Baltimore Ravens 11/29/2007 5:27 PMThe Baltimore Sun reports during his nine-year tenure in Baltimore, coach Brian Billick often delivered a great nugget of information, but obviously the Ravens weren't paying any attention. Billick would say the shelf life of an NFL head coach was 10 years, and that makes you wonder why the Ravens signed him to a four-year contract extension at the end of last season. We all knew why Billick signed. He couldn't wait to complete an agreement that reportedly pays him $5 million per season. But it was a mistake to sign Billick to an extension of that length. A two-year deal would have been fine, just like it was for most coaches a decade ago. But now the Ravens are stuck.Read more
