Young coaches too smart for Raiders

[Raiders40]

http://www.examiner.com/a-498222~Gle...r_Raiders.html

[Brown Rice]

That's some interesting stuff on Tedford, but this guy is a little behind. Does he not realize Sarkisian has already interviewed for the job?

[The Shocker]

This guy is a dumb arse

[HBD]

Things dingleberry ain't much of a guru....
I could Not imagine passing up an oppertunity to be HC of a 2-14 team!

Young coach to come from nowhare and to literally turn around a dismal organization in his 1st season ?!?
....You'd be considered a great coach.... get us to the playoffs or dear we think.... the SB ?
Yer a Coaching God!
Put that in the history book and smoke it .... you old jerkie.
HBD

[Jimi18]

thanks for the read. R40

Originally Posted by Brown Rice

. Does he not realize Sarkisian has already interviewed for the job?

no kidding.

[Rowdy53]

I don't know the story behind Dickeys discontent but AL must have pissed in his cornflakes...

We need to win some games next year because I'm tired of hearing this sh!t constantly.

[Gridiron PIRATE]

Has Tedford's name really come up or did Dickey just throw a name out there?

[IERaider]

Glenn Dickey has been dicked to many imes he sucks..

[IERaider]

Glenn Dickey has been dicked to many imes he sucks..

[LINQ0311]

When did the Amish start writing sports articles for the Examiner?

[raidacane]

He's right. What young coach would risk ruining his future coming here. Soon as you get here Al Davis tells you that this is your def. coor., this is your off. coor. and these are your position coaches and heres your playbook. The only coach who has had success here in the last 7 coaches was Jon Gruden who changed the playbook and brought in some coaches.

[cheapshotartist]

^Word!

[Raider_Len]

Unwilling to yield, Davis turned to Joe Bugel. After a 4-12 season, Bugel was fired and Gruden was hired. There were many heated arguments between Davis and Gruden, punctuated with frequent use of the F-word, but Gruden was able to convince Davis to dump Jeff George and sign Rich Gannon.

Don't be so gullible, Mc fly. This is just another bull**** line. This dude, like others, makes a living trying to undermine the Raiders. A grain of truth, and bold-faced lies to garnish it with.

[OWShaddock]

Originally Posted by raidacane

He's right. What young coach would risk ruining his future coming here. Soon as you get here Al Davis tells you that this is your def. coor., this is your off. coor. and these are your position coaches and heres your playbook. The only coach who has had success here in the last 7 coaches was Jon Gruden who changed the playbook and brought in some coaches.

I think "ruining his future" is a tad bit strong. In fact, it's way overboard.
If a young coach can come to Oakland and establish any kind of winning track record, he's money. Because the rest of the league will be impressed that the guy not only took a bad team and turned it into a winner, but did so while dealing with Al Davis. And even if the coach doesn't win immediately, he'll still get a pass because of the Davis factor.

Put it to you this way:
Bill Callahan was fired after losing in Oakland and landed the head-coaching gig at Nebraska a few weeks later.
Norv Turner was fired after losing in Oakland and landed a coordinator gig in San Francisco a few weeks later.
If these guys were able to get second chances in a matter of weeks, certainly a young guy like Sarkisian, Tedford, etc. would as well.

Frankly, IMO, a young coach like Sarkisian has little to lose - except, perhaps his sanity - by coming to Oakland. If he wins, he's golden. If he loses, most will give him a pass and blame Al Davis.

[albqraiderfan]

raidcane is right, no coach will be successful when he is not running the team but rather baby setting the team. This is why established coachs are passing. Yes Gruden was tehlst coach allowed tohire is own staff with the exceptionof freddy and willie. Look what happened. Gruden became the face of the team, free agents wanted to come here, we won. Al got pissed becasue Gruden was getting the credit so he got jealous and Gruden was history.