Honestly tho what was really expected from Caldwell during that season? Trotting out Kerry Colins and Curtis Painter & expected to be competitive? They did nothing to improve the team in positions of need either. In the draft they passed up dudes like Richard Sherman, Kaepernick & Randall Cobb. Even if they wernt tanking on purpose they damn sure didn’t do Caldwell any favors. If Manning was there the team still wouldn’t of been good enough to make it to a Super Bowl. Caldwell by all means wasn’t a perfect coach, but I can’t see why you’d wanna dog him considering the circumstances.