Originally Posted by Pestilence (Post 13501251)

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nf...gruden-problem
It’s important to remember that Jon Gruden, Oakland’s $100 million retread of a head coach, wasn’t hired to make personnel decisions. Those duties, at least in theory, should fall in the hands of long-time GM Reggie McKenzie. But in looking at Oakland’s offseason transformation, it would be naïve to think McKenzie is running the show. Gruden’s fingerprints are all over the Raiders’ new roster and that’s a problem.

Giving full roster control—and $100 million—to an average-at-best coach who hasn’t been behind an NFL sideline in a literal decade seems like a reckless misstep for a team that looked like it was finally onto something after making the playoffs in 2016. But here we are, living in Gruden’s warped football dystopia, where long-snappers and converted fullbacks reign supreme.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 13501368)

woah, can we get aCliff notes version Batman? Geeezzzz

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 13501748)

I obviously hope he bombs out, because

a) **** the Raiders
b) they shit on their very good fanbase
c) less competition in the AFCW cant be a bad thing

But I'm not personally expecting it, the guy has had time to digest everything he learned way back when, and has been keeping up with league trends all along... he is capable of getting them back to respectable, IMO

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief (Post 13501790)

He couldn't do much when Tampa's defense full of future hall of famers and pro bowlers started to age.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 13501353)

This move was made to sell luxury boxes and PSL's in the new Vegas stadium first and foremost. Let's see what kind of draft he puts together before we discount him completely.

Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 13501583)

I enjoyed reading about Raider tears so much I read it twice.

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider (Post 13502458)

Remember, we had JDR as our coach. So even if Gruden is JAG, its a huge upgrade over what we had.

Originally Posted by Eleazar (Post 13502556)

I like a Raiders hate thread as much as the next guy, but their Gruden problem is no different than our Reid problem, except that Gruden Monte Kiffin has actually taken a team to the promised land before.