You Are The Worse Coach I Ever Met’Star Player Disparaging The  Indianapolis Colts Head Coach “Shane Steichen”.

INDIANAPOLIS — Shane Steichen couldn’t pull himself away. The day of his introductory news conference last year as the Indianapolis Colts’ new head coach, the former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator rewatched his team’s loss in the Super Bowl. The sting of the defeat was still fresh, but before Steichen could begin a new chapter, he had to close the last, bittersweet one.

“I’m not gonna lie. I turned it on about an hour ago and watched the first quarter,” Steichen said during the news conference. “Just to look at it, just to be in that moment and know how hard it is to get there.”

That stage, and the steps it took to reach it, prepared Steichen for what he would inherit in Indianapolis. A franchise that once seemed synonymous with winning during the Peyton Manning era and the Andrew Luck years was spiraling. It needed a new direction from a new leader.

Steichen provided it.

Rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in Week 5; starting nose tackle Grover Stewart was suspended six games for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy; and star running back Jonathan Taylor missed seven games due to ankle and thumb injuries. But Steichen’s meticulous drive and adaptability helped lift the team from a 4-12-1 finish in 2022 to a 9-8 record in 2023, falling one win short of the playoffs.

“He’s a problem-solver,” general manager Chris Ballard said of Steichen at the NFL Scouting Combine. “There are going to be weeks — and this is across the league, I don’t care if you’re the Kansas City Chiefs or anybody else — you’re going to have problems and you have to be able to solve them. To watch him solve the problems this year and grow in that area was really fun.”