Rapsheet: Raiders fire HC Pierce

[Hawkeye0202]

 

[Hawkeye0202]

 

[Rayman70]

Raiders don't do this unless they already have a guy in mind. Wonder if Vrabel is in play here.

 

[cowboyec]

considering tom brady owns a piece of the raiders...watch mike vrable there.
tug o war between patriots and raiders for vrable.

 

[Johannes44]

The Raiders haven't had much luck since Tony Siragusa pancaked Rich Gannon in the playoffs.

 

[Coogiguy03]

PIERCE Assistant Head coach defensive coordinator

 

[charron]

Hm as crazy as Mark is he knew he wanted to make a change after 1 year. Jerry still doesn't know if he likes Mike after 5.

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

I bet you they want to call fat mike . .

 

[FVSTONE]

The dude was so over his head as a HC!

 

[diamonddelts]

The dude was so over his head as a HC!

Yeah right.

 

[Havic]

Give gruden a 3rd chance lol

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Hm as crazy as Mark is he knew he wanted to make a change after 1 year. Jerry still doesn't know if he likes Mike after 5.

They never wanted Mark. Just like Pats didn’t want Mayo. You can tell when a guy is hired just to get fired soon after. The coaching pool wasn’t as good last year….they suck get a top pick and now they can get a Flores or a Ben Johnson or a Kubiak.

If you don’t have a quarterback what chances are you will even be decent?

Jerry knows what he wants to do. I think he does anyway. I think it’s all calculated.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Word is Brady, not Mark Davis is making this call.............

 

[charron]

They never wanted Mark. Just like Pats didn’t want Mayo. You can tell when a guy is hired just to get fired soon after. The coaching pool wasn’t as good last year….they suck get a top pick and now they can get a Flores or a Ben Johnson or a Kubiak.

If you don’t have a quarterback what chances are you will even be decent?

Jerry knows what he wants to do. I think he does anyway. I think it’s all calculated.

You may be right about the raiders maybe they went into it knowing it was a short leash longshot to be a multi year deal for the HC, I dunno.

But I disagree that Jerry has a plan or knows what he wants to do. There are no reports they have started negotiations with Mike and they have not granted permission for him to interview with the bears yet. There is also no way Jerry could quietly be reaching out to available coaches, certainly not any couch still under contract.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

They never wanted Mark. Just like Pats didn’t want Mayo. You can tell when a guy is hired just to get fired soon after. The coaching pool wasn’t as good last year….they suck get a top pick and now they can get a Flores or a Ben Johnson or a Kubiak.

If you don’t have a quarterback what chances are you will even be decent?

Jerry knows what he wants to do. I think he does anyway. I think it’s all calculated.

+1-- I think this is all part Jerry's plan that started after the GB loss.

* He knew he was going to extend Dak, Lamb and Parsons
* He made a calculated decision to sit out free agency
* He knew his entire coaching staff had expiring contracts after 2024
* He made a caculated decision NOT to extend MM.....but too cheap to fire him and his entire staff
I will say I don't he expected the team to do as well. Certainly not well enough to force him to reconsider an MM extension.

BTW.....MM as lame-duck in context. How many fired coaches this season didn't have at least another year on their contracts. Most had at least 2 years the owners have to pay off.
One poster threw out what appeared to be an odd speculation that Jerry may not have as much money as we think. I thought it was crazy and wild but I'm not sure now to be honest.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

There is also no way Jerry could quietly be reaching out to available coaches, certainly not any couch still under contract.

Oh, he doesn't have to reach out. There's feeding frenzy out there now with all and/or any informations about any candidates or vacancies, especially now. Ever heard of text messages? (LOL).
For example, other are now allowed to contact MM w/o Jerry permision but that doesn't apply if MM or his agent CONTACT another team. There were rumors Bill Parcell did this during the final year of his contract with the Cowboys.

 

[DB_Cooper]

They should go hire the special teams coach they gave up on who is now with Green Bay. I forget his name but he used to be with the Cowboys.

 

[Rayman70]

considering tom brady owns a piece of the raiders...watch mike vrable there.
tug o war between patriots and raiders for vrable.

Exactly

 

[Polkton31]

+1-- I think this is all part Jerry's plan that started after the GB loss.

* He knew he was going to extend Dak, Lamb and Parsons
* He made a calculated decision to sit out free agency
* He knew his entire coaching staff had expiring contracts after 2024
* He made a caculated decision NOT to extend MM.....but too cheap to fire him and his entire staff
I will say I don't he expected the team to do as well. Certainly not well enough to force him to reconsider an MM extension.

BTW.....MM as lame-duck in context. How many fired coaches this season didn't have at least another year on their contracts. Most had at least 2 years the owners have to pay off.
One poster threw out what appeared to be an odd speculation that Jerry may not have as much money as we think. I thought it was crazy and wild but I'm not sure now to be honest.

Forbes estimates his net worth at upwards of $16 billion. I don't think money is the issue. I think it's a deadly combination of incompetence, greed, and arrogance.