Colts not playing to win.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I'm glad they did it. They do it every year, and it usually doesn't work. Aside from their Super Bowl win in 2006, they generally haven't done well in the playoffs. Which to me is a good thing. I grew up rooting for the Baltimore Colts, and I was living in Baltimore when Irsay shipped them out in the middle of the night. Anything else I have to say about him would surely be deleted.

They didn't ship out, they ran for their lives.

Ever been to Memorial Stadium when the Orioles lost a double header to the Yankees? The parking lot is like a "free fire zone" combined with "Saturday Night Snack Down". I know Marines that would cringe trying to get to their cars.

[TimE]

Guys, remember the Bills of a few years ago......3 or 4 time superbowl losers.. they were a good football team..... but being the lucky teams that won the games was better than being the good team that lost.... would rather be a lucky lotto winner than a great pizza delivery man.. (puttin' safety glasses and hard hat on)

Those Bills and the Colts have something in common, its not the coach either.

I don't understand why everyone says it was a bad coaching decision when Bill Polian made it, just like he done at the Bills.


Bottom line is without Bill Polian Peyton Manning would have alot more SB rings.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Yet they are still 10 and 5. They weren't suppose to be good, your Cadillac was, I rest my case.

Nobody wants to give Cinncy any credit for this year. It's a fluke, They can't do it again, The games have landed in their laps, I've heard them all. Maybe just maybe they won some of those from effort, decent players and good coaching, just a thought???

How did you know I had a Cadillac? When you saw it, was it behind the Porsche, or beside the Viper? What bar or motel were you at when you saw it?

[know1]

The second stringers did play to win. They just didn't do a very good job of it. You know, like the Bengals do when they have their first string in.

Yeah - the 2nd stringers did play to win...but their coaches didn't.

They should refund the money for everyone who bought a ticket to that game.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Yeah - the 2nd stringers did play to win...but their coaches didn't.

They should refund the money for everyone who bought a ticket to that game.

Why? Maybe we wanted to see the second stringers play. Does the ticket say "Admit one to see only the first string"? Nope, it says Admit One. The ticket gives you the right to enter the stadium and see a game. It does not come with a guarantee of the game's results. So since I watched the game on TV, should Comcast give me a rebate on part of my cable bill? Maybe Budwieser owes me a couple bucks back for the beers I "wasted " watching the second stringers.

[know1]

Why? Maybe we wanted to see the second stringers play. Does the ticket say "Admit one to see only the first string"? Nope, it says Admit One. The ticket gives you the right to enter the stadium and see a game. It does not come with a guarantee of the game's results. So since I watched the game on TV, should Comcast give me a rebate on part of my cable bill? Maybe Budwieser owes me a couple bucks back for the beers I "wasted " watching the second stringers.

I get what you're saying, but I guess what makes me upset is that it just seems to go against the integrity of sports to not be giving it your best shot to win each and every game.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I get what you're saying, but I guess what makes me upset is that it just seems to go against the integrity of sports to not be giving it your best shot to win each and every game.

Agreed totally. That just is the spirit of competition is about, agreed.

[Hlleonard]

Agreed totally. That just is the spirit of competition is about, agreed.

Guys...in the sports world today the spirit of competition has almost no place ...professional sports is a business the same as our job is to us ....We make just about all our job or business decisions based on the bottom line and these guys do also .....I expect if they played every game to win regardless of what they had to do the rest of the season then I think fate would intervene on occasion and they probably wouldn't be coaches and managers long....