Football Grump

I think that John Harbaugh is an outstanding coach at assembling a staff.

And I think that he assembles a staff around the talent that he has.

And let's not forget that there were question marks for both of those completely different quarterbacks coming into the league.

Joe Flacco is an FCS guy.

quarterback out of Delaware.

Lamar Jackson was another one was like, you know, you could see all the and again, like, you know, the arm talent with Joe Flacco coming out of Delaware, throwing in windy and rainy conditions was something that ownership in the GM were convinced he was going to be able to do it late in the season in Pittsburgh.

And in Cleveland, on the road, you know, when they needed it most.

But still, I mean, there's a lot of question marks behind somebody like that.

Joe Flacco himself was considering playing baseball because he didn't think he was going to go to the NFL.

And then Lamar Jackson, all the talent in the world, but huge question marks of him just being a true passer.

And if that would translate to the next level to the point where, what is it, like 25 teams passed on him?

So, you know, there's a lot of ballsiness to John Harbaugh's

his entire acumen, his resume, et cetera, moving on from an offensive coordinator in the middle of a season in which they are having a winning season and go on to win the Super Bowl.

I mean, that's just something I don't know if that... I wish I had the time to look it up if that's ever happened before or since, where an offensive coordinator gets fired mid-season and that same team goes on and wins the Super Bowl.

You know, and then when you...

have somebody like Lamar Jackson that's going to have to develop a little bit at a time and just kind of like easing him into the NFL with, you know, Marty Morningwig, Greg Roman, who's going to work around the run game and kind of attack that way and then move on to Monken.

I think that...

The way that I was impressed with Brian Dable's ability to scheme an offense around a quarterback, I'm just as impressed with John Harbaugh's ability to build a staff around his players.

Yeah, I mean, that's actually one of those business phrases or whatever is it's less so about hiring the right person and it's knowing when to fire from the wrong person that contributes to success most often.

Because a lot of times hiring is just sort of luck, right?