"honey! where is my gun!?"

first off.

Second- wah. You never heard of the guy, so he must not be any good. Go be a Patriot fan, then.

I’m on board, fair weather or foul.

I guess you were fine with the ego that we saw of Hue Jackson at the end of the season?

See how mobody voted no (as of now)? You know why? Because rookie HC does not mean automatically lose. He does know Xs and O’s as he WAS the Broncos’ DC.

We just need somebody to MANAGE, something Hue Jackson COULD NOT DO.

So if you wanna leave, go ahead.

There is absolutely no reason for such a temper tantrum about it. He took over a defense that was not all that talented and got them to give up over 50 yards less per game and gave up 5 points less per game than the previous year. If you apply that to us we are a playoff team. Reggie McKenzie would not hire somebody that he didnt believe in and many of his ex players speaking positive about him are veterans including Champ Bailey and Darren Sharper who are hall of famers when ever they decide to officially retire. He deserves a hell of a lot more of a chance than you are willing to give him. You must just prefer to be an angry, bitter fan.

But give him a chance. We knew all along they weren’t going to hire a big name coach once we saw Reggie’s list. He’s a noob, and he’s gonna make noob mistakes, but he’ll have advantages Hue didn’t like picking his own staff, more than 1 season to prove himself, and a GM looking over his shoulder who’s fate rests partially in Allen’s hands. Assume that Reggie MUST make a good decision here, otherwise he’ll have gotten off to a really bad start as GM. Reggie has a lot riding on this.

Complaining about Hue??? LOL busted, cya Brady…..

……Huh?

Man I just really hope you aren’t a gun owner. If so, someone better notify the proper authorities. ASAP.

I’m not a huge fan of the hire either, but shit it was kind of expected by now right? Another rookie head coach that is. I feel your concerns, and if shit turns south everyone on this board will address it. I say, since we have no real choice in the matter, see what the “boy” can do. Winning cures everything. Spud McKenzie knows this and has made what he considers the best possible to choice to not only win but save his job too. Now sack up man, get yo shit together, relax, and support your damn team!!!!! Win, lose (which I’m thinking may happen as of now), or tie, Raiders till the end. Don’t make this blog pull your man AND Raider card. Buck up.

He can only do so much with the talent that was on the team last year and considering they were they worst defense in the league last year and he brought them back to respectability amidst a plethora of injuries…I consider that success. If you look at the jobs he’s had and the turn around that the team had once he came aboard it paints a picture of a coach on the rise. McKenzie may have brought him in a bit prematurely but had he waited a year, then there would be many teams looking at him. Instead, we got a jump on the entire league and picked up the next rising star just like Al did when he brought in Madden.

The coaching candidates out there were slim pickings this off season unless you wanted a Del Rio, Capers, or Mornhewig. They may have experience but some guys are just better coordinators than HC and some coordinators are better HCs (see McCarthy, Mike).

At the end of the day, I trust Reggie’s ability to judge talent and evaluate football minds. Let’s give this guy the benefit of the doubt and get excited about what he can bring to this team…DISCIPLINE.

It made me feel much better about the hire. He has impressed a lot f people around the league. Made me think of when we hired Gruden, but with some serious defensive chops to boot. I like the hire.

Quite the over reaction. You have the guy buried before he even sets foot in the coliseum.

on the welcoming of new coaches…

Lane Kiffin
http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2007/1/23/191236/978

Tom Cable
http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2008/9/30/625519/oakland-raiders-news-tom-c
http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2009/2/3/748407/oakland-raiders-news-it-is

Hue Jackson
http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2011/1/17/1941101/oakland-raiders-name-hue-jackson-hc

Dennis Allen
http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2012/1/24/2731296/oakland-raiders-hire-dennis-allen

FWIW

Gruden came in as a rookie HC, a fiery competitor and a doubted rookie. Same is going on with Allen. Gannon was old and ‘’washed up’’ I know Gruden was an offensive guy and all but I think we havent seen Palmer play his best yet because he hasnt had an offseason. It’d be amazing to see Palmer shut up the doubters calling him washed up, even inside the fanbase. Just like Gannon did, same with Allen.

He seems like a hard worker.I can’t wait to see what happens. I ; Like the rest of Raider Nation , Hope eventually we get it right . We have the talent and are only missing a few pieces. GM and a Coach that command respect and teach discipline and motivation are the first good moves we have made in a while. I can’t wait to watch this play out. Go Raiders !

I’ve seen a few so called “Raiders Fans” get frustrated and give up ! I say go away ! You are only annoying me. If you keep talking shit about my raiders I’ll kick your ass and fuck your girlfriend !

You must be one of those “Chucky or Bust” assholes. The Raiders hire a highly respected football executive of one of the better and more successful franchise in the NFL today, but they didn’t interview enough people. Then they hire a highly regarded young coach, who every team had on their radar to be a HC candidate within the next 5 years after interviewing multiple candidates, and the GM interviewed too many candidates? What is the standard you’re using?

Ask yourself had anyone heard of Jon Gruden, Mike McCarthy, Mike Tomlin, or any number of coaches that have been successful when they became head coaches? The MO in Green Bay has been to hire OCs who were successful, but had no prior head coaching experience. This is a departure, per se, but clearly we need to be better on defense, so you bring a bright, you DC, and does it really matter where he coached last season?

In 1963 a foundering AFL franchise in Oakland too a flier on this young, brash, but very highly recommended offensive assistant from the San Diego Chargers, too. His name was Al Davis.