When a team owner fires its team vice chairman and the general manager,m this indicates major changes are on the way. The Indianapolis Colts have fired the father-son duo of Bill and Chris Polian who respectively are the team vice chairman and the general manager. This move was done by owner Jim Irsay in response to a 2-14 season. The Polians have built their team around QB Peyton Manning. With Manning being out for the season, the Polains’ house of cards have crumbled. Now the Colts are set to go in a new direction.
The Indianapolis Colts have fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, Chris, the Colts’ general manager — a decision that left franchise quarterback Peyton Manning “stunned.”
Owner Jim Irsay announced the moves Monday, one day after the team finished the year 2-14 without Manning. Coach Jim Caldwell was retained, but Irsay said that evaluation was still ongoing.
Strangely enough, Manning, whose season-ending neck injury and subsequent surgeries sent the Colts down the path to the No. 1 pick, was meeting with Bill Polian when Polian was summoned away for a meeting with Irsay on Monday afternoon.
2-14 should cause a shake up in any organization.
