OWINGS MILLS -- As the Baltimore Ravens head into what shapes up as an important offseason of business decisions, they'll still have general manager Ozzie Newsome's experience to rely upon.

Newsome has no intentions to retire.

The Ravens have contractually designated Ravens director of player personnel Eric DeCosta as their general manager in waiting.

"I enjoy coming to work every single day, I work with good people," Newsome said Wednesday. "I enjoy coming to work. I don't know if I have a bad day. I might make a lot of mistakes, but I don't know if I have a bad day at the office. With the people that are in the building, I really, really enjoy what I do.

"I don't know how much longer. I want Super Bowls. Steve [Bisciotti] and I talk about two Super Bowls and three Super Bowls. Once I get to that point, I'll start deciding. This is a great place to come to work at."

STICKING UP FOR CAMERON: The Ravens decided to retain offensive coordinator Cam Cameron shortly after they lost the AFC championship game.

Newsome indicated that the Ravens are working on the details of Cameron's contract without saying how long the terms would be.

"I always look at a body of work," Newsome said. "Are we headed in the right direction with this offense? And Steve [Bisciotti] has some unbelievable numbers that he just showed me that prove that we are headed in the right direction. Are we satisfied with where we are right now? No, but we think the best way to get there is to maintain the continuity of having Cam and then to bring in someone like [quarterbacks coach] Jim Caldwell to be another set of eyes with that."

The Ravens hired Caldwell, a former Indianapolis Colts head coach, to work with quarterback Joe Flacco,

"It's going to be the best thing for everybody, offensively, and just for the growth of our offense," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "It's not so much Joe. Joe is a part of that, sure."

A year ago, Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said he liked Cameron "under fire."

A year later, Bisciotti expressed support for the oft-criticized offensive coordinator.

"It's not like we have a Triple-A system where those people are batting .400 and everybody knows that it's time to move them up to the big leagues," Bisciotti said regarding the churn of coordinators around the league. "To out and get a position coach and make him an offensive coordinator and find out that he wasn't better than what you had ... That's all I'm saying.

"I'm looking at these trends, and a logical businessman would say that we're making progress. So, I don't know if I have a message for that 10 percent of the fans with that vitriol. I just don't have an answer for them. I just don't. I'm sorry."

DEALING WITH MISTAKES: Although wide receiver Lee Evans dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass and kicker Billy Cundiff missed a potential game-tying field goal in the loss to the New England Patriots, Bisciotti said he's not holding a grudge against them.

"This is like watching your kids in high school play basketball," He said. "You don't scream at your neighbor's kid because he's not passing it enough. They become like sons to you, so you feel for them. You can't get mad. This business is about managing your mistakes and managing your failures. Inopportune things like that kill these guys, and I die with them.

"I don't lash out. You end up caring for these guys. You know how much time and effort they put in. It breaks your heart that somebody has got to be the goat, but if we had lost 35-10, then there'd be a lot of goats. It would be easier to spread the blame and the arrows wouldn't be pointing in one direction or another."

RAVENS COACHING CAROUSEL: Baltimore Ravens have hired former Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale as their new inside linebackers coach.

Martindale replaces Dean Pees, who was promoted to defensive coordinator last week by coach John Harbaugh.

Martindale interviewed for the Oakland Raiders' head coaching job three years ago.

"Good coach," former Ravens cornerback Fabian Washington said of Martindale.

Martindale has coached for the Raiders, Notre Dame, the University of Cincinnati, Defiance College and Western Kentucky, where Harbaugh's father, Jack Harbaugh, won a Division I-AA championship.

He also coached former Ravens linebacker Brad Jackson at Cincinnati, where John Harbaugh was an assistant coach.

“Love Wink,” Jackson said in a text message. “Phenomenal.”

Meanwhile, the Ravens lost two assistant coaches to the Indianapolis Colts where former Baltimore defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano is forming his staff.

That includes assistant special teams coach Marwan Maalouf joining the Colts as special teams coach and defensive assistant and former personnel assistant Roy Anderson heading to Indianapolis to coach the safeties.