Colts fire Caldwell

[buckaroo]

Never really understood why he was made head coach for the Colts. He spent eight years as head coach here in WS with Wake Forest and had only one winning season and on bowl game. Since he left, the Demon Deacons have had 5 winning seasons with 5 bowl games and one ACC championship. Granted, Wake is a small expensive school and has a hard time getting the top prospects, but Jim Grobe has had the ability to make up a good team. Caldwell was just in the right place at the right time when Tony retired and was able to take a great team that had been playing together and continue on. But Caldwell obviously didn't see fit to have a good QB to back up one of the leagues best and when he went down, so did the team. You cannot put all the blame on losing one of the greats. Other coaches have recovered from the same thing in the past. He'll find a home soon in college if not in the pros.

 

[SlowNeasy]

the gm (also fired) played a huge part in the colts downfall also. there's no excuse for not having at least a journeyman level qb. i hope the colts rebound quickly.

 

[Tennessee Racing]

When you go 2-14 it's pretty much a given that you're done as head coach. I can't believe they didn't have a backup QB(a real one) in place. Did they think Manning could play forever and never miss a game?

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

When you go 2-14 it's pretty much a given that you're done as head coach. I can't believe they didn't have a backup QB(a real one) in place. Did they think Manning could play forever and never miss a game?

Colts' biggest problem is lacking defense. And the owner is the problem there. He's already said they're going to blow their draft pick on Andrew Luck. Yeah, they now have 10 more years of franchise quarterbacks and they're likely to pay him millions to sit on a bench for three years -- but it doesn't address their problems on their defense. The Colts win most of their games by outscoring their opponent, usually by under 10 points. The year they almost went undefeated, they could've easily lost 6 games not having a defense.