Caldwell out if Colts finish winless

[Leftwich]

NFL Network's Jason La Canfora reports that Jim Caldwell will be fired as Colts head coach if the team finishes 0-16.
Citing several sources close to the situation, La Canfora reports that Caldwell will "unequivocally" be fired if Colts don't win one of their final three games. "If they don't win a football game," La Canfora said Wednesday, "they will be firing the head coach." Indianapolis' last three games are against the Titans (7-6), Texans (10-3), and Jaguars (4-9). Many of the Colts' veterans seemed to pack it in months ago, so the smart money is on Indianapolis finishing winless.

Not like anyone didn't know this already but he should have been fired the same day they hired him.

 

[ralaw]

0-16? Wow, they've really set the bar high :rolleyes.....what if they win one game? Colts fans will be pissed. LOL.

 

[EmpireWF]

Has any coach finished 0-16 and NOT been fired? :smug:

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I posted this in the chat box yesterday and found it to be pretty retarded. Whether they somehow win 1 game or not doesnt change how bad the team is. If he miraculously pulls a win out of his ass its gonna save his job?

:yao: @ that..

 

[Houston]

Titans and Texans have playoff stuff, but the Jaguars should let them win just so he can still be there next year.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Titans and Texans have playoff stuff, but the Jaguars should let them win just so he can still be there next year.

That would be the smart move, but nobody with the Jags organization is that smart.

 

[ralaw]

Titans and Texans have playoff stuff, but the Jaguars should let them win just so he can still be there next year.

The only problem is that if Manning comes back next year for the Colts than they'll be good again and he'll go back to being labeled a Dungy guy and thus be safe.

 

[MvP]

This is silly, Caldwell will be out regardless of how the team finishes the rest of the year.

 

[Mogriffjr]

cheers to going 1-15.

 

[Bear Pand]

mfer gonna win one game and ruin his second perfect season

 

[Esjay]

This asshat should have been gone the second he pulled the starters in that Jets game.

Good riddance.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

No way the Colts should be so terrible without Manning.

 

[Esjay]

No way the Colts should be so terrible without Manning.

Shouldn't be, but we are. Manning has made the rest of this organization look a lot better than they really were for the past 10 years.

Sad how bad they have drafted lately.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

Shouldn't be, but we are. Manning has made the rest of this organization look a lot better than they really were for the past 10 years.

Sad how bad they have drafted lately.

They still have Freeney, Mathis, Wayne...they basically have the same team that went to the Super Bowl except for Manning. No team should fall from SB contention to winless due to one player, coaching has alot to do it.

 

[Esjay]

They still have Freeney, Mathis, Wayne...they basically have the same team that went to the Super Bowl except for Manning. No team should fall from SB contention to winless due to one player, coaching has alot to do it.

Oh for sure. There are some issues that would be there no matter what (offensive line, short ass secondary, no depth) but a better coach would have gotten us a few wins I think.

 

[Bear Pand]

There's no way Caldwell keeps his job period. I'm pretty sure this whole rumor got started with Polian's comments on his radio show which don't really mean a ton.

He should have been fired after last season but got bailed out due to injuries. He's not going to get to use that excuse two seasons in a row.

I will not watch them next year if he's the coach. I can't stand him at all. Never liked him and was pissed Indy went with him to begin with. They were too safe and conservative trying to keep things in house like Caldwell could summon the ghost of Dungy at will and continue business as usual.

Strike 1: Forfeiting a potential 16-0 season and showing her's just Polian's puppet and has no real power.
Strike 2: Blowing multiple games due to bizarre decision making. Defiantly standing by his bad decisions and saying he'd do them again. Season ends with his TO at the end of the Jets game and Peyton visibly trying to figure out WTF is wrong with Caldwell.
Strike 3: This season.

 

[Houston]

 

[Cornelius]

I will not watch them next year if he's the coach. I can't stand him at all. Never liked him and was pissed Indy went with him to begin with. They were too safe and conservative trying to keep things in house like Caldwell could summon the ghost of Dungy at will and continue business as usual.

I'd love to see some evidence of this. I'm highly doubtful that if we went back to that season and found posts you made when they were 14-0 that you had even an ounce of regret over his hiring.

 

[Bear Pand]

I'd love to see some evidence of this. I'm highly doubtful that if we went back to that season and found posts you made when they were 14-0 that you had even an ounce of regret over his hiring.

I was complaining about dude way back when he was a coach in waiting. Saying Indy should go outside the organization. I was fed up with Dungy (miss him now) and didn't want this clown Caldwell to get to take over when he had no qualifications.

That was back in like 2008 posted on Maddenmania.

And no i wasn't thrilled about dude when they went 14-0. The fuck did he do other than inherit a good team and then proceed to not touch anything? His most memorable moment of that year was proving he was just a puppet by letting Polian tell him he wasn't allowed to chase 16-0.

The only coach I was happy about that turned out to be shit was Larry Coyer because his first year (up until the SB) he had completely changed Indy's D around and it was an improvement over the shit Ron Meeks had been doing before. Then they went back to playing boring on D again.

 

[Woy]

I hope we saved his job.