| apballin |
08-26-2017 03:03 PM |
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Originally Posted by IndyNorm
(Post 22406)
Caldwell probably got the shaft a bit since '11 really wasn't his fault, but as others have pointed out most of his success was the '09 season with the Colts where the team was pretty much a carryover from Dungy's teams.
Also, Caldwell's baffling decisions to call timeouts at the end of games which allowed the other teams to run another play and get into FG range or better FG range were inexcusable. His timeout call at the end of the Jets game is the only play that rivals Clappy's fake punt in terms of stupidity on the Colts sidelines that I've seen.
Now on to Clappy McWoodchopper. For starters he has 43 wins not 52 since 9 of those are Arians', and his record is pure fool's gold since we play in the AFC South which with the exception of Houston in '12 was (and still should be) 6 easy wins a year.
His playoff wins are also fool's gold. KC had half of their D get hurt in the 2nd half which allowed Luck and Hilton (along with Mathis) to bail the team out as they had (big surprise) showed up completely unprepared for the game. In the '14 playoffs the Bungles were down to their #5 WR and a FB as receivers and Manning had a torn quad and couldn't throw the ball past 10 yards. Of course when we played a good and mostly healthy team the following week we were completely embarrassed.
Anyway, why most Colts fans want Clappy gone doesn't have much to do with his record and much more to do with the following:
-~75% of the time the team starts games deer in the head lights and look like they just rolled out of bed after a late night and had no idea they were supposed to be playing football that day. This clearly shows Clappy and his staff are unable to put together effective game plans and get the team ready to play.
-Way too many embarrassing blowout losses. This is more Grigs' fault but the coaching staff's inability to effective game plan certainly plays a factor in this.
-Clear lack of fundamentals on the team and little or no accountability held for players doing stupid shit on the field. For example: Chester Rogers is still fielding punts inside his own 10. Why the hell has that not been corrected yet?
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Ok lets do this,
I do think Caldwell has become a good coach what he does with a Lions team with less talent than the Colts is impressive IMO but whatever
on to Chuck- the entire "we play in the afc south that's 6 free wins" is total BS, I don't care what division you play in those games are always tougher because of the familiarity, nobody says the same shit about New England or Seattle when both have maybe 1 tough division game each year
ok so now to the playoff record, you can give reasons why every team wins and loses in the playoffs but fuck that no excuses, that game vsKC was epic I've never seen an onslaught of points like that it was amazing, just because Charles got hurt doesn't mean they shouldn't have been able to seal that game I watched Manning lose to a Chargers backup QB and running back, and game 2 vs the Broncos they went into Denver and beat a great defensive team the Broncos won all year and went on to wina superbowl with Mannings noodle arm no fools gold there whatsoever. And yes the Pats embarrassed us like they do every team trying to come and win in New England in the playoffs, I mean theres been what 1 or 2 teams win there at all in 4 or 5 years? no shame in that
I don't want Chuck gone I believe the players want to play for him, it's clear right now the questions about Luck are a dark cloud affecting this team but no matter what he'll be back ad he'll be 100% and I'm excited tosee how it's going to play out. No coach is gonna have this team looking like playoff contenders with whats going on right now.
Lucks coming and we'll be fine |
