Or Gtfoh …. Period! Jimmy no more excuses, Chris you’re on notice, and Shane … MAN UP!

[@KentSterling]

Let's go!

[@MichaelMyers-tg9uh]

Ballard is going 2 say some BULLSHIT as usual 😂

[@KentSterling]

I still have hope he will be less apologetic than last year.

[@garydavidatk]

Talks cheap ! What the Colts are are nothing like what comes out his mouth 8 YEARS PROVES Ballard is a loser

[@Ryan78900]

One thing I must get off my chest is I actually really like Ballard and Steichen and hope they finally succeed with some new players and DC. I know most fans want everyone fired but I, Ryanw78900 am not one of them. Chris is a solid mid western guy who has beliefs of running a team with non big name guys besides Richardson Taylor and Pitt and buck of course and I like that. If we could get someone like Marvin Harrison just no matter the position who doesn’t dance and showboat all the time like they’re damn amateurs I think that would raise the culture in that locker room. Colts did a lot of dancing and chest pumping for a losing, boring ass team this year

[@KentSterling]

Love your passion, but while Chris may be solid, he is from Texas.

[@mikethompson7436]

Yea I bet you also want Sam at qb 🤤

[@Ryan78900]

@@mikethompson7436 No I want AR to start next year. Unlike most people I still believe 100% in Richardson

[@Ryan78900]

@@KentSterling I’m sorry Kent, I was dumb last night and didn’t comment in a clear state of mind .

[@adamjameson4505]

NO KUZMA, PLEASE

[@ryanjeffries3407]

@kent Zaire's apology rings hollow to me, the same way Sammy Sosa's apology rings hollow. If you are not going to name specifics and just put out a blanket statement saying I made "mistakes", I don't want to hear it. What mistakes? Name them. What should you have done instead. When you don't name specifics, I don't believe you are being genuine and you are just apologizing to say you apologized

[@KentSterling]

I get it, but I believe he assumes people know what he's talking about.

[@dagger_rcn260]

Jack Doyle did more than all 4 of the TE...just saying

[@KentSterling]

Let's get him back in the weight room. What is he, 34? He's got two years left in him.

[@mikethompson7436]

🤤 he had 1 good year at te but he was a great offensive lineman

[@mikethompson7436]

He was a good lineman and had 1 year he put up decent receiving numbers no thanks

[@carrite]

You presume Jim Irsay's agenda is the same as yours.

[@KentSterling]

I know that it isn't. His agenda is cash. Business owners tend to value cash.

[@mikethompson7436]

Irsays agenda is $ that's why no changes other than gus if he had 3 years left he'd still be here

[@lgyoutubezone3262]

What needs to stop is the fair weather fans base. Some Colts fans are just as bad as Cowboys fans.

[@KentSterling]

As bad as Cowboys fans? That's a low blow!

[@lgyoutubezone3262]

@KentSterling yeah Kent it's getting bad. The attacks on social media to this young and still developing team are horrible. Most of the key positions on the team are less than 25 yrs old. The human brain is still developing up to about 25 yrs old. It's a shame to see a bunch of middle age and older people bashing young 20 yr old as if they can't remember their screw ups at that age and I bet majority of them were not pro athletes. The old timers acts as if their time on this Earth will come before the Colts win even the division again. I guess their bucket list is filled with Colts requests lol

[@jerrylocke3632]

I guess this team goes out there and does it for free. They all get paid. This team isn't young either

[@lgyoutubezone3262]

@jerrylocke3632 it is young especially at key positions AR 22, Downs 23, Pierce 24, AD Mitchell 22, JT 25, Laitu Latu 24 even Pittman, Ogletree and Granson are south of 30. I wish I were still their age. Hell I will trade places with Moe Ollie Cox age at 31. Peyton didn't even make it to a Superbowl until he was 30.

[@jerrylocke3632]

@lgyoutubezone3262 the core of this team are on big contracts. Don't compare them to peyton manning ever.

[@keithlarsuel586]

Lmao why would they trade Myles Turner he's literally a unicorn in the league and getting better why do you always say that doesn't make any sense that's why they never traded him in the first place he's a unicorn that is a foolish comment to say trade Myles Turner

[@mikaelhaggard8031]

The same bs he usually says I'm guessing. Not worth watching. Action not words. That Irsay lockerroom speech told me all I need to know about what they are about. And it's not championships.

[@Hoosier_leclere]

Why should any of us care what he has to say ? It's the same shit every offseason. He's gonna say a few cuss words & act mad. He's gonna say he takes responsibility & he's holding everyone accountable bla bla bla. Lies This team doesn't care about winning anything big?

[@KentSterling]

Wouldn't it be fun if Ballard took no responsibility and refused to hold people accountable?

[@Hoosier_leclere]

@KentSterling I mean what does someone saying I take responsibility really mean ? He isn't going to fire himself or quit. You think after 8 years he's going to change his philosophy?? No it's all fake for the media. Nothing will change

[@allenjarrett6293]

Pacers Fans get over trading Myles Turner,,he get better every season to prove he's belongs with Indiana Players, and team play proves facts , no trade get over it 🏀Boom BaBy 🏀🏀🏀💯 Have a good night

[@KentSterling]

Best year was 22-23. Regressed a bit last year, and a bit more this year.

[@mikethompson7436]

🤔 the same recycled garbage he always says #crissballardsucks

[@lgyoutubezone3262]

There are many great QBs who had injuries and adversity to fight thru. Joe Montana missed 56 games due to injuries including a back injury that cost him several games. Dan Marino had knee injuries, Joe Burrow missed time, Drew Brees can't even use his right arm to throw anymore. Hell Andrew Luck sat out a play because he didn't have the strength to throw a hail Mary. So to constantly beat up AR over injuries when he's throwing his body into defenders to score a TD is asinine for criticism. He's young give him time to develop. A human brain is still developing up until around age 25. Here's what needs more development than the team...the Fan Base. The fair weather fans can go kick rocks.

[@KentSterling]

I don't think anyone blames Richardson for his injuries, but until he plays a full schedule, it's tough to believe he will. Love your passion.

[@mikethompson7436]

Yea but those other guys could actually complete passes bet 2 years ago you wanted Sam at starting qb 🤔🤤

[@roccobovenzi7018]

You tell the running backs they don’t drop the ball ever

[@mikethompson7436]

🤔🤤

[@carrite]

Colts need a true FULLBACK or a really tough runner like Zach Charbonnet of the Seahawks...

[@KentSterling]

I asked Jim Bob Cooter about adding a fullback, and he looked at me like I was deranged!

[@CameronBeever-rm6uj]

The things that we don’t like about Notre Dame are going to get a lot worse if they win a championship 🤣 might as well skip a step and just root against them.

[@KentSterling]

Not going well for Notre Dame right now.

[@EugeneTheEskimo]

The only thing that Colts fans want to hear from Ballard is "I Resign" He has made zero progress in 9 years and conjured up a degenerate team

[@EugeneTheEskimo]

Joe Milton and Justin Fields are both 100 times better than AR do Nothing. Ballard needs someone who can seek out the big bad dudes that are still around come December and January. No more boy Georges in pads.

[@7741nhsq]

Man this guy is going to keep selling us a line a shit that nobody is buying and as fans were forced to eat it because the owner is too far gone to make a decision that makes sense? Ballard can't build a championship caliber roster. Doesn't matter how many draft he hits on he misses just as many too!

[@Quinn37]

I would argue his drafts are pretty good. To me his number 1 failure is his unwillingness to bring in FAs. He goes into every season needing 4-6 players to have career years. 1 or 2 of them do.

[@jasondavid3606]

His defensive picks are awful or you might get one that's average.

[@Quinn37]

@@jasondavid3606 Novody is 100%. 50% is HOF executive. I'm not arguing that his drafts have been elite, just good. Your emotion is clouding your judgment. What I'm arguing is that of the various skills you want from your GM, drafting is down the list in terms of need for improvement.

[@jasondavid3606]

@ A GM gets selected by how the team performs. What has the Colts done under Chris Ballard? Lose 8 years straight. Chris Ballard is no HOF GM that's a disrespect to the great GM's that have been in the game.

[@Quinn37]

@jasondavid3606 try to read more carefully, your way off from what I'm saying. I believe Ballard should have been fired last off-season if not the year before, based on the team performance on the field. I didn't say he was a HOFer, just that the very best miss a lot. I DID said drafting isn't Ballard's biggest issue. If ypu turn your emotions down, and engage reason, you might understand more clearly