Supposedly she started doing it several years ago in an attempt to educate herself more about the team as she was starting to take on more responsibility. It does seem a little over the top, but I don't think she is doing it for appearance sake. It's definitely not anything new.
Until we hear reports that she is micro-managing, I actually like it. As AB2 said, she was doing this before this year. The more she learns the better she will understand when hiring and firing coaches. Her eyebrows though. Wow!
Yep, I remember seeing her on the sidelines last year wearing headphones.
You might be the only one, yes. She’s been doing this for several years now, at least since the last year of the Frank Reich era. She isn’t “micromanaging” anything, just trying to learn and be as immersed as possible as a female can be in a man’s world. There have been no reports from anyone, any former coaches or players or game day staff, not a single one, that she has ever done anything to interfere, persuade, cajole or influence what happens on game day. And there were and are plenty of characters there who would absolutely say something publicly if there had been any such instances (off the record, of course).
No public reports doesn’t mean anything. I know of one staffer who misses the old man and apparently for good reason. It just seems over the top to me. Her job is to manage the brand and the org. On the field just looks silly.
And I know two staffers personally as well. Of course they miss Jim, he was a great guy. But no one in the building dislikes the girls yet. Sorry. Not sure what narrative youre trying to build, but you are flat out wrong. It’s not over the top, and it doesn’t look silly. 🤷♂️
I guess we hear different things. No narrative, just seeing alot of these pics with headphones on and it hit me differently.
It looks different because most owners don't do this, but most owners have bought their franchise and run them like their other businesses. She grew up with the franchise and is her only business that I'm aware of. She's thinking outside the box.
I'm telling you it's those eyebrows.
In the best way possible, I could fix her
Correct. They are all co-owners, and have executive roles. Carlie Irsay-Gordon (the one in the middle) is now CEO of the Colts, and the one we are talking about.I assume we're talking about the one in the middle, right? The blonde ain't bad, the brunette on the left is okay, but the brunette in the middle does have the crazy eyes going.
I sort of have always felt this, but it felt irreverent recently in the wake of JI’s death…I think Jim Irsay possibly was holding Ballard back from actually doing his job.
Interesting take. In what way?
I think there's a pretty decent sample size out there that meddlesome owners who try and micromanage their teams can tend to impede the ability of the GM. Jim, for a fact, was at some points pretty demanding on personnel decisions--the pick and management of AR being probably one of the biggest examples.
I never got the feeling Irsay was that type of owner or read anything to give me that impression. You may be right. Now that he's gone, we might start hearing a few stories.
On TV you could tell a lot of Colt fans made the trip. Looked like there were a lot of empty seats as well. On the broadcast, Tucker jokingly said he wondered if Steichen was trying to set a record for most bootlegs in a game. Keep running it until they stop it.
