Why are the Colts bringing back Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen?

Query & Company

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 141 minutes

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(00:00-25:37) – Query & Company opens on a Monday with Jake Query and Jimmy Cook recapping yesterday’s decision from Jim Irsay to retain Shane Steichen and Chris Ballard for another year. They spend the first segment of the show viewing this decision from Jim Irsay’s perspective and the fan’s perspective.

(25:37-35:09) – The voice of the Indiana Hoosiers, Don Fischer, joins Jake Query and Jimmy Cook to share what it was like broadcasting from The Palestra, highlights some things that stood out in Indiana’s road victory against Penn State, credits Luke Goode for filling the leadership void the Hoosiers have been missing, and believes that Malik Reneau will be out for some time.

(35:09-45:29) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake and Jimmy highlighting what DeForest Buckner said in his final media availability of the season. They speculate who Buckner was talking about when asked about why the defense struggled this season despite returning most of its starters.

(45:29-1:11:04) – The Dean, Mike Chappell, from CBS4 and FOX59 joins Query & Company to opine on the decision Jim Irsay made to bring back Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen, expects that Gus Bradley will be relieved of his duties within the next couple of days, admits that Ballard and Steichen’s job are contingent on Anthony Richardson showing some progress next season, and states that the Ballard has got to add impact players in free agency to fill in the glaring holes that the roster has.

(1:11:04-1:22:53) – After spending most of the show viewing things from the Colts front office perspective, Jake spends some time describing his dinner experience with one of the most loyal Colts fans last night. He sends a message to the Colts organization with the story.

(1:22:53-1:32:26) – Hour two of the program concludes with Jake and Jimmy looking at the next season for the Indianapolis Colts. They start questioning how this team will improve next season.

(1:32:26-1:58:42) – Jake and Jimmy open the final hour of the program by revisiting the Jim Irsay conversation from earlier in the program with the decision made by the Colts owner to retain the services of Shane Steichen and Chris Ballard.

(1:58:42-2:13:59) – After providing all of their opinions in the first two and a half hours of the show, Jake and Jimmy take calls from disgruntled Colts fans about the decision to bring back Chris Ballard after another failed season.

(2:13:59-2:21:19) – Today’s show ends with the JCook Plays of the Day and JMV joining the guys in studio to preview his show!

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0:00.0	And that's the kind of the dichotomy of yesterday.
0:03.1	The Colts get a win.
0:04.5	They beat the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars.
0:08.0	They end the Jacksonville tenure for Doug Peterson.
0:11.5	And the season then comes to an end in front of, and I know that weather was a factor
0:16.3	there, but there could not have been 30,000 people there.
0:18.8	It felt like a preseason game.
0:20.1	There was no attitude, no environment, no buzz, other than the anticipation of and the
0:28.0	expectation by a lot of people of what could happen from the Colts moving forward.
0:33.0	And then the statement from Jim Ursay, nipping that in the bud, essentially last night before we even
0:39.3	had an idea just how much snow we had gotten.
0:43.0	Already the avalanche of news from the Colts from Jim Ursay saying, and we will break
0:50.2	this down a lot over the next three hours.
0:53.1	But when I asked people the reaction yesterday, I said, what is your reaction to Jim Mersey's initial statement that Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen will return?
1:04.3	And there's a reason why one person said, wait a minute, initial.
1:08.1	There's a reason why I brought that word up.
1:24.6	But we will get into all of that over the course of today on a day that just so people know, coming from Meridian Kessler area into downtown Indianapolis, for me, 16 minute commute.
1:29.4	Not a lot of people on the roads. Certainly, you want to take the roads slowly.
1:33.7	But if you are careful, they are certainly you can, they are drivable for certain.
1:37.6	My name is Jay Quarry, Jimmy Cook, Eddie Garrison, the other two you here on this program.
1:43.6	And we're going to get right to it. Jimmy, I'll begin with you. First off, you made it in today, right?
1:44.9	Took you a little bit longer, correct?
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