Baltimore Ravens should be afraid of staying the same

Firing Harbaugh makes an awful lot of sense:

The Baltimore Ravens have one justifiable choice. They have to fire John Harbaugh. They can put him in the ring of honor ten years later, but they have to give him his pink slip. The Ravens have missed the playoffs four of the last five years. Changing coordinators isn’t the answer. The strength of Harbaugh is that he is a good leader. The only thing changing coordinators will do, is take away power. It may also lead some players to resent Harbaugh as the one guy who hasn’t fallen on his sword.

Harbaugh brought Dean Pees and Marty Mornhinweg to Baltimore. Pees is retiring, so the defensive coordinator position is up for grabs one way or another. If Pees wasn’t retiring, the Ravens would still be wise to look for a new defensive coordinator. The defense has been beaten the same way two years in a row, in a critical game.

Harbaugh is probably going to stay:

Marty Mornhinweg got the offensive coordinator position when he took over for Marc Trestman in 2016. Harbaugh is the only reason Mornhinweg is still in Baltimore, it isn’t his performance keeping him here. Harbaugh is afraid of change and look how that turned out.

As it stands now, it is doubtful that the Ravens will fire their coach. However it can be assumed that Harbaugh’s failures will cost him something. This probably means the end of Mornhinweg as the offensive coordinator. Kubiak is the obvious replacement, however it’s not a lock that the Ravens can pull him in. If the Ravens can get Pagano and Kubiak back to Baltimore, this thing does have the potential to work. Parting ways with Harbaugh’s problematic coordinators is nothing more than a half measure, but it could theoretically work.