Harbaugh Missed the Super Bowl!?

by Rexx on Feb 5, 2009 9:19 AM EST

Hah, what a guy! Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was so done with the team's season that he didn't even feel the need or urge to watch the team that beat him three times to get to the Super Bowl win another game in the final seconds. No need to sit on a sofa stuffing his face while rooting for one team over the other when he felt all along that he should have been pacing on the sidelines, hearing all the talk leading up to the game that a rookie coach with a rookie QB could never win the Super Bowl.

So, instead of putting himself through all the pain, he decided to go swimming, or more specifically, cliff diving. Yes, Harbaugh was on the North Shore of Hawaii, diving 50 feet off the cliffs into the Pacific Ocean. Reportedly, he caught a few glimpses of the game when he ducked into the local surf shop. Remember, that Harbaugh and his staff, by "luck" of losing the AFC Championship Game, are coaching the AFC in the Pro Bowl this Sunday. Lucky them, after the AFC Championship Game loss, they get the news. The good news is that you're all coaching one more game. The bad news is that it's the Pro Bowl, not the Super Bowl. Some consolation. At least they get to make some contact and see firsthand the free agents they might be interested in play ing in Baltimore next season.

Apparently, Harbaugh was so fed up with the mere thought of seeing the Pittsburgh Steelers one more time this season, this time as a spectator, that he decided to go jump off a cliff instead!

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john should have taken cam to the cliff and held him over the side and threatened, “change up the O against the Steelers and stop cowering in the face of good teams AND find some plays for Ray Rice AND stop letting Flacco throw ti the right side flat.”

by raven on Feb 5, 2009 11:25 AM EST reply actions

enough already

It was a great season and overall, Cam did a masterful job. Please stop ragging on em’ for a while and enjoy that we won 13 games, when we were predicted to win 4-6. The offense will open up more next year, with the maturation of Joe Flacco.

by DT711 on Feb 5, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

I am very satisfied with Cam's calls.

The Steelers defense was the best in the league last season, so it is hard to get the plays executed the way you wanted them to. If Ray Rice would have failed and Willis didnt see the ball enough, raven, would be complaining about not getting it to Willis enough.

With out a doubt, Cam brought the most exciting offense that this team has seen in its 13 year existence. We have never seen such a complex and unique offense under anyone else, and the man is only going to continue to grow with what is one of the youngest offenses in the league. Raven, just try to imagine us in the next 2-3 years. Hell, imagine how we are going to operate next year once the front office gives the offense what it needs, play makers.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Feb 5, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

Any way

Congrats to Coach and his crew for being able to coach such a talented group of guys in Hawaii. I think its a huge relief for a man who worked so hard all year to just relax and enjoy coaching the best of the best.

Isnt it funny that he is coaching against his former coaching staff, the Eagles?

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Feb 5, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Offense

I agree that our offense was the best I have seen from the Ravens to date. I do however have to question why we did not stay with what got us to where we were. LeRon was healthy why did we not use him and Neal the way we did all season? Willis did well late in the games going against defenses tired after being beat on all day by LeRon and Neal. All things considered I believe our entire team and our coaches did an outstanding job. Just think of the future for our very young and talented team!!!!!

by Delawareraven on Feb 5, 2009 4:39 PM EST reply actions

I don't think LeRon was healthy

Or we would of used him more. His ankle was definitely bothering him, because our coaches are too smart to abandon what worked all year. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt on that one.

by DT711 on Feb 5, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

Agree

He was hurt during the AFC Champ. They never gave us too much information about how severe the ankle injury was, but from him basically being useless running the ball, it showed us how severe the injury was.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Feb 5, 2009 5:12 PM EST up reply actions

It was probably too hard to watch

I imagine it was hard for all the Ravens players and coaches to watch the Super Bowl after losing the game before, especially to a hated division rival It didn’t hurt so much as fans, since we had low expectations going into the season. But its gotta be tough to watch when you’ve gone that far only to fall short.

by edsachs1 on Feb 6, 2009 3:12 PM EST reply actions