Jim Caldwell Officially Joins Ravens As QB Coach

[theFRANCHISE]

Per a report from Adam Schefter, former Colts head coach Jim Caldwell will join the Ravens offensive staff, most likely as the QB coach. ([url="https://twitter.com/#!/AdamSchefter/status/163857819249025024"]LINK[/url])

Nothing concrete has been confirmed and more details will be released as they're available. The Ravens have not confirmed this news yet, given the late hour.

[bauer77]

[left]I personally would've rather had Hue Jackson, as I'm sure many would on here.[/left]


[left]But Caldwell was a QB coach in 2001 with Brad Johnson at the helm when they won the Super Bowl. He broke some Tampa Bay records for passing yards, and completions. [/left]


[left]And then he went to Indy as a QB coach and helped get Peyton rolling. So who knows what he could do for Flacco.[/left]

[bauer77]

You beat me! Haha.

[Kwothdaraven]

Doesent make much sense. Its not like he coached manning, peyton probably coached him.

[AwakenTheDemon]

They get Pagano... we get Caldwell...

[Moderator 2]

[quote name='AwakenTheDemon' timestamp='1327902142' post='979181']
They get Pagano... we get Caldwell...
[/quote]
That doesn't seem fair.....

[T3hRaven]

[quote name='Kwothdaraven' timestamp='1327902053' post='979178']
Doesent make much sense. Its not like he coached manning, peyton probably coached him.
[/quote]

That's not a fair assessment. Caldwell joined the Colts staff as the QB coach in 2002, very early in Manning's career. He definitely had something to do with his development. Really, getting someone between the moron and Joe again is a very good thing.

[RayRiceRunningfortheRavns]

This is.... acceptable. Coaching Peyton Manning is some great credentials. I really look forward to seeing how flacco develops this offseason.

Caldwell is a good coach, he's proven that throughout his career.

[Alexir]

Thought he was going to Steelers? Interesting.

Was QB coach at Penn state, Tampa and Indy. Followed Dungy I guess.

So we get a guy who has worked with Peyton Manning for 9 years? Not bad. Guess this will be a great gauge to rate Flacco on.

[Alexir]

Interesting facts.

Birthday: Jan 16
Flaccos Bday: Jan 16
First playoff victory: Against Ravens on Jan 16

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[Va BeaCh RaVeN]

Does a QB coach have any say when game-planning? If so, Caldwell strikes me as a fairly shy individual on camera. I hope when the doors close he let's Cam have it.

[Purple Punishment]

i dont understand, why not Hue????

im all for Caldwell though. He had alot to do with Mannings development. He taught Peyton to keep those feet moving

[theFRANCHISE]

Caldwell was the QB coach in Indy from 2002-2008. During Manning's first four years in the league, without Caldwell, his QB rating was an average of 85.2; the four years after Caldwell took over, his average rating jumped to 103.3. That's not just Manning, that's also good coaching.

[PDO]

I'm pretty happy to read this. Get someone with great credentials inbetween Cam and Joe.

[Purple Punishment]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' timestamp='1327902732' post='979197']
Caldwell was the QB coach in Indy from 2002-2008. During Manning's first four years in the league, without Caldwell, his QB rating was an average of 85.2; the four years after Caldwell took over, his average rating jumped to 103.3. That's not just Manning, that's also good coaching.
[/quote]

EXACTLY! most of what you see of Manning was Caldwells doing. I expect to see Flacco next season with a greater amount of confidence in the pocket and faster decision making. That would be a wonderful Genesis for him

[ratedr]

Wait, I thought he was gonna be the Steelers OC...?

[T3hRaven]

[quote name='RayRiceRunningfortheRavns' timestamp='1327902327' post='979185']
Caldwell is a good coach, he's proven that throughout his career.
[/quote]

He seemed like a nice guy, and he was really let down by the terrible Colts' FO this season. You can't build your team completely around one player and expect to have success. We really got to see just how good Manning is this season.

[Purple_ICE 81]

By hiring Jim Caldwell like the rumors speculate basically its like signing another kicker to put pressure on billy cundiff....only its Caldwell putting pressure on cam cameron I think this is picture perfect and will be the remedy to everyones headache from the ravens keeping cam cameron. If caqm cameron screws up he will get fired and jim calldwell will be the interim OC, if cam for some reason actually does good this year and changes up our offense and grows a pair when it comes to calling plays then so be it thats what we all want is our offense run better. Its a win win situation....either cam cameron gets his act together or caldwell will take over.
Bring em to bmore oz

[ace raven]

Please explain why any one would want John Harbaugh Fired ??? Have you knuckleheads listened to the coaches around the league ?? Wise up ( Harb's Is GREAT !!!------ CAM MUST GO !!!!! )

[size=6][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif] FIRE CAM PLEASE !!!!![/font][/size]

[RayRiceRunningfortheRavns]

[quote name='ace raven' timestamp='1327904279' post='979212']
Please explain why any one would want John Harbaugh Fired ??? Have you knuckleheads listened to the coaches around the league ?? Wise up ( Harb's Is GREAT !!!------ CAM MUST GO !!!!! )

[size=6][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif] FIRE CAM PLEASE !!!!![/font][/size]
[/quote]

Can i give you half an upvote? Does anyone actually want Harbaugh fired? The 'fire cam' thing is SO three weeks ago.

[Purple_ICE 81]

Yea everyone like @Th3Raven who has fire harbaugh as his signature need to think this through. Remember this year how johns brother Jim Harbaugh lead the 49ers to the NFC championship game and all the analysts were calling him the coach of the year and what not...john harbaugh lead us to the afc championship game HIS first year too and to the playoffs every year since then. We are still a young team but are lucky to have ray lewis with his play till I die mentallity, and lets not forget that terrell suggs is 29 we will have him for a while ed reed will most likely be the first to go...but still the point is this team continues to win games and harbaugh aint too shabby...the only thing wrong with him is that he makes some questionable decisions in games sometimes and sides with the wrong people like cam cameron and domonique fozworth he just likes to take up for everyone and doesnt ever have anything bad to say about anyone even if we as fans know they did something wrong. Bottom line id until we start losing out im gona have to stick by harbaugh, but i wish he could use his expertice a little better he was a special teams coach before we got him and are special teams sucks but other than that hes a good coach

[Purple_ICE 81]

Cam Cameron was pobably given a cheap 1 year deal if he performs like he did this year he will be fired immediately and jim caldwell(if hired) will step in. Its a win win i bet jim caldwell we be a great OC he did great things in indy with peyton manning and co i mean 2 years ago they almost won the SB against the saints. So hopefully cam gets run out of town early next season mabey even during the offseason because he has been given way too many chances he should have been fired the last couple of seasons so his leash is bout a centimeter long now

[Bltravens]

Well that was unexpected. Would be an interesting hire thats for sure.

[Ravenslifer]

[quote name='Purple_ICE 81' timestamp='1327906032' post='979218']
Cam Cameron was pobably given a cheap 1 year deal[b] if he performs like he did this year he will be fired immediately[/b] and jim caldwell(if hired) will step in. Its a win win i bet jim caldwell we be a great OC he did great things in indy with peyton manning and co i mean 2 years ago they almost won the SB against the saints. So hopefully cam gets run out of town early next season mabey even during the offseason because he has been given way too many chances he should have been fired the last couple of seasons so his leash is bout a centimeter long now
[/quote]

Truthfully I'm kind of wondering how much of a factor that the loss of Pagano to the Colts had to do with Cam staying. Contracts in the NFL are almost meaningless, people get fired all the time. The other thing too, was that, no conspiracy theories here, but things were kind of set up nicely for Cam to stay in that he got Zorn out and Saunders left - I'm wondering if part of the reason Cam is still here is maybe the FO was more comfortable with Cam than anyone in house.

[ratedr]

What's his pedigree? I don't know how much of Peyton's success was due to him as opposed to Peyton and Tom Moore.

[T3hRaven]

[quote name='Purple_ICE 81' timestamp='1327906032' post='979218']
Cam Cameron was pobably given a cheap 1 year deal [b]if he performs like he did this year he will be fired immediately[/b] and jim caldwell(if hired) will step in. Its a win win i bet jim caldwell we be a great OC he did great things in indy with peyton manning and co i mean 2 years ago they almost won the SB against the saints. So hopefully cam gets run out of town early next season mabey even during the offseason because he has been given way too many chances he should have been fired the last couple of seasons so his leash is bout a centimeter long now
[/quote]

That's what I said last year, and that's why I'm calling for the bad Harbaugh's and Cam's head now. Keeping Cam was a completely illogical decision, and I never will understand why Bisciotti didn't step in to save his team. Maybe if Caldwell has success as the QB coach, which given how Manning's numbers changed under him I'm assuming he will, it will make it easier for us to get rid of Cam. Clearly no one in house was qualified to replace him, although that doesn't excuse them from not seeking out Hue as OC. He probably disagreed with Harbaugh on something and is in the doghouse, and Haley's 'blowout-gate' kept him out of the running.

[Ravenslifer]

[quote name='ratedr' timestamp='1327907172' post='979228']
What's his pedigree? I don't know how much of Peyton's success was due to him as opposed to Peyton and Tom Moore.
[/quote]

Well as far as Peyton personally, Moore was the OC in Indy from 1998-2008. Caldwell was the Quarterbacks coach from 2002-2008. Peyton Manning first four years rating 71, 90, 94, 84 - that's pre- Jim Caldwell, but with Tom Moore. After Caldwell got there - 88, 99, 121, 101, 98, 95, etc. So it seems like Caldwell did have an impact on Peyton's development.

[EnVy_CaLiBeR]

Interesting hire if true. At least Cam won't be the only offensive mind going into next season. It makes Cam staying here [i]slighty[/i](still horrible) more bearable.

[Purple_ICE 81]

@Th3Raven Personally I think Cameron was kept because the Ravens like to hire people within the orginization to take over as coordinator and we really have no one spectacular to do that. We will see tomorrow whether we get Jim Caldwell but if we do get him Cam Cameron can help him learn the Xs and Os better. SO unless cam cameron really tries to give himself and this offense a big overhaul once he starts on doing what he did last year with his vanilla, predictable bad play calling he will be fired and Calldwell steps in. I feel like caldwell will be a great OC.

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='T3hRaven' timestamp='1327907917' post='979232']
Clearly no one in house was qualified to replace him, although that doesn't excuse them from not seeking out Hue as OC. He probably disagreed with Harbaugh on something and is in the doghouse, and Haley's 'blowout-gate' kept him out of the running.
[/quote]
It's strange how Hue Jackson isn't exactly the hot candidate for OC around the league with all the teams that need a change...yeah, I wanted Hue, but there must be a reason that he's not "the guy," unlike Josh McDaniels and other big-name candidates who've hit the market over the past couple of months. McDaniels was scooped up fairly quickly so it's not as if beggars can be choosers at this juncture.

And Todd Haley looks to be returning to Arizona and the Cardinals had their hearts set on bringing him back, so Haley was never in the running for any team whatsoever.