"Around 2:45 p.m., it was business as usual as some of the coaches left after filing their end-of-season player reports. John Harbaugh chatted up the members of his staff who hung around. The belief inside the building -- or at least the hope -- was that the Ravens would undergo staff changes, perhaps at the coordinator positions, but that Harbaugh would remain the head coach in 2026. One team source came away from that afternoon with the impression that Harbaugh and the Ravens were discussing a possible change at head coach but didn't expect a quick decision, and that Harbaugh had 24 hours to decide what he wanted to do."
"Just a few hours later, the coaches heard a knock on their door. A visibly distraught general manager Eric DeCosta, along with team president Sashi Brown, called a brief and hastily assembled meeting that began with DeCosta telling the group that he has "never had to do this before," a team source recalled."
Inside the Ravens' training facility, coaches believed only coordinator-level changes were likely and expected John Harbaugh to remain head coach for 2026. Around midafternoon, coaches were finishing end-of-season reports and Harbaugh was interacting casually with staff. A team source said discussions had occurred about a possible head-coach change and that Harbaugh was given roughly 24 hours to decide. Later that day, general manager Eric DeCosta and team president Sashi Brown assembled the coaches, with DeCosta appearing visibly distraught and saying he had "never had to do this before."
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