Harbaugh's dog house is so big, he's going to have to trade it in for a kennel. A lot of guys disappear from the team.

Yaaa. Just ask me!

We rank 22nd in Sacks.... maybe we could use a young pass rusher? Oh wait he missed 1 tackle.... Guess we'll never see if he can help get pressure because he missed 1 tackle.

If we are benching players for missing 1 tackle how about Foxworth-less? He misses a tackle every drive.

Barnes should be given another shot. Harbaugh has made so many mental mistakes this year that it makes me wonder if he is really ready to be an NFL coach. The clock mismanagement, the stupid time outs, the coaching decisions, the challenges, etc. Harbaugh is in my doghouse.

it's OK to punish a player, but when the rest of the D is continually making the same stupid mistakes over and over, I'd say Barnes has served his sentence. Bring him in, it can't hurt anymore. Demetrius Williams and he must be sharing the same bone.

I've been a fan of Harbaugh's, but this is the one thing that bugs me about him - his tendency to hold grudges. The focus should be on putting the best 22 players on the field and not about using playing time to discipline or punish your players.

Word up on Harbaugh's Dog House! From the day he got here!

Is Antwan bunking in the C-Mac Suite, or are he and Demetrius Williams sharing Willis' old room?

Harbaugh's weakness is his personal relationships. If you're in his doghouse he won't use you, even if you might help the team win (Mcgahee, Barnes, Kruger). If you're a personal friend, he makes sure your son gets paid by the team in some fashion. If he wants to be successful long-term, he needs to be able to separate his feelings when making judgements.

Hopefully at seasons end Foxworthless gets on in that house.

Harbaugh should be the one in the doghouse or buried underneath it. His blunder with a key time out against the Colts cost us the chance to win when he challenged the spot with two minutes left. He nearly pulled a similar blunder last night with his time management late in the game and the Ravens needing five yards to move the chains. The guy has not been in the job long enough to have a dog house. He should take a lesson from Earl Weaver and put the players on the field who give you the best chance to win, regardless of past mistakes.

wait, we have a guy in Harbaugh's doghouse because he missed one tackle? Name a defensive player on our team who hasn't missed one tackle this year? I think several of our starters (and stars) are in double digits for missed tackles.

I attended the C game last week and i came in from Portland, Or.. to see it. Before last night's game i made it official. I called friends in Bmore and announced that Bischotti made a mistake with Harbaugh and should fire him at the end of the season. He always looks confused and like he's got a headache on the sidelines and i agree----he's quicjk to judge by first impression and too proud or hard-headed to let it go makes fir

Harbaugh is like a hissy little girl. It's his way or the highway. He should throw out his book of sports cliches and pick up one on how to motivate and manage a group of diverse individuals. His grudges are hurting the team.

Harbaugh has been here long enough that his warts are starting to show. If he wants to put someone in the doghouse how about Gregg Mattison, who has single handedly turned the NFL's most ferocious, and unpredictable defense into one that can't even rattle a rookie QB making his first start in a big game on prime time. The Ravens are now so predictable that even I can tell who is biitzing, and who is dropping into coverage. They hardly ever stunt, or run overloads, or do anything but just line up and play from that set. Blech!!

Also, if Harbaugh wants to put people in the doghouse for missing tackles, how about benching Ray Lewis, remember that big tackle he missed when he met the RB in the hole last week, how about Ed Reed. I bet he won't bench either of those guys. Harbaugh is beginning to appear even worse than Billick in the arrogance department. I was no fan of Biliick in his last three years, but his greatest sin (besides a lack of imagination) was believing too much in his players, particularly, one Kyle Boller. Harbaughs act is beginning to wear just a bit thin.

Seems like Harbaugh is inconsistent; why did he let Hauschka keep playing after he blew so many kicks (that lost games, no less)?

Yet exiles Barnes because of one whiff?

If missed tackles puts you in the doghouse, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed wouldn't play

Barnes is a consistent mental eff-up...I think this is a sensible move. For me, it's not about missed tackles, but the boneheaded/hotheaded penalties on special teams.

Many of you are assuming Barnes has been given a bone to share with D Will. Harbaugh does not feed the players in the doghouse. I have been managing people for many years; there is no place for personalizing decision making

Harbaugh needs to grow up. This isn't about him, it's about the team and what's best for the team. The media and some of the fans in this town chastised Billick because he was arrogant. Billick's arrogance was more team centric, like when he defended Ray in Tampa before the Super Bowl. Like his famous "$%&^ the Titans" speech, like the "banshee speech". Harbaugh is all about Harbaugh.

Looks like the same dumb Ravens fans are posting again. There is a reason why those players are inactive and the coach doesn't need to share eveything with the media. Furthermore, you keep bashing Foxworth but criticize the pash rush. If you don't get a rush, the wr has more time to get open. It's not rocket science so stop bashing the corners.

Barnes is a fast pass rusher who can help the ravens out in something they have been lacking the past couple of games. Get Barnes back out on the field

John, jim or whatever your name is coach...you are missing the boat on not playing barnes and d. williams. Freddie kruger made one big play but was manhandled one on one the rest of the game and got no pressure nor did he help on run defense. Put the team first and get these guys in before its too late

Effective leaders are skilled in being able to motivate all types of personalities. Harbaugh ran Chris McAllister off the team, I assume cause he could not find a way to motivate him to follow his plans. Harbaugh not being able to work with McAllister has cost the team dearly as our cornerbacks are weak. Now we need to find passrushers and we have another player Harbaugh can't motivate in Barnes.

Maybe Harbaugh's "thin resume" (the oner's words) is just too thin for the leadership skills a successful NFL coach needs.

I'm beginnning to think Harbaugh is not going to be a successful NFL head coach.

Lou

Comment woulda been funnier if Chris McAlister had spelled his name right.

I'd like to point out that we are still ranked 5th in points allowed per game in the league. Maybe we could be better with Barnes, but have we been that bad?

I can't stand Harbaugh. I think they interviewed the wrong guy. I think Jim is the Harbaugh that they actually wanted. He doesn't do anything but stand on the sidelines and waste timeouts with dumb challenges. He's a figure head. I watched Belicheck and other head coaches go to their defense and offense and chewed them out for not playing with any urgency. Hell even 34 year old Josh McDaniels has a better grip on his team. I've never seen him go to either unit and say anything. He just stands there with his headset on and acts like he's actually coaching. He never said anything to his special teams after all of those penalties. He's the special teams guy. He should atleast know how to fix that unit cause he's never been a coordinator. Dumb.

Harbaugh seems like a good guy - but he's never felt like the coach to me. I still think we should have hired Ryan after the job he did for us - or kept Billick.

Do any of you know what you're talking about? Have you been at all the practices? Do you know what happened with Barnes, D-Will, McGahee and the rest that made them not play as much? No, you really don't. John Harbaugh does, so let him coach the team.

Whoa Whoa Whoa. Everybody just stop right now with all this negative Harbaugh talk. Every media member in town was kissing Harbaugh's rear end last year and the fans were eating it up. No more big words from the Ravens head coach, no more of the Kyle Boller experiment, no more player-friendly training camps. You all loved Harbaugh's (supposedly) old school approach and now you've got it. You can't have it both ways. Billick was criticized for letting loose cannons play on Sunday -- now Harbaugh is being villified for taking a hard line with those guys??? Give me a break!

Everyone is making a big assumption that we know he is in the doghouse because of the missed tackle. Do we really know what happens during practices and meetings? Might this be an organizational decision instead of a Harbaugh decision? Maybe Barnes really isn't doing a lot of things he should be and the origanization is just now holding him accountable.

C-Mac - Nice game last night! You should be in a Ravens uniform, but Hairball is too arrogant for his own good. Certainly, you had some issues, but you seemed to tame those down in the last few years. Good luck to you...Oh and for what it is worth. Anita Marx misses you dearly....

I'm betting Preston doesn't know the real reason behind the benching of Barnes. I strongly doubt it has to do with a missed tackle, or any similar physical mistake. Harbaugh strikes me a a coach who requires a good attitude from his players. If they don't have a good attitude at practice, they don't play (see C-Mac, McGahee (last year, D. Williams, etc.). I'm not the world's biggest Harbaugh fan, but missing a tackle does not get you in the dog house.

Harbaughs mismanagment of time outs; too many players on the field; not knowing where the ball should be placed; staying with a place kicker that was inexperience; leading the league in penalties; offensive line penalties this late in the season; inexperienced defensive coordinator. The list goes on and on. Add to that a general manager who refuses to admit that not keeping Matt Stover was a mistake, whose signing of foxworth, carr, walker were mistakes; and not admitting that trading a draft pick for a quality wide receiver was a mistake all adds up to two things. Get rid of the coach and the general manager. This team is way to good to be 6 and 5, and heading for an 8 and 8 finish.

Let's just let Harbaugh coach. It is his team and we're not really sure what else Barnes has done....I'm sure there is more to the story. The dog house got Willis playing better. It's easy for us to say but we're not there every day. I'm sure if he thought he would benefit the team then he would be out there. As for the defense goes, it was missing a beat last year under Ryan so let's not blame Mattison for that one.

I love that everyone thinks it is because of 1 tackle that was missed. Do we have proof of why he is in the doghouse? This is a whole blog dedicated to discussing an opinion by a writer - as if it were true. Is it merely possible that he is not as good as advertised? Is it possible he did something against a team official or coach? All are valid reasons for benching him. Allowing one undisciplined player on the field would just open the flood gates for everyone else to follow when they please...right? There are talented guys out there that play his position on the field that I could say at least meet (or exceed) his 'athleticism'...so I find this a mute point. How about focus on how well the defense has been playing the past 5 games and give it a rest. Obviously the team suffered a coaching vaccuum when Rex left. Foxworth has never been 'great', he stunk last year as well. He needs to work on his footwork so he is not falling down everytime a WR blasts by him. Maybe there is an 'hidden' injury there that the team is masking...maybe why he has to play 10 yards off his coverage? Who knows...but I think adding Webb in there (experienced or not) has helped strengthen up the secondary. Maybe Kruger will get more chances as well? All guys make mistakes....but if you go against your coach, you can't expect to play - regardless. I enjoy reading banter on how Harbaugh has ruined everything. What is our record compared to the world champs of last year? Are we better than them on paper? I would say probably not...if you are being true to yourself...you would think the same. So Harbaugh is fine. Ugh....I can't believe I wasted my time on this!

Sixteen stupid comments. The Ravens put their best on the field every time. Sometimes it's not good enough. Why on Earth would someone not play the best players? The same irrational people that wanted Derek Anderson, etc. McAllister's really doing a job! I'm sure Tomlin's an idiot too. And Sean Payton before this year. Get a grip!

Harbaugh needs to cool it with the doghouse stuff. Barnes is not starting material but when your pass rush is struggling like the Ravens is, you need all the help you can get. I still like Harbaugh, even with his flaws showing up, but tone it down with the doghouse crap. Oh and for people whining about how Harbaugh should be fired, the Ravens are a stable organization they're not the Redskins so he's not going to be fired nor should he be.

I am constantly amazed at the depth of knowledge y'all have in these blogs. Who in the locker room is giving you all these insights? You talk as if you "know" these people and you gossip over the fence with them every afternoon.

Get real. Either talk about what you know or admit you are guessing because the truth is no one on this board really knows why Barnes isn't playing. Anymore than they knew why Kruger wasn't playing. Even the media types are just guessing about what goes on in that locker room.

I just got my belly laugh for the week. If Harbaugh has a dog house he should be in the pent house suite along with Ray Lewis( miss tackle for TD in colt game) and Ed Reed (bonehead play on kick return). Harbaugh acts like a little girl with his/her emotional decisions. He was probably ready to wet his pants if the Ravens didn't make that 4th and 5.
Every starter on the team has made a mistake at one time or another. I believe a player should be in the doghouse when he constently make the same mistakes over and over.....FOXSWORTH!!!!

Who is John Harbaugh? and why is he screwing up my team?

Obviously any time "doghouse" talk starts up, it's a lot of "he said/she said", because, by nature, it's all "off the record" stuff. (unlike when Mike Singletary just blew Vernon Davis off the map with his comments).

By the same token, often times, where there's smoke, there's fire. There's been too much talk about coach Harbaugh's so-called hard nosed philosophy and "playing like a Raven" for it all to be hype, especially when it came to players like C-Mac, McGahee, and Heap. Heap seems to have gotten out of the doghouse, McGahee also, to a certain extent, and C-Mac is long gone.

Has coach Harbaugh's coaching style impacted the team's roster? No doubt. Have there been mistakes made along the way due to his stubbornness? Probably. Will that affect the Ravens playoff hopes for 2009 and beyond? I would think so.

What a terrible decision to hire a guy who led us to an 11-5 season and an AFCCG in his first year after we were 5-11 and has us poised for another playoff run his second year!
I'm pretty sure Baltimore fans are the stupidest sports fans in the country and I'm ashamed to be one of them.