The more I come back to articles about JDR and his past decision making with coordinators the more I want him gone. He has a poor track history with coordinators dating back to Jacksonville and that has not improved in three years with us. Coordinators have been scapegoats for him there, jettisoned when he's needed to demonstrate "accountability", and it's his politicking that has kept in afloat (playing on being a homegrown Raider definitely helped make him accepted with us). There is no consistency in his decisions on coordinators, and he absolutely benefited last year from having a coordinator who (as NorthOakland said yesterday) was well attuned to our player's strengths and generally positioning them to succeed. That, along with Carr progressing further as a top 10 quarterback in the league, salvaged many awful defensive game-plans last year.
This ship is sunk. For the sake of the argument, let's assume things don't get better (which I frankly think is likely, since we're on the verge of announcing that Conley is done for the year and we're entering a second half that will starve us of winnable games). We can correct this with wholesale changes in the staff and potentially picking in the top ten of the draft. Mark, who might be fat with satisfaction from successfully scheming for a new stadium, must understand that to get the people of Vegas and Southern California to buy in (literally) once the move happens that he will need a competitive team. That should be enough to be aggressive in paying top dollar for the right head coach to come. We have the pieces on hand to entice anyone; it's simply a matter of willingness to demand results.
Ol' city college *** offense, we need some accountability here Reggie
