Ravens fire coach John Harbaugh
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would they have kept him if the field goal was made?
Probably. Firing the coach is the first step a GM takes to save his job when it takes a lot to get rid of the 200 million dollar plus QB
Fire AJ Preller
I am not a huge Harbaugh fan, numerous times he has done a great job of overcomplicating game situations by abandoning Henry and the running game.
It is so nonsensical that literally he deserved to be fired on that alone.
Harbaugh fits the saying about being given a Lamborghini and treating it like a Volkswagen. 🫢
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idk if you watched the Dan Patrick clip i posted on the NFL thread, but he touches on all this. by all accounts Harbaugh had lost the locker room, and it's probably because he was making decisions that left you wondering if he had brain damage. his coaching in the game against your Pats was criminal. Derrick Henry was looking like Jim Brown out there and Harbaugh had him on the sideline during multiple crucial 4th Q drives. like seriously, wtf are you doing right now dude?
and then we have this. Patrick didn't touch on this and honestly I have yet to run across anyone who has. let me know if any of you were thinking the same thing i was if you watched this game. FF to 20:30. 14 seconds left. season on the line. Baltimore down 2 with a TO in their hip pocket. crap conditions. every single freaking yard can only help their rookie kicker in a very pressure-packed situation. and what does Harbaugh dial up? instead of handing the ball off to his all-world RB who had averaged 6.3 on the night to give Loop some help, he gets Jackson to position the ball where he wanted and hit the turf. in the process he LOST 3 YARDS. let's say he hands the ball off to Henry and he gains only half of what he had on average for the night: 3 yards. so you get the 3 back you just gave up like an idiot, plus an extra 3 to make the game-winning attempt a 35-yarder, which is an XP. and who is to say Henry couldn't have broken one off for 10+ with the way he was running? why in the hell do you ignore the laundry list of reasons why you should hand the ball off in that situation? you know who would pull a brain-dead stunt like that? any Chicago Bears coach prior to Ben Johnson. Matt Eberflus was probably giving him a standing ovation for that move. i would be FURIOUS if i was a Ravens player, coach or fan. his job is to put his team in the best possible position to win a football game, and his brain malfunctioned multiple times this season when faced with key decisions to do just that. and the very last one he made as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens might have cost them a spot in the playoffs.
watch this starting at 20:30 and make it make sense
This isn’t an isolated incident, Harbaugh did it more frequently as his time in Baltimore went on. Not sure why more people didn’t see this.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
i actually had the yardage wrong, which makes it even worse. 44 in those conditions, under that amount of pressure, is not an easy kick. i am giving the ball to King Henry every day of the week and twice on Sunday to move that bad boy closer to the goalpost. i'm sure Harbaugh was asked by someone why he didn't run the ball there, and i'm not sure i'd want to hear the answer. Matt Nagy pulled that EXACT SAME STUNT a few years ago and it cost the Bears a game. when asked why he didn't run David Montgomery -- who was having a monster game as well -- he said something to the effect of, "i was afraid of turning the ball over." i wanted to drive off a cliff when i heard that.
When will he be announced as the new head coach of the Browns?
Im guessing Dolphins
Fire AJ Preller
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I'd blame Harbaugh more than Loop for the Ravens missing the playoffs. Not using Henry in the second half and in particular the 4th quarter when you had a big lead vs NE and Henry was rolling was inexplicable and cost them the game.
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This went on even before they brought Henry in, look at the AFC championship game against KC
Gus Edwards was their back and running the ball got them to that game and look. how he basically refused to run the ball in a tight slugfest in a championship game that decides if you go to the Super Bowl or not