"There are few times when questions about the Ravens cause me to pause, but there was one last week which was simple, yet so intriguing.

A fan wanted to know if John Harbaugh was a good coach. That was surprising considering Harbaugh has a 49-24 overall record in four years as the Ravens coach, and played in two AFC championshipgames.

But the more I thought about it, I kept wondering why Harbaugh has never been a serious candidate for Coach of the Year. The record is impressive, but Harbaugh's name is never mentioned in the same breath with a Bill Belichick of New England, New York's Tom Coughlin, Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin or Green Bay's Mike McCarthy."