Under The Radar: Colts Coach Just Fine With Being There

I see Colts coach Jim Caldwell as the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL coaching fraternity, but the slights that Caldwell has had to endure almost make the late comic seem LeBron James-like in the acclaim his work got.

Caldwell should be as fortunate. For it's hard to find a Super Bowl coach who has had a lower profile than his.

Under the radar?

Caldwell is like a stealth bomber; he doesn't make a blip on the radar. When his profile does show up on the screen, it will be the first time it does.

Get respect?

Caldwell was probably the person Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," had in mind when singing her signature hit  about "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."

For all he wants is a little respect. Not that Caldwell has bemoaned his invisible profile. Invisibility appears to suit a Colts coach well. For his predecessor Tony Dungy also flew under people's radar. Nobody seemed to give Dungy his due, even after he had bagged a Super Bowl. 

He always looked like an afterthought -- never linked to Peyton Manning or applauded for his astute use of the talent he had helped assemble. When Dungyturned over the coaching reins, he didn't increase the job's profile. The man he handpicked might as well have been his clone.

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