Irsay realized that Manning has been carrying the team for a decade and that Polian isn't a good GM; now he has his excuse to dump him so he did.
How is Chris Polian not a good GM?
His first three years as GM were successful, this year the face of the franchise went down, the owner tanked the season, we are talking about the Irsay family here.
Remember the movie "Major League?" the woman who owned the Indian Rachel Phelps, that's Irsay in real life.
Irsay is a penny pinching scumbage, just like his old man who lied through his teeth and told the world, and the city of Baltimore, he would never leave Baltimore, than at midnight, backed up the moving vans, and told the media, intoxicated and stinking to the heavens of booze, and I quote "This is my goddamn team, I can do whatever the hell I want with it....."
The list is long on the scumbag things Irsay has done, wouldn't pay Marchibroda, the list is endless.....
Here's the real low down as to what happened, Polian and his kid Chris wants to keep Manning, while drafting and developing Luck, Irsay doesn't want to pay Manning anymore, Bill (not Chris) have philosophical differences on what to do with the #1 pick, that's why Bill got fired, his son Chris got fired for being in the crossfire.
Polian not a good GM :missingte
Sorry, I'll take the words of Dungy and Mike Golic and others who swear Polian is a good GM over some drunken horse player.