Gary Kubiak come on down. You’re the next contestant on the Ravens offensive coordinator shuffle!
The Baltimore Ravens have hired former Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak as their next offensive coordinator. Should we start betting now on the date that fans begin calling for him to be fired?
Rick Dennison joins the staff as Baltimore’s new quarterbacks coach though Kyle Shanahan, who many originally thought would join this offensive “dream team” will not be donning purple in 2014. The Baltimore Sun’s Aaron Wilson also reports that the Ravens won’t be retaining tight ends coach Wade Harman.
Kubiak also reportedly interviewed for the Cleveland Browns’ OC position as well. Over his NFL career, Kubes has been a part of six Super Bowls (three as a player and three as an assistant coach). He also sports three championship rings (one with the 49ers and two with the Broncos)
This morning The Sun’s Mike Preston stirred things up (bet you haven’t heard anyone say that before) when he tweeted the following:
Finger prints of owner, Steve Bisciotti, and general manager Ozzie Newsome all over possible Kubiak hiring. Harbaugh was non-factor.
— Mike Preston (@MikePrestonSun) January 27, 2014
Non-factor? Wow. What do you think of Harbaugh not being allowed to choose his own staff? Is Harbs on the hot seat after one bad season?
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Preston has a long history of posting things with no source or questionable sources and often turning out to be wrong. Even the wording in this tweet seems to indicate that he has no source. this is pure speculation IMO. no one else has reported this, with the exception of people sourcing this tweet. I seriously doubt the validity here. It seemed like Harbaugh was looking at west coast and zone blocking coaches all along, why wouldn’t he go after kubiak.
What other stories has Preston reported without a source?
Isn’t it interesting that they were so close to promoting Jim Hostler and then Gary Kubiak sort of came out of no where?
I’m not saying what Preston is reporting is entirely true, but it is interesting how this developed.
Who says they were ‘so close’ to promoting Jim Hostler? I keep hearing this as rumor but do you have any credible sources to corroborate this or is it pure speculation? Harbs refuted this theory today but I guess saying he actually wanted Hos and had to be ‘forced’ into taking Kubs makes a better story.
No source as I’m just a fan. Just passing along the information Preston, who covers the team daily, reported.
nook3000, I guess “Harbs” refuting this story means it’s the truth. “Harbs” would never tell a lie.
I saw you at a Ravens game this year nook3000 and you’re the only clown who can go to a Ravens home game wearing a Ravens jersey and get harassed by the home fans! How is that Dingo? People were yelling, “Go to hell assclown!”, “Eat shit, loser!”, “Take that off, asshole!” at you… And that wasn’t just one guy! The entire section you were in was lobbing obscenities at you! I thought I had heard it all until “Raven Ray” yelled to you, “You think you can show up here wearing that shit? Go home before you get your ass kicked!”.
I think you are seeing the demise of Harbaugh, a community leader… MGW and I have stated for a couple years that Harbaugh is not a head coach. Harbaugh had people around him that were the true coaches. I know when players leave a team that they tend to say bad things about their former team but when a lot of high profile players or coaches left the Ravens they tended to really put a dig in at Harbaugh and nothing else about the Ravens.
Harbaugh is slowly being exposed for what he is… A guy who lucked out getting the Ravens job and has been hidden by Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Rex Ryan (Defensive coordinator Ryan, not Head Coach Ryan), etc…
Harbaugh looking to hire Shanahan or Hostler was stupid from the get go. You don’t have a team like the Ravens and hire first time coordinators or guys that rode daddys coattails. Teams like the Browns do that shit. Harbaugh does not like anyone to have more say/control than him thus his dumbass “doghouse” as well as firing coaches frequently.
Bisciotti is bringing in Kubiak AND letting him pick his coaches. You think that is sitting well with Harbaugh?
You forgot me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I have said all along Harbs was a pretender just like obama,,,,,,,,,,,,,both are in over their heads and Steve knows it and doesn’t want to waste another year of Flacco’s ‘no growth’ under this corporate head coach……………..Thanks………….
Yeah, I definitely think Steve knows it. He is probably the most knowledgeable guy here on BSR, without a doubt. We are talking about the same Steve….right Spy?
Maybe not incher……………….good to see you are still around………….
Hey Spy! Still around, just changed home base from the Federal Prison in downtown B’More to the one here in GA! No worries though, it is minimum security so we get all the comforts of home. You have heard the saying, “know when to hold ethem and know when to fold them”? Well I didn’t know when to fold them. All those federal contracts seemed so easy to take a kickback from and then two and then ten. Should hae never bit on number eleven. As with Doug Decinces, Terry Crowley in his first stint, women and dice, that fata number 11 did me in!
What?!?? Little boy, please get out your mom’s basement saying ridiculous stuff online. Intimidator?!! puhahaha…you made my day.
Btw KID,I’m not saying you should believe Harbs but don’t believe all of these other talking heads who spout unfounded opinion as fact either.
Now go do your chores!! Chump!
nook3000, who the hell uses “chump” anymore? Waiting for you to throw out a “dude”, “gnarly”, and “be one or buy one”…
Look Magnum, you’re an old man and your gearing up for the big game by purchasing 2 boxes of dong balloons and a bottle of Boones Farm Strawberry Wine because you think your goina get lucky when you take your girlfriend to her High School Prom. What happened to getting her a corsage? Hell, what happened to not being an old pervert dating your 17 year old niece? And stop telling your co-workers at Denny’s that you’re hoping to get voted “Prom King”. Deuchbag (You can use that one).
Your messing with the wrong dude nook3000. I seen the Intimidator do a tuck and roll off a four story building with a fixed blade knife in his mouth while spraying bullets in the air all because he could.
Yea , and i saw him with something else in his mouth with Chowman………….LOL””””’
Timbo, you must be smoking crack. I saw the Intimidator riding an electric cart at Safeway this past weekend. He hasn’t done a tuck and roll since 1994. Come on man…
Umm, the Ravens own website listed this as a two-horse race between Hostler and Shannahan as late as Saturday.
In that the Ravens RUN their own website, I’d say that’s a fairly reliable source.
Keep drinking the Harbaugh Kool Aid. He’s not even in charge of anything at home, much less on the football field. He’s a corporate “front man”, a carnival barker, more or less.
Harbaugh, even as the coach, has been a non-factor for 6 years now….
Good one , I also believe they got rid of all the decent coaches last year , Lewis , Reed , Pollard , Birk , Boldin etc…………..
Umm, the Ravens own website listed this as a two-horse race between Hostler and Shannahan as late as Saturday.
In that the Ravens RUN their own website, I’d say that’s a fairly reliable source.
Keep drinking the Harbaugh Kool Aid. He’s not even in charge of anything at home, much less on the football field. He’s a corporate “front man”, a carnival barker, more or less