I swear I had to double check and make sure I wasn't on a Steelers forum.
From a Ravens forum:
What does John Harbaugh bring to the table?
From a Ravens forum:
Yep we have one of the most talented teams in the entire league. Can't be always going out like this
Bottom line, it's the coaching. Can't be anything but at this point
Bottom line, it's the coaching. Can't be anything but at this point
What does John Harbaugh bring to the table?
I’m struggling. Maybe the frustration is getting to me.
he has never been a offensive or defensive coordinator, so it’s not like you would expect he could impact either side of the ball particularly on game day.
His main experience was special teams coordinator. if we don’t have the worst special teams in the league, we have got to be close. Kicker, punter, punt return.
we have all suffered through countless bonehead clock management/end of game decisions over many years
Challenge flag is not a strength.
The team is seemingly always at or near the top when it comes to penalties.
What are the strengths he has that keeps him in the HC role? Is it personnel evaluation? Staff selection? Is it PR? Great motivator? Ability to regularly deliver above average regular season results (“good enough for management”)? The one Super Bowl win 12 years ago? It’s got to be something. What is it?
he has never been a offensive or defensive coordinator, so it’s not like you would expect he could impact either side of the ball particularly on game day.
His main experience was special teams coordinator. if we don’t have the worst special teams in the league, we have got to be close. Kicker, punter, punt return.
we have all suffered through countless bonehead clock management/end of game decisions over many years
Challenge flag is not a strength.
The team is seemingly always at or near the top when it comes to penalties.
What are the strengths he has that keeps him in the HC role? Is it personnel evaluation? Staff selection? Is it PR? Great motivator? Ability to regularly deliver above average regular season results (“good enough for management”)? The one Super Bowl win 12 years ago? It’s got to be something. What is it?
GAME THEORY!!1!1!! - Still waiting to hear what games it has won for the team specifically.
CULTURE!111!!!!!1!1! - Like players apparently half assing it out there, demanding trades, and being the most penalized team of the last decade.
Oh and he has some mean dance moves!
CULTURE!111!!!!!1!1! - Like players apparently half assing it out there, demanding trades, and being the most penalized team of the last decade.
Oh and he has some mean dance moves!
There has never been a head coach who is literally (just a face and name) more than John Harbaugh who kept his job as long as he has. Most NFL owners are impatient and would have FIRED him long ago during those .500 years between 2013-2018. We have seen teams fire better coaches with better records for much less. But we have an owner who has allowed his friendships with Decosta and Harbaugh interfere with what a smart business owner would have done. Once an owner saw the talent Lamar has, he would be going all in getting his team to pull out all stops to win as many rings as possible but that is not what happened.
Look no further than this year (the safety positions and now Kicker) where nothing has been done to address it. Sure they finally cut Eddie Jackson and benched Marcus Williams but it took 3/4 of the season to do so, and then league leading failures in kicking and NOT A DAMN THING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS IT. Hell your idiot head coach just doubled down on not fixing it.
Harbaugh is a fraud when it comes to being an actual coach. How does the Special Teams GURU not fix the kicking and punting and return problems that have plagued the team all year?
Look no further than this year (the safety positions and now Kicker) where nothing has been done to address it. Sure they finally cut Eddie Jackson and benched Marcus Williams but it took 3/4 of the season to do so, and then league leading failures in kicking and NOT A DAMN THING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS IT. Hell your idiot head coach just doubled down on not fixing it.
Harbaugh is a fraud when it comes to being an actual coach. How does the Special Teams GURU not fix the kicking and punting and return problems that have plagued the team all year?
My biggest irritation is how both the local and national media still gets on their hands and knees for this guy. The same folks who mercilessly blast Mike McCarthy and even Nick Sirianni earlier in the year don't ever have a negative thing to say about John. It's always someone else's fault
You've hit most every nail on the head. I would suggest that he does play a large role in the offense and defense because he hires the coordinators. He made a good pick in Mike McDonald but that pick was mostly because he was associated with the Ravens earlier as well as Jim Harbaugh. He made a questionable pick entrusting a supposed SB defense to a novice and, for most of the season, that has backfired except the last few games. Maybe Orr will get it all together in the end. We'll see. As for OC, he's never hired a really good one, IMO. (He didn't want Kubiak) Monken leaves much to be desired as is detailed in here weekly.
Overall, the team underperforms when you consider its talent level. Winning championships is about getting the most out of all your available talent and the Ravens don't do it. So, you are right to wonder what Harbaugh does or does well. I guess we'll need 3-4 more years of this before his seat even gets warm. Of course, Lamar will be in his 30's by then.
Overall, the team underperforms when you consider its talent level. Winning championships is about getting the most out of all your available talent and the Ravens don't do it. So, you are right to wonder what Harbaugh does or does well. I guess we'll need 3-4 more years of this before his seat even gets warm. Of course, Lamar will be in his 30's by then.
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