Hue Jackson Firing, Reggie Mckenzie Hiring Press Conference: (Poll #2)

dodged questions, not very honest, other characteristics i didn’t like.

he said something along the lines of “i make decisions with my gut” logical decisions come from the head not the gut. little things like that.

just following my gut. haha see what i did there.

Makes sense.

An incredibly overrated .500 coach

Reggie’s hubris new Sherriff in town? All I see is more of the same.

I heard some of the players sniveled to Mark about Hue and his handling of the team, some think that played a part in Hues firing…hard to say for sure.

We’ll probably never know the whole truth.

Palmer was there for the taking when Al was alive and he didn’t bite…

How can you make a GM accountable for the team if he does not have his guys running the show?
He will take about 2-3 years to get this team situated.
If we are fortunate, the right guy could make an immediate impact.
Like SF has with Jimmy.

We had some hope in the Raider Nation this year and it would not have been there without Hue.
Do you agree or disagree?
I like the play calling early on in the season but without the weapons of speed, the same plays did not work.

A good head coach should be like an orchestra conductor.
He does not play any part of the music, but keeps everyone “on the same sheet of music”,
sets the tempo, and emphasizes the highs and lows to make some beautiful music together, never allowing the wrong parts to overplay the others.

We have “heard” some good solos, and had some great performances, but too many mistakes and short comings hurt the overall performance. This band is breaking up,
No Van Hagar moments here. We are going all out to a new Guns N Roses type of band.
“Welcome to the Jungle.”

Cause you have a straight line to the GM.

just a hunch, but it seemed like Haley handcuffed his play calling and the offense looked better after Haley was sent packing. I’ve said it a lot of times, but I see Hue eventually replacing Brian Schottenheimer with the Jets, but starting off as the QB or WR coach first…

What could he have done? Trade for some star player? Start designing and calling the defensive plays? And no, the Head Coach is not responsible for all phases of the team. At some point the players have to be blamed.

if they move to LA it’s that much fucking farther to drive.

I think Mark needs to check his definition of short. Ha

i supported Cable till he got canned… I supported Hue till he got canned… who’s next? It just gets old.

I really felt that this year was the year actually had stability.

is of little consequence to Reggie.
He knows that if he puts a winner on the field we’ll all line up to kiss his spotted ass.
We’ve had a run of Al’s boys that didn’t workout so well, So now it’s time to see what Reggie’s boys can do.

I disagree there. I think they helped eachother, quite a bit.

but best for the Raiders future. better get it out of the way now than keep rebuilding every two years

I think Palmer wins that competetion, but we’ll see.

have nothing to do with each other. As long as he is a good talent evaluator and makes good football decisions i could care less if he stutters and has turretes

But he comes off here as a guy who doesn’t understand basic organizational structure. I am not as impressed with his preparation as tj housh is. He should have been preparing for the game instead of lobbying mark davis for influence. Passion? Sure. Preparation? hmmm. the team laid too many eggs.

but any hope of stability for the 2012 Raiders died with Al Davis. I think Mark Davis may have made Hue his football czar had the Palmer trade worked out better and we were still playing ball. I think Mark felt like he got burned on that deal, and that Hue lead the both he and Raiders down the wrong path on that deal.

I also think Mark talks to the players more than any of us will know, and he saw how the team dynamic changed after Campbell got hurt and Hue exploited it to get the QB he wanted from the time he left Cincy. We all saw how “out of sorts” Murphy was when he finally got back on the field. I saw Ford’s “slip” and lack of effort on one of Palmer’s throws against the Sharters. I think some of the WRs had some beef with Hue and how he treated Campbell, a guy many of them looked up to and considered a friend.

You even saw it on the sidelines as Ford, Murphy, Schillens, and DHB were usually talking to Campbell between series rather than Palmer…

Hue was billed as an opportunist before he came to Oakland, I think he lived up to that billing in 2011. I think he’s a good coach with a great football mind, but I also think the same thing about Charlie Weis.

and it was built for a playoff run until Campbell’s collarbone snapped. Good coaches of great teams adjust to injuries, but Hue’s answer was to overpay for Palmer and completely change the offense for him.

In my opinion, Hue was lazy in getting Palmer, then he expected his team to change offensive signals and verbiage in mid season for the acquisition. I have a sneaky feeling Al Davis would have made him develop a game plan that included both Boller and Pryor and expected him to stick with the formula that had gotten us to the point we were at after the Cleveland game.

The defense looked horrible down the stretch, but how many three and outs and picks did they have to endure? While the passing stats went way up over the last four games, we stopped being a power running bully, even with a 250 lb RB build to be a fuckin bully. Palmer took way more shots down the field than Campbell did, and we called way more passing plays for Palmer than we ever did with Campbell.

Our MO was supposed to be run the ball and play defense, and it worked when #8 was under center. It’s not like Boller couldn’t have turned and handed the ball to Bush and McFadden, and made the underneath throws when we needed them. I do blame Boller for McFadden’s injury, but I also don’t think asking him to do anything but dumps and vertical throws was in our best interests, either. The out pattern he got hit for on the pick six against KC was telegraphed by more than his eyes…

It’s not like Pryor couldn’t have had a Tebow-esque impact running the zone read and running play action off it. He’s a more athletic Tebow with a better arm and better speed, you mean to tell me all we had for a player like that was his failed QB sneak against KC?

Al would have made Hue coach through Campbell’s injury and still expected playoffs. The motto is “Just win, Baby.” Not “just trade for a retired QB who gave up on his team that you have history with and hope you win.” Did Al spaz out in 1980 when his prized QB acquisition, Pastorini, broke his leg and Plunkett came in a looked like complete turd? No, he rode that storm out and discovered he had a two time Super Bowl winning QB. Al only lusted after other team’s players in the off-season…