Dog House

[L4Lepz472]

[quote name='Alexir' date='21 December 2009 - 01:24 PM' timestamp='1261423475' post='318083']
Tony Lombardi wrote an article, like he does after every game, called The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Megan Fox.

Link Here:[url="http://ravens24x7.blogspot.com/2009/12/ravens-v-bears-good-bad-ugly-megan-fox.html"]Article[/url]

He brings up a point which I have been stressing since the guy first took over last September (first game that is).

He puts players in the doghouse for character issues or attitude issues.

That is fine with me if that's his coaching style. But what I don't like is that as soon as someone goes down he relies heavily on that person or persons.

You see it with Demetrius Williams because of Clayton and Washington being out. Even though Williams should have been on the field a long time a go because he is our best deep threat.

You saw it with Willis McGahee last year who was banged up but he started him in the playoffs because Le'ron and Ray couldn't get it done then.

Now I am hearing, that there is a good possibility that Chris McAlister will be returning to Baltimore.

My thing is he will be quick to bench someone because of any "Character" issues they might have but will start them as soon as its advantageous to him. I have met Williams, McGahee and Cmac at either training camp or public areas and they are good guys.

Then you got players on the field like Terrell Suggs who is being underproductive but Harbs won't give chances to Barnes or Kruger till towards the end of the season because "of special team issues".

I don't think thats a great way to run a team, and I really think we would have been in a better position right now if we had utilized these guys more in the beginning of the season.

I don't know I'm just ranting I guess, I'm glad we are the top Wild Card right now but I just wish everyone was utilized based on their performances and not on what HE thinks based on Character. Because last time I checked, these guys aren't getting penalites for taking their helmets off and chucking them or talking about to the refs. (That's not a shot at Mase, i have nothing but love for him, that's a shot that Harbs allows that but will be hypocritical about stuff that happens at practice).
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HE IS A COACH. in the roger goodell nfl you have to be tough on character issues because he is giving out fines and suspensions like they are candy.
last year we used all three rbs all year long. so the willis arguement isnt all the justified
As far as Cmac goes, and please note i LOVE Cmac he is a great corner, EVERYONE was very confident that washington and foxworth were going to be great for us at cb and that we no longer needed Cmac. so that decision is justified we paid him a lot fo money and when you have good reason to believe those guys are going to do good in our system why not do that.
harbaugh has done a great job as our coach so far. My big thing i want to see is how he will react when the Reed/Lewis era ends and how the entire coaching staff rebounds from when they retire and we have to find other big players on defense

[L4Lepz472]

[quote name='Radinho84' date='22 December 2009 - 06:26 AM' timestamp='1261484795' post='318695']
i think he should bench suggs too. he is playin like i don´t now like what but just soft. i don´t get the point: u don´t bench your highest paid players. thats the problem why those high paid guys play like crap: they already got what they whant and do not need to prove anything because they stay on the field no matter what happens. same thing with players on other teams. i think ray lewis is a great example of how to produce on the field for years. he is as hungry as he was on his first day..but i am missing the point i guess. harb should do what he thinks is the best for the team. he is the one who is responsible for everything and who should know what´s the best for the best. but he is too high on this caracter crap in my opinion, too...
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i agree harb is the coach and he will do what he thinks is best. Im noticing a lot of bandwagon type fans around here who will jump the gun at any sign of trouble. Every coach gets all the blame when something goes wrong, but i can almost guarentee most of you criticizing him so bad will be the first to say the typical
"i knew all along this was a good idea to bench these guys."
or

"harb is a genius."

true fans stick behind their teams. i agree i want to push our team to excellence and am not happy with mediocre but we are not a mediocre team we have had a few bad games where ONE play made the difference between a win and a loss change those one plays and we would have clinched the division.

besides on the topic of benching people look how well its worked for most teams

EX:
vince young had HUGE issues last year, bench him and make him watch another qb lead his team to a bunch of wins and then bring him back this year and he is doing great.

Jamarcus Russell, even though its yet to be seen if it is really working he got benched and then came in and beat the broncos. no one thought he could lead a game winning drive period

i agree with benching people with character issues, most people in the nfl have a passion for the game and are going to hate seeing someone play their spot on the field and will fix those issues if they want to play

unless of course you have a pacman jones out there who will just keep messing up and then eventually got to the WWE

[noy]

OK, so what we can conclude from those examples is that players learn and are motivated to prove themselves once they are on the bench. Instead of benching people for character issues, why isn't Harbaugh benching people that don't produce?

Clayton has had some stellar games, but it has taken him HALF A SEASON to get into a groove (if you can even call it that). It took Williams ONE GAME to be productive, and he's also had an impact in another game by drawing a crucial PI, of which he didn't even start. Clayton is too used to being a starter, he needs a serious fire under himself to improve because he's been damaged by all the Boller years. What can do that? Some depth chart changes...

As for Suggs, I don't even care. It would probably make no difference if they benched him, but he better bring his A game next year if he wants to stay on a good note with some of us fans.

[theFRANCHISE]

Guys, let's keep the name-calling and profanity out of this. We can have a debate without being childish about it.