Colts coach Jim Caldwell (1 Viewer)

[T J]

To preface, I'm from Indiana and follow the Colts closely. If I had to pick a team to win every year, it'd be them. For the most part though, I consider myself a football fan first and Colts' fan second.

None of that means squat though. Just thought I'd share.

That said, Caldwell is terrible. He brings absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING, to the table. He was Dungy's hand-picked successor and the Irsays, out of respect to Dungy, went with it.

Last night's game was ridiculous and it demonstrated that without Manning, Caldwell couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag. Maybe he's a good position coach, I dunno, but I hope like hell that he is gone after this year. The team has barely been competitive under him save for a few quarters this whole season. He has no clue.

Lots more I could say, but it'd get redundant. Rant over.

 

[mightyeskimo]

I'm inclined to agree. There is no doubt that Manning is a hall of fame qb but the way this team has played and prepared in his absence makes it look like he wears a red cape and fights crime at night. It looks like they can do nothing without him and that shouldn't be the case. At least not to this degree. The offensive line is talented. The wide receivers and tight ends are talented. The defensive line is talented. And so on and so forth. I think coaching and preparation have been woefully lacking.

 

[griff321]

My girlfriend doesn't even like to watch football and even she screamed, "What the hell is Charlie Brown doing!? What a blockhead."

 

[FavreCo]

His favorite line is 'What just happened there?'

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

 

[Lash]

The networks are just piling on now ... surely he can't have THAT LOOK on his face all the time (can he?) ... i think the networks have a guy standing very near him and when he gets THAT LOOK he cues it to the studio and WHAM we see it over and over ...

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

The networks are just piling on now ... surely he can't have THAT LOOK on his face all the time (can he?) ... i think the networks have a guy standing very near him and when he gets THAT LOOK he cues it to the studio and WHAM we see it over and over ...

I swear he looks like at any moment guys with white coats will come up to him and put their hands around his arms and say, "Ok Jim, it's time to quit playing football coach and come back to the hospital, it's time to take your medicine.".

 

[BroadwayG]

I always thought that was just a cardboard cutout they stood up on the sidelines.

 

[FavreCo]

The networks are just piling on now ... surely he can't have THAT LOOK on his face all the time (can he?) ... i think the networks have a guy standing very near him and when he gets THAT LOOK he cues it to the studio and WHAM we see it over and over ...

I swear he looks like at any moment guys with white coats will come up to him and put their hands around his arms and say, "Ok Jim, it's time to quit play football coach and come back to the hospital, it's time to take your medicine.".

Ya know if that actually happened, I don't think anyone would even argue it, especially caldwell. He would probably say, 'what took you so long'.

 

[The_Man]

The networks are just piling on now ... surely he can't have THAT LOOK on his face all the time (can he?) ... i think the networks have a guy standing very near him and when he gets THAT LOOK he cues it to the studio and WHAM we see it over and over ...

I swear he looks like at any moment guys with white coats will come up to him and put their hands around his arms and say, "Ok Jim, it's time to quit playing football coach and come back to the hospital, it's time to take your medicine.".

LOL - it's like the guy they get to be the Coach at the beginning of "Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" before the team goes off by itself to play in the Astrodome

 

[Oscar]

As a Colts fan, the thing that burns me every year is how the organization does nothing in the free agent market. I can't think of a team other than the Rams, that are run on game in and game out like the Colts. Their run defense is pathetic. Not sure what the Irsay's are thinking but they need to make some investments on defense moving forward.

 

[Don Quixote]

He was a failure at Wake Forest. And his timeout in the playoffs last year probably cost the Colts that game. Peyton was definitely helping to cover up his deficiencies.

 

[fatness]

Has the Colts GM been asleep the last several years? For the most part their players don't look very good on either side of the ball.

 

[belljr]

The networks are just piling on now ... surely he can't have THAT LOOK on his face all the time (can he?) ... i think the networks have a guy standing very near him and when he gets THAT LOOK he cues it to the studio and WHAM we see it over and over ...

ART SHELL 2.0!!!

 

[delusional]

Just shows how good Peyton has been over his career being the QB & offensive coach at the same time.

 

[GregR]

I'm inclined to agree. There is no doubt that Manning is a hall of fame qb but the way this team has played and prepared in his absence makes it look like he wears a red cape and fights crime at night. It looks like they can do nothing without him and that shouldn't be the case. At least not to this degree. The offensive line is talented. The wide receivers and tight ends are talented. The defensive line is talented. And so on and so forth. I think coaching and preparation have been woefully lacking.

 

[Da Guru]

He was a failure at Wake Forest. And his timeout in the playoffs last year probably cost the Colts that game. Peyton was definitely helping to cover up his deficiencies.

Dungy wanted a black coach to follow him, but there had to be better options than Caldwell out there.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

To preface, I'm from Indiana and follow the Colts closely. If I had to pick a team to win every year, it'd be them. For the most part though, I consider myself a football fan first and Colts' fan second. None of that means squat though. Just thought I'd share. That said, Caldwell is terrible. He brings absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING, to the table. He was Dungy's hand-picked successor and the Irsays, out of respect to Dungy, went with it. Last night's game was ridiculous and it demonstrated that without Manning, Caldwell couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag. Maybe he's a good position coach, I dunno, but I hope like hell that he is gone after this year. The team has barely been competitive under him save for a few quarters this whole season. He has no clue. Lots more I could say, but it'd get redundant. Rant over.

Personally I think you have to take this to the Irsays.The old man bought the Rams so they could trade them for the Colts. L.A. For Baltimore, think about that.Then Irsay Sr. takes one of the NFL's top-3 franchises at the time and turns them into perennial losers. And not just losers but bad losers. The sole exception was with the happy luck of having Marchibroda and Bert Jones for a few years. No Jones, no Marchibroda, no luck.Irsay Sr. then tried to hold up Maryland for a new stadium. Some legislator makes a crack on tv about how maybe the he will introduce a bill declaring eminent domain to keep the Colts from moving and.... Irsay literally packs everything up in a moving van and abandons over 30+ years of great NFL and football tradition and a maniacally loyal fan base for Indianapolis that football hotbed. Another exception was when they were lucky enough to have a pretty decent Harbaugh at QB for a couple years. Again, no Harbaugh, no success, ultimate losers again.The next exception happens with Peyton Manning of course. It's clear by now that the one ring they got was against one of the poorest teams and QB's to ever reach the Super Bowl. The Colts should have been on a dynasty level with Manning; instead one unmemorable championship and a team with absolutely no backup plan (literally). It's inconceivable that such a phenomenally successfully QB as Peyton Manning could be compared to his dad Archie and yet the Colts have done it ("he could have been so good with the right coach, the right system, etc.").The owner, Irsay Jr., tweets random thoughts about major management moves like it was his fantasy football team.This is just a continuation of a very poor history of management by the Irsay family. Indy is lucky to have that team and they are lucky to have had the success they have had with these dolts as owners.

 

[Joe Summer]

He was a failure at Wake Forest. And his timeout in the playoffs last year probably cost the Colts that game. Peyton was definitely helping to cover up his deficiencies.

Dungy wanted a black coach to follow him, but there had to be better options than Caldwell out there.

Yeah, the 8 years as Dungy's top assistant had nothing to do with it. It was all about skin color.

 

[jackdubl]

He was a failure at Wake Forest. And his timeout in the playoffs last year probably cost the Colts that game. Peyton was definitely helping to cover up his deficiencies.

I forgot about that timeout.

 

[FavreCo]

He was a failure at Wake Forest. And his timeout in the playoffs last year probably cost the Colts that game. Peyton was definitely helping to cover up his deficiencies.

Dungy wanted a black coach to follow him, but there had to be better options than Caldwell out there.

Yeah, the 8 years as Dungy's top assistant had nothing to do with it. It was all about skin color.

Top asst? jesus. What are the rest of them like?

 

[T J]

To preface, I'm from Indiana and follow the Colts closely. If I had to pick a team to win every year, it'd be them. For the most part though, I consider myself a football fan first and Colts' fan second. None of that means squat though. Just thought I'd share. That said, Caldwell is terrible. He brings absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING, to the table. He was Dungy's hand-picked successor and the Irsays, out of respect to Dungy, went with it. Last night's game was ridiculous and it demonstrated that without Manning, Caldwell couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag. Maybe he's a good position coach, I dunno, but I hope like hell that he is gone after this year. The team has barely been competitive under him save for a few quarters this whole season. He has no clue. Lots more I could say, but it'd get redundant. Rant over.

Personally I think you have to take this to the Irsays.The old man bought the Rams so they could trade them for the Colts. L.A. For Baltimore, think about that.Then Irsay Sr. takes one of the NFL's top-3 franchises at the time and turns them into perennial losers. And not just losers but bad losers. The sole exception was with the happy luck of having Marchibroda and Bert Jones for a few years. No Jones, no Marchibroda, no luck.Irsay Sr. then tried to hold up Maryland for a new stadium. Some legislator makes a crack on tv about how maybe the he will introduce a bill declaring eminent domain to keep the Colts from moving and.... Irsay literally packs everything up in a moving van and abandons over 30+ years of great NFL and football tradition and a maniacally loyal fan base for Indianapolis that football hotbed. Another exception was when they were lucky enough to have a pretty decent Harbaugh at QB for a couple years. Again, no Harbaugh, no success, ultimate losers again.The next exception happens with Peyton Manning of course. It's clear by now that the one ring they got was against one of the poorest teams and QB's to ever reach the Super Bowl. The Colts should have been on a dynasty level with Manning; instead one unmemorable championship and a team with absolutely no backup plan (literally). It's inconceivable that such a phenomenally successfully QB as Peyton Manning could be compared to his dad Archie and yet the Colts have done it ("he could have been so good with the right coach, the right system, etc.").The owner, Irsay Jr., tweets random thoughts about major management moves like it was his fantasy football team.This is just a continuation of a very poor history of management by the Irsay family. Indy is lucky to have that team and they are lucky to have had the success they have had with these dolts as owners.

There's a good bit of truth in your post. Unfortunately you can't fire the owners so I'd be content for now if Caldwell were canned.

 

[The Kuhn]

It didn't seem too smart to rush Addai back only to have him re-injure himself (in a potential bloodbath anyway). I also can't figure out why they still have Anthony Gonzalez on the roster at this point. Even though they weren't in that game at all last night, they actually had a surprise showing vs PIT and hung in there with KC/TB- they may just be fully invested in Luck.

 

[sports_fan]

Losing probably the greatest QB ever is liable to make any coach look bad.

 

[T J]

Losing probably the greatest QB ever is liable to make any coach look bad.

Caldwell was bad when Manning was in. This just magnifies it.

 

[skillz]

This guy is terrible. Granted he lost Manning but a good coach modifies his offense to his new personnel. The offense looks dead. Can't even win a single game now that Manning is out. Talk about riding coat tails.

 

[icehacka]

As a Colts fan, I can't wait to see Caldwell gone. Its pretty obvious that Manning did a lot of the coaching during the games after Dungy left.

 

[mcd]

As a Colts fan, I can't wait to see Caldwell gone. Its pretty obvious that Manning did a lot of the coaching during the games after Dungy left.

With all due respect to Dungy, who is a fine coach, Manning did a lot of the coaching while he was there also.

 

[Bri]

They spent so much time appeasing Caldwell when Dungy retired, they made Tom Moore almost an afterthought. He was an excellent OC.

He had relatively low pay and then the NFL changed retirement deals for coaching staffs and he needed some more coin. Why oh why they didn't give it to him is beyond me. He wasn't looking for tens of millions. They probably lose more on players that don't play and....ugh it just irritated me so much.

He's gone into old man mode when before he was old but very active. IIRC He was a mere consultant with the Colts and now does some consultant work for the Jets in the offseason.

I doubt anyone thought it was Dungy making that Colts offense great after his time in Tampa. Moore just started to get his due before Dungy retired and the rug was just ripped out from under him. I don't think they'd be great without Peyton if Moore was there, but he did turn Scott Mitchell into a top QB so who knows.

Re-run defense, I've always believed the Colts thought two quick TD throws by Peyton is the best run defense. I mean after Emtman and Quentin Coryatt (Cornellius Bennett?) and all they just seemed to stop trying and go a different route.