Caldwell's Staff

[lucke]

Cause the lions came out and said john gruden was seriously being considered for the job???

no, it was just because a lot of retards were thinking that we had any type of shot with those three guys and are pissed that we ended up with Caldwell.

 

[mhughes0021]

Coaching staff:

Head coach -- Jim Caldwell
Assistant head coach -- Ron Prince
Offensive coordinator -- Joe Lombardi
Defensive coordinator -- Teryl Austin
Quarterbacks -- TBD
Running backs -- Curtis Modkins
Wide receivers -- TBD
Tight ends -- Ron Prince
Offensive line -- Jeremiah Washburn (asst. Bobby Johnson)
TBD -- Terry Heffernan
Defensive line -- Kris Kocurek (asst. Jim Washburn)
Linebackers -- Bill Sheridan
Secondary -- TBD
Special teams -- John Bonamego (asst. Evan Rothstein)

 

[mhughes0021]

no, it was just because a lot of retards were thinking that we had any type of shot with those three guys and are pissed that we ended up with Caldwell.

regardless...I would have been more happy with a Caldwell hire if they did their due diligence during the interview process. Theres quality coordinators that still cant even be interviewed until this week. You sit down and have a conversation with Roman, Gase and then tell me Caldwell was the best option....then I feel a little better about it. But the fact we hired him before talking to any serious candidates just cause Dungy made a couple phone calls.....its just another example of mayhew sucking at his job imo.

 

[LKP]

regardless...I would have been more happy with a Caldwell hire if they did their due diligence during the interview process. Theres quality coordinators that still cant even be interviewed until this week. You sit down and have a conversation with Roman, Gase and then tell me Caldwell was the best option....then I feel a little better about it. But the fact we hired him before talking to any serious candidates just cause Dungy made a couple phone calls.....its just another example of mayhew sucking at his job imo.

Caldwell is the best option at developing QBs. Gase used to be the Lions QB coach under Marinelli/Martz. And Roman lives off Kaep being atheltic and a great Oline. And lol at Gase if you give Caldwell no credit.

Kaep has worse comp % than Stafford, 21 TDs and 8 ints for Kaep. Same stats as Stafford had with 400 attemptss too. Then Stafford threw it 200 more times and did poorly in those last 6. Kaep can't carry an offense and throw it 600 times and the Lions can't run it like San Fran just by hiring Roman.

 

[coel73]

OH SHIT!!!!! Does anyone else notice that Lombardi looks a lot like an older version of our boy DREEEEEEEW STANTOOOOOOOOON?!?!?! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[mhughes0021]

Caldwell is the best option at developing QBs. Gase used to be the Lions QB coach under Marinelli/Martz. And Roman lives off Kaep being atheltic and a great Oline. And lol at Gase if you give Caldwell no credit.

Kaep has worse comp % than Stafford, 21 TDs and 8 ints for Kaep. Same stats as Stafford had with 400 attemptss too. Then Stafford threw it 200 more times and did poorly in those last 6. Kaep can't carry an offense and throw it 600 times and the Lions can't run it like San Fran just by hiring Roman.

Weve pointed out to you already that Caldwell hasn't developed anyone. In fact...the 3 qbs he coached when peyton went down all failed miserably and Caldwell was fired for it. Then he went to Baltimore and flacco regressed this year...and he was about to get fired for that too. So ya...not really sure who he has developed.

 

[Mitchrapp]

It's a fact Manning improved in comp % and ints and TDs after Caldwell arrived among other factors (Manning himself and Wayne/Clark). But let's see him do it again with Stafford. That's all that really matters now, if he can do it again.

Lions still need to find a Wayne and Stafford has to do his part with hard work.

Disagree all you want but how do you know Caldwell helped with his completion % and TD-INT rate? You don't have anymore proof than I do .. Just because be did and Caldwell happened to be there doesn't mean 1+1=2.

In any event he was the OC not a head coach. So I expect Lombardi and the new QB coach to play the bigger part with Staff..or was it Shorts fault that Stafford failed..?

 

[LKP]

Peyton said so and he's the QB coach and Dungy said so. How do you know he didn't? The stats say otherwise.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Peyton said so and he's the QB coach and Dungy said so. How do you know he didn't? The stats say otherwise.

They said he improved his completion perception and td-int ratio? As a HC?

 

[grandy]

I too was a bit disappointed they didn't wait until the season was finished to interview as many quality candidates as they could. The positives I could see from hiring early is to get a better pick of positional coaches and to get a staff in place before the senior bowl, which the Lions might've wanted.

 

[grandy]

Disagree all you want but how do you know Caldwell helped with his completion % and TD-INT rate? You don't have anymore proof than I do .. Just because be did and Caldwell happened to be there doesn't mean 1+1=2.

The same logic could be applied to the Baltimore situation

 

[tomdalton22]

Peyton said so and he's the QB coach and Dungy said so. How do you know he didn't? The stats say otherwise.

It may or may not have been Caldwell. My guess it was just Peyton getting older, learning the NFL and hard work.

His rookie season he completed 56.7% of his passes on one of the worst teams in the NFL. His second season he completed 62.1%. 3rd and 4th about 63%. After that his WORST season was 65%. That is 13 years with his lowest % being 62.1% and 11 straight seasons with it being between 65% and 68.8%. Matt Stafford has only had 5 seasons but 4 of them were lower than 60%. Please don't compare Stafford to Peyton Manning any more. If you want to compare Stafford to a Manning compare him to Eli. They are more similar.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I too was a bit disappointed they didn't wait until the season was finished to interview as many quality candidates as they could. The positives I could see from hiring early is to get a better pick of positional coaches and to get a staff in place before the senior bowl, which the Lions might've wanted.

I agree. The one part I didn't like was looking for a HC that's suppose to work with Staff when it's really the OC and the QB coach that does that..I rather just hire what they thought the best coach was and get a good OC and QB coach to help Matt.

I thought there might have been a DC or two out there that might have been an option.

Either way, I'm fine with the guys Caldwell has brought in.

 

[Mitchrapp]

The same logic could be applied to the Baltimore situation

Agree. But I never stated Flacco was good our bad because of Caldwell..

 

[LKP]

It may or may not have been Caldwell. My guess it was just Peyton getting older, learning the NFL and hard work.

His rookie season he completed 56.7% of his passes on one of the worst teams in the NFL. His second season he completed 62.1%. 3rd and 4th about 63%. After that his WORST season was 65%. That is 13 years with his lowest % being 62.1% and 11 straight seasons with it being between 65% and 68.8%. Matt Stafford has only had 5 seasons but 4 of them were lower than 60%. Please don't compare Stafford to Peyton Manning any more. If you want to compare Stafford to a Manning compare him to Eli. They are more similar.

Caldwell came as QB coach when he took the jump. Stafford did well enough for low 60s two years, hurt one year, rookie year. He'll get a comp % jump in 2014 with Caldwell and better drop rate.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Caldwell came as QB coach when he took the jump. Stafford did well enough for low 60s two years, hurt one year, rookie year. He'll get a comp % jump in 2014 with Caldwell and better drop rate.

If he gets to where I hope with his completion% he better not have any drops.

 

[LKP]

If he gets to where I hope with his completion% he better not have any drops.

That's not up to Stafford. The weapons better get back to normal 6% and not 9%. That's on the WR coach, new OC and the weapons themselves.

 

[tomdalton22]

Caldwell came as QB coach when he took the jump. Stafford did well enough for low 60s two years, hurt one year, rookie year. He'll get a comp % jump in 2014 with Caldwell and better drop rate.

You think and hope that to be the case. Most of the players catching the ball will be the same including Bush and CJ. I been watching Peyton Manning for his entire career. He consistantly puts the ball right where it needs to be. Stafford is not accurate or consistant. Maybe the new QB coach can change his mechanics AND his mindset. I hope so....but I have serious doubts.

 

[tomdalton22]

That's not up to Stafford. The weapons better get back to normal 6% and not 9%. That's on the WR coach, new OC and the weapons themselves.

and better placement of the passes. All drops are not on the guy trying to catch the ball. Maybe that extra 3% is due to Staffords passes being more off the mark than they should be.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I bet if there was such a stat Matt would be one of the worse when it comes to receivers having to dive for the ball, jump, stop on a dime, look backwards, go to the ground, or just stare into space as the ball travels out of bounds.