For over 1 hour last night, Super Bowl winning Coach John Harbaugh took his audience through the journey to the Super Bowl Title from his perspective. It was just an amazing ride delivered by a master orator. The benefactor of the night was the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Some of the highlights:
“The days are long but the years are shorter” was a recurrent theme throughout the speech. Harbaugh related the total frustration of the defeat against New England the year before and how proud he was of the way the team handled it. The ultimate irony was that 1 year later, the Ravens were back in the exact same situation. This time there was no doubt in his mind the Ravens would be victorious. However after a poorly played, too conservative 1st half against the Brady bunch, Harbaugh and Joe Caldwell agreed it was time to let Joe Flacco loose.The rest is history.
One thing was very apparent to me, that was Harbaugh’s ultimate respect for Anquan Boldin, with whom Harbaugh would exchange uplifting texts throughout the run. I just have a feeling , He will find a way to keep Q around.
Everything I ever thought about Harbaugh was echoed last night. He again reiterated his love for Baltimore and how the title belonged to the city. When I first met John 4 years ago , his theme was how he felt he had let the city down. That feeling will never exist again.
Harbaugh spoke of the entire tragedy of the death of Torrey’s brother and how the team rallied around Torrey.
Terrapin nation was well represented with Jeremy Sieverts and former Softball All America player Amber Jackson being 2 of the speakers.
Harbaugh made it abundantly clear how much faith play a huge role in the title run. The address ended on a typical Harbaugh family note, a request to attack every day at work like it was your first and bring everything you have to the love of your family.
It is impossible not to really like John Harbaugh!!!!!
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