 You too team keep it clean. It's crazy. I'm looking at it. We just hit a 50,000 subscribers Officially And I appreciate y'all big time. Thank you so much for supporting over the years Thank you so much for being willing to have fun light-hearted conversations About these Baltimore Ravens and just really whatever goes on in the NFL Thank you for subscribing telling your friends family about it And watching the channel and maybe not even agreeing with everything that we're talking about whether you agree or disagree Thank you for still coming through and sharing your opinion Respectfully, thank you for being a part of this man. I appreciate y'all so much And it's just it's weird man. It's so weird like seeing that but it's it's all y'all man It's all because of y'all man straight up. So so thank you So much like for real man Anyway Somebody else who is giving a lot of thanks This week was definitely John Harbaugh Be a cousin was announced a few days ago that John Harbaugh would be Coming to a contract extension with the Baltimore Ravens and I was somebody I am somebody that doesn't agree with them coming to a contract extension with him Simply for the fact that I feel like it alleviates so much of the pressure off of John Harbaugh Because it allows him to be complacent and it's almost like sort of almost rewarding failure so to speak Because you see how this season started then you see how it ended and yes We know all the injuries took place, but coaching had a lot a whole lot to do with everything that went down both good and bad So it's important that coaching is Highlighted this offseason as it has been there's been a lot of talk of coaching this offseason And the way that the Ravens have moved is just been very like strange almost because It's like I when they when the whole thing with with Don wink Martin Dale happened It seemed as if nobody was gonna get a pass and then We then we hear a couple days later. Oh Harbaugh is about to get an extension and it's like oh, okay, and then of course there they're super silent on Greg Roman and then we hear about just all of these different Interviews for the defensive coordinator position who's gonna take that role and then it ends up reverting back to Mike McDonald He's expected to get the position But we'll see cuz nothing's official yet because apparently the Ravens interview the 49ers I'm know the Bucks the Bucks linebacker coach For the spot too. So they've had a lot of interviews as a matter of fact There will anything come of those interviews we'll see but I missed this whole thing The day that it was announced that Harbaugh was going to get a contract extension bar stool bangs who he always comes through with some offseason Heat and he made it a very very good point that made a lot of sense And put some things into perspective when it comes to John Harbaugh getting this deal Let's see what he had to say he said Harbaugh was always going to get an extension But it's happening now because it's harder to go out and shop for a defensive coordinator With your head coach having one year left on his deal. The new guy is gonna want to know their stability at head coach So that was a phenomenal point because it makes sense Like if a coach is on a lame duck year or a lame duck deal Head coach to be exact and they're looking for a defensive coordinator usually you you're gonna want to sell that defensive coordinator on Reasons why he should come to your team why he should join your staff and even when a company is hiring somebody That you want to sell them on good reasons because it goes far beyond just pay It goes far beyond just pay And I think when when you get a little older you look at stuff beyond just pay because you look at benefits You look at the 401k You look at insurance and all of that and and then you look at some people start looking at retirement, too But you want to know that you'll be in a good position where where you will be taking care of in the long run Not just the right here and the right now. You want that stability? So if you are looking to hire somebody and you like man, well The your manager that you're gonna be working for yeah, they're in the last year of their deals We don't know what's gonna happen with them yet. Oh, but hey come through come on You could be like, oh, but hold up. Oh, no, I'm Never mind. So from that viewpoint, I can understand business-wise. I can understand Why I can understand that helps understand the why that puts it into a different perspective as to why the Ravens would announce this contract extension for one John Harbaugh now One of the reasons that I didn't agree with the contract extension itself Because I felt like it would mean that John Harbaugh is safe He's safe. He's good. He ain't got nothing to worry about But this is where things get very very interesting for two reasons One of those reasons like my god, Josh brought up in a comment section a couple days ago Said anything less than three years is a hot seat notification Three or more years means he can get away with a whole lot more Also as a friend of mine pointed out it might be harder to get a defensive coordinator with the lame duck head coach So and he said Harbaugh might have known that and exercised his keen preservation instinct shout out to lunch break hot take Oh, I love him boy shout out to Jose and Brodney cuz they always bring him fire But anyway, that is true when we finally find out about the details of this contract extension It's important that we look not even the money not even well We can look at the money to guarantee pa blah blah blah, but the years the years was we'll start to tell a story on How the Ravens really feel about John Harbaugh? if it's what one of my guys my guy JT he said that uh with Harbaugh If they just signed him to a one-year extension That's not even guaranteed to get him out of lame duck status. That would be something right there Now I don't anticipate them doing that. I really don't that would be something but If with the years if they sign him to like a one or two-year extension Then that would be like oh Okay, he will be signed through 2025 what five I think If he signed a two-year extension, but that's not really long term. I mean it kind of is but it's really not not for head coach Not for head coach But if they sign him to like like my guy Josh said like a three or four year extension, then that would really seem like all right Well, you're good. Hey, you ain't got nothing to worry about but then We gots to go back. We gots to take it back to when John Harbaugh first got his job How did he get his job? How was their vacancy for Baltimore Ravens at the head coach position? How did that come about? Well, let's read an article from 2008 January 1st to be exact The Brian Billick era ended Unceremoniously after nine years with the Baltimore Ravens on Monday as he paid for a disastrous season with his job in a surprising reversal by team owner Steve Bishadi So listen to this next sentence because it's extremely important. Well, this whole article is but anyway less than a month after Being given private assurances by Bishadi that he would be allowed to hold on to his post So Bishadi told him hey Brian Billick trust me. You're good. You ain't got nothing to worry about my friend. You're good. Everything is fine. You're straight Don't don't worry about me good So less than a month after being given private assurances by Bishadi that he would be allowed to hold on to his post Billick was fired the morning after concluding a 5 and 11 season that began with lofty Super Bowl aspirations and Nose dived into a franchise record nine game losing streak Well, that answered a question that I had before Because I was forgetting I'm like man have the Ravens ever lost six games in a row But that answered that question. I had completely forgot about that and it said the entire staff Including defensive coordinator Rex Ryan was dismissed although Ryan is expected to interview for that Ravens vacancy and unless billick Lands another NFL coaching position. This is the kicker right here. He still owed 15 million over the next three years after signing a contract extension a year ago so With that being said Just because somebody signs a contract extension It does not mean that they are safe It doesn't mean that they're safe. It doesn't mean that okay. Oh everything's good now He ain't got nothing to worry about it does not mean that and that's something if that's very important to keep in mind Now not out. I'm not out here saying fire hardball hardball needs to be fired this and that But I am and have been saying the philosophies have to be changed everywhere This team has not had real success Regular season is cute regular season is pretty regular season looks nice But it's postseason that matters the most and again We're not just talking about this past season even though this past season It has exposed a lot. It's exposed a lot and it's gave you another reminder that hey without Lamar This ship sinks like that like that For one game a one game you can get back But this ship sink Lamar in first place in the AFC not AFC first place in the AFC Lamar out last place in the division last place in the division I Saw somebody save. Oh man Lamar Jackson. He saved he saved John hardball's job in 2018 And we all know that's certainly the truth, but then I saw I saw somebody say oh, but he saved it this year now, too From from from being inserted in in 2018 Lamar Jackson saved John hardball's job and from being taken out The same thing ended up happening Because John hardball had a reason John hardball had an excuse as to why He had an excuse to his why why this happened why that happened why we failed why we came up short Why we didn't make adjustments why we couldn't get the job done Why we finished? Six straight losses All he got to do is say hey I Didn't have Lamar. So again my point with all of this is that The philosophy has got to be better The way that Ravens approach this offseason has got to be better the way that the Ravens go about Doing their daily business. It has gots to be better Because this this Ravens team we know that they are very capable of doing so much We know that they're very capable of having so much success But everything like we've been saying everything starts at the top. It starts at the top But it is nice. It was a nice reminder Reading this article from 2008 the fact that just because when he does get his extension It does not mean that I hardball you are off the hot seat. It does put some ice on His cheeks in his hot seat. It certainly does They it seems like the Ravens they drove to McDonald's and they said no I don't want a meal. Just give me a couple of bags of ice Because we got to have hardball sit on this because it seemed as if the seat was warming up just a little bit Just a tiny bit But then the Ravens were like no no no no we let's let's cool this thing down and For me personally, I feel like you really I feel like they would have got the best Ravens team if they would have had John hardball riding out the last year of his deal. Oh, man I feel like they would have been straight man If they're healthy and you got a hardball with his back against the wall. Oh, that's when you usually see His best coaching. That's when you usually see it with the back against the wall What happened this year What happened But anyway team keeping clean I love y'all I appreciate y'all just some quick updates before we get out of here We put out the last question from subscriber video that we had recorded back before just all the craziness started happening That video was recorded on January 20th. It's is January 27th. So a lot has changed in seven days as we know But that was the last sort of throwback question from subscriber So any questions from subscribers moving forward will be updated And it depends on what the Ravens do next Because you know like they they've been dropping bomb after bomb after bomb. So we're gonna see what happens But I love y'all again Thank you so much for 50,000 subscribers Thank you just it is still crazy man, but I appreciate y'all So I love you. I hope that you have a fantastic phenomenal amazing day with whatever you're gonna get yourself into Stay safe. Stay smart. Stay up. Stay happy. Stay positive all that good stuff. I love y'all. Yeah