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‘Wink’ is the New Defensive Coordinator

ITS OFFICIAL: So im afraid Wink is our defensive coordinator guys
not only that but we promoted within the organisation to replace him as linebackers coach too with mike macdonald

for better (or probably worse) we're married to last year's defense
 
rossihunter2 said:
ITS OFFICIAL: So im afraid Wink is our defensive coordinator guys
not only that but we promoted within the organisation to replace him as linebackers coach too with mike macdonald

for better (or probably worse) we're married to last year's defense
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This better work for Harbaughs sake.
 
i think my favourite saying kind of applies - with all the interesting options (even of former coordinators/system guys not in house), as fans WE STILL JUST CANT HAVE NICE THINGS
 
It's too early to truly get too angry but I ain't happy..... His previous tenure as DC was HORRID and makes me very skeptical. There are proven options on the market and we do not take advantage.

That said, there were a lot more issues with him as DC with Denver. But still. Not happy.

Hope he does well. But I have SIGNIFICANT doubts.
 
RavensMania said:
This better work for Harbaughs sake.
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I'm curious to know what qualifies as "working out". Being mediocre has been working for a few years now. No playoffs but we fought hard and just came up short? Squeaked into the playoffs and get whooped?

It just really feels like John is averse to anything that would qualify as "new blood".
 
balfan23 said:
I'm curious to know what qualifies as "working out". Being mediocre has been working for a few years now. No playoffs but we fought hard and just came up short? Squeaked into the playoffs and get whooped?

It just really feels like John is averse to anything that would qualify as "new blood".
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Agree. Would be nice if he is an improvement, but I have a hard time seeing that.
 
I also think this squashes all the theories that Steve forces Harbaugh to do anything as it relates to his staff. Honestly, not that he should. But the people supporting the notion that the only time John makes a changes is when Steve puts a gun to his head seems wrong.

A good owner wouldn't do that. You pick the HC and the HC is responsible for picking his staff. The thing is, it is feeling like it is about time for Steve to pick a new HC.
 
Fuck it... This is gonna be the end for Harbaugh. He´s fucked. He better not be back next season if we miss the playoffs.. Which is VERY likely now.

Please prove me wrong
 
Lost_In_Translation said:
Fuck it... This is gonna be the end for Harbaugh. He´s fucked. He better not be back next season if we miss the playoffs.. Which is VERY likely now.

Please prove me wrong
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this is absolutely harbs last chance - its ironic that his last throw of the dice is not to throw the dice at all
 
Well it is okay that Wink is the DC. But, I believe we were all hood'wink'ed by the sly Harbaugh trickster. He knew there would be blowback if he announced an in-house promotion when the world was clamoring for change. Also, since Marty was going to stick on and Pees had retired, it was assumed that there would at least be an outside hire like Pagano or Fangio to appease the fans. But, they don't know the wily Harbaugh and his 'loyalty' fetish very well. He had long decided there would be no outside hire because it was Wink who was going to be DC all along. This 'wait' lulled us all into calming down over a lost season and a lost cause (The Ravens) and then made this announcement where there would be limited push back!

Well Harbs, good job at hood'wink'ing all of us!
 
I think we tried for pags and Austin but both didn’t work out and this may be the product of it I doubt it would’ve taken this long had this been the plan the entire time just my thoughts on it
 
Lost_In_Translation said:
Fuck it... This is gonna be the end for Harbaugh. He´s fucked. He better not be back next season if we miss the playoffs.. Which is VERY likely now.

Please prove me wrong
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He simply doesn't give a rat's fuck about us as long as he has the owner mired in his own 'longevity' conundrum. He could go 0-16 next season and he'll be coaching the Ravens in 2019 it seems.
 
Nobody should be that surprised. "Promote the LB coach" has always been the DC hiring strategy for the organization.

If he is as good as Pees, I'll be happy.
 
i wasnt in the "this is harbs last chance" saloon but i am now because he has shown an inability to create change himself - even if this year sucks it wont make me think harbs sucks as a head coach it will only make me think harbs sucks at one facet of being a head coach - creating a staff and knowing when to change it - our best organisation season post-superbowl when we drastically changed something on offence in 2014 with kubiak bringing over west-coast concepts but that's it pretty much
 
my most positive read on this promotion is that wink intimately knows the strengths of his linebacker group and will be more likely to play to their strengths and not put them in positions where they might struggle

im happy to sing with the choir if this all goes well and it could but i hesitate to see that given this doesnt constitute anything fresh

but i am able to see that this might help us get CJ back on track and bring bowser and williams into play better
 
Never had any doubt.

I don't mean to presume anything regarding Martindale's ability as a DC but the fact that we stubbornly refuse to make any meaningful changes to try and get the stagnant and mediocre (at best) team going in the right direction tells me that decision makers are completely out of touch and possibly out of their fucking mind.

Until something gets done, I'm not going to be upset about the Ravens any longer and won't expect much either.
 
I’m not a big fan of the move because I don’t see much from him to get me excited but it doesn’t make the move automatically good or bad but just kinda bland. Unfortunately that’s been our MO for a while so that’s why people are frustrated. I have to hope and imagine we wanted Fangio or Austin and they went elsewhere and perhaps we wanted Pagano but he didn’t want to come back. If not you have to wonder but Chuck has had his share of underwhelming defenses as a HC so there’s that. Vic wants to stay in Chicago I guess and Austin went to Cincinnati.

I hope he does more for the defense than he did for Correa and Arthur Brown because those guys have seriously disappointed. I guess he did help Onuwasor, Judon, and perhaps the inconsistent Smith so we’ll see.
 
If I see one more FUCKING post of Einstein’s definition of insanity I’m going to go fucking INSANE. WE GET IT. EINSTEIN HAD A DEFENITION OF INSANITY. I see someone say it on every thread. I’ve had enough. The same joke gets fucking old real fast. If you’re gonna say it just say insanity. I don’t care about “Einstein’s definition”.
 
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