What the Ravens Want
The Ravens don’t have a “type.”
When the search began, Bisciotti told DeCosta and Brown that he was “very intrigued” by this year’s list of candidates looking for their second crack at a head coaching job.
That list (for now) includes confirmed interviews with Jim Schwartz, Brian Flores, Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Nagy, Kevin Stefanski, and Vance Joseph, as well as reported requested interviews with Mike McDaniel and Robert Saleh.
Each had their own set of circumstances that torpedoed their first go-around as a head coach. Whether it be the lack of a quality quarterback, a dearth of overall talent, injuries, or upper-management instability, there are a host of factors that can make or break a head coach’s tenure.
Bisciotti and the Ravens will take all of that into account when evaluating a coach looking for a second opportunity. “Retread” can be a dirty word, but it’s not in Baltimore.
“I could say I’m disqualifying coaches with losing records, but I think you have to remember that they were the hottest coaches in their cycle, and they got jobs and they got tough jobs, and I don’t think we have a tough job,” Bisciotti said.
“I’m telling you, we are keen to their circumstances, and we won’t let their first shot at a job influence us negatively for this one.”
