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ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:37 am
by humanrefutation
I figured that this thread could be used for offseason chatter on the teams who are no longer playing.
Titans hired Ken Whisenhunt, and the Lions are apparently focused on bringing in Jim Caldwell. I hope the Lions end up with him. I don't think he's a very good coach.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:24 am
by GB_Packers
Glad the Lions didn't get Whisenhunt. Definitely think he could have gotten that team to start playing up to the level of talent that they have. Caldwell while alright, just seems like a lateral move. Make him your coach Detroit!
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:55 am
by Turk Nowitzki
I feel like Caldwell is the African American version of Mike McCarthy.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:39 pm
by Kerb Hohl
Jim Caldwell's response to the media for getting hired by the Lions:
Jim Caldwell wrote:...
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:40 pm
by Kerb Hohl
Turk Nowitzki wrote:I feel like Caldwell is the African American version of Mike McCarthy.
Mike McCarthy has spoken more than 5 words in his lifetime.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:24 pm
by Kerb Hohl
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:30 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Caldwell seems like a good right hand man (like he was for Dungy), but a terrible head coach. I will be ecstatic if Detroit hires him.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:31 pm
by Kerb Hohl
PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:Caldwell seems like a good right hand man (like he was for Dungy), but a terrible head coach. I will be ecstatic if Detroit hires him.
It's already agreed upon per Schefter.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:46 pm
by humanrefutation
Barnwell kills the Caldwell hire:
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ken-w ... -carousel/Caldwell was a horrific in-game coach, infamously taking a timeout in the following year’s playoff loss to the Jets that beggared belief. The next year, with Manning injured, the Colts fell to 2-14 behind a dismal season from Curtis Painter, leading to Caldwell’s firing after the season. He took over as Baltimore’s offensive coordinator late in the 2012 season and helped lead it to a shocking Super Bowl victory, with the offense — notably, Joe Flacco — taking a huge step forward in the process.
In his first full year at the helm for the Ravens, Caldwell’s offense fell apart; the Ravens were 25th in points scored, 30th in DVOA, and nearly became one of the few teams since the merger to average fewer than 3.0 yards per carry. Flacco, who had put together an astounding 11-touchdown, zero-interception Super Bowl run, threw 22 interceptions in his worst season as a pro. The basis for hiring Caldwell comes down to his two seasons as a head coach with the greatest quarterback in the history of football under center.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:56 pm
by MickeyDavis
Caldwell went 28-63 as HC at Wake Forest and in 3 seasons in Indy went 14-2, 10-6 and 2-14 (yes Manning was out).
Love the Caldwell hire as a Pack fan.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:57 pm
by MickeyDavis
There is a good Lions forum somewhere if I recall, someone post it if you know it.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:18 pm
by humanrefutation
One of my friends who is a huge Lions fan texted me and said that there's a big rumor that Jim Tressel is going to join Caldwell in Detroit in some unspecified capacity.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:20 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
This is awesome. Now we need the Vikings to hire someone like Dave Wannstedt or Mike Sherman.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:28 pm
by MickeyDavis
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:04 pm
by Profound23
The guy took over a Superbowl team and made them worse every year.
This is almost as good as them keeping Schwartz.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:33 pm
by Ayt
MickeyDavis wrote:Caldwell went 28-63 as HC at Wake Forest and in 3 seasons in Indy went 14-2, 10-6 and 2-14 (yes Manning was out).
Love the Caldwell hire as a Pack fan.
Yep. Fantastic hire.
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:39 pm
by trwi7
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:46 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/423481116298076160[/tweet]
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:25 pm
by humanrefutation
Giants hire Packers QB Coach Ben McAdoo as their new OC.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_ ... oordinator
Re: ATL: Offseason
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:18 pm
by MickeyDavis
Zimmer to the Kitties.
