 to team keep it clean. What's going on? It's angry even here with another video. Before we get into this, Mike McDonald presser and it probably went just about as expected. Just want to share a message with y'all to just be good to people. Be good to yourself, be good to your friends, your family and just people in general. There was somebody today that sent me a really nasty message talking bad about Carter. He even talked bad about my wife. It's crazy that he didn't say anything about me but he talked bad about my family and I didn't even get mad. I couldn't get mad because you could tell that he was going through something and he just needed somebody to lash out on and I guess I was the recipient. And I was just like, man, and I told him too, I really feel bad for you because I know it doesn't have anything to do with me and because you can see through that stuff. You know if somebody got a real problem with you, you can tell and usually if somebody knows you then I can understand they have a real problem with you but if they don't even know you, that's different. So I just really felt bad for him and I hope that he finds the guidance that's lacking because there's clearly a lack of guidance there and I'm sure he's probably even watching this video but I really hope that everything, whatever he's got going on, that it gets better like quick, fast and in a hurry. Maybe he's stressed out because of the Ravens the way the Ravens season ended. Probably been watching these playoffs like, man, this should have been the Ravens but no, man, it's all good. I just, like I said, I feel for him, man. Because again, if you upset with me, you upset with something. I say, what, Carter ain't got nothing to do with that. My wife ain't got nothing to do with that. They ain't just like, that's, and I understand how people lost the internet and stuff but I just felt for him, man. So y'all just a message to everybody out there, be good to people because you never know one of your friends or one of your family members, coworkers, whatever, maybe going through. Cause everybody, they got their own issues. Everybody got their own stuff that they're dealing with and you don't wanna make things worse. So try to be better. Anyway, to get to this press conference that featured John Harbaugh too. I thought it was just gonna be Mike McDonald. So low but Harbaugh was like, hey, what's up, guy? I have not seen Harbaugh smiling this much since, I don't even know, man. This dude was so happy. I have not seen Harbaugh that happy in a long time, man. This dude was grinning ear to ear the whole time. Anytime anybody made a joke, he said, he was cracking. Oh, anyway, let's get into the press conference. He's, Harbaugh started it off. He said, you may be the defensive coordinator but I'm not gonna coach you. But anyway, Harbaugh started it off. He said, Mike, he's not a stranger. And we know that he's not because he was with the Ravens since 2014. He only took their little one year vacation in Michigan. Anyway, he said, Mike is not a stranger. We consider him to be family. That's true, he is family. He said he's a great coach, better person. They said he had a lot of opportunities elsewhere but that they're glad that he chose the Ravens. And could that be the case? It might have been. We won't know. But hey, he is the Ravens new defensive coordinator. So let's get it. Harbaugh talked about, excuse me, how with Mike McDonald. He grew up around coaching and Mike McDonald, he talked about that a little later on. He actually said that he, in high school, he said he played in high school but then he got an injury. And then it was at that point where he really started to think about coaching. Kind of reminded me of All American. Is it Asher? I think that's in his name, Asher. It just reminded me of his situation. But anyway, he said he's an established part of Ravens culture and I can understand that because he's been around for a while with the Ravens. And Harbaugh also said he's a major contributor to our defense and our schemes. And he said he made a bold move last year and he bet on himself. Speaking of betting on himself, we talk about that later. And he said, because it's a tough move, it's tough to move from a comfortable situation. And that part is 1,000% true. When you have something, especially if you're in a situation and you know it's only gonna get better from here, it's only gonna go up from here, for you to move out of that situation and jump out there and take a risk, even though you are being, it is a promotion because you're going from assistant coach to coordinator, to defensive coordinator. So it is an uncomfortable move but still a move that he felt he needed to make. And it worked out for him. It worked out for him in a major way. So then Mike McDonald, he started and he said, it is great to see everybody again. You let that be known. And him and Harbaugh, they were joking about where his office used to be. I forgot who he says there now. But anyway, they were, I'm telling y'all, like Harbaugh was in the best move that he's been in forever for real, man. But anyway, he said it's nice to be back home. And he said when the opportunity came about, it was an easy decision. He thanked everybody for having confidence in him. Said he wants to build off of the legacy that is the Ravens defense. And he said it's not easy to build the culture that the Ravens have built. And that's true because they have a winning culture overall and they, of course, it's been built on defense. Now, again, y'all know how I feel. They need a culture change. No, not a culture change, but a philosophy change. It needs to be built around the offense. Now, he is a defensive coordinator. So that is his focus, to make sure the other teams don't get points. So no problem with him saying this at all. That's perfectly fine. Anyway, the question that he was asked, how do you want this Ravens defense to be under you? And he said building what we've been able to do over the course of the franchise. The first thing you want is a cohesive unit when everybody to have each other's back. And he said you want it to be multiple. So I know there have been a lot of people talking, are we gonna do three, four? Are we gonna switch to four, three? Are we gonna do something else? So he said it's gonna be multiple. So I would feel like, and Ravens do a lot of multiple stuff anyway. It ain't like just cause they in a three, four, they were a three, four defense, that's all they did. So it'll be a lot of the same stuff, but hopefully he adds some nice new wrinkles to some stuff too. He said he wants the defense to be flexible and adaptive. Woo, I love that. I love that. Now, just like with Hall Balls, with his presser the other day, and with Mike McDonald's today, said all the right things. Said all the right things. But, and it's gonna take us a while to see how they deliver on this, especially most of Mike McDonald. Hall Ball, he got some stuff that he can deliver on still throughout the off season, him and EDC. But actions speak louder than words. They speak louder than words. You getting a fresh start, you got a clean slate. And Hall Ball got a clean slate too. We know Hall Ball's history with everything, but let's see how he approaches this off season. Let's see how the Ravens approach this off season. Cause again, now everybody got a clean slate. Even though we know their history, we know what they've done, but now let's see what they do and go from there. But anyway, he said, okay, and he talked about how the, they asked John how the conversation was with him and Jim when he first took Mike from the Ravens. So when Mike went from Ravens to Michigan, John said that he referred Mike. And then on the flip side, he said when the opportunity created itself, and I loved how he worded that. John Hall Ball, he got away with words, don't he? That's why they all say, hey, he's John the motivator. He got away with words. Cause he ain't make a diss at wink. He said, when this opportunity created itself, he felt like Mike was a good candidate. I was like, okay, Hubs, I see you big dog. Now, somebody did ask him if there's a hardball that he prefers between John and Jim. But this is obviously a joke. What was it? But now he was a joke on just playing. But then he was asked about him starting as an intern. And then he talked about how John and Jim hardball, they are both two guys that shoot it straight. There's no ulterior motives. And he said that it was actually Jerry Rosberg that called him one day when he was about to take another job. So this back in 2014, he said, Jerry Rosberg was the one that hit him up. I was like, okay, you know that. And that brought up nice memories of Jerry Rosberg, who I thought was gonna end up being a head coach somewhere, cause I thought he was gonna take the hardball route. Cause the hardball was special teams coordinator, Jerry Rosberg, special teams coordinator. I thought he was gonna get the opportunity, but he ended up retiring. And he's like a real retirement. He was like, no, I'm done. I wanna spend time with my family. I wanna relax. I'm tired of me having the top special teams unit and offense and defense, don't get it done. Nah, he ain't say all that, but maybe he did. But no, anyway, the next question they asked was, how do you put your own philosophy? Or how did you put your own philosophy in Michigan in just one year as a defensive coordinator? And that's a very good question because he definitely made a difference in the one year that he was Ravens, I'm not Ravens, he was Michigan's defensive coordinator. Now, something that somebody pointed out to me that was very interesting too, cause I know everybody keeps saying, oh man, he took Michigan who was one of the bottom defenses and he raised them to like 13th in the country, something like that. There was a very big increase. Now, the year before last, they were really bad. The year before he came aboard, they were really bad, but in the years prior to that, they had actually been good. They had actually been straight when it came to their rankings. So that was just something to think about, but he still did have a good impact on them, obviously. But he said, you have to have a vision and you find out how to get everybody on the same page. And that starts with talking with everybody. You got to talk with the coaches, the players, everybody. And the word that I love that he used was alignment. You got to have alignment. Everybody got to be in this thing together. Same track, same page. It's like when your car, if you're driving your car, your steering wheel is straight, but you notice the car is turning when you got the steering wheel straight, you're like, hold up, I ain't turning. What's going on? Your car is out of whack. Your car, everything is not on the same page. So you have to take it to get alignment and get everything in its proper place. That's what he's talking about doing with the defense and with the coaches and with the players, with everybody. And that's very important. They asked him, what was the key to turn that Michigan defense around? And he said, let's start with Jim Harbaugh. And he said how Jim Harbaugh created the environment. He said, offense and special teams did their part, but he also said that it was simple, but it wasn't easy. So when he was giving the kudos to the offense and special teams, like, hey, they did that thing. But so we just had to do all this too. It's simple to say it, but it wasn't easy to do. Now they asked Harbaugh's what he saw in McDonald when McDonald was in Michigan. And Harbaugh said that he already knew how his mind worked since he had been with the Ravens already. So Harbaugh's was obviously familiar with him. But he said that Michigan, Mike had to teach guys a whole new system in two weeks. And he saw the success of the defense all year. Harbaugh said he saw the way that guys were flying around and how they helped each other out. He was like, hey, I gotta have it. You coming back. But he said they even had conversations throughout the year. But yeah, so okay, I said, we see, man. Then Jameson, he asked if age played a factor in the higher. And Harbaugh said, no, age is just a number, but it's about what you bring to the team. So okay, cool, yeah. Even though he is very young, he's, again, 34? Defense, ooh. Like that's exciting, man, when you think about it. Because that right there, you know how we've been talking about philosophy change all off season? That could be a big change in the Ravens philosophy on defense. That could be a huge change with it because you have this young coach. You have this coach who only has one year experience as a defensive coordinator and it's on a collegiate level. So now you're doing it in the pros even though you got a lot of experience under guys that have done it, but now you get to do it yourself. So you could bring some fresh ideas that nobody was thinking of. And yeah, it's exciting to think about. But he talked about how they're evaluating the roster. Said there'll be a lot of new faces, but it's all part of the process as you all already know. As far as philosophically, they ask them what will be different from Wings defense. Now that's a question that I know a lot of people had on their minds. And he said a lot of it would be the same, but he said there will be some over communication with the players. And he said, situationally playing through stuff before it happens. Now I know initially when I heard him say over communication, I was thinking, oh no, no, no, no, no, please don't make this to where it's over complicated and guys aren't understanding their assignments. They're not understanding their roles, please don't. But he cleared that up and he said that when what he meant by over communication was the fact that they're gonna go over stuff over and over and over and over and over again so guys can really have that full comprehension of it. So guys can have that full understanding of exactly what they need to do, where they need to be at and what their assignments are. So that I'm with it. And again, like I said, actions speak louder than words. This is a good start as far as words, but it's got to be followed up with action. No pressure though. They asked Harbaugh about Flores' lawsuit, the whole thing with that going on. And Harbaugh said he didn't have anything prepared to say in regards to that, but he said nobody's more thorough than like the job searching everything, than Bishadi. He said they're very thorough and they're very diverse in their hiring process. Harbaugh also said they have some great coaches that are excited to work together and it's about having the right pieces. Now somebody asked, they asked both Mike and John if they expect to coach against Jim Harbaugh in the NFL again. And of course there's been the rumor that's been going around. Maybe by the time this video is finished uploading cause my internet be acting slow sometimes, like literally slow cause it'd be taking forever. But maybe by the time you see this video, Jim Harbaugh will be announced as the Vikings head coach. So we'll see what happens with that. But they see, this was one of my favorite questions right here. I loved it. They said, they asked Mike. They said, if the head coaching job at Michigan opened up, would you take it? And he said, respectfully no. And I was thinking, yeah, okay, all right, you fine. Hey, unless the pay is the same as the defensive coordinator in the NFL, I'm sure he got a raise going from defensive coordinator in college, defensive coordinator in NFL, but the head coach would be making some money now. And whether it be, I was about to say high school, but I meant to say whether it be the pros, whether it be collegiate, they'd be making some bread. So either way, he gonna get his money, man. But I just feel like that, that respectively no was a, not right now. Let's see how things go here. Cause again, this is an opportunity for him to possibly become a head coach in the NFL. So we'll see how that turns out. He was also, we talked about that when they asked him how he got into coaching. Now he asked if the goal was to get Patrick Queen and Green Dot again with how it used to be before with Ravens, how they had it on the linebacker. And he said, he said PQ was gonna be good wherever he goes. And he said he has a lot of potential. Now, when he said that initially, it just sounded very like, oh, hold up now, but let's see how things play out. He said his goal is also to get to being the number one defense. Said when it comes to players, you have to be upfront with them. This was my, one of my favorite parts cause this was about humility. He said with the players, you have to be upfront with them. Be willing to admit when you don't know. I love that. And I always appreciate that. I always appreciated that about whether people, whether it be friends, family, coworkers, managers, supervisors. I always appreciate more so when people, just people in general, but when people in leadership roles, when they are willing to admit, I was wrong. Oh, sorry. I didn't know. Sorry, my fault. I messed up. I love when people are willing to do that because a lot of people aren't. A lot of people, they feel like since they're in a leadership role, oh no, I can't admit that I was wrong. They're going to look at me like I'm weak. Oh, or some people like, oh no, I wasn't wrong. You were wrong. Even if they know that they were there wrong. But so I love that. But he said that players are smart. They know when you don't know and they know when you do know. That's true. These guys are older than him. So anyway, they also asked him how it was to call players for the first time. Since again, he had been an assistant coach. He had never been a coordinator. Excuse me. He said it was about identifying situations. And he said he tried his best and a little piece of wink here. He said that he said he tried his best to let his edge guys do the best that they could since he had two of the best ones in the country. And he said it's about putting players in the best positions. I was okay now. All right now. Hey, again, he said all the right words. What is about that action, man? And then he said the aggressiveness is gonna definitely carry over. And he said it's about keeping offenses off balance and about creating doubt at all times for opposing offenses. And that's true. So Mike McDonald, again, this press conference, it went just exactly how you would think it would go. We didn't expect anything crazy. We didn't expect anything shocking to be revealed or anything like that. But it's because with him being a coordinator, like with John Harbaugh, we expected him to clarify some stuff, to say some stuff. And he did. But with Mike McDonald being a new defensive coordinator, there's not really anything, any crazy stuff that he could possibly say in his opening interview. I mean, in his opening presser, excuse me. So next up, we got Eric DeCosta. That is on Friday at one PM as well, just like these other two, because they had to spread them out. They had to spread them out. Because in Harbaugh, this probably why Harbaugh wanted to spread them out. Because Monday, for his presser, he wasn't looking so happy. He wasn't like mad or anything, but he wasn't looking so happy. So he took a break, took Tuesday off. But then today, oh boy, you couldn't tell Harbaugh nothing. You could not ruin his day. You couldn't kill his vibe. Harbaugh was so happy. Hashtag, happy Harbaugh. That's what he was today in this presser. So anyway, shout out to Mike McDonald. Like I said, clean slate, clean slate. We'll see how he does. We'll see how he does the job. We'll see how he puts guys in position to have them succeed. And just we'll see how he runs his show because now it is the defense is his show. So team, keep it clean. I love y'all so much. I appreciate y'all and we out.