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    Caldwell.....(Merge)

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    Posted

    You could only come up with 5?

    Are there 13 reasons so far...?

    Seriously, we couldn't expect th team going faultless without Manning, so we can't b lame Caldwell for all 13 losses, but there are several games those could have been won, ant there was that game @ NO

    He was out coached several times, so the ream lost confidence in him, or at least there is some disharmony.

    The 14-0 season will be debated here long,but my thoughts are about that:

    ...the team was in top form with Manning, and coaching staff inherited from Dungy. Later Caldwell started to bring in his own persons

    ...I don't blame him for not going for the perfect season, but in SB coaching was poor.

    I'm sure they are using video tapes and other sources to work out strategy for the next game, question how successful is he in setting up strategy to win.

    IMO he would have been already fired at any other team (2 HCs have been fired in this mid season), and I don't think these wins would save his job, but anything may happen.

    I belive this team needs a more experienced HC, we have quality players who are able to win anytime, and with some reinforcement and Manning they are proper to mars toward an other SB with a real leader type HC.

    Did Last Night Prove We Dont Need To Rebuild?

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    I think we need to reconstruct.

    D has to develop a lot, and O-line couldn't guard QB properly. On Texans game Dan O could always count on a hit from left (or right?) side. We also need new play schemes, we should spice up our drives with some rush game (however there are signs of rushing), and there should be new schemes for pass games, and we also need more tricks (like play action, play action fake, etc.)

    And we need a complete ST, or a better coach for specials.

    Caldwell.....(Merge)

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    The 2009 team was set up by Tony Dungy. Dungy spent years setting that team up for the years after his retirement. Jim Caldwell took over Tony Dungy's team and didn't change a thing. He just happened to have a phenomenal year from Peyton Manning that season, so that's why they went far. Jim Caldwell didn't bring anything special to the table. His history is bad (look at his Wake Forest record), and he made no impact as an assistant. Tom Moore was the offense coordinator and Clyde helped out. Tom Moore set up that offense. Everything was in place for Caldwell. If we had a quality coach like a Jeff Fisher like coach, for example, taking over in 2009, he would have done more for this team as people like him bring more to the table than Caldwell. Larry Coyer was useless. They brought in a guy who had a very different defense in Denver, and they expected him to use the Colts' defense and make it work. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Larry Coyer's dismal presence was due to the FO not giving him the freedom to the what he wants. They contained him. Mike Murphy knows this defense, and has been here for a long time. He's seen what works and doesn't. I only realize this now, but he seemed like the best candidate all along. If Caldwell wants to be considered a good coach, he's gonna have to win games without his star player. He can't be beating teams who's missing half their roster and playing a 3rd stringer. That's not going to get you anywhere. Every loss isn't his fault, but he is the scapegoat unfortunately. Too bad this guy has no fight in him and can't seem to turn things around. Coaches who realize their on the hot seat try their hardest to try to get off it. He hasn't done anything big that has helped the team. He's not a head coach. He wasn't ready to lead a team, this guy didn't even call the plays when Dungy was the head coach. Plus, he didn't know defense that well and he didn't have a very good D-coordinator that could help him out. What scares me the most is that this guy is going to be coaching this team in the future. I think he stays. I hope he goes though. How is this guy suppose to change this team after PM's gone. With a healthy PM, he had a tough time making the playoffs. He's gonna have to do drastic changes to this team because going forward, this team can't stay so darn revolved around one freagin player. He needs to start changing things up. This tickes me off the most... I just don't see him doing that. The Polians may give him the liberty of changing a couple of things up, but he won't. This league is evolving every day at every practice, and from what I've seen in the last 5 years from the Colts has not shown me that we're changing much. We still use the same defensive scheme most of the time. We're so pass-heavy, even with Dan Orlovsky as our quarterback, and his play-calling is boring and terrible. It's not unpredictable, which is something great head coaches said that they do (I'll try to find which coach said that, but I think Bill Walsh, Sean Payton and Mike Smith said that). I don't think he was ever ready for this job, and his enthusiasm and personality shows me that he doesn't want to change. He's too scared to change, as if he does a couple of things wrong, he'll get fired, just like Larry Coyer. Larry wanted to blitz, the Polians said no, he did it and BAM! he's gone. Jim Caldwell is too scared to change, and how can the Colts move forward if their coach is too afraid to change? :rantoff:

    I must agree with You. I think this is the post gathers points most objectively in this thread. Thank You for that!

    Caldwell.....(Merge)

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    Old thread in new groom.

    These 2 wins were vital for the team and the fans, and I'm very happy with them, but they didn't change the picture much. Just a few thoughts:

    JC (Jim Caldwell) is 29-23 with Colts: Fact, but the team is going downward. I've always kept saying the SB in his first year was to early for JC. A coach could learn more from 1 loss, than 10 wins. He got pretty much lessons this year...

    Manning is out for this season, and the team is built around him: I think this is a cheap excuse, Bill Bilichek could manage absence of T. Brady (an I don't think Pats is built less around Brady than Colts around Manning). A talented (or experienced) HC could have done the same, at least the season wouldn't look like so terrible.

    And don't forget: not only a lot fans would like to see Caldwell being fired, but also sports media and experts are crediting Caldwell's job with low grade. Other teams were changing during mid-season, so FO and Mr. Irsay is really patient and giving trust him so far, so Caldwell has (had) a chance to prove himself in this season, but necessary measures (hiring new DC, switching to Orlovsky) were taken a little too late IMO.

    De decision about Caldwell's job will be made by Mr. Irsay and Mr. Pollian, but I am sure there will be a lot of talk here about "rip or keep" him as long as he is at Colts.

    Caldwell.....(Merge)

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    Posted

    This Caldwell question is a mistery for me. Even Hungarian journalist dealing with American football said, that Caldwell isn't enough for a Colts caliber team, and after 0-13 (in USA) it become a trend to roast Colts and/or Caldwell. I'm not a Caldwell fan neither but wouldn't say he is bad, he hasn't experience in head coaching an NFL team, so he couldn't manage absence of Manning. We need an experienced HC who has a concept, how to improve this team.

    Perhaps if he'd been already fired earlier this season his value wouldn't be so down. Practically he needs to reboot his career, if he'll be fired. I wouldn't exclude he will be HC in NFL again after a few years, but there is a chance for him disappearing in the sink.

    What Would Our Record Be.....

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    If Orlovsky had been given a chance earlier, we had 'bout 4 wins. We'd lost early games, because the whole team was faithless w/o Manning.

    I still don't understand two things about QB recession this year:

    Why did we signed Collins? Why tried we make the season with Painter (I mean, FO and coaches should have known which QB is better behind manning)?

    We Win....now Torn...

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    You shouldn't be torn!

    I'm happy, that this team can play even being torn by injuries (incl. Manning). You could say, that NE've spared it's force for most important games, but for Titans a win would've been vital.

    Anyway 1st pick isn't in great danger, even if we would win all remaining games. Our "rivals" may pick 1 or 2 wins.

    I think it would be nice drafting Luck, but the team shouldn't be tanking for that.

    We shouldn't be sharpening this thread to "go for Luck or die". Luck, himself alone won't be the cure for Colts' problems.

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