As frustrating, fun, annoying, fun, and did I mention FRUSTRATING those years were......RIP Coach....
Raymond was a superlatively meticulous, focused and determined championship player on a Colts team loaded with class and character.
His very first team meeting at his first training camp in '85 he talked to the players about going to the Super Bowl.
Everyone, including myself, has weaknesses and blind spots. Raymond's was Tony Eason. He saw a kid doing what he could, namely throwing the ball, and not doing anything else negatively. That is, anything at all. Not the kid's fault he was getting paid a ton of money. Then, the team carries him to the Super Bowl with running, special teams and defense. Granted, Tony didn't screw it up. But Raymond felt compelled to treat this kid like he was Joe Montana for the rest of his Patriots coaching tenure.
Beginning with XX, I estimate there were at least a dozen games where he started Eason over a healthy and available Grogan or Flutie where I said before kickoff, "We're going to lose because of this," and Tony getting knocked out of said game was our only hope of winning.
In Raymond's defense, the entire rest of the country (except Generals owner Donald Trump) were dead wrong about Doug too.
