To the dismay of many, Jim Caldwell was most likely not going to be fired. Some placed the horrendous 8-8 season squarley on the shoulders of the offensive line, and exampted the man in charge often spewing excuses like "He won us the superbowl. So he's obviously good". Lucklily for the Ravens, the Detroit Lions saved them the awkward situation of having to fire one of their own.
To the outsider's eye, it came down to Gary Kubiak and Jim Hostler. Kubiak, on one hand, was an outsider himself; John Harbaugh was never the type of head coach to look outside of his organization for coordinator jobs.