Stampede Blue · Nov 8, 2022
Colts GM Chris Ballard Expected to Return Next Season
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty ImagesDuring the press conference Monday evening, Indianapolis Colts team owner Jim Irsay expects currently embattled general manager Chris Ballard to return for the 2023 season—in the midst of a disappointing campaign that just saw head coach Frank Reich fired (via The Athletic’s Zak Keefer):
Jim Irsay is asked if he believes Chris Ballard will be back next season as GM.
"Of course I do."
— Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) November 8, 2022 Unlike former head coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Ryan Grigson of the past regime, Reich and Ballard don’t appear to be ‘tied to the hip’ here—although to be fair, Pagano ultimately outlasted Grigson a season.
