Pro Football Grapevine

It seems to me that it is the growing sentiment as reflected by Bob Kravitz of the Indy Star.

It’s time for coach Tony Dungy to follow his heart, return home to Tampa and his family and the next chapter in his life, and it’s time for the Indianapolis Colts to hear a new voice.

Dungy knows that, and my sense is he has known that every time he has made an in-season trip to Tampa to see his family. Every time he stepped back on the plane to return to Indianapolis, he left a little piece of his heart behind.

Now it’s time to go.

It’s the best thing for Dungy, who has considered retirement at the end of each of the past five seasons, only to be talked back onto the sideline.

And yes, it’s the best thing for the Colts, who have gone about as far as they can with Dungy and his staff.

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It’s not just his record here. He had the same reputation in Tampa, where he built what had been a laughingstock of a franchise into a perpetual contender. He had to leave before the Bucs got over the top and won a Super Bowl under Jon Gruden.

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Listen, nobody is kicking Dungy’s backside out the door. Nobody is packing his bags for him. But sometimes, well, you just know it’s time. And the Colts have reached a point where they need to know that their coach is in it for the long run and is not an eternal year-by-year proposition.

You can read the rest of the article gently pushing him out the door, here.