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Chris Ballard Building a Winner in Indianapolis on “Colts Character” and Collaboration
You can sense Ballard’s humility in that nothing is really about him and he has no ego when it comes to sitting in the GM chair. He has everyone focused on building a better football team, and it ends there. As an evaluator, Ballard is not looking for the “sexy” player. He’s just looking for football players and people that can make his team better.
Colts GM Chris Ballard on his Team Building Philosophy and Decision Making Process
Ballard has become one of the leading team executives in considering character as part of the evaluation process, and the recent success of the Colts shows how character can be used to building a winning team, even in a highly competitive environment where talent has a tendency to overshadow most teams’ decision-making when it comes to acquiring players.