Buddy Bizarre
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The issue Cowher took is something I can agree with. The Colts offered Saturday a job multiple times as an assistant and he turned them down citing he wanted to be with his family, only to take a HC gig when it came around. It does have a stink to it because if you were an assistant with Indy, you have every single right in the world to be pissed. You were there from the beginning.
With that being said, maybe these assistants kept their jobs because they hired Saturday. I get the feeling Irsay doesn't like any of the coaching staff.
People have a right to change their mind, yes? Perhaps at the time he wanted something more family friendly and this is a good way to dip his toe in the NFL HC water not having an entire season to commit to.
Unsure if you watched the whole segment but they conflated Reich the person (who by all accounts is a supremely nice guy) and Reich the coach. This is a bottom line business and Reich didn't deliver per expectations. So they went into defense mode for Reich. It was more feel-goody vs analysis of the situation. Then of course they have to throw in the Jimmy Ray thing and pander to the whole Rooney Rule loopholes.