Only minutes into what amounted to the most enthusiastic sales pitch for an interim coach in NFL history, the only person in earshot of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay who was buying the temporary nature of Jeff Saturday's employment was Irsay himself. And that was likely only because Irsay kept making sure to underscore the 'interim' tag himself, like a gubernatorial candidate circling back to the spine of his political talking points.
Indianapolis Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday speaks as owner Jim Irsay listens during a news conference at the NFL football team's practice facility Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Indianapolis. Only minutes into what amounted to the most enthusiastic sales pitch for an interim coach in NFL history, the only person in earshot of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay who was buying the temporary nature ofwas Irsay himself.
This is how he described his feelings for the former Colts center, who played for the franchise from 1999 to 2011: “Very excited ... thrilled … fully experienced … fully capable … extremely smart …extremely competitive ... understands the game ... ” “Yes, there’s a maturation curve,” Irsay said at one point. “[Don] Shula was 32 years old. He had three nondescript years with the Detroit Lions before he took over the reins [for the Baltimore Colts] in 1963. No, the game is not different. We don’t build rockets to go to Mars. We’re not nuclear scientists. That is none of our jobs here. It’s very simple jobs that we do here. We cultivate winning cultures. We cultivate toughness.
It’s not rare that someone who has the ear of a team owner ends up with a job in the organization. It’s rare for that job to be atop the food chain and so clearly meant to be more permanent than the interim tag. It's a reality that has to concern the NFL, which must see the loophole here that Irsay exposed. Not to mention the inevitable cries of sham minority interviews if Saturday ultimately ends up turning this supposed test run into a permanent job.
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