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Doyel: Chris Ballard's choice for Colts next coach is obvious

Stephen Holder and Gregg Doyel discuss their reactions to the Indianapolis Colts' season-ending news conference involving Chris Ballard and Jim Irsay. Matt Kryger/IndyStar

INDIANAPOLIS – Give me Dave Toub, and you can have the field.

Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels? He’s yours. Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich? Yours. Mike Shanahan, Bruce Arians, Nick Saban? Yours and yours and hahahahaha – oh wait, you’re serious about Nick Saban? Fine. He’s yours too.

In the Indianapolis Colts’ biggest major event in years – their search for a new head coach – Dave Toub is my Tiger Woods, and I’m talking about mid-2000s Tiger, when he was dominating golf and the predicted winner at every major was a binary choice: Tiger … or the field.