Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh introduced new defensive coordinator in Mike Macdonald to the media on Wednesday. Harbaugh seemed relieved during the press conference, as he was able to hire someone who has familiarity with the type of style that Baltimore’s defense plays.
When it was mentioned to him that he was smiling a lot in the press conference, Harbaugh showered his new defensive coordinator with high praise, talking about his familiarity with the coach as well as what he was able to do at the university.
“I’m really happy and excited. It was a great process. We talked about a lot of it on Monday, kind of the things we’ve been doing for the last three weeks. It’s been a whirlwind. It’s been the season into a season, really, for me. Mike [Macdonald] was playing in the playoffs just a couple weeks ago. So, it’s all this craziness going on, but it’s exciting, it’s fun [and] it gets your juices going. [The Baltimore Sun‘s] Childs’ [Walker] question was, ‘What did you see in the last year?’ And that kind of brings me to the point. It’s like, here is a coach that I knew was a really good football coach; I saw him every single day. I saw him with his guys. I knew how he related to his guys in the building, how he taught [and] how he helped build the defense. So, I knew how his mind worked – this is a really good football coach. Then you see him go off into a situation where they completely revamp a defense, really in about two weeks before you start spring ball, right?”
Coach Harbaugh on what he saw from Mike Macdonald in the last year: pic.twitter.com/92wuL3Od5n
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The offseason is still in the early stages for the Ravens, but the 2022 season can’t come fast enough. To be able to see what Macdonald can do is going to be something to keep an eye on, as the Baltimore defense clearly has high expectations, and that starts with the man leading the charge in Macdonald.