[News] Ravens Hire Marc Trestman As Offensive Coordinator

[bioLarzen]

Hardly. No longer have the defense to carry a bipolar offense and never will with Pees here.

 

Come on, study the stats before you make ridiculous claims. The other day I made a list of all the defensive categories Pees's D was top-10 the last season - and there were quite some. 

 

and all this in spite of a seriously depleted secondary. If anything, Pees should be applauded. But no, he1s always the bad guy... sure...

 

You know what? I found his a lot of his stats last season were better than Pagano's when he was the DC here - with many key defensive stats in them. Still, Pagano is the standard, huh? 

[johnmike72]

Some idiot on ESPN said, "This will be Flacco`s 5th OC."

[ryananth]

Thought we looked like we might go with Gase but glad we didn't 'trade' with Denver. I liked Trestman from the day Kubiak took the interview. I get the feeling he might be here for more than a year to boot.

Is there a way to block a specific poster who essentially just regurgitates others thoughts and posts fluff?

[Dorota]

Have any of you watched the Bears offense the last 2 seasons? It's a fast-paced, West-coast offense that uses the shotgun a lot and involves a quick passing game and uses screens a lot. Trestman definitely liked going down field though, and Flacco is definitely a lot better at that than Cutler was. It'll be interesting to see what happens at RB this offseason, Idk what that means for Forsett, I'd be surprised to see OD back though, Trestman seems to prefer bigger TEs. The Ravens OL is probably better than the Bears though, the receivers are probably a step down from Alshon and Brandon Marshall though, but the Ravens have better depth than the Bears at WR.

I'd hope to keep Forsett. He genuinely seems to like it here and if he can keep it up, he's got the starting job. Why would he change for the big unknown again? If OD stayed, that would be great, but not sure of that. On top of Kubiak going, his TE coach, Pariani is gone to Denver too. If not, we can draft a TE.

[bioLarzen]

Here are the offensive rankings for the Ravens under said coordinators:

Cameron:  13th, 22nd, 15th, 16th

Caldwell:  29th

Never in the top third of the league despite having relatively (for the NFL) consistent QB play.  You consider those successes?

 

Caldwell is an interesting case... Yep, he had a catastrophic 2013 season, because the O-line didn't work, effectively killing our run game and never giving Flacco enough time to properly set up his deep bombs.

 

But, if you take his "half-season" in 2012, thats a different view. That O was really fan to watch.

[bioLarzen]

Some idiot on ESPN said, "This will be Flacco`s 5th OC."

 

He might have counted his college OC

[catgirl54]

Thank you, Harbaugh and Ozzie. This is a great move and one that most of the "experts" sounded kind of pessimistic we would be lucky enough to get. Trestman's personality will jive with Flacco's and he's supposed to be great with quarterbacks. I only hope this won't be a once and done. Maybe he's like Norv Turner and will just be a great offensive mind and leave the head coaching jobs to others. Who wants that headache anyway?

[Ravens07]

I think he'll be good for Joe and what's being built on offense. I trust John's vision.

[JetLife94]

Mabye he'll bring ashlon Jeffery with him;) one can only dream

[ravensdfan]

Come on, study the stats before you make ridiculous claims. The other day I made a list of all the defensive categories Pees's D was top-10 the last season - and there were quite some. 

 

and all this in spite of a seriously depleted secondary. If anything, Pees should be applauded. But no, he1s always the bad guy... sure...

 

You know what? I found his a lot of his stats last season were better than Pagano's when he was the DC here - with many key defensive stats in them. Still, Pagano is the standard, huh? 

Chargers. 2nd Steelers game. Both Cincy games. NE playoff game. Soft soft soft when the opposite is needed. 4th quarter collapses. Yeah, no, Pees is not better than Pagano.

[BmoreB]

i like the idea of a fresh young mind who has been touted as a bit of a qb whisperer, the general consensus is that he adapts his scheme to the players, not the other way around, and his philosophy would be tailor made for joe flacco to succeed in, while being able to adapt and keep this run game implemented instead of trying to force a whole new system. 

 

track record just isnt always the greatest measure in my opinion, trestman has been around for ages and he knows his stuff, but you could roll the dice and find the next great OC, and gase seems like he has the makings of one.

He's no QB whisperer and young mind thing equates to a lot of learning as you go and we don't have time for that. Track record is the best barometer to go by when hiring in most industries with football being in the top bracket. No need to roll the dice as we are built to win now. If you look closely at Trestman's resume, there's no debate.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Trestman

[trevorsteadman]

Sugar we are going down swinging....

[omar586]

i hope this works out cause a lot of people r saying he's tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurible

[she_lovesBirds]

havent posted in a while, but its funny how everyone forgot we interviewed Gase first! So obviously we wanted him, none of us were at that interview, so who knows want he asked for? What if he wouldnt work with our system and wanted to install his own? meaning we start from scratch. Having our offense learn a whole new system is bad, if it works why fix it? Yes Gase is good and young but without Manning and those great WR's how much credit does he really truely deserve?

Secondly if Gase is really that amazing and great, chances are if he succeeded here, he'll be off to the next head caching gig again the year after. He's only 35, so success in denver plus success in Baltimore means every team all of a sudden needs a head coach in 2016. And Baltimore seems to be the one stop shop for everyone smh. so this time next year again we'll be starting from scratch new OC and new system yet again?

So answer me this people, if not Trestman then who else? Kyle Shannannananana (lol cant spell his name) is gone, tell me another west coast experienced candidate that can continue the west coast offense Flacco did so well in? We cried blood when Cam misused Flacco's talents finally the front office is hiring to fit their QB.

Again if wishes were horses beggars would ride. So enough of the wishing this and wishing that.

[johnmike72]

Now go get us a #1 SHINY Receiver.

[dhartm2]

Hardly. No longer have the defense to carry a bipolar offense and never will with Pees here.

I think our defense did an admirable job considering the injuries.  While they had a bad habbit of falling apart at really inoportune times, they were fire in the redzone and excelled at getting to the QB. 

[Raven552]

Maybe he'll buy the house Kubiak was building..

[johnmike72]

He might have counted his college OC

The guy who said it, looked like he just came out of college.

[Ravens_Flock]

Oh........................................................good? We better stick with the run, and IMO, build it around Taliaferro. Just saying.

[stixfix69]

Heck with OC's just let Joe call his own plays....ha ha ha....

[mettro79]

I'm sure out of all the candidates available Ozzie and them picked Trestman for a reason. At this point I'm just glad that we've started to move on from the Kubiak thing. As for Trestman, I know his time in Chicago was riddled with all kinds of issues, but this dude does have clout and credibility in the league. That comes from something. He could be one of those guys who are just better coordinators than they are head coaches. At this point let's just hope his integration doesn't derail the offensive improvement we're building on.

[Nick04263]

Mabye he'll bring ashlon Jeffery with him;) one can only dream

Maybe he is discover Marlon Brown COULD be Ashlon Jeffrey... Just saying.

[bioLarzen]

I'd hope to keep Forsett. He genuinely seems to like it here and if he can keep it up, he's got the starting job. Why would he change for the big unknown again? If OD stayed, that would be great, but not sure of that. On top of Kubiak going, his TE coach, Pariani is gone to Denver too. If not, we can draft a TE.

 

Yeah, i kinda consider Owen Daniels gone, too. I hope he stays, but the Broncos will have all four TE's currently on their roster become free agents and will in all likelihood lose some of them - and Owen will be a perfect backup for Julius Thomas (who I'm sure they'll retain), and will come cheaper than Jacob Tamme - who we may snatch in free agency, for we'll definitely need a good veteran catching TE.

 

As for Forsett... Yep, it would be good to retain him - and unlike TE, RB won't be a position of need for the Broncos. BUT! I can't help noticing how most of the analysts say Kubiak's system was a key factor in Forsett's surprising season. So, now that kubiak's gone, will we see tha same Forsett back? Plus, the RB free agent corps will be especially rich, with quite a lot of big names (Gore, Spiller, Matthews, Moreno, Ingram, McFadden, Helu, Jacquizz Rogers, Vereen, Peerman, Ridley, Bradshaw - just to name the biggest ones) - it might be a good idea to try and snatch a guy who'se more system-independent?

[bioLarzen]

Chargers. 2nd Steelers game. Both Cincy games. NE playoff game. Soft soft soft when the opposite is needed. 4th quarter collapses. Yeah, no, Pees is not better than Pagano.

 

Cherry-picking the games won't change the overall stats. Just study them.

[dhartm2]

but this dude does have clout and credibility in the league

Where does this come from?  Wasn't he pretty much banned to Canada for a decade?

[bioLarzen]

The guy who said it, looked like he just came out of college.

 

Mystery solved

[Tenacious Faulker]

He was one of my top replaacements. I also liked Gase too, but I don;t believe is offense is quite as close in style as Kubiak's. Denver uses a spread as well, but they're not a run-first ZBS and there will be minimal OL and running back shuffling as well as less change for Joe.

[jpdsanti]

Lots of mixed opinions about Trestman but at the end of the day, I trust Ozzie and Harbaugh's decisions and know they made the right decision for the team. Welcome coach Trestman to the Ravens community!

[trevorsteadman]

He had Forte, Marshall, and Jeffery and he still did not have stellar offensive stats... That is why I am concerned. Forte was a top 5 running back this season and both receivers are top 15 year in and out... We do not have the talent they did on offense. That is why I am concerned. Unless his offense will be different than it was there I think many will agree with me that this is a very scary hire for Baltimore. I almost would feel more comfortable with a college coach coming...

[djdave1984]

Welcome back to mediocrity in Offense, Ravens fans! Hate the move, hate everything about it. If you think last 2 games in playoffs this year was all about our offensive co-ordinator calling excellent games, not just players playing well. We put up 14 points right out of the gate on Pats as they were caught badly by schemes! Well goodbye to good coaching schemes now.

Short passes and screens and fast paced offense is not what Flacco is good enough to run.We saw it in 2013. He can't be trusted to throw more than 25-30 passes a game and win consistently as the history has shown. In order for Ravens to be successful they need a strong running game and judging by Trestman did to one of the best in the league Matt Forte I think Ravens offense will by anything but good next season:(