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An example of Bill Polian's "genius"

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Colts owner Jim Irsay says Polian wanted to trade away Peyton Manning in 2004 (link)

Bill Polian is also the guy who was once known for throwing a chair at an agent during contentious negotiation and who, when asked whether he had any concerns about the durability of first round draft pick Tshimanga Biakabutuka, said flatly "None" :unsure:

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He took Kerry Collins and Tshimanga Biakabutuka over Steve McNair and Eddie George with two of the most important picks in franchise history. I've not been a huge fan of the guy.

I do want some more info as to why he wanted to trade Manning though. He had just come off that co-mvp year I believe. Even though it was a contract year, he's clearly one of the best in the sport. Also, who wanted him?

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when asked whether he had any concerns about the durability of first round draft pick Tshimanga Biakabutuka, said flatly "None" :unsure:

He never missed a game at Michigan, why would he have any concerns about his durability?

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So did George Seifert. Both kind of sucked here, so I assume they are clownfrauds.

Took over a Bills team that had averaged 4 wins a season for the four years prior to his arrival, averaged over 10 wins for next four years, made playoffs after two years.

Took over an expansion Panthers team, broke record for wins in first season, made it to Division Champs second year, averaged almost 9 wins a year for three years.

Took over a 3-13 Indianapolis team, proceeded to draft Manning and win a ton.

Seiffert took over a dominant team in San Francisco with two franchise quarterbacks on the roster and maintained it. Then he took over a mediocre team in Carolina and maintained that as well...

Irsay is an idiot.

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He sure had a lot of success for being such an awful GM...

drafted peyton manning. that's about the extent of it. nothing else special about what he did.

btw, he's the guy that hired jim mora, sr. he wasn't allowed to hire any coaches after that and he was against hiring dungy.

polian isn't liked around the league. he and his son are considered toxic, meddlers, and pricks.

their success had everything to do with peyton and little to do with building a team. they had a lot of success drafting from '98-'06, but after that was considered pretty bad...and a lot of that had to do with their personnel guru and top talent evaluator, dom anile, getting pushed out of the job by polian's son.

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drafted peyton manning. that's about the extent of it. nothing else special about what he did.

btw, he's the guy that hired jim mora, sr. he wasn't allowed to hire any coaches after that and he was against hiring dungy.

polian isn't liked around the league. he and his son are considered toxic, meddlers, and pricks.

their success had everything to do with peyton and little to do with building a team. they had a lot of success drafting from '98-'06, but after that was considered pretty bad...and a lot of that had to do with their personnel guru and top talent evaluator, dom anile, getting pushed out of the job by polian's son.

this is completely false

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