On Monday, the Colts fired head coach Frank Reich, and named former player and current ESPN analyst Jeff Saturday as his interim replacement. It was, to say the least, a puzzling decision.
Saturday spent 13 years with the Colts as a player before transitioning to a media role. He’s never coached at the professional or college level—a trait that team owner Jim Irsay touted as a positive when fielding questions about his bold choice.
The move took the entire football world by surprise, Saturday included. He said he was “shocked” when he received the call, and that the whole conversation with Irsay lasted about 12 hours. If anybody tuned in to Monday evening's press conference hoping for clarity surrounding one of the most bizarre NFL decisions in recent memory, they didn’t get what they came for.
