Ryan Grigson is in charge of all football decisions, even if Jim Irsay and Peyton Manning say otherwise, as they have in this recent article about Manning's future. Verbal Kent/Keyser Soze of "The Usual Suspects" told us:
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
In this case, Grigson will be the one damning Manning's future with the Indianapolis Colts, but Irsay is willing to take the heat for the big decision.
It seems he believes that his status as owner and his skin in the game makes him better suited to absorb the potential firestorm from shopping Manning. Well, he's right.
Grigson will be hated from day one if he's the general manager that ships Manning off, justified or not. If Irsay can deflect some of that criticism, he gives his new general manager the best chance at success.
Grigson already has rubbed a few people the wrong way, myself included. ESPN's Mark Jones tweeted the following during the press conference to announce Jim Caldwell's firing:
"This GM Ryan Grigson of the Colts is moving his lips and not sayin ANYTHING. He's trying to explain why they fired Caldwell. Cliche City. Wow."
One commenter on this article about the Caldwell firing press conference said this from blog.indystar.com:
"I'd like the man in charge of my operation to be able to speak the English language properly. Or, is that asking too much in 2012? Hasn't been able to hook up with Peyton in a week? WTF has he been doing?"
For me, Grigson came off as a bit of a dishonest, used car salesman with a classic middle management, CPU-generated response system. That type of personality will be on a very short leash with Colts' fans, so Irsay will only be able to protect him for so long.
The Colts better win, and win quickly under Grigson's watch, or else.
Irsay is doing the right thing trusting the football guy he hired, but did he hire the right football guy? It's true, a great football guy, doesn't have to be a great people person, but at this juncture, it's all fans have to go on. Lacking that skill to effectively communicate puts a lot of pressure on the socially inept to perform, thus the Grigson predicament.
As for Peyton, his recent and very candid remarks about the mood and feel of the Colts' facility shed light on the current feel in the franchise. If you didn't know any better, you'd think Manning just came off of the Family Medical Leave Act and returned to work in a call-center that had a new department manager.
Anyone who has ever worked in that environment knows how that feels, and now, so does Manning.
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