Wow...Raiders firing Allen already

  • To unlock all of features of Rams On Demand please take a brief moment to register. Registering is not only quick and easy, it also allows you access to additional features such as live chat, private messaging, and a host of other apps exclusive to Rams On Demand.

Sum1

Hall of Fame
Joined
Jun 24, 2010
Messages
3,604
The Associated Press reports the Raiders will fire coach Dennis Allen.

Reporter Terry Collins is not a typical Rotoworld source, but the AP has stringent standards. Per Collins, an announcement may not be made until Tuesday. It would be bizarre for a team to go two days between deciding to fire a coach and announcing it, but this is the Raiders, and the team is still in London following Sunday's shellacking. Allen hasn't done anything to suggest he's the man to lead the Raiders out of the mire, but anyone who's followed the situation knows GM Reggie McKenzie's persistently disastrous personnel decisions are the real problem in Oakland. Allen would be a textbook scapegoat for his boss' failings. The Raiders have been the worst-run team in football for over a decade, and there's no light at the end of the tunnel.
 

RamsFan14

Starter
Joined
Dec 31, 2013
Messages
563
What's there to be surprised at?! This is the Raiders front office we are talking about!

In all seriousness now, I can't count how many head coaches they've had in the last 7 years... But man it's lot!
 

Sum1

Hall of Fame
Joined
Jun 24, 2010
Messages
3,604
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #3
What's there to be surprised at?! This is the Raiders front office we are talking about!

In all seriousness now, I can't count how many head coaches they've had in the last 7 years... But man it's lot!
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but this is seriously just comical!

You'd have thought that with the old man biting the dust his son would be a bit more stable with the team...guess not! Raiders fans have to hope and pray Davis sells this team at some point.
 

209RamsFan

Guest
Nice.....they just set themselves back another 5yrs....sorry-ass chokeland faiders
 

Tron

Fights for the User
Joined
Jun 1, 2013
Messages
7,803
Name
Tron
It's nice knowing there will always be a franchise ran worse than yours no matter how bad things get lol
 

LACHAMP46

A snazzy title
Joined
Jul 21, 2013
Messages
11,735
So is McKenzie impatient, or is this being prudent? See, I look at the Raiders today, and see some good players but they're getting blown out after I turn away for a sec. Seriously, somebody on the team must be saying something like Allen is clueless...something...probably one of those vets...telling the GM everything....
 

cracengl

Rookie
Joined
May 18, 2014
Messages
360
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but this is seriously just comical!

You'd have thought that with the old man biting the dust his son would be a bit more stable with the team...guess not! Raiders fans have to hope and pray Davis sells this team at some point.
They are a bit more stable. He got more than a year!
 

CodeMonkey

Possibly the OH but cannot self-identify
Joined
Jun 20, 2014
Messages
3,449
Wow. It's sad as much as comical. I have a buddy who is a big Raider fan and we have sort of an ongoing debate as to who is in more pain.
 

jrry32

Rams On Demand Sponsor
Rams On Demand Sponsor
Joined
Jan 14, 2013
Messages
29,790
Should have never fired Hue Jackson. As shitty of an idea as the Palmer trade was, Mark Davis has only himself to blame for that. He shouldn't have given the HC that sort of power. Still, Hue Jackson managed to make the Raiders competitive. Should have stuck with him and hired a legit GM.
 

Stranger

How big is infinity?
Joined
Aug 15, 2010
Messages
7,182
Name
Hugh
Should have never fired Hue Jackson. As crappy of an idea as the Palmer trade was, Mark Davis has only himself to blame for that. He shouldn't have given the HC that sort of power. Still, Hue Jackson managed to make the Raiders competitive. Should have stuck with him and hired a legit GM.
You mentioned Hue before. What's he doing now?
 

smram

Rookie
Joined
Jun 23, 2010
Messages
413
Name
Steve
You mentioned Hue before. What's he doing now?
OC of a very good bengals team. I too was pissed when the Rams passed on him for Schotty. I deferred to the experts that get paid to make those decisions though
 

rams24/7

Pro Bowler
Joined
Jan 12, 2013
Messages
1,870
Name
Nick
I thought I read somewhere that the AP admitted that the report was premature. Checked espn and nfl.com, nothing. Even Shefter tweeted: "Please disregard my recent tweet about the Raiders. These rumors haven't been confirmed by the AP. I'm sorry."
 

Ramrasta

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Joined
Sep 7, 2010
Messages
3,116
Name
Tyler
If the report comes true, what coach would be jumping to take over that train wreck? The job of turning around a sub-par team knowing that you will be quickly axed if you fail shouldn't be very alluring.
 

OnceARam

Hall of Fame
Joined
Oct 28, 2012
Messages
3,332
Classy organization. They could at least let the man back to America before they fired him.
 

LesBaker

Mr. Savant
Joined
Aug 23, 2012
Messages
17,460
Name
Les
It's his third year. 4-12 then 4-12 then 0-4 and looking like shit.

That gets you fired in the NFL.
 

Angry Ram

Captain RAmerica Original Rammer
Joined
Jul 1, 2010
Messages
17,847
Since 2001, that's how this team has been run.

Any time anyone wants to bring in a new coach every 3 years or so, just look at Oakland and see what it accomplishes.