 You know, I always really appreciate this question because I've seen it in the comments section over the past couple of weeks here and there And I've been meaning to address it. So my stance on John Hall ball has it changed Is it different? Do I think differently when it comes to Raven's head coach John Hall ball? No, I don't I don't But with Hall ball is still all the same stuff for me I just really want to see him be held accountable like really be held accountable and him hold others that he runs accountable as well and The accountability that I'm talking about it was confirmed. I mean it's something that we all already knew But hardball confirmed it in his press of the other day His responsibility because he said that he is in control of making the hires to his staff And then Eric the Costa he reiterated that in his press conference as well So if you're in control of making the hires, then you need to be in control like really in control And one of the things with hardball know he doesn't like to micromanage. Mm-hmm. Nope not his style Doesn't like micromanaging. He says hey, you the offensive coordinator. All right, you coordinate the offense I'll sit back and let you do your thing. Oh you defensive coordinator You coordinate the defense I'll sit back and let you do your thing special teams you handle business there, too You got it. Now, of course, he'll make some decisions, especially on offense like when it comes to fourth down going forward on the fourth down That's him right there. That's John Harbaugh. He has to make that decision If they're gonna go for the two-point conversion, you know that the infamous Harbaugh with them two fingers Quick to put them up. This way up now. He like now There we go. Yeah, but anyway with the With the two-point conversions, that's him too, but I just want hardball to really just be held accountable and For him to hold others accountable as well. You see the offensive coordinator They things they they not they ain't being run so smoothly. Step in. Hey, G-roll. No, let's fix this How about we do this? How about you change this up? Okay? I like when you did this How about we go back to it? It's okay. And then with Mike McDonald as a defensive coordinator that that felt kind of weird to say We've been so used to saying wink for the longest, but with Mike McDonald. Hey, that's not working even though he's known to make adjustments So we're gonna see it. Hopefully he could hold his own and hold that down But with him if he's a this ain't working. Well, hey, this was working. Let's get back to it so stuff like that And with hardball too, I will say the decision-making has got to improve as well It has got to improve as well I remember when some people say man that some people thought that the Ravens were actually losing on purpose Some people thought the Ravens were losing on purpose those last games Just because they knew that the Ravens they weren't getting Lamar Jackson back and they figured like oh Even if the Ravens do make the playoffs, uh, they gonna lose anyway. So, you know, they probably lost on purpose Initially, I was like, what Ravens losing on purpose No, man I mean, I hope not But no, hopefully they weren't doing any of that but the decision-making it it led some people to believe that they were doing it on purpose So hopefully the decision-making it just it improves and and hardball even said it too He said if if I could go back if I could go back with all those two point conversions He said I would have went to overtime I would went to overtime if I if I could go back and I was thinking well I was in front and I wanted you to go to overtime hops But that's water under the bridge, right? Um, but it did help them get all the way up to that 14th pick. So I guess it's not all bad, right? Um, but no it with hardball. So and when the Ravens announced that He they were gonna be giving him Um a contract extension or when james and hensley put that out I was like, oh Okay, I just I was disappointed I was disappointed because I felt like he should have earned this contract extension And I always hear so many people say oh man, but you you don't see how he had the team fighting and They they lost everybody, but he still had the team fighting And it's it's still so crazy and I hate to keep bringing it up But it's still so crazy how so many people they say oh Hardball for these moral victories the fact that all these people got hurt and he still had a team fighting He deserves a contract extension But then they'll speak about lamar jackson and they'll be like oh lamar jackson. Um, he Yeah, he had us winning, but he was regressing. So he he should take less He should take a cheap cheaper deal He should take a team friendly deal now. I know only lamar jackson's contract. It impacts the cap But when you look at the principle of it all It's just it looks like both both of those guys they get judged a little differently from each other But that's a whole another conversation for a whole another day But I just felt like with john hardball that he He should have played out the last year of this contract now. Um Just because they did sign them to a contract extension or they are going to sign them to a contract extension It does not mean that he's a lot to still be with the ravens Beyond this year because steve vichati has done that before with uh, brian billick signed him to a contract extension And then they fired him the the following year They fired him the following year So just because hardball is going to get that it does not mean that he's safe that it doesn't mean that he's necessarily off the hot seat Now I do think they they went to that drive through a mcdonald's And okay, what would you like to order today? Well, well, um, would you like to try number one? Uh, no, thank you no food for me. I just want to get two bags of ice Two bags of ice to cool off that hot seat that harvests was sitting on that's it So they they did that. Uh, that's what that contract extension does It cools it off a bit And to me I said it before and I said again, I felt like it just alleviated so much pressure off of john harball But there's still there's still a little bit of pressure on I just don't feel like it's nearly as much now With the business side, which I completely understand. I get it with them If harball would have been on the last year of his deal um, then it would make It could have possibly made it harder For somebody like for them to hire a defensive coordinator I'm sure they would have ended up promoting from within which they kind of did since mike mcdonald had been with the raven since 2014 and 2021 was the only year that he wasn't with the raven since 2014 when he went to michigan to go be the dc over there But I can understand that with them be like, all right. Well, harball's on the last year of his deal man, um, we want to hire somebody for a defensive coordinator But how's that going to look if our head coach if the guy who's leading the defensive coordinator If the guy who's in charge of hiring the defensive coordinator, how's it going to look if he's on the last year of his deal? It's going to look like this could be a short stint for everybody. So instead, you know what I give him an extension Give him a contract extension So with that part, I was like, okay. Yeah, I get it. I understand that Because the defensive coordinator they're going to be looking around like, oh, hold up the dude above me Is on the one year deal now Depending on who they are it would depend on how they look at it because one defensive coordinator could look at it like Oh, man The head coach only got one year left on this deal So I might not even be here that long because they might be looking to get rid of him So then I will fall under him because he hired me so I might be out of here too or A defensive coordinator could look at it like, oh the head coach. He's on the one year deal Oh, man, they might be looking to get rid of him so they could hire me To be the head coach If I showed him that I can get this thing done So it all depends on how you look at it and there's no wrong way For the defensive coordinator to look at it, but the ravens wanted to be like, you know what? We don't even want the defensive coordinator to have those options of looking at it like that Hardball contract extension So I'm like, okay cool Now and I still feel the same about the philosophy philosophies. They they they got to change They they they got to change and it's a bunch of little things and we talked about that In a previous video about the ravens philosophies, but I feel like um just the uh The the run heavy run heavy run heavy team It's like that's cool, but again, they they got to edit this thing out They got to air it out Um, and they got to be able to they got to put their best players on the field Their best players need to play Now hardball because this ain't got nothing to do with edc This ain't got nothing to do with g-roll. It's saying got nothing to do with uh, Mike mcdonald. I almost said wink. So used to saying wink But the active inactive list um, it's just It's crazy seeing some of the stuff that goes down It's crazy seeing some of the guys that when guys can get hot They'll just take them out To put them on a sideline and it's like what what's what's going on? um There's just such a lack of involvement Of players, um, there's a lack of consistency when it comes to the involvement of players Um, and it's just sometimes it can just be so weird the use of their guys and I've said this before when it comes to the ravens is it's scary when you think about it because There have been a lot of receivers that have come through the ravens and you just We as ravens fans initially may think oh man that this guy came the ravens drafted him He played a little bit, but oh man. He was bad Oh, the ravens drafted this guy. Oh, he played a little. Oh, he was bad Ravens drafted this guy. Oh, he played a little bit. Oh, he was bad But we don't get to see everybody's maximum potential Because it'd be one thing if it was like, all right ravens drafted this guy Oh, they gave him a lot of chances. He had a lot of targets. He did this. He did that. He did that He did that. Oh man. It worked out. Oh man. It didn't work out And I know you you cannot do that for every single player. So I'm not saying that But you have guys there that they have this potential and they're on the field But a lot of times they're not even on the field But I feel like a lot of guys potentials they don't get maxed out They don't get maximized So that's an issue But that that's been an issue with the ravens for a while on offense So that's really that's that is John Harbaugh But that's really just the ravens as a whole something that they really need to improve on in my opinion So We'll see we'll see. Um, like I did say before with Harbaugh. All right. It's like, all right. We Clean slate for this year Um And it's like it's like a weird clean slate because like, all right, we know your history We know what you've done. You know what you haven't done We we we know all these things But for me personally, this is just me speaking for me Where I met with John Harbaugh like, all right, let's run it All right, let's see how this thing goes. All right Keeping g-roll brought on Mike McDonald y'all push wink out the door y'all All right, cool. Let's see how you do things Let's see how this show is run. Let's see how it operates and Let's do it open for the best And we'll see what goes down. So team keep it clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all And let's hope Harbaugh and the ravens that they can do this thing the right way this year Right in