Finally, we can begin the process of renovating this team

[FattyKnuckle]

Lets forget about Russ for right now and get down to the real root of the problem and thats Pete Carroll. Nothing is going to change as long as he is there. Thats where the changes need to start.

His tenure reminds me of a quote from The Dark Knight: You either die a hero or live long enough to become the bad guy.

 

[Atradees]

When u do a rebuild you go all in. Fire the staff and sell great assets. Wilson, DK, and Lockett could rebuild our draft room. We need offensive and defensive lines. I dont want to win 17 games a year and lose to the Rams. It is because we have a gimmick and not a team. Run run punt.......run QB sweeps to the right cause he cant see anything then might get lucky or not holding the ball for 5 seconds. Passive play calling after the flip........

 

[LTH]

Lets forget about Russ for right now and get down to the real root of the problem and thats Pete Carroll. Nothing is going to change as long as he is there. Thats where the changes need to start.

The problem IS PC and has always been Pete Carroll. He was and maybe still is a great accumulator of talent, he is a piss poor coach. I make that evaluation by the very yardstick that Don Shula was measured by way back in the stone age. He can take his players, and beat yours. He can take your players and beat his. PC could never do that, Bill Belicik could do that, and still can. The Coach of the Ravens seems to have some of that too. He has excelled with 3 QBs, winning Super Bowls with two of them, yet jettisoning one for a future star. The secret isn't to find a franchise QB and hold onto him forever, it is to use him until you decide there is better. Just like for a WR, RB, O lineman or Free Safety and Corner. The biggest sin on the Seahawks was not losing to the Pats in the Superb Owl. It was signing RW to a big contract before they milked his rookie deal to the Nth degree. Rewards lead to less effort, the promise of a reward leads to maximum effort.

In that vein, the Ravens would be wise to keep their current QB under contract only until he gets close to 28, trade him off and rent another on the up and coming. The contracts these players command destroy teams. The Patriots kept on winning because Coach was in control, not Brady. Tom Brady knew this, and kept his contract demands reasonable. You can bet the players around him knew and appreciated that, especially the lower paid O linemen.

You have no clue what you're talking about...you talk a good game, but you are completely clueless.


LTH