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Colts hire Ravens’ Chuck Pagano as new head coach, as Terrell Suggs predicted
With all the folderol about the future of Peyton Manning, and the alleged coldness in the halls of the Indianapolis Colts' head offices, and all the Rob Lowe "breaking news," and Jim Irsay's ongoing twtterpation, the decision to replace ex-head coach Jim Caldwell with a new man was done in surprisingly under-the-radar fashion. On Wednesday the team announced that former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano will be their new head coach.
Baltimore's defensive coordinator position has been a hotbed for NFL coaching talent — in the last decade alone, Marvin Lewis, Mike Nolan, and Rex Ryan used that consistently great defensive unit as a launching pad to further their professional development. Pagano made the grade after just one year at the postion.
It didn't take long for Pagano's former charges to recognize his abilities -- in fact, Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs knew in September of 2011 that his new defensive coordinator would not be long for the team.
"That guy Chuckie Pagano, man, he's as smart as he is ruthless," Suggs told Yahoo's Mike Silver after the Ravens' season-opening win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. "I guarantee he'll only be our defensive coordinator one year, because he'll be a head coach somewhere next year."
Baltimore's defensive coordinator position has been a hotbed for NFL coaching talent — in the last decade alone, Marvin Lewis, Mike Nolan, and Rex Ryan used that consistently great defensive unit as a launching pad to further their professional development. Pagano made the grade after just one year at the postion.
It didn't take long for Pagano's former charges to recognize his abilities -- in fact, Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs knew in September of 2011 that his new defensive coordinator would not be long for the team.
"That guy Chuckie Pagano, man, he's as smart as he is ruthless," Suggs told Yahoo's Mike Silver after the Ravens' season-opening win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. "I guarantee he'll only be our defensive coordinator one year, because he'll be a head coach somewhere next year."
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