Wow, Raiders fire Jackson after one 8-8 season

[IowaSTATCyclone]

Are the Raiders spending more money now on ex coaches than current coaches?

I'm hoping that they name all of their ex-coaches as signal callers for 2012. Maybe they can just skype in the plays.

Can you imagine if you had Art Shell, Bill Callahan, Lane Kiffin, Tom Cable and Jon Gruden back on the sidelines?

It'd be like Slapshot for football.

I say bring back Madden.

 

[3TrueFans]

:biglaugh: Raiders

 

[CycloneErik]

Commitment to Rebuilding

 

[Knownothing]

It was in Al Davis's will to fire whatever coach was coaching at the end of the year this year and for the next 5 years. It was also in his will to move the team to L.A. next year and immediatley return the following year.

 

[Max57]

Trading a bunch of picks for Palmer was a mistake. If Jackson pushed for that, it could be the reason why he was axed.

 

[SWCy13]

Is there any other organization in the world of professional sports that is as remotely dysfunctional as the Raiders? Jackson had his team playing hard the whole year, the only reason I can see firing him is if he was behind that ridiculous Carson Palmer trade...

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Pathetic. If McFadden never got hurt the raiders would have run away this the division. Palmer is solid but was rusty. You could tell from his play he didn't do much working out during his holdout from Cincy.

 

[Buster28]

I think a big reason they gave him the axe was that Oakland dropped four of their last five games. The Raiders had been in position to claim their division up to that point had they been able to not choke down the stretch. Oakland ultimately finished in a three-way 8-8 tie for first place with Denver and San Diego and obviously the tie-breakers kept them out of the playoffs.

Yeah, he probably should have been given at least another year to make something happen, but that's life in Oak-town.

 

[Buster28]

For those interested, here is the article from the San Francisco Chronicle about the firing and what led up to it. Didn't realize the Raiders set all-time NFL records for most penalties and most penalty yards.

Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie fires Hue Jackson

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Here's a Yahoo article on the firing of Jackson. He refers to Mark Davis as "Tommy Boy"
Raiders owner Mark Davis is in over his head - NFL - Yahoo! Sports