Comments on: Ravens fire Cam Cameron, promote Jim Caldwell

By: gregmorris78

gregmorris78 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:11:07 +0000

I was at the Ravens vs Redskins game and what I saw was a Flacco ON his game. He made some great throws to go up at halftime. Though Rice didn’t seem to get the ball as much as pregame indicated he would, Pierce was tearing it up vs the ‘skins. I don’t understand why OC was fired except that maybe behind doors, he dissagreed with the coach irreconcilably.

Caldwell cannot come close to the job cameron has done.

Ravens in disarray I suspect

By: iu40iu53iu76iu81iu87

iu40iu53iu76iu81iu87 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:19:52 +0000

caldwell is a puppet. a bumbling buffoon imbecile who has no business being in the NFL whatsoever on any level, he isn’t qualified enough to hold a gatorade bottle on the sidelines let alone coach. just look at his picture, he is a straight up tool

By: johnnyblumpkin

johnnyblumpkin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:23:04 +0000

Honestly, what else were the Ravens to do? You can’t fire Joe and if you got rid of him who would be his replacement? The college crop of QB’s sucks this year. Trade? Good luck with that. There aren’t 32 respectable QB’s in the league right now. Cam’s firing was a long time coming. Jim Caldwell is just a stop-gap through this season. There should be plenty of good OC’s hitting the street this off-season. I can think of two current head coaches (coaching out west) that will be looking for jobs come January.

By: valid1

valid1 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:33:04 +0000

While I agree with the people saying Peyton Manning deserves the lion share of the credit for the Colts offensive success but that isn’t a strike against Caldwell. Manning demands excellence from everyone hes involved with and if you think Caldwell didn’t have a big hand in working out that offense you’re missing the whole picture. Besides Cam Cameron had the worst play calling I’ve ever seen from any OC or HC, I would be astounded if Jim Caldwell was able to meet that high bar that cam set for awfulness.

By: tonyarnold2

tonyarnold2 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:11:35 +0000

“gbeltonjr55 says:
Dec 10, 2012 4:37 PM
Maybe people should stop laying the blame on a coaching staff that has a pretty good record of success and place some blame on having the most overrated QB in the NFL?”

MOST OVERRATED QB IN THE NFL!? Hilarious. Flacco is incredibly underrated. He leads a comeback victory over the Patriots and people talk about the reffing. He throws for an almost perfect game against the Raiders with 341 yds and 3 TD’s and no one even talks about the game. He throws for 355 yards and a TD against the Chargers and leads a comeback victory and people just call the Ravens lucky. He throws 3 TD’s and tears up the Skins’ defense and is instead blamed for an interception that was tipped twice and was caught by a diving linebacker. He leads an artful comeback over the Patriots in the AFC Championship that his kicker and receiver give away and all anyone can talk about is Billy Cundiff. If anything, Flacco is underrated. People forget about his great games like they don’t happen and focus on his bad ones like that’s all he does. By the way? His 3 worst games this year (Steelers twice and Texans) were against top 5 defenses. But I’m sure those are the games you think of when you think of how good Flacco is, right? Come on. Give the man some credit. It’s amazing how quarterbacks like RG3 can get seemingly infinite praise for a pretty strong rookie season and how Flacco gets seemingly infinite criticism for a solid career and an outstanding playoff record.

By: tdrundmc

tdrundmc — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:01:35 +0000

Why does Caldwell keep getting jobs in the nfl? He should be coaching pee wee football. Look at the picture, he’s clueless.

By: steeldominance

steeldominance — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:25:23 +0000

Does it matter? If they make the playoffs, they are one and done. Flacco would look good in a Cards uniform. The Ravens are unraveling.

By: steelersfanfromtheseventies

steelersfanfromtheseventies — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:08:44 +0000

Whats the saying coaches coach players play?

Players still need to execute plays no matter what they are(no matter how head scratching they maybe)

By: steelchampions

steelchampions — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:43:26 +0000

Caldwell gets the job because there isn’t anybody else that’s better to give it to. Just be glad he isn’t the one calling time-outs so the other team can have time to re-group (remember the Jets/Colts game?).
I read somewhere he’s never called plays at the pro level. I hope the Ravens implode like the Colts did last season.

By: iceburgskin202

iceburgskin202 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:40:03 +0000

I was at the game yesterday and the flacco int was his fault good call poor QB execution. He held on to the ball too long got hit while throwing taking at least 3 off of the board. 5 WR means the ball has to come out quick. Ravens fans will shift blame to Flacco now. And is partly to blame

By: Nickstixx

Nickstixx — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:37:11 +0000

Jim Caldwell is thinking “Okay, when does Peyton get here too? I kind of just made sure he was calling the plays…. “

By: 5150cd

5150cd — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:23:10 +0000

Caldwell should be great, Peyton taught him a lot.

By: tdrundmc

tdrundmc — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:03:52 +0000

What a horrible move. Jim Caldwell is clueless.

By: gbeltonjr55

gbeltonjr55 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:37:17 +0000

Maybe people should stop laying the blame on a coaching staff that has a pretty good record of success and place some blame on having the most overrated QB in the NFL?

By: stevepea

stevepea — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:30:58 +0000

He should have been fired after the Jacksonville game last year.
That game said it all about the “offensive” coordinator

By: samarirolleout

samarirolleout — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:24:20 +0000

This is a low risk/high reward move. There is only one scenario that the Ravens don’t make the playoffs at this point, and one of the three parts of that scenario involve a Steelers/Bengals tie when they play. Making this move now gives you the opportunity to see Joe under a different coordinator, see what Caldwell can do as coordinator, and gives you three games to work on how Caldwell wants to run this offense before the playoffs.

I’m not going to write Caldwell off just because he was a miserable HC. Plenty of guys are terrible HC’s but decent or better coordinators. Going to give him a chance and see what happens.

By: opneon

opneon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:13:16 +0000

Ravens fan know that Cam isn’t the reason they couldn’t stop the Steelers or DC. But he COULD have gotten more points on the board and not put the game in Flacco’s hands to lose.
They are saving Rice to an extent…but that doesn’t mean that you don’t use him AT ALL in the 4th quarter against the Steelers. We should have controlled the game and the clock with the run. Then the Steelers would have had less time to take the game. Pretty basic stuff – and Cam just did not get it.
You don’t “save” your RB for the playoffs when you have a chance to knock out your biggest rival!!! Now, Rice may be so well rested that he’ll be watching the playoffs from his couch.

By: jimfix

jimfix — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:54:53 +0000

it is absolutely baffling to me that so many ravens fans think that a 9-4 division leader and virtual playoff lock has problems enough that they need to fire their OC and bench their starting quarterback (who in 4 years holds almost every franchise passing record).

By: valid1

valid1 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:46:04 +0000

This has been four years coming. Any Ravens fan that isn’t happy today is very stupid person.

By: jacktheraven

jacktheraven — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:43:30 +0000

For you fans ” predicting” Ravens lose the next 2 or 3 games. Betcha you predicted steelers beating the Chargers too? I would stop with the crystal ball.

By: hotdog113

hotdog113 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:43:13 +0000

NFL history shows that if a head coach does not win a Super Bowl by his 6th season, he never will. Only 1 coach has done it (Cowher) and he had some help from the officials.

Harbaugh must go as well. Bring in a new coach and a new quarterback, draft some defensive tackles and linebackers and this team will go places.

By: dwight123

dwight123 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:42:08 +0000

LOL!

Signed-Dolphins fans.

By: jacktheraven

jacktheraven — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:40:16 +0000

I didn’t know there was a problem. How many, 1st place by 2 games, 9-4 teams fire coaches and OC?

By: johnnyhambone

johnnyhambone — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:24:54 +0000

don’t be surprised if harbaugh brings his old friend from philadelphia marty mornhinweg to baltimore to eventually be the offensive coordinator when caldwell fails miserably

By: stew48

stew48 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:21:46 +0000

It is interesting to read all of this, especially the number of times Ray Rice is mentioned. When they play the Steelers, I am always pleased that the Ravens under-use Rice. In fact, according to these comments, he is under-used a lot. Well, there is a reason that is seldom mentioned. Just look at the years a super RB has; it is unually limited to 2-4 at most. A singular exception was the “Bus”, but let’s not get into that. Just study the RB’s, and it appears to me the top management of the Ravens is trying to “save ” RR for more years than most running backs get. Now, don’t get excited and shout out those who have lasted longer; look at the overall. There is a limit.

By: yyyass

yyyass — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:16:09 +0000

Thank God the Ravens are playing the Broncos next. Caldwell can just walk across the field and ask Manning what it was “they” used to do. The Ravens just paired Rip Van Caldwell with Sleepy the quarterback dwarf. A good time will be had by all.

By: mdravensfan

mdravensfan — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:10:44 +0000

Will they hire Zorn back as quaterbacks coach? Flacco did much, much better with him there.

By: whenimrightimright

whenimrightimright — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:06:58 +0000

Harbaugh is the problem.

By: clayme52

clayme52 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:04:55 +0000

Cam’s problem was that he was convinced that Flacco is a better QB than Rice is a RB

By: wtf2812

wtf2812 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:54:51 +0000

And now all the excuses are gone. All I’ve heard the last couple of years why this team hasn’t been a Super Bowl champion is because Cam Cameron holds it back. “Cam this” and Cam that.”

The scapegoat is history.

Cam is now gone. Let’s see how far the Ravens go without him in the playoffs. My guess is one and done.