“They say you can’t please all of the people all of the time… and last night, all of those people were at my show.” -Mitch Hedberg.

The Ravens are set on making the right decision and finding the right man to fill Brian Billick’s shoes. But as the search for a new coach continues, we’re finding out rather quickly that everyone in Baltimore has a different idea of what’s right for the team.

To figure out what’s right for this team, you have to first determine what exactly it is this team needs. Easier said than done.

Ravens’ owner Steve Bisciotti is a businessman. He eats, sleeps and breathes good business. It’s not a stretch to say that he’s probably looking for a particular type of coach – media friendly, professional, no nonsense. Shall we say, business-oriented? Jason Garrett fit that image. Young, intelligent, good-looking – he’s everything Bisciotti could have asked for. But he’s no longer an option, and there’s no telling if his business image would translate to the field here the way it did in Dallas. There goes another attempt at an offensive overhaul.

Still a fan favorite for the position, Rex Ryan is very much outside of the corporate image Bisciotti might be dreaming up. Ryan represents old fashioned, knock-your-teeth-out football – the kind of football his Ravens’ defenses have played for the last few seasons. Most fans would approve of Ryan’s hiring, but there are plenty of doubters as well. Clearly he’s not what Ozzie Newsome and Bisciotti are looking for, as he’s all but fallen off the Ravens’ radar. And if the Ravens are truly looking to move away from the Billick era, is his top assistant really the man to bring about that kind of change?

And now there are the John Harbaugh’s and Marty Schottenheimer’s of the league. Each man comes with his own set of strengths and weaknesses, and both have garnered mixed support from fans. Too much or too little experience, too much like Billick or not quite “Raven” enough. Something tells me that Newsome would love to get his hands on Schottenheimer, who has only two losing seasons in his 21 as a head coach. Remember Ozzie’s motto – take the best guy, no matter what.

The bottom line is that at this point, any Ravens decision is going to come with a fair pile of criticism on the side. Certainly, there is no perfect choice that will please everyone – fans, players and coaches alike. We just have to hope that whoever they do choose can quickly win-over whichever groups are left on the outside feeling like the Ravens’ didn’t get the right guy.