File under “Bad Customer Relations” for Ravens
August 18, 2008
The Baltimore Ravens are usually impeccable when it comes to being fan friendly, but Saturday night, I thought new coach John Harbaugh dissed the 40,000-or-so fans who stayed in their seats to watch the second half of what was a terrible exhibition game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Every one of those fans stayed to see the team’s No. 1 draft pick, quarterback Joe Flacco, play. But after Troy Smith played the entire first half, Kyle Boller, last year’s starting QB, played the third quarter. The Ravens had the ball at the end of the quarter, so Boller continued the drive (which — surprise, surprise — ended with a punt).
When the Ravens got the ball back with about 12 minutes left in the game, Boller ran back onto the field, accompanied by many boos from the fans, who clearly wanted Flacco. The rookie finally made his M&T Bank Stadium debut with about eight minutes to play.
I know Harbaugh has a plan, and his No. 1 goal is — as it should be — getting ready for the season. But doesn’t the team owe something to the fans who pay regular season prices to come and watch exhibition games?
ED WALDMAN, Managing Editor/Business
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Harbaugh owes the fans a winning team, that’s all. He doesn’t tell you how to write run-on sentences, make syntax errors, and argue illogically; why do you tell him how to coach? The problem in the world is amateurs, if we could just get the amateurs to shut up . . .
To the previous commenter, unless you’re paid to submit comments to blogs, I’m going to go ahead and pull your card: you are an amateur, too.