Oakland Raiders Enter the Great Unknown

I thought it was needed at some point, but not like this. However, I’m not upset, but I do have that “Cautious optimism.”

However, just want to point out, that it seems that all the reports about Hue was right, concerning the loss of the players, the organization as a whole not being pleased, the draft picks thing also being a factor, the trade being a factor (although it was called a good trade), and he did get fired, like was speculated.

Even hearing Richard Seymour talk about it, it not seems that this might have been a right move.

Anyways, I don’t think that McKenzie will gut the whole Offense/Defense. He sounds like he likes a lot of players here, and I think that Mark also thinks so as well. Plus, being that he said that he will not spend big bucks in free agency, that hopefully means we are keeping our guys, restructuring contracts, and bringing in needed replacements at certain positions.

I do hope that he does not gut the coaching staff heavily; We have an OC, 2 Line Coaches, a RB Coach, and a D-Line Coach that knows what they’re doing, and are proven. That would be a complete start-over if he was to do that.

As for a 5-11 start, do I see it happening? That depends on the players/coaches that are hired. I don’t think it will happen though. However, are we in a rebuilding stage? HELL YES, so prepare for the years to be rough.

It’s better to be pessimistic and surprised, than optimistic and disappointed.

Once we see who he hires as HC, we’ll have a good idea on whether this ship is being righted or not.

to bring in whomever he wants. That kind of power in the hands of a vain man would be disastrous. But with Mr. McKenzie, I see someone who is magnanimous (he didn’t give his blunt reasons for firing Hue but chose to appear vague [even ridiculous] with his “I go by my gut, a lot.” formula) and will strive to attain his vision which is nothing less than a Green Bay Area.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/10/SP451MNCO0.DTL

Looks like Mark Davis admitted they’ve been talking with the folks in LA about possibly getting on board with their stadium project.

but, will require and test our patience for yet another season at least. I don’t think too much wholesale change will be on the immediate agenda.

is worth it’s weight in SILVER. First official act is to ax the Coach? NOBODY on the roster is safe , NOBODY.
If you don’t want to listen , if you don’t want to win , if you don’t hustle , if you want to whine we don’t NEED you. This is called "putting the fear of GOD into something Nation and this undisciplined penalty ridden bunch needed this first and foremost. I can’t wait to see who the new taskmaster will be. Now that we have a bonafide GM and Mark Davis has made his case in public the chance of attracting a FIRST CLASS COACH is greater than it’s ever been. I’m psyched just thinking of NOT being the most penalized team in the league next year.
Rich is right , McKenzie put his neck on the chopping block with his first official act and that takes balls! I like the guy already. Now maybe we can REALLY build a BULLY!! R.F.F.R.

but this guys is ugggllyyy

The guy has to put together a new staff, get situated, and get ready for the draft/mini-camp.

and that bullshit will not be tolerated.

I expect McClain to be gone. I also expect TJ to be gone. I expect favorites to be eliminated, so this mean that guys like Chris Johnson and Mike Mitchell – although I love Mitchell on TEs – to be gone as well.

I expect that if contracts are not restructured, that they will be gone – Wimbley’s comes to mind.

I really am intrigued to see how big bucks will not be spent, and players be replaced. Saying “They will watch the waiver wire.”

Now, let’s see what changes are made.

As Per Carson Palmer:

Mark pulled that trigger and Reggie said it was a good deal….Palmer stays and is our #1…

Pryor should assume the #2???

As Per Reggie:

Never before a “GM” so this in somewhat new waters for him…He has only been involved with the personnel and scouting depts…Now he the big show…To deny that he is perhaps a little “Green” is just stupidity…But he has been trained very well and has what it takes to do this job and I believe he will and give him my full support even If I didn’t like his 1st move of the day….

As Per Mark:

Interesting and NO longer in the shadows…I’m a bit surprised by the outward move but he is ready and I’m ready to get on board with him the same way I was with his father…Long Live Mark Davis!!!

Note:

Everyone makes mistakes threw time…Only the very ignorant don’t allow for this…Those who would judge others with great scrutiny but can’t hold up against the slightest judgement of themselves…You know who you are…Mark n Reggie may have their setbacks on the road to “V” but look at their progress rather than where their tripping…Don’t be so foolish as to get all wrapped up in one play that you don’t like!!!

As I said…I didn’t like Reggie’s 1st move of the day…Maybe I won’t like his 2nd-3rd-n-4th either but I will support the man threw time and my Raiders just as I have always done….

http://www.raiders.com/news/article-1/Raiders-Introduce-McKenzie/e8f05e20-72d5-4887-be0b-65202dc66944

i the fact the apparently Mike Waufle has been the assistant head coach all year. Not sure why he couldn’t have stepped in for Bresnahan when it was obvious couldnt handle the job…….

I watched way too many drives die because of his shitty play calling, and even worse is that a pretty big percentage of them just happened to be in the red zone. If I ever see Bush run it up the gut three straight times from the one yard line and not get in, I’m going to choke somebody.

Sure, the offense was greatly improved under Hue. Unfortunately, it only improved to “passable” and not even “good” or “decent”. When we’re sending the kicker out to kick four or five field goals a game on a regular basis, there’s a problem even if it is Seabass. Janikowski and Lechler shouldn’t have to try to carry the team because the coach is so bad at play calling that any seventeen year old with a copy of Madden can do a better job.

He was absurdly bad at managing the game clock, timeouts, and challenges. There were dozens of time outs wasted because he didn’t have his shit together. Things that needed to be challenged weren’t. Questionable calls that happened to be in our favor were overturned several times because Hue sat around fingering his asshole instead of getting a quick play off so that it couldn’t be challenged. We left points on the field because Hue ran out the game clock or allowed a turnover on downs doing stupid shit that any idiot at home would know better than to attempt.

We even managed to shatter the records for penalties and penalty yardage.

He let the defensive coordinator take what was the number one pass defense in the NFL and turn it into one of the worst and manage to make the already atrocious run defense even worse in the process. Losing Nnamdi wasn’t so much of a blow that the defense should have been taken down to this level. Hell, we even upgraded the LBs with the addition of Curry.

Half a dozen players were arrested on his watch as well.

As far as I’m concerned, Hue should have been sacked mid-season.

Mr. Buckman the janitor from Good Times…..or that guy on Saturday night live…

See pic of Johnny Brown..seperated at birth.