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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Oliver Connolly

With Jeff Saturday’s hire, the Colts won the Super Bowl of nepotism

Jeff Saturday was a fine player but has almost no coaching experience
Jeff Saturday was a fine player but has almost no coaching experience. Photograph: Darron Cummings/AP

As acts of organizational sabotage go, it doesn’t get more flagrant than what Jim Irsay inflicted on the Indianapolis Colts this week.

No, you didn’t eat a weed brownie. Yes, Jeff Saturday, an ESPN analyst with no experience as a coach at college or NFL level, is the man who will lead the Colts – at least on an interim basis. “This is for eight games, hopefully more,” Irsay, the Colts owner, said of his new head coach at the bizarre introductory press conference for Saturday.

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