There has been talk all week of OAK coach getting fired. I'd lose a chunk of respect for Al Davis if he fired the coaching staff of the raiders. That was a good football team we played today. Better than Seattle that's for sure and up to test with JAX. Things are looking good for us. If Al Davis fires his coaching staff it looks really bad for (fill in the blank).
What I Got Out Of Todays Game
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The thing that was tough about this game going in was figuring out how hard the Oakland team would play for their coaches. They came out and they played hard.
Being as bad as they have been for as long as they have been bad, Oakland has been able to put a lot of talent on the Raiders' roster. Burgess, Howard, Morrison, Asamougha, Hall, Huff, Gallery, Grove, J.Walker, Bush, McFadden, J.Walker, and their TE (whose name escapes me) are all very talented athletes. T.Kelly may be overpaid, but he can play, too. And, J.Russell has talent, too, even if he is still VERY raw.
The problem that the Raiders have is that their talent is still very young and inexperienced and Russell isn't ready yet to give them quality play at the QB position. But, Al Davis is so impatient that he isn't willing to give his coaching staff a chance to develop all of that young talent without meddling.
The Raiders remind me a bit of the Bills under Gregg Williams or Mike Mularkey: they have enough talent to give any team a tough game if they hang together, but don't have enough experience or cohesiveness to win many of those tough games. But, just with their talent, they still are capable of winning some of those games (possibly 4-6)--as they showed against the Bills.Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.
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The raiders are a better football team than we thought. It's not Kiffins fault he has a young Qb . The minute Russell develops, watch out. Hopefully AL Davis is his usual self and ruins any continuity Russell could gain by sticking to one system. The more often Al Davis keeps switching coaches, the longer it'll take the raiders to get good.
Al should follow Marv's blueprint.
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I just can't imagine why they didn't call at least one time out with that minute or so left.
Even if the Bills run out 30 or 40 seconds at least give your offense the chance to try a couple Hail Marys."Do me a favor, say a prayer for brother Timmy. And tip a cold one. Go Bills." - Tom Brokaw
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I agree. I feel really bad for Kiffin, I bet they will regret firing him one day, because he is young and has a great future ahead of him. He has made some boneheaded comments to the media, but I'm sure he is just frustrated about his dictator of an owner. Whether it was us playing poorly or them playing very well, and I'd say its a little of both, they dominated us for 3/4 of that game, and the players were going balls-to-the-wall for him. I think the D just ran out of steam.
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Originally posted by Typ0There has been talk all week of OAK coach getting fired. I'd lose a chunk of respect for Al Davis if he fired the coaching staff of the raiders. That was a good football team we played today. Better than Seattle that's for sure and up to test with JAX. Things are looking good for us. If Al Davis fires his coaching staff it looks really bad for (fill in the blank).
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Originally posted by EdWait a second. Are you implying that you actually still have any respect left for Al Davis?
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