May 13, 2008
Sun coverage: Ravens coaching search
Ravens coaching search
Photos of candidates for the Ravens' head coaching job
Sun archives: Brian Billick
Photos of the former Ravens coach
Talk about it: Ravens hire John Harbaugh
Share your thoughts on the Ravens' hiring of John Harbaugh.
JH will be fine please stop all the worrying. As long as he listens to #52 and Dick Cass before speaking to the press and choosing players before the upcoming draft, he'll be ok.
Submitted by McLovin
10:09 AM EST, Jan 23, 2008
I have been impressed by Coach Harbaugh's energy and enthusiasm He seems to be a great motivator and communicator, which should have a positive impact on the Ravens team and fans.
Submitted by Cindy
3:51 PM EST, Jan 22, 2008
I think he will do a very good job with this group, but I feel the expectation are very high with the players and fans. This is a group of players who are good enough to win the division next year. 13-3 was only a year ago, anything less then playoffs is a failure in many people's minds.
Submitted by Wolfe
3:27 PM EST, Jan 22, 2008
Mike Preston: Ravens could deal to bring in ex-assistant Lewis as head man
Only a little more than a week into the search, the Ravens have confirmed what they already knew: Few of the candidates for the team's vacant coaching job have previous head-coaching experience.
Joe Gibbs retires
Gibbs chooses family over coaching
Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, who has a 3-year-old grandson with leukemia, decided his family needed him more than the Washington Redskins did and unexpectedly retired yesterday.
On Redskins' and Ravens' openings
Rick Maese: Ravens, 'Skins seek coaches, but not likely the same ones
In the day's biggest upset, it took nearly 30 minutes before a message board poster first posited: Maybe the Ravens should hire Joe Gibbs. Such is the nature of the 21st-century coaching search. While owners and team executives embark on meticulous searches, fans make their dream hires by pulling names from a hat. Or elsewhere.
Harbaugh steps up
Philadelphia Eagles secondary coach John Harbaugh became the sixth candidate to interview for the Ravens' head coaching job, but he was the first who was neither a coordinator nor an assistant head coach.
Next for Ravens: John Harbaugh
Brian Schottenheimer, the New York Jets' offensive coordinator, became the fifth candidate to interview for the Ravens' head coaching position, spending more than four hours yesterday at the team's headquarters.
Mike Preston: With tweaking, M. Schottenheimer's approach would suit team
Some time soon, the Ravens should huddle with Marty Schottenheimer and try to reach an agreement for him to become their new coach.
Rick Maese: Seeking Ravens coach: Apply yourself
Baltimore Ravens head coach application
Possible Ravens coaching candidates
Billick fired
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti shocked his team as well as Ravens fans yesterday by firing Brian Billick, the coach who brought a Super Bowl title to this football-hungry town.
Mike Preston: In end, Billick couldn't overcome offensive struggles
The Ravens' Brian Billick became like the emperor with no clothes on, with his greatest weaknesses as a head coach becoming exposed more and more every year.
David Steele: Bisciotti should take chance, put Ryan in charge
Rex Ryan should be hired as the Ravens' next coach before he gets away.
Brian Billick: In his words
"Why would that be? This is the National Football League, whatever their circumstances are. A loss is a loss." -- December 2007, when asked if losing to the previously winless Miami Dolphins was tougher than other losses
The fans' take on Billick's firing
"I think it was an unjust firing. You have to look at his entire body of work as opposed to this season. I think it was a knee-jerk reaction." -- TEDD BODNER, GLEN BURNIE
The Players React
Players' reaction to Billick firing: 'A tough time'
Mark Clayton's cell phone buzzed yesterday morning with a text message from a friend relaying the news that the Ravens had fired coach Brian Billick.
Billick: Year-by-year with the Ravens
Our Town
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