Pagano Tosses Luck under the bus

[oaklandhater]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ck-after-loss/

Frustrated Pagano tough on Luck after loss

Posted by Zac Jackson on September 22, 2015, 1:21 AM EDT
Chuck Pagano, Andrew Luck
AP
The Colts were a mess from the beginning Monday night and were ultimately doomed by five turnovers — three Andrew Luck interceptions — in a 20-7 loss to the Jets.

After the game, Colts coach Chuck Pagano didn’t try to hide his frustration with his quarterback and his team as a whole.

“He’s got to take care of the football,” Pagano said in his postgame press conference. “It’s not that hard. It’s not trigonometry.”

The simple math says that the Colts have scored three touchdowns and committed eight turnovers through two games, both losses.

“Can’t turn the damn ball over,” Pagano said.

Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, who was at the game and at the postgame press conference, wrote that Pagano was “throwing Luck under the bus.”

While the Jets clearly frustrated Luck with a variety of blitzes and sometimes just by simply overpowering them in one-on-one battles in the trenches, Pagano hinted that Luck has to overcome his line’s shortcomings.

“[That has] been the case for three years now, hasn’t it?” Pagano asked. “He should be more than comfortable dealing with it.”

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Against the ****ing Titans, too.

I've never been more delighted to draft a fantasy football bust. **** the Colts.

This Colts team reminds me of the 04 Chiefs

[Saccopoo]

Who said Mariota was going to suck?

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Who said Mariota was going to suck?

It's more on luck then mariota right now

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

It's more on luck then mariota right now

Didn't say it wasn't, but Mariota is having a nice game and pretty nice season so far.

And I'm pretty sure that there were some people around here that said he was a spread system monkey that was a sure fire ball of suckitude, especially in comparison to the pro style set All-Pro potential of Luck.

There's no doubt about it, something is ****ing with Luck pretty bad right now. He can't even hit three yard dumpoffs.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

There's no doubt about it, something is ****ing with Luck pretty bad right now. He can't even hit three yard dumpoffs.

I hope it's Ebola

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I hope it's Ebola

They were favored for the super bowl I'm loving this

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I hope it's Ebola

Maybe it's the beard getting in the way of his throwing motion...

[cdcox]

QBs can learn to limit turnovers. You can't learn what Luck already brings to the game.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by cdcox

QBs can learn to limit turnovers. You can't learn what Luck already brings to the game.

If Luck was a Chief, a grand collective of idiots would be in here, right now, white-knighting his ass from Prairie Village to the Paseo.

[oaklandhater]

On the #Colts: Chuck Pagano has told people he has doubts he returns to Indy next year. He bet on himself with his contract, must prove-it

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 27, 2015

I think he is pretty much gone unless the colts get a playoff win.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

On the #Colts: Chuck Pagano has told people he has doubts he returns to Indy next year. He bet on himself with his contract, must prove-it

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 27, 2015

I think he is pretty much gone unless the colts get a playoff win.

I think it's pretty clear he wants out. He and the GM don't get along. I read here earlier this week that a lot of people around the league consider the GM the problem and sympathize with Pagano.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by oaklandhater

On the #Colts: Chuck Pagano has told people he has doubts he returns to Indy next year. He bet on himself with his contract, must prove-it

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 27, 2015

I think he is pretty much gone unless the colts get a playoff win.

They've gotten better every year he's been there despite battling cancer for a portion of his time there.

Wild Card appearance in year one, Divisional Round appearance in year two, and an AFC Championship game appearance in year 3.

I don't know what's going on behind the scenes but he's probably gone barring a Super Bowl win which seems unlikely at this point.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

If Luck was a Chief, a grand collective of idiots would be in here, right now, white-knighting his ass from Prairie Village to the Paseo.

not everything is about Alex Smith

Andrew Luck >>>>> Alex Smith

now that we're past that ... if the Chiefs had won the Luck lottery and his play on the field with KC is what it is over in Indy I would be grossly disappointed

nothing I have seen with Andrew Luck, thus far, has shown me he's the next great NFL HOF QB

He's solid ... but he's more Philip Rivers / Eli Manning tier than Peyton Manning / Tom Brady tier.

He has not lived up to his billing in any way, shape, or form [thus far].

But yes, he does have all of the talent in the world ... but so do a lot of guys. I just don't make excuses for poor play.

[oaklandhater]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

They've gotten better every year he's been there despite battling cancer for a portion of his time there.

Wild Card appearance in year one, Divisional Round appearance in year two, and an AFC Championship game appearance in year 3.

I don't know what's going on behind the scenes but he's probably gone barring a Super Bowl win which seems unlikely at this point.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...m-chuck-pagano

Rumors going around he has/never had control of who gets hired on as his staff if pag does get fired and Griggs stays I can see it being another Scott pioli situation where no coach will want to come work under him and they get stuck with Hamilton as there headcoach

[notorious]

Luck needs to get out of that shithole.