Assembly Hall (03-26-2020),Revering4Blue (04-24-2020)
Ballard looking good.
We need to dial back the whole Ballard is a genius thing u til he actually produces a team that actually has a chance at the super bowl. I like him and like what he’s doing but I’m over the fan base fawning over every move he makes.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
He took over a team that was in total disarray, quickly got them back to the playoffs, abruptly lost his franchise QB and still went 7-9, and now they are still looking like a playoff team with an outside chance of being a super bowl contender. And they still have a ton of cap space. There is a reason the fanbase fawns over his moves, they have largely been good so far, and he really doesn't have any really bad moves.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Assembly Hall (04-27-2020)
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
[QUOTE=Griffey012;4093173]How was that a bad move though? McDaniels spurned him at the last minute and he ended up with Frank Reich, who seems to be a pretty good coach who is well respected by his players.[/QUOTE
Reich was an Irsay hire, once it went bad Jim stepped in. Ballard botched the hiring process imo.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
[QUOTE=redsfanmia;4093179]Rumor has it Irsay was also getting high off his ass during dinner with McDaniels which caused him to back out. Where have you heard Reich was an Irsay hire? Irsay hasn’t been great when he meddles, just doesn’t seem like the kind of move with Irsay’s name on it. Either way, Reich seems like a good hire.
Last edited by Griffey012; 04-26-2020 at 07:15 PM.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
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All the talk on the local sports shows was that Irsay reached out to Polian, Dungy and Peyton and got the recommendation of hiring Reich, Frank was hired soon after. Ballard admitted Frank wasn’t even on his radar. I know it’s funny to talk about a Irsay and his demons but he’s a proud guy and a good owner, theory is he was embarrassed by the McDaniels situation and stepped in.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Jim isn’t a meddler because Bob was a meddler. There was a story in SI a few years ago about how a teenaged Jim would apologize to the team for his dad when Bob would be drunk and come down at halftime threatening to fire coaches and cut players.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
Kingspoint (04-29-2020)
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
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