Jesse Minter Comments

[oldno82]

It's official. Opening up the topic for comments on Minter and his potential staff...

Joe Brady being considered for OC along with Kingsbury.

I don't know him real well, but Minter seems alright to me given his background: solid defensive oriented coach.

I'm a little disappointed that Kline Kubiak didn't get a second interview, though. He was my top choice.

 

[tsylvester]

Let's start with his age and the fact he was also, key word, a successful college college defensive coordinator. What does that mean? He can relate to, speak the language these young players need to hear.

Couple that with-

After guiding the Chargers to top-five defensive rankings in points per game, total yards allowed, passing yards allowed, interceptions (34) and opposing red zone percentage since the start of the 2024 season,Hi bubbly wubbly! Yes, I still have it. I do believe that I will, don't I always?! I love you, your favorite dad

And yes, he along with -insert Jim Swartz's name here- would bring the ba-boom back to the Ravens defense and keep it that way.

I think Swartz would be a great hire, a true vet of the NFL to help offset any lack of experience Minter may have.

Oc, good question, Brady is surely an option right now, but "Lamar and his teammates" want Kingsbury, so bring him in much to the dismay of grub

Good hirer right now, I guess time will tell, 3 years we will know for sure.

[papasmurfbell]

Kliff and in 3 yrs we do this again.

[tsylvester]

Well, my drothers is to bring Todd back, but for some reason Lamar doesn’t want to win MVP's any more nor have one of the best offenses in the league; at least not Monken's way.

Lamar wants Kliff, go to Cheers and get him. Either it works, which is great or Lamar learns to shut up and play football not gm and quarterback 

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2 hours ago, tsylvester said:

Well, my drothers is to bring Todd back, but for some reason Lamar doesn’t want to win MVP's any more nor have one of the best offenses in the league; at least not Monken's way.

Lamar wants Kliff, go to Cheers and get him. Either it works, which is great or Lamar learns to shut up and play football not gm and quarterback 

Lamar is a lost cause.  When a kliff offense fails he will be blamed when it’s really the offense doesn’t work.  

[tsylvester]

Kliff's offense works, look what he did in Washington, until their golden boy got hurt.

Same thing here, Todd's offense worked, real, real well, until 2 things happened. Lamar kept getting hurt and they changed the o line coach. Once the o line failed, no coordinator was going to work his offense well.

Under Todd, this offense lead the league in 90+ yard drives. It is a big reason they won so many games, why this offense was one of the best in the league. It took over games, controlled the clock, and wore the defense down greatly so that in the 4th, the Ravens could run the ball with anyone.

But yeah, Monken was the issue, not the offensive line coach. Thankfully we have an owner who saw that the offensive line coach was the biggest issue and the only way to get rid of him was to get rid of Harbs

[tsylvester]

Albert Breer on Minter

 

[oldno82]

1 hour ago, tsylvester said:

Kliff's offense works, look what he did in Washington, until their golden boy got hurt.

Same thing here, Todd's offense worked, real, real well, until 2 things happened. Lamar kept getting hurt and they changed the o line coach. Once the o line failed, no coordinator was going to work his offense well.

Under Todd, this offense lead the league in 90+ yard drives. It is a big reason they won so many games, why this offense was one of the best in the league. It took over games, controlled the clock, and wore the defense down greatly so that in the 4th, the Ravens could run the ball with anyone.

But yeah, Monken was the issue, not the offensive line coach. Thankfully we have an owner who saw that the offensive line coach was the biggest issue and the only way to get rid of him was to get rid of Harbs

I agree with that analysis. Lamar getting hurt and losing Joe D'Allesandris as line coach did Monken in. We didn't have a good backup QB at the time and the replacement O-line coach just didn't pan out.

[oldno82]

By the way, just read that a 'source' says Kliff is 'not high on Minter's list of potential OCs'. Take that for what it's worth.

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1 hour ago, tsylvester said:

Albert Breer on Minter

 

And when these things flame out they never comeback to say I was wrong.

[GrubberRaven]

If Kliff is hired then trade away Henry.

The more I read, the more I like this hire.  Sounds like he may bring in the DC from TN that was a former Ravens coach as well.

[tsylvester]

That was my next question, would help call the defense or hire out, two minds are better than one

[papasmurfbell]

I don’t tend to like a hc that calls plays.  Most times they fail.

[tsylvester]

I agree, and it seems, at this point, so too does Minter if reports are true he is looking for a dc

[tsylvester]

Eric on why Minter

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/jesse-minter-eric-decosta-explains-why-ravens-chose-hired-head-coach

 

"Talking to him and just seeing his respect for the culture in this building, his ideas, listening to him talk about his ideas for the offense, his ideas for the defense, his ideas for the special teams, what he wants his team to play like. Watching the Chargers play defense on fire every single week, his scheme, very creative. Looking at what he did at Michigan, looking at what he did at Vanderbilt, the coaches he's worked with. It all just kind of came together and it became clear."

[tsylvester]

The Biscuit on Minter

""Jesse was impressive throughout our incredibly thorough interview process. He clearly understands the values, high expectations, and history of the Ravens, and he has a great vision for the future... Jesse’s football acumen is outstanding, and that’s been proven by the impact he’s made throughout his entire coaching career. He is also a leader who will authentically connect with our players and inspire them to championship levels."

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6 hours ago, tsylvester said:

I agree, and it seems, at this point, so too does Minter if reports are true he is looking for a dc

Even if you call plays you need a coordinator.  Someone has to run those meetings.  The hc can’t do all the leg work on a side of the ball and also be the general in charge.  There is not enough time in the day.

[tsylvester]

I'm looking forward to see how he views certain players, how he uses them as well. Shoot he got pretty good production out of a Raven cast off. The Chsrgers also have a couple of free agents I wouldn't mind having here, will they come?

[tsylvester]

Mike Mickens, Notre Dame, is taking over as defensive backs coach 

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/news/notre-dame-defensive-backs-coach-mike-mickens-nfl-baltimore-ravens/

Prior to the 2024 season, he had just been the Irish’s cornerbacks coach.

He was a first-team All-American in 2007 and second-team All-American in 2008. Mickens was a first-team All-Big East performer in 2007 and three-time second-team All-Big East selection (2005, 2006 and 2008).

Minter was a defensive grad assistant with the Bearcats when Mickens played for Cincinnati. He later hired Mickens as a defensive assistant in 2012, when Minter was Indiana State’s defensive coordinator.

 

[oldno82]

Yep. I'm anxious to see who he picks for OC and DC and the line coaches. Will be a very interesting period in Ravens' history.

Harbaugh took Horton with him to NY which is fine by me. I haven't been impressed with our special teams since he took them over.

[tsylvester]

Right!.special teams has largely been not very good, not Rams bad, but still, could use improvement 

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9 minutes ago, oldno82 said:

Yep. I'm anxious to see who he picks for OC and DC and the line coaches. Will be a very interesting period in Ravens' history.

Harbaugh took Horton with him to NY which is fine by me. I haven't been impressed with our special teams since he took them over.

Shouldn’t the dc be getting the position coaches?  

[oldno82]

I don't know. Good question. I'd hope the DC and HC would collaborate on those hires.

[tsylvester]

47 minutes ago, papasmurfbell said:

Shouldn’t the dc be getting the position coaches?  

Have a say? Sure, but staff is uo to the head coach, who also happens to be a defensive coordinator. Now reciever coach, maybe you have something to gripes about

[tsylvester]

 As first reported by Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Lions assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Scottie Montgomery has been requested to interview for the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator job.

Montgomery first joined the Lions in 2023 as the team’s running backs/assistant head coach.