link <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Ravens spent much of this week in meetings, debating which coaching candidates they should be pursuing to replace Brian Billick, who was fired on Monday. Baltimore discussed 30 -- 30! -- potential candidates, leaving Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti plenty of work to do to uncover the potential “Hall of Fame” coach he is seeking to take over his franchise. The Ravens already have faxed permission requests to the Cowboys to interview Sparano and Garrett, the Indianapolis Colts to interivew their assistant head coach, Jim Caldwell, and the New England Patriots to interview their offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels. The Ravens want to make sure they contact the assistant coaches in this season’s playoffs and attempt to interview them this week, during the window that is open. After this week the Ravens can focus on coaches not involved in the postseason. But the Ravens' work is far from done. There still will be more meetings, further debating the merits that each particular head coach could bring, as Baltimore continues to do the legwork to find a new coach. It could be a while before the Ravens hire their new head man.</div>
