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Evidence why Cam was fired
"After viewing NFL Films’ “America’s Game: 2012 Baltimore Ravens,” which premiered at Patricia & Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric Tuesday, Peter King was struck by a conversation between Flacco and former offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.
The Sports Illustrated writer says the exchange provided “more evidence why [the] Ravens fired Cam” with three games remaining in the 2012 season.
“Their cameras captured Joe Flacco complaining to Cameron during one frustrating game: ‘We’re playing too conservative .... In order to win a Super Bowl, we can’t play like this. I’m not trying to argue with you—I’m just telling you what we need to do.’”"
Now, the above is new previously unknown info, but couple it with some other tidbits form the recent past:
"The Rave TV show 1 Winning Drive is appointment viewing for me every week (airs Mondays at 5 PM on Comcast SportsNet). The show offers sideline sights and sounds for every single Ravens game, giving us a unique look at the goings-on behind the scenes.
This week, the Rave TV cameras captured a very interesting exchange between Anquan Boldin and Cam Cameron.
During the conversation, Boldin said, “Cam, when we’re in slot, and we go [with three wide receivers], everything in the middle, they’re sitting on,” referring to Chargers defenders anticipating the routes of the Ravens receivers.
“They’re waiting on the outs because the only thing we’re running is the outs, option and dodge,” Boldin then said, practically validating our assumption that Cameron’s “route tree” looks more like a Steelers fan’s family true – a trunk with no branches."
And then view all of this in light of many recent comments Flacco has made regarding having better communication with Caldwell:
"But he was extremely positive about the many hours he has spent “in the classroom” with Caldwell, watching films and discussing various plays.
“The biggest thing has been the conversations we’ve had about certain plays and how we can throw or do that a little better, or take a different way to think about something,” Flacco said. “The conversations have been great.”
“He's just so receptive,” Flacco said of Caldwell. "The communication is great, and it's because he listens to me and I listen to him, and it's cool to work that way.”
It seems pretty clear:
Cam was rigid, unrecepetive, and unwilling to shake out of his comfort zone. This is shown by Flacco telling him we need to be more aggressive. By Boldin telling him we that the other teams knew our routes.
Caldwell appears to be the exact opposite.
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08-29-2013, 10:15 AM #2Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Evidence why Cam was fired
I have said it before to as many people who will listen to me - however, not here until just recently.
The biggest impediment to Joe Flacco's entry into the Football Hall of Fame has been removed - CAM CAMERON. From here on out it is only a matter of time.
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08-29-2013, 10:23 AM #3Pro Bowl Poster
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Thanks for cobbling together stuff from multiple sources. I remember hearing various people on Sirius NFL talking about how the Ravens O under Cam was very predictable & vanilla. No links, but the work you put in here squares up with a number of interviews (opposing players, on-air hosts, retired players) about why our offense wasn't top tier.
If the OL gives Joe time......he will throw to any open receiver. While we may lack name recognition w/the loss of Boldin (helped rebuild the D w/the cap savings) & Pitta (just bad luck & I was counting on him to be huge this year), we may make up for it with "quantity". Torrey, Jacoby, Ray Rice, Dickson, Juice, Leach, Bajema/Furst/Clark, Stokely. None (other than Torrey) may rack up impressive fantasy numbers, we may see a lot of box scores with 9-10 guys having receptions. Joe may have to rely on Joe's ability to find the open guy, not relyon 1 or 2 key guys. It's the next step in his evolution as a top flight QB. I think he'll flourish.
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08-29-2013, 10:33 AM #4Legendary RSR Poster
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Is anyone really surprised? I think Cam did a great job with Joe early on in his career, but Joe definitely plateaued with Cam. This is why I'm not worried about the offense at all. They may have some growing pains early on, but I"m confident that Joe and the offense will be fine.
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08-29-2013, 09:42 PM #6Steve Flacco, Apparently
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Re: Evidence why Cam was fired
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron
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08-29-2013, 10:33 AM #7
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Re: Evidence why Cam was fired
I think it always comes back to the game at Cincinnati week 2 2010. It was year 3 for Joe and it looked like the offense was going to be opened up. Flacco throws 4 interceptions that game and Cam pulls hard on the reins and never really loosens them. That was the game where Cam stopped trusting Joe and he never seemed to change his mind.
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08-29-2013, 12:04 PM #9
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Admittedly, he started the next game with another near pick 6. Still, it happens. He got his bell rung week 1 against the Jets. I wonder if he didn't have a concussion that he didn't tell anyone about. Realistically, as they become more aggressive, there's gonna be more picks. Goes with territory, at least in the beginning. I'd rather they start to attack more and take the occaisonal interception.
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08-29-2013, 12:58 PM #11
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Tellingly, I think it was about 2 years ago when Harbaugh said in the offseason he was working to become more involved in the offense. Sitting in on offense meetings, etc. Kind've learning the ropes if you will so that he could more easily work with Cam to try to improve it.
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08-29-2013, 01:16 PM #12
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I always believed that Cam was the kind of guy who had his plan and held true to it; regardless of the personnel or the defense he faced. If it did not work, then it was execution. As long as it was executed properly, it could not fail. The fact that the defense knew it in advance or that the personnel was not the right fit was irrelevant to the discussion.
He was important to Joe's development, especially since Joe was never supposed to be the QB right off the bat. His shelf life expired and it was time to let he bird fly.Captain Offense
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