Indianapolis Colts Director of Operations Jeff Brown talks about what goes into his job and the offseason work of the Indianapolis Colts.
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Scott Agness and Charlie Clifford are filling in for DD and are joined by Jeff Brown who is the director of operations for the Indianapolis Colts. He is in charge of the work for the Colts at their practice facility at Grand Park and talks about all the work that goes into the Colts offseason and getting the team prepared for the season. He also talks about where he expects the team to be come late August.
How did you get the job that you have currently?
“I was lucky, I grew up here in Speedway, Indiana. A friend of mine asked me if I wanted to be a ballboy, he was already doing it and he was a grade above me. He asked if I wanted to join and I knew no other answer but yes. I started scrubbing footballs, that was back in 1999. Then I started catching passes from Peyton Manning and working with hall-of-famers like Marvin, Reggie, and Edgerrin. I just kept working my way up and in 2011, Bill Polian gave me an opportunity to work in operations and it grew from there. I really enjoyed just growing and learning and being able to be a part of such a great operation.”
What has the work been this offseason in moving the training facility to Grand Park and getting everything ready for these guys?
“Yeah, it’s a group effort. There’s a lot of people involved. I get a lot of credit just because of my title, but there’s so many people moving things from trainers’ equipment, video, our field guys are working every day and every hour on the fields making sure they are getting those right. There’s a group of interns, a really good group of interns to help us get everything in order. We’re trying to make it feel like home, obviously it looks a lot different and there is different aspects to this facility. We’re really trying to give them everything we have here so they can focus on football. That’s our job to limit distractions and give the guys the best opportunity to get started for the season. It takes a group, it takes all of us communicating on what we’re missing and how we’re going to fix this. It’s not always pretty but we do what we can to get it done, and hopefully the players and the coaches and scouts don’t see that mess in the beginning.”
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