WE WANT CHUCKY!

That said, I’m not sure I want him to come back. I’d be excited as hell, but worried the magic wouldn’t come with him. You can never go home again.

Chucky will be back, and we will be in action once again.

Dunno…

I won’t hold my breath on his return. I did like his offensive balance and his scrunched face when he got mad at the refs or players. It was funny stuff. He would bring some passion to the sideline. And he knows QB’s pretty well (shit look what he did with Rich Gannon and Brad Johnson). Still, the less stressful life of an announcer may just keep him away. Time will tell.

he was “bringing in a new era in Oaklan, an era of change.”I dont think he sees bringing back an old coach as" change".it might be nice,but I dont think it will happen.the HC will be one of 2 people.Al Saunders(with Winston Moss comming in as DC and assistent HC)or Winston Moss as HC.I think Moss is one GB loss away from being on the next thing smoking to Oakland.

He will NAY this decision because Chucky knows that Mark is a football retard compared to his dad. Any hope of former staff is GONE because they wont respect mark or take him seriously, thanks to his dad.

I think it might depend on if Reggie likes the idea or not. Could Chucky do the job? HELL YEAH HE COULD! But he would have to want to do so and Reggie and John Madden would have to sell it. Despite all the negative aspects of his going to TB and beating us in the SB I would LOVE to have Chucky back! The problem is I dont think it’s likely. Not necessarily because of that piece of crap that Silver wrote but because I really dont think he wants to, and because I kinda doubt Reggie wants him.

the Ginger Moe needs to go!

Hope you don’t mind if I move my adverse testimony over to this thread…It’s getting lonely over there all alone!!!

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002/jan/16

Gruden says he won’t discuss the Irish stew
December 04, 2001|David Bush

Though never saying point blank that he has no interest in the Notre Dame coaching job, Raiders coach Jon Gruden yesterday repeated he has had no contact with the school and that he is happy where he is.

“The last thing I want to do is speculate. I love it here. I love this team.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-12-04/sports/17630550_1_offensive-coordinator-bill-callahan-jon-gruden-raiders-coach

Back to school
December 09, 2001

Perhaps Jon Gruden would do almost anything to get away from Al Davis, but the fact is that Gruden — and Steve Mariucci, for that matter — always were unlikely candidates to take a college job like Notre Dame, even before they said they were not interested

http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-12-09/sports/17631510_1_nfl-head-coaches-jon-gruden-jobs

Gruden deserves to keep job
January 21, 2002|By David Steele

ONE OF sports’ most time-honored axioms is to never let a game come down to an official’s call. The same should go for a coach’s job.

But could it happen to Jon Gruden? Could referee Walt Coleman’s brainlock in the snow of Foxboro not only end the Raiders’ season prematurely, but Gruden’s tenure as well?

The issue is relevant because the Raiders’ head coach, now officially a lame duck, has become linked to yet another job, this time in Tampa. Reports are that Al Davis is unhappy about the late-season collapse and puts part of the blame on the fact that it took place right about the time the rumors about Notre Dame and other openings began to swirl around Gruden. Furthermore, Davis reportedly wouldn’t be against cutting a deal to let Gruden go with a year left on his contract, in return for compensation.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-01-21/sports/17527158_1_jon-gruden-gruden-s-tenure-raiders

Gruden good as gone? / Agent says coach won’t be with Raiders after ’02
January 22, 2002|By Ira Miller, Chronicle Staff Writer

Jon Gruden gave the Raiders a stark choice yesterday: They can let him out of his contract now, and probably get draft choices as compensation from another NFL team that wants him as their coach — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Or, they can keep him around for a lame-duck year, and wouldn’t that be fun? Then Gruden would leave the Raiders after the 2002 season when his contract expires, and they would get nothing in return.

Those are two lousy choices for the Raiders, but that’s all they have.

The Raiders responded by suggesting three years at about $2.5 million with options by the team beyond that.

Further, it is believed, Gruden wanted language in his contract explicitly allowing him to hire and fire all the assistant coaches and to have some measure of control in player personnel decisions. He also wanted the Raiders, whose loose-knit organizational structure, with everyone reporting to Davis, is a throwback to a much simpler time in pro football, to modernize and restructure. All those things are standard in most head-coaching contracts.

Although Gruden has made it a point never to criticize the Raiders in public, those who know him have heard him often privately complain about the way things were done in the organization, almost to a point of belittlement at times. And, although he publicly never complained about his contract or made a spectacle of seeking more money, he felt that Davis really has not appreciated what he did in turning around the image of the team.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-01-22/sports/17527219_1_jon-gruden-raiders-boss-al-davis-washington-s-steve-spurrier

Agent says Gruden won’t re-sign with Raiders
January 23, 2002|By David Bush

A Raiders representative said the team hoped to have Jon Gruden coaching beyond 2002, but his agent last night reiterated that Gruden would not sign another contract with the team.

“Jon Gruden will not sign another contract with the Raiders,” agent Bob LaMonte told The Chronicle again last night. “This is not about leverage. There is no agenda here. He will honor his contract (which runs through 2002), and that’s it.”

Raiders senior assistant Bruce Allen said the Raiders have not ruled out Gruden’s lasting beyond 2002, despite LaMonte’s comments. “Jon’s status has been addressed every year since his rookie season,” Allen said. “We anticipate Jon will be here for years to come.”

Faced with LaMonte’s ultimatum and the fact that Gruden is at the top of Tampa Bay’s wish list, the Raiders might want to let Gruden go early in return for some compensation from the Bucs. “I have no comment on that,” LaMonte said.

“That’s up to the Raiders, and we have not heard from them.”

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-01-23/sports/17528791_1_jon-gruden-senior-assistant-bruce-allen-raiders

Reaction to Gruden loss is split across the bay
February 19, 2002|Charles Burress, Pamela J. Podger, Chronicle Staff Writers

But after Davis gave his explanation of Gruden’s departure and said it was Gruden’s choice, Ricardo said he appreciated Davis’ apparent willingness to let Gruden pursue job offers.

Opinion was divided over whether the Raiders got a good deal for letting Gruden go — two first-round draft picks and two second-round picks, plus $8 million.

“It’s not enough — you can’t replace that guy,” Kugler said.

But Audelo said it “seems like a good deal for Raiders,” and Ricardo said Davis “looks like he won the Lotto. I think they got a hell of deal. They were going to lose Jon Gruden anyway” when his Raiders contract expired at the end of the 2002 season.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-02-19/news/17532342_1_raiders-fans-oakland-raiders-head-jon-gruden

Raiders’ players must accept burden
March 27, 2002|David Steele

They have to close the door on Jon Gruden and open it to Bill Callahan, and the sooner the better. The process, clearly, is in full swing, with tales now emerging of locker-room dissension in Gruden’s final days and the harmony that supposedly will replace it.

Yes, Brown acknowledged, last season ended with significant (albeit unnamed) players who "just could not function with Gruden, no matter what was tried, no matter what was said to the players or what was said to the coach. . . . We had guys going into the game (saying), ’I’m gonna kill this guy.’ " And no, there’s no hint that players — newcomers or holdovers — are showing up this week in that frame of mind about Callahan, even though he, Brown said, “is probably even more intense than Gruden is. It just comes off in a totally different way.”

When all the comparisons are done, however, Brown figures that the credit or blame for how the Raiders perform after Gruden’s contentious exit should fall on the players.

It probably won’t — in some corners, Gruden will get credit for putting together the pieces of a champion or blame for sowing the seeds for collapse by creating the sideshow of his departure.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-03-27/sports/17536727_1_jon-gruden-brown-figures-bill-callahan

No going back for Gruden / Coach won’t even utter word ‘Raiders’
January 10, 2003|Brian Murphy, Chronicle Staff Writer

In a conference call with Bay Area reporters on Wednesday, Gruden did not mention the Raiders or Oakland by name, instead answering multiple Raiders- oriented questions by referring to “their team” and “my previous employment.” Pressed on Thursday in a phone interview with The Chronicle, Gruden said he’s moving on out of respect — to both the Raiders, and to his NFC South champion Bucs.

Gruden did admit to a personal phone call to NFL MVP Rich Gannon to congratulate the quarterback with whom he “grinded” — the exalted Gruden verb — long hours of film study and offensive philosophy in their years as Raiders together..

“I did talk to Rich Gannon,” Gruden said. “It’s a great honor for him . . . but I don’t really want to talk now about personal and private things.”

Then, as Gruden soared into the region’s consciousness with his combination of boyish good looks, manic, theatrical sideline antics and Raiders teams that threatened to return to the Super Bowl, it all fell apart between Gruden and Davis.

Gruden got a five-year, $17.5 million contract, a team knocking on the Super Bowl door, and a life in the town where his parents, 49ers regional scout Jim and retired schoolteacher Kathy, have lived for 20 years.

“To be down here, where my family has lived the last 20 years, it means a lot to me, personally. It has impact, and deep mean-ing, and that says something for a shallow individual such as myself.”

Last year, the Bucs finished 26th in total yards, enough to get head coach Tony Dungy fired. Gruden’s first year saw the team only finish 24th in total yards. But don’t burden Gruden with those numbers.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-10/sports/17471283_1_gruden-s-bucs-jon-gruden-chronicle-gruden

That being said I think Gruden is a tad overrated but he would definitely bring some optimism for next season if he is the commodity we hope he is. I don’t think he will come back here and I think McKenzie has made it clear he wants to go with a defensive minded HC which I think is the way to go.

God, would I love this. Mark doesn’t seem to have inherited his pop’s grudges, so there’s a decent chance.

I hold no ill will towards the man and would be ecstatic to have him back. I miss seeing him on the sidelines and damn he looks good decked out in all that silver and black. I love that those pictures were in 2009, many many years after he left. He looks so happy and would he a great choice.

that chucky coming back to the raiders. please stop it already!

Be gushing over tebow and Brees when the raiders play them, insteading of focusing on a win??!! Seriously though I wouldn’t mind having him back. I don’t know though…

I think it brings with it too many expectations, and at this point I’m struggling to see McKenzie co-mingling successfully with a dynamic and powerful personality like Gruden’s. That said, I’d be extremely excited were it to happen. I still believe Gruden’s one of the great offensive minds in football today, and give him a qb with a similar work ethic, and look out.

That’s all I have to say….

They were talking bout tebow mania(surprise!) and how thy believe that espn is justified in covering tebow 24/7 cuz the fans or public started this! Now this may be true but espn over does it by showing it 24/7 and it’s always a topic. Hell u got Charles Barkley and lady gaga connected to tebow! Personally I’m tired of all the coverage and even though it’s my choice to watch or not. I want to watch nfl network on a day when tebow is not the headline. Sure the public create this “phenomenon” but espn went overboard. Guess the “mediots” as y’all call em, believe its our fault for loving or hating him. Except skip Bayless he blames tebow. Well that was my tebow rant cuz seriously…. It’s getting old. I mean they were covering him yesterday on local news and it wasn’t sports!!! LOCAL and I don’t live in Denver!!!!!

he knows Jon and Al had a rocky relationship and Al would never rehire him but Mark on the other hand….

Moss as DC/ Asst HC and Saunders stays as OC…

Lol there’s something really funny about that…

“We feel dirty”

Who is “We” Kemo Sabe?

i just ordered one

This thing had already blown up by the time I woke up this morning. Think the Nation has spoken.

He signed with the Jets.

LOLOLOL

LET’S GET A NEW WR COACH NOW.

The new HC may want to keep some of the coaches on the Raiders staff (Waufle, Saunders). Are their contracts up? If so, waiting until after the SB to get a Green Bay assistant they may be gone. As for Bres, BYE-BYE!

there is no way on hell this happens…

This is even in the Oakland Raiders links on SI. Here’s to hoping Reggie looks at those.

Winston Moss as Defensive Coordinator

40 and no, no one is takin half!!!!

The New York Jets hired Sanjay Lal to be their wide receivers coach, according to a report from NewYorkJets.com. Lal held that position with the Raiders the past five seasons.

Read this article and it brought back bitter, infuriating memories. Tim Brown quotes Gruden tell his players after his last game with them, " as long as you play with the Raiders, they will never let you win".