Indianapolis may be buzzing about the expected hire of Josh McDaniels as head coach, but one columnist familiar to Patriots fans absolutely hates it.
Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star wants to know what the Colts are thinking.
"I still can't believe this is happening," Doyel wrote. "Can't believe McDaniels will soon be hired by the Colts, and entrusted with Andrew Luck. Can't believe he was the hottest commodity on the coaching market this fall. McDaniels is Lane Kiffin to me, an arrogant young punk who ascended rapidly after Daddy got him a cherry first job in coaching – McDaniels' father, Ohio high school legend Thom McDaniels, was friends with Nick Saban, who hired Josh as a grad assistant at Michigan State in 1999 – and who kept getting promoted to the point of failure."
Doyel rips McDaniels for his failed tenure in Denver, where he says he alienated players and staff with his "abrasive personality." He believes McDaniels doesn't deserve credit for success built as the "filling" in a Tom Brady-Bill Belichick sandwich. He's not even sold on the fact that respected Colts GM Chris Ballard is making the hire.
"Is McDaniels empty calories, or his he brilliant himself?" Doyel asks.
I think we know his answer.





