[News] Steve Bisciotti On Fan Satisfaction: 'It Weighs On Me Like Nothing Else'

[BR News]

The Ravens owner spoke directly to the fans during the team's season-review press conference Tuesday.

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[b93333]

I for one still think we have a great owner. I have serious questions about many of the decisions our FO has made in recent years... draft picks, inflated contracts etc. I would have to figure that Mr. B has more information than the average fan and since the Ravens are stuck with Flacco for at least three more years he is trying to make the best of a tough situation.

[DENNYK]

This all sounds like Political Correct bull to me. Fix the damn problems once and for all. This town does not accept losers plain and simple. If people need to go then they should. Do your job well and keep it just like out there in the real world. Avg. ticket price $112.11 per game for an average team if that can be what a fan sees each weekend. The way that the team plays in the last 15 minutes should dictate a rebate for all who pay to see this week in and week out. Harbaugh should be a politician with all of the bull he is peddling.

[thegooddoc456]

Good to know that Steve has his ears to the streets and isn't oblivious to the grumblings of the masses. Sure, he has to make tough decisions and live with the consequences of those decisions...such is the burden of leadership. Change is never easy, but sometimes it is necessary. Ultimately, results is what counts...there's getting it done, and there's not getting it done.

[verified]

Welp you heard from ozzie himself, looks like were bringing in another aging WR instead of finding an odell beckham in the draft. same stuff same reults aw well

[verified]

Why raise ticket prices when the teams trash? shouldve raised them after the super bowl win, this teams already hard to watch as it is you think people are going to pay extra to watch this pathetic team play? And how did mr. clutz make the pro bowl CJ mosley? If he doesnt fumble the game away against Washington were probably in the playoffs.

[RavensDieHard21]

Steve is a first class owner. He is a guy I trust and believe he is a very smart man. We all know John can coach better, Ozzie can draft better and that Joe can play better. 

But make no mistake about it, this next year has to be the year we get back to the playoffs. 

Flacco gets healthy and consistency at OC. Hopefully they implement a system that is balanced and has him throwing the ball a max of 30-35 times a game and not 50. 

Ozzie built a juggernaut like team for nearly a decade from 06-12, where we had so many long term solutions at key positions there wasn't the pressure to keep filling key rolls. He could take the best talent on the table. This team is not far off from being complete. We draft a mauler at Center, a young promising pass rusher and a smooth cover corner and I think we can bang with anyone again. 

[Raven1995]

1 hour ago, DENNYK said:

This all sounds like Political Correct bull to me. Fix the damn problems once and for all. This town does not accept losers plain and simple. If people need to go then they should. Do your job well and keep it just like out there in the real world. Avg. ticket price $112.11 per game for an average team if that can be what a fan sees each weekend. The way that the team plays in the last 15 minutes should dictate a rebate for all who pay to see this week in and week out. Harbaugh should be a politician with all of the bull he is peddling.

The Ravens were 6 and 2 at Home, that's a 75 % winning percentage, how didn't you get your money? Watching the games on the road and on TV was the Tough part.

[merryjman]

The comments are hard to read during this time of the year. I like Bisciotti, I like the decisions he's made, and the Ravens are one of a half-dozen franchises that consistently makes bids for the playoffs. We can't all get lucky and have a Belichick and a Brady on the team at the same time, for over a decade, and have an aeronautical engineering major as our defensive coordinator.

Do I get frustrated with Flacco's or Harbaugh's decision-making? Sure. Did Ozzie whiff on some high draft picks? Sure. Was it a mistake to let go of (pick name) in free agency? But I have the benefit of hindsight, and those guys didn't: they had to do what felt best at the moment, and none of us out here in fandom can honestly believe we'd have consistently done better.

[Neal Could Block the SUN!!]

No problems with Mr. Bisciotti. If he did fire folks and act the fool, than we are no better than Irsay. I'll take a calm head at the helm of the ship.

May take a few years and a new coach but a calm headed owner behind it all will bring this team back to the promised land.

[ravensdfan]

No problems with Mr. Bisciotti. If he did fire folks and act the fool, than we are no better than Irsay. I'll take a calm head at the helm of the ship.

May take a few years and a new coach but a calm headed owner behind it all will bring this team back to the promised land.

I have no problem with him however, the perception that most fans were looking for Harbs, Ozzie or Flacco to be fired is false. What he did NOT address was keeping the likes of Pees & Marty here (though an argument can be made in Marty's case) after that debacle. I like how they talk about expecting more from Flacco (a valid criticism) but ignore the fact that Flacco got the job done in crunch time in Pitt while the defense folded, again, just like they folded in NE giving up 2 14 pt leads. So Flacco performs like he did in 2014 - what good does that do with a Pees' led defense that breaks more often than it bends? Address THAT issue.

[BiggMack91]

ok one more year of this nail biting hair pulling football left hopefully if we do not make the playoffs Bisciotti pulls the trigger on coaching staff but as far as going to a game I wouldn't go back until its worth the price and watching the ravens barely beat the eagles was heart wrenching and not worth the price but lets pray for another good draft CB OLB CB OL CB OLB WR RB OL WR hopefully in that order but with a strong free agency and draft we could be a division contender but ultimately its the coaches who will win or lose the games and hopefully they will be held accountable go ravens

[balfan23]

  27 minutes ago, Neal Could Block the SUN!! said:

No problems with Mr. Bisciotti. If he did fire folks and act the fool, than we are no better than Irsay. I'll take a calm head at the helm of the ship.

May take a few years and a new coach but a calm headed owner behind it all will bring this team back to the promised land.

I have no problem with him however, the perception that most fans were looking for Harbs, Ozzie or Flacco to be fired is false. What he did NOT address was keeping the likes of Pees & Marty here (though an argument can be made in Marty's case) after that debacle. I like how they talk about expecting more from Flacco (a valid criticism) but ignore the fact that Flacco got the job done in crunch time in Pitt while the defense folded, again, just like they folded in NE giving up 2 14 pt leads. So Flacco performs like he did in 2014 - what good does that do with a Pees' led defense that breaks more often than it bends? Address THAT issue.

True the majority of fans that wanted to see coaching changes were not looking for Harbs' head, but would have liked to have seen a change on one or both coordinator spots. Understanding the way Mr. Bisciotti works ... what those fans were really saying is that they would have liked to have seen Harbaugh - not Bisciotti - make the change.

Mr. Bisciotti is not meddlesome - he makes decisions at a specific level and doesn't dive below that level in to the details. Despite the opinion of some, he did not demand that Harbaugh fire Cam or Trestman. He leaves all changes relating to coaching staff to John. IMO, this makes sense. If you want to hold the HC responsible in the end, you can't demand he makes changes that he doesn't feel are in the team's best interest and then fire him because things didn't work out.

John has been given the rope. Let's see if he uses it to pull the team up or to hang himself. Despite the fact that I was hoping for a DC change myself, I am hoping it is the former.

[ravenwildman]

I say "whoa guys!" everybody take a breath....

Long before "the pitchforks come out" and the "why it's not good to fire (fill in the blank)" goes on a media frenzy roll, I'd like to point out that a lot of fans are OK with whatever the Ravens (that's Steve B. down to the last rung) thinks will make this team better. I do realize that the "in your face" the Steelers did to us, cuts deep, and a lot of angry fans are lashing out, but for those of us who has been around since the voting days for the team name "Ravens" you have to understand this is the rollercoaster of what happens.

Now....who was Baltimore's NFL team in the 80s? That's right, nobody, it rolled down the highway on Mayflower trucks in the 70's to a different city. In the 2 decades the Ravens have been here, they have produced two SB wins and a bunch of exciting football. Some teams have been around forever and has yet to win one SB.

I think the Ravens have earned a lot more respected than some of these angry fans are giving. You can give me red marks all day, I support what THEY think will help the team, bottom line. That's all I got to say about that. GO RAVENS!

[ravensdfan]

42 minutes ago, balfan23 said:

True the majority of fans that wanted to see coaching changes were not looking for Harbs' head, but would have liked to have seen a change on one or both coordinator spots. Understanding the way Mr. Bisciotti works ... what those fans were really saying is that they would have liked to have seen Harbaugh - not Bisciotti - make the change.

Mr. Bisciotti is not meddlesome - he makes decisions at a specific level and doesn't dive below that level in to the details. Despite the opinion of some, he did not demand that Harbaugh fire Cam or Trestman. He leaves all changes relating to coaching staff to John. IMO, this makes sense. If you want to hold the HC responsible in the end, you can't demand he makes changes that he doesn't feel are in the team's best interest and then fire him because things didn't work out.

John has been given the rope. Let's see if he uses it to pull the team up or to hang himself. Despite the fact that I was hoping for a DC change myself, I am hoping it is the former.

I hope it is the former as well. Despite the fact I disagree with some decisions he makes during games, challenges and the like, I think he is a pretty darn good HC. The entire thing though smacks of stubborness rather than good decision making to me in his case. Which is partly why I hate the decision to stand pat. I would hate to see him punch his ticket out the door at the end of next season.

[Godfather A]

Medical take on all of this:
Loss of any type creates a predictable grieving response.
Step 1 is denial - "I can't believe that Antonio Brown was able to stretch that ball over the goal line"
Step 2 is anger - lots of that in these posts
Step 3 is bargaining - if only we had a different GM or coach or QB or players
Step 4 is mourning - most people in this stage do not even read the posts
Step 5 is acceptance - that is where everyone needs to be by the start of next season.
Anything other than moving through these stages is not really productive.

[OzzieBisciotti]

I respect Bisciotti's stance - at least he acknowledged that coaching/ drafting could be much better. Like I said, I think he's going to wait one more year, and if things don't change, then he will have to choose between Oz and Harbaugh- one of them clearly needs to go, and I think Oz loses out because he can't fill the cupboard as well as he used to -- so John is forced to play with a crappy hand.

[sizzlingdoom]

Welp you heard from ozzie himself, looks like were bringing in another aging WR instead of finding an odell beckham in the draft. same stuff same reults aw well

The whole wr free agent list looks awful to say the least

[sizzlingdoom]

Why raise ticket prices when the teams trash? shouldve raised them after the super bowl win, this teams already hard to watch as it is you think people are going to pay extra to watch this pathetic team play? And how did mr. clutz make the pro bowl CJ mosley? If he doesnt fumble the game away against Washington were probably in the playoffs.

That might've been the biggest face palm moment in years

[Rav'n Maniac]

You won't find a better owner in the league than Bisciotti. What helps him to be so great at it is the fact that he is a fan first and foremost. True he's a billionaire that owns a professional football team but, he is a humble guy just like the rest of us. Wouldn't want anyone else owning this team.

[jravens1313]

Bisciotti is a great owner, but how can you hang on to Marty M. after that Run-Pass imbalance so drastic? Didn't Marty call all those pass plays this year? How does another year of Marty change that equation?

Edited January 12 by jravens1313

[CDucketts]

Why didn't the Offensive Coordinator get fired TODD?

I don't knooow MARGO!

[Chuckx999]

He has to go out and get a kick-butt GM. Ozzie was once very good, but the past 5-6 dratfs show he just doesn't have it any more. Just time to move on. That's just how it is in sports. When your hot your hot, when you are cold you are GONE!