Yesterday, Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh had an end-of-year press conference which he began by discussing how “fired up” he was thinking about the team’s future, asking himself “What do we need to do? What’s the next step?” When Harbaugh led with those statements, I allowed myself to believe that there could be some significant details revealed about the road ahead.
In the end, I felt like the embodiment of the Forrest Gump meme as he says, “I’m not a smart man.”
I understand that the job of a head coach is as much about being a public-facing figure as it is about football-related decisions.