[Chappell] … Colts OC Jim Bob Cooter on the team not being specific with AR-related questions: ‘It’s more in our interest be less vague with him and a little more vague with you guys. I don’t always love coaching guys through the media. I like to coach them for real.’

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  1. This is the type of response that has been needed for weeks. It’s a logical reason to be general with the media about your players.

  2. Yeah sure this is fair but also it’s kinda tough to leave your fans without an idea of the direction where this franchise is going. Makes a lot of us frustrated or loosing interest. Just give us a clear idea if we’re still planning on having Richardson eventually in the future or if we’re completely done with him. I’m ok with the answer changing in the future but I want to know what the plan is

  3. I mean it’s a better response than the vague, non answer bullshit we’ve been getting from Shane to literally every single questions he’s ever been asked, ever.

  4. “We’re working on it, but we have nothing to share with the public yet.” Completely reasonable. Not sure why Steichen couldn’t say something like that.

  5. Massive eyeroll on this one.

    First, there’s no competitive advantage to not telling the media whether there is a path for Richardson to get back on the field. It’s not like they’re asking for a copy of the gameplan, and it’s not like they can’t find a balance between thoughtful and guarded that isn’t dripping with contempt for the people who are rightfully curious about the situation.

    Second, we know that this coaching staff has not communicated effectively with the team in general, based on the responses from coaches, Richardson, and other players after the benching.

    This is not just a bunch of sanitized coachspeak that’s meant to protect team strategy. This is a group — coaches and players — that does not communicate effectively and proactively with each other. No wonder they don’t handle the media well. No one expects them to coach through the media, but they are either completely dismissive of legitimate questions (Steichen), or seem lost and caught off guard (JBC, Richardson).

    They should have had a unified front-facing response, starting with the Sunday post-game when Steichen indicated they were considering a change. Everyone should have been marching to the beat of the same drum from that point forward. They failed miserably at that simple task. Which indicates further that they don’t communicate effectively behind the scenes, and that there’s a void in leadership, which includes the HC.

  6. It is a dead horse now. Wish they would have handled this with Richardson better and with the fans better. But they let it drag out as long as possible.

  7. Maybe they’d like to score a few goddam points every once in a while. Like a professional football team

  9. Interesting, AR seems to think you were vague as well from what he’s said. Like no one is telling us anything 😂.

    I bet it’s a combination of AR not doing things right, coaches not doing things right and the fact they should have red shirted AR in the beginning. He is a project player!

    Anyway, look, if we tank we can get some great drafts and build more around him & let some lazy dudes walk.

  11. At this point I’m convinced he’s sitting until after the lions game, then they’re going to see how he does ROS

  12. That’s a good answer but I question whether he is remotely being coached for real and is instead been a scapegoat for way bigger issues.

  16. “You stupid piece of horse shit stop missing the easy layups” Something like that I’m guessing.

  18. It sounds like to me, expectations for Anthony weren’t clear from the very beginning. Which is insane if true.

  19. Good call on his part. Media should be deterred from screwing things up wherever and whenever possible.

  20. Wait why are we turning back the narrative on Steichen just because JBC said the only thing that makes sense? Please tell me we’ve got a backbone and we’re not going to let this stop us from sending a message.

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