Polian & Dungy Whining To The League Again

[Oswlek]

Newsflash: when you're the defending SB champs, your schedule is tough on purpose. From 2001 to 2005, the league continually made the Pats schedule tougher and tougher every year. I don't remember there being any whining about it by us. You also had an early bye. Every team that doesn't have to go to London this should STFU because they have nothing to moan about.

In 2004, NE played a road game in Miami and the following match was a game in NY against the Jets.

Does anyone remember Polian and Dungy complaining?

How about in 2005 when NE played 4 of 5 games on the road, against Caronlina/Pitt/SD/Atl/Denver. Seems to me I don't recall anyone on the comp committee rising up to the occasion.

I wonder why that is. Do I just have memory issues?

 

[5 Rings for Brady!!]

Those F#CKING CRYBABIES!

 

[spacecrime]

This is old news. Spoke of earlier in the week. But what you fail to see, is that there is nothing "similar" to last year. Coming home after a Monday Nighter, and staying home is a much different animal than going back out on the road again for a Sunday 1 O'Clocker.

Hypocrit.

Each scenario is difficult.

Coming home from an away MNF presents problems because you don't get home until early Tuesday morning. Most players sleep on the way home. Once home, you get to get back into your normal routine because you are a day late.

At home MNF Tuesday is not the lost day it could be, and you get to sleep in a bed rather than on the plane, but then you must travel on a short week.

Neither is ideal, but it happens to teams all the time. At legitmate gripe would be an away MNF followed by an away game, but even then, most teams play with the hand that is dealt them.

Your team whines about everything they can.

The kicker is that they don't need to wine so much. They are a good team. For some reason neither they nor they fans believe that, and must try to arrange rules/schedules, blah blah in the Colts favor.

Patriot fans have more faith in your team than you do, which is pretty funny on the face of it.

I can just imagine if you had to play the Patriots after a Monday night game, as we did the Colts last year. You would still be complaining because that game would have cost you HFA in the playoffs. Sheesh.

Is it any wonder everyone sees the Colts as the biggest whiners in the world?

 

[danny88]

In 2004, NE played a road game in Miami and the following match was a game in NY against the Jets.

Does anyone remember Polian and Dungy complaining?

How about in 2005 when NE played 4 of 5 games on the road, against Caronlina/Pitt/SD/Atl/Denver. Seems to me I don't recall anyone on the comp committee rising up to the occasion.

I wonder why that is. Do I just have memory issues?

The answer is Bill Polian is full of **** as well as his overrated coach Tony Dungy. Both are huge crybabies. To whine about other teams getting any type of advantage is hilarious. These two abuse the competition committee for the same results.

 

[Patriot Power]

I'm sure they will strap it on and go play.

But not before complaining and whining about it publicly and to the league higher-ups. Bunch of ****ies.

 

[workhorse]

Several things...

This has already been mentioned.

This has nothing to do with the Patriots game.

The Patiots example is not the same. That was a road game followed by a home game. The Colts situation is 2 road games on the short week.

 

[bradmahn]

Several things...

This has already been mentioned.

This has nothing to do with the Patriots game.

The Patiots example is not the same. That was a road game followed by a home game. The Colts situation is 2 road games on the short week.

But in '04 it was the same thing; @ MIA on a Monday, @ NYJ on a Sunday. No complaining by BB, Pioli, or Kraft whatsoever.

 

[Seacoast Fan]

This is old news. Spoke of earlier in the week. But what you fail to see, is that there is nothing "similar" to last year. Coming home after a Monday Nighter, and staying home is a much different animal than going back out on the road again for a Sunday 1 O'Clocker. The kicker (which no one alludes to in these conversations) is that we then TRAVEL to San Diego the next week. Toughest 4 game stretch, in terms of travel and opponents, that the Colts will have had in quite some time. But, it is what it is. I'm sure they will strap it on and go play.

The only "old news" is that the Dumby and Pooligan are complaining again to the league. The fact that you try to justify it by differentiating the Colts situation this year from all the prior ones simply shows that you are a whiner too....

 

[workhorse]

But not before complaining and whining about it publicly and to the league higher-ups. Bunch of ****ies.

I think part of your post is correct. I think the Colts are more open about everything with the media. I am sure that every, yes every, team complains about things to the league all year long. The difference with the Colts is Polian loves to talk to the media and will freely talk about these issues. Once he does, people go ask Dungy. I sure most here think they should keep it quiet, I can't say I disagree, but they just happen to be very open and up front with their complaints.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Polian may be a jerk, but he's also a competitor. I think he's trying to get his team some sort of an edge in the minds of the refs so maybe a close call will go his way. I don't have a problem with that kind of gamesmanship. Instead of fretting about it, we should be thinking of ways to retaliate.

 

[Wildo7]

2008-2009 Colts Schedule:

Week 1: Miami at home
Week 2: Bye
Week 3: Miami at home
Week 4: Bye
Week 5: North Appalachian State at home
Week 6: Bye
Week 7: St. Louis at home
Week 8: Bye
Week 9: New England with the flu with artificial crowd noise blasting in Brady's ears playing five on 11 at home
Week 10: Bye
Week 11: Bye
Week 12: Beach football against Honolulu High School
Week 13: Bye
Week 14: Miami at home
Week 15: Bye
Week 16: Peyton v. Eli in a nice monday night game of beirut. At home.
Week 17: Bye
Week 18: Superbowl. At Home. Winner decided by a coin toss of a two-headed coin. Peyton picks his nose. Then he pick heads.
Week 19: Bill Polian lodges a complaint with the NFL about the complicated nature of the two headed coin. NFL changes coin policy to "push button" Super Bowl winner.

 

[workhorse]

But in '04 it was the same thing; @ MIA on a Monday, @ NYJ on a Sunday. No complaining by BB, Pioli, or Kraft whatsoever.

If that's the case, that's the example he should have used. Maybe you should apply for his job. You really can't say they didn't complain, all you can say is they didn't tell the press that they complained.

 

[Franchise12]

how come every time theres something that doesnt benefit the colts polian whines to the league offices, but when theres something that doesnt benefit another team we dont hear from polian with his "league sanctifying" Act?

 

[BostonBullit]

you think this is bad? just wait until the "Competition Comittee" starts trying to "fix" the problems with the league this post-season. Polians arguement will sound something like this:

"the league has too many high scoring blow out games that are not good for the fans or sponsors. We really need to ease up on the pass interferance rules and allow the defenders to play the game the way it was meant to be played in order to keep the games closer and keep things fair..."

 

[FreakGoDeep]

SO the colts complain about not getting enough primetime games and at the same time complain that the prime time games give them short weeks to prepare for the next game.

How about the fact that Before the Monday night game the colts had their BYE the week before. SO they had 2 weeks +1day to prepare and rest before a tough three game stretch.

Typical Colts.

 

[Deus Irae]

Wouldn't it be more shocking and newsworthy if a week went by without Polian and the Colts crying about something?

 

[everlong]

This is old news. Spoke of earlier in the week. But what you fail to see, is that there is nothing "similar" to last year. Coming home after a Monday Nighter, and staying home is a much different animal than going back out on the road again for a Sunday 1 O'Clocker. The kicker (which no one alludes to in these conversations) is that we then TRAVEL to San Diego the next week. Toughest 4 game stretch, in terms of travel and opponents, that the Colts will have had in quite some time. But, it is what it is. I'm sure they will strap it on and go play.

2006 we had a Monday night road game before playing you at least you have a full week so you're correct it's not the same as your coming home on the same rest.

2005 you had a bye week before playing us.

You like to call Pats fans out when things are OK one way but not the other and sometimes you're correct in calling out the homer-ism. Welcome to a championship schedule, if it's good enough for the Pats I'm sure it's good enough for your Colts.

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

This is old news. Spoke of earlier in the week. But what you fail to see, is that there is nothing "similar" to last year. Coming home after a Monday Nighter, and staying home is a much different animal than going back out on the road again for a Sunday 1 O'Clocker. The kicker (which no one alludes to in these conversations) is that we then TRAVEL to San Diego the next week. Toughest 4 game stretch, in terms of travel and opponents, that the Colts will have had in quite some time. But, it is what it is. I'm sure they will strap it on and go play.

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[CTPatsFan]

Week 18: Superbowl. At Home. Winner decided by a coin toss of a two-headed coin. Peyton picks his nose. Then he pick heads.
Week 19: Bill Polian lodges a complaint with the NFL about the complicated nature of the two headed coin. NFL changes coin policy to "push button" Super Bowl winner.

ROTFLMAO! We can all see it

Nice job Wildo!

 

[patchick]

I genuinely don't understand the basis of the complaint. The Superbowl champions are filing an objection because they have a harder schedule than other teams? Umm, ok, they can fix that for next year by losing.

Honestly.