It's easy to want to clear out a program that has failed in all facets of the game. After an organization goes through its second-worst year in its history, breaking records of futility along the way, everyone must go.
This black and white thinking has already hurt the Colts, however.
They are too shortsighted and extremely lucky. They won the lottery with Peyton Manning, then had no escape valve. Jim Caldwell is to blame for his team collapsing, as were the Polians for failing to preserve the institution surrounding Manning.
But the team needs to rebuild and make some serious decisions. And for that, it needs someone that is level-headed, which Caldwell has always been. He was a perfect fit for Manning and he would have been a perfect fit for Andrew Luck as well.
Beginning his career as a quarterbacks coach, Caldwell could have perfectly adapted Luck to the pro style. Now, both Manning and Luck may enter an already uncomfortable situation with a team in upheaval.
Manning may be forced, for the first time in his career, to learn a new system.
The franchise, as it stands, now finds itself searching for a coach at the same time it is trying to settle its quarterback situation.
If anyone had the credentials to work with a premier quarterback, it was Caldwell. Just like Manning left a hole (one the organization did not plan for) this season, so has Caldwell for the future.
What coach out there is better equipped for the job than Caldwell?
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