mooby
01-03-2014, 09:27 AM
Wait...in the year he didn't have one of the top 3 QBs ever he lost 14 games. What about his record shows he was any good?
The part where he built his team around one player, then when that player couldn't play he didn't have any backup plan and it ended up costing him his job. I'm not very high on Caldwell either.
What coach would have done any better with no Manning that year? The Colts were totally built around him.
donofriose
01-03-2014, 09:56 AM
I blame that colt season on bill polian more than Caldwell. I still don't want Caldwell, I don't see anything inspiring about him
EARTHQUAKE2689
01-03-2014, 09:56 AM
What coach would have done any better with no Manning that year? The Colts were totally built around him.
Any former Redskins player apparently.
mooby
01-03-2014, 09:57 AM
What coach would have done any better with no Manning that year? The Colts were totally built around him.
True but maybe they don't go 2-14 if they didn't have a guy like Curtis Painter as their backup. Every team should have a solid backup quarterback, the entire game revolves around them. They were exposed without Manning, and I don't like that. Imagine if he built this team around RG3 and then RG3 goes down, and an entire season is wasted. Not saying Kirk Cousins is as bad as Curtis Painter, but I'm not a fan of building a team around one player.
True but maybe they don't go 2-14 if they didn't have a guy like Curtis Painter as their backup. Every team should have a solid backup quarterback, the entire game revolves around them. They were exposed without Manning, and I don't like that. Imagine if he built this team around RG3 and then RG3 goes down, and an entire season is wasted. Not saying Kirk Cousins is as bad as Curtis Painter, but I'm not a fan of building a team around one player.
Totally agree, and that certainly wasn't Caldwell's fault.
Chico23231
01-03-2014, 10:13 AM
problem is, Colts were a playoff team the year before and a playoff team the year after with 2 different QB. Certainly Caldwell should have had that team playing better.
Paintrain
01-03-2014, 10:22 AM
problem is, Colts were a playoff team the year before and a playoff team the year after with 2 different QB. Certainly Caldwell should have had that team playing better.
Yeah I was about to say something along these same lines. I would think the coaching staff, if there was a belief in them, could have gotten a 'Manning' pass, especially with a #1 overall pick coming in. That entire team fell apart at the seams.
BigHairedAristocrat
01-03-2014, 10:25 AM
How is double G even being talked about as a head coaching candidate? He ratted out players in exchange for the Commish letting him back into the league. No locker room is ever going to rally behind him.
44Deezel
01-03-2014, 10:27 AM
Yeah I was about to say something along these same lines. I would think the coaching staff, if there was a belief in them, could have gotten a 'Manning' pass, especially with a #1 overall pick coming in. That entire team fell apart at the seams.
It was the best thing that could have happened to them. They got Luck. The main reason the Skins have struggled to find a franchise QB is that they didn't suck enough. They always finished with 5-8 wins, which put them out of reach for the top QB prospect.
The year we finally get a top 2 pick, it goes to St. Louis;)