During the days of Brian Billick, the relationship between the Ravens scouts and the coaching staff wasn’t ideal. Billick didn’t see the scouts as equals to his staff and apparently didn’t feel that their contributions were as important. Quite naturally the scouts trust in Billick wasn’t exactly bulletproof.
Consequently the communication between the sides suffered.
When Steve Bisciotti came on board as a 25% owner and eventually 99% owner, Billick boasted that the communication at team headquarters was among the best in the NFL. To which Bisciotti retorted, “Then the NFL has a problem.