INDIANAPOLIS – Jim Irsay has big plans for the Colts’ future. He just hasn’t worked through the details yet.
Two weeks after overhauling the front office, Indianapolis took the next big step in its major housecleaning project Tuesday — firing coach Jim Caldwell after three seasons.
“This (search) is something that’s going to start immediately and I really think we’re going to get a coach that’s going to lead us going into the future, and I think it’s a bright future,” Irsay said Tuesday. “It’s tough to change and go forward, we’ve had such excellence and greatness here over such a long period of time and that’s what I expect us to do again.”
Irsay is following the same plan he installed after the 1997 season. Back then, a season-ending loss on the road allowed the 3-13 Colts to clinch the No. 1 overall draft pick. The next day, Irsay fired the general manager and the head coach and eventually changed quarterbacks.
It could happen again with a little more deliberation.
The day after losing at Jacksonville to post their worst record (2-14) in two decades and wrap up this year’s No. 1 pick, Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, Chris,
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