Raiders fire Antonio Pierce
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raiders</a> have fired coach Antonio Pierce following a trying season, despite a flurry at the end, per me, <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeGarafolo</a>. <br><br>One and done for Pierce, and Las Vegas is open once again. <a href="https://t.co/DKt3AQKrmW">pic.twitter.com/DKt3AQKrmW</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1876729456963801123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Remember when he said they had the recipe to beat the Chiefs?

ha

He seems like a good "players coach," but that's tough when you have so few "players."

I bet he'll catch on as someone's DC.

Jon Gruden is available.

Was it because he is black?

Damn it

So, where were the "Mahomes Rules", Antonio?

Hopefully the next guy doesn't openly advocate cheap shotting Mahomes.

Does Markus do it in person or send the axeman

Bummer

If Brady is providing input I’d imagine he’s gonna want Vrabel

A step in the right direction unfortunately.

There's a shocker.

https://i.ibb.co/86QCMCf/shocker.jpg

Yeah, we could really use another guy like that in the AFCW. Just good enough to give us fits during the regular season, just like Harbaugh.

Damn, too bad.

Yeah. I mean it's the Raiders so it's hard to feel bad, but WTF is he supposed to do with that team and especially that QB situation?

****ed up franchise does ****ed up thing.

No shock or ****s given.

Could they have fired him because they told him to tank for #1 pick and he said **** you with wins?

That's too much coaching awesome in one division.

Like clockwork.


Only curious to see how much Brady's input is considered when choosing the next victim, I mean LVR-HC.

They should sign gruden for a 3rd time

Going from position coach to HC typically doesn’t go well. He needs coordinator experience.

Straight Outta Compton.

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“Players’ Coaches” do well as interim coaches normally.

It’s harder when you have to manage the entire team from camp through a season though.

I’d always bet against interim coaches making it work long term.

I hope he's bitter and doesn't hand down his formula for beating the Chiefs to his successor.

Never hire the interm unless it's a legit situation where they win. Also never listen to the players.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can yall tell me the mahomes rules again?</p>&mdash; Bobby Stroupe (@bobbystroupe) <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbystroupe/status/1876751363750728072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He'll be selling cars soon...oh wait

Raiders lose 2 draft picks for this move right?

Don't recommend. Slow times right now

Nothing.

But fix the QB situation and he'd still do nothing.

When the QB sucks, it's hard to tell if you have the right guy. I don't think it's that hard to tell if you have the wrong one.

Pierce was overmatched from the jump. And there's no better place for that to be proven than the division with Reid, Payton and Harbaugh.

The latter 2 aren't in the same class as Reid, but Pierce isn't in the same class as them either.

There are too many good coordinators out there to stick with a guy who's ceiling as a HC is mediocre. When Dennis Allen is the sort of guy you might end up as someday, I just don't know what the point in keeping you around is.

I honestly don't know how you break the door down as a defensive-minded HC anymore. You have to be successful immediately to get the sort of buy-in that would be necessary to build a program that way.

DeMeco Ryans is the only guy you can point to as a guy who really got a quick turnaround and seemed to have bought himself some time. But man, if they go one and done and then Stroud continues to spin his wheels next season, they may move on from him as well.

If you can point to whiz bang offensive shit you do, you can buy yourself some time (see that ridiculous frontrunning fraud, Mike McDaniel). But these defense first CEO style coaches have to point to their record and it had better be good in a hurry.

I mean why not? They're paying him either way...

How many years left on that contract? Gotta be 3-4. Might as well put him to work...

That’s what happens when you let a dumbass like Maxx Crosby hire the coach

I mean if Tom Brady is making the call why not Josh McDaniels?

He gave them a "bounce" when McDaniels was canned but he was in so far over his head it was obvious hes not HC material. Better as a LB position coach.

I think Brady has Mark Davis ear. Time will tell if Telesco and Brady are on the same page going forward but anything is better than Mark Davis having much input.

Well that's an improvement.

They're not doing anything unless they draft/develop a QB.

Pierce also got Arizona State on probation

I think Gruden just got hired by Barstool sports.



However, he would be a vast upgrade over what they've had since he left. When he was HC, at least LVR was trending in the right direction. Since he resigned, LVR's HC situation has been a tire fire.

Lou Anarumo seems like the perfect fit for the Raiders.

He shouldn’t have been hired to begin with.. Rode the coattails of a win against us on a day where we weren’t interested on Christmas…

This is a great point

They should hire him to be their DC immediately. Thank god the Chargers or Broncos won't get their hands on him. Not sure I could take that.

Exactly why we hired Crennel, if I recall correctly.

I can't see Vrabel passing up the Patriots job.

I can't either. If he can make the right coordinator hires (which he's struggled with in the past) and develop Maye, it would be a great job to have.

Tom Brady part of the FOX announcing team if/when the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl… while actively involved with the Raiders hiring a HC.

Gotta love petty Mahomes lol

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Celebrating a great day!

Get lost, AP!

Lol, Mahomes is amazing.

Andy Reid did okay without ever being a coordinator.

There's no comparison between Andy Reid and Antonio Pierce.

Who do you want

The Raiders will definitely get this next hire right!

Mike Tyson would be great

He looks like he has a lot of recipes

Correct. That’s why I said typically. For every Andy Reid how many Antonio Pierce’s are there?

Pierce was a bad head coach. It was their DC Pat Graham that had a good game plan for attacking Mahomes. I see Bengals are after Graham now.

What gameplan is that? Find Max Crosby and convince him to hate Mahomes?

I missed this somehow. What were the Mahomes Rules? I know he said he had the formula for beating the Chiefs...

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/m...matters-to-me/

This is also Maxx Crosby one year ago:

https://www.silverandblackpride.com/...l%2Dtime%20job.

Bitch YOU started the rebuild when you threatened your own franchise into hiring a terrible and inexperienced head coach that wasted a whole season of everybody's time.

****ing moron.

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The Bucs OC.

I don't think anyone is accusing Crosby as a thinking man.

Well dang. I was hoping he'd be there for a long time. Only one full season? You hardly got to know him!
C'mon faid, you gotta give him a little more leeway to find his players.

That's probably a good dude to take a swing on.

However, there might be some problems with dudes taking this guy seriously.

https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/u...ftzydmkanw.jpg

Oof. OK.

But, if Mike McDaniel can do it...this 10th grader should be able to...

https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/p...ytefceecvtqggs

Pair a rookie QB with an offensive mind. It isn't rocket science.

Likely whoever Mark picks will fail but take a chance on someone new. Not a failed retread like Flores.

You really think dudes take Mc****nuckle seriously? I don't.

Oh I agree.

Definitely better than the Brian Flores type (who should never coach again after how he handled Tua).

While this guy is a clown, you hired him. You gotta give these guys more than one year. Ridiculous that Mayo and Pierce only got one year...also considering how bad the team was to begin with.

It certainly appears there is a trend of black coaches getting a quick hook. I don't really know what else to call it.

No shit......

I still enjoy listening to Nick Bosa mic'ed up more than any living being on the planet.

He might just be the dumbest human being alive. If he had a wristband that just said "breath" on it, it wouldn't surprise me. Because I could see him just forgetting to do that on occasion.

God almighty is Nick Bosa a dipshit. To the point that he's almost an SNL character. The guy is a parody of an idiot jock. Gronk is just a big ol doofy goofball who I think comes across as dumber than he is (though I do not believe him to be brilliant) but Bosa is just duuuuuuuuuuumb.

And no, in no universe would I ever SAY that to him because he could literally ingest me. He's a scary dude.

But I think my 6 year old could beat him in a spelling bee. And not the girl either - the stupid one. Boy twin could beat him. I'll bet he sweats when he reads.

They don't.

You see that post-season press conference where he just talks about being frustrated because guys keep showing up late to meetings or skipping them outright and he can only fine them so many times?

Those guys have ZERO respect for that clown.

He's as big a fraud of a HC as the sport has. He may be a very good OC for someone, but no, his team doesn't respect him in the slightest. And that's why they fold when the pressure is on.

Did a lot of bumpin them gums to come out and do absolutely nothing.

There is a meme out there currently that I am hesitant to post here because the message is about the decline of America and I am not trying to spin this off into some political or otherwise non-football debate - but it is a side by side of McDaniel and Tom Landry, and it answers your question quite succinctly.

Basically it was that they would hit and be extra physical with Mahomes all game to wear him down and frustrate him. Was a take-off of the "Jordan Rules" that I guess the Detroit Pistons used to have for playing against Michael Jordan. Pierce talked about this strategy in a press conference last offseason. Matches with the after the play bullshit we're used to seeing from Maxx Crosby.