Article 65MMM With Jeff Saturday’s hire, the Colts won the Super Bowl of nepotism

With Jeff Saturday’s hire, the Colts won the Super Bowl of nepotism

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Oliver Connolly
from US news | The Guardian on (#65MMM)

What Indianapolis' new leader lacks in top-level head coaching experience, he makes up for with his connections in the game. What is the endgame?

As acts of organizational sabotage go, it doesn't get more flagrant than what Jim Irsay inflicted on the Indianapolis Colts this week.

No, you didn't eat a weed brownie. Yes, Jeff Saturday, an ESPN analyst with no experience as a coach at college or NFL level, is the man who will lead the Colts - at least on an interim basis. This is for eight games, hopefully more," Irsay, the Colts owner, said of his new head coach at the bizarre introductory press conference for Saturday.

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