Is anyone else just genuinely surprised by how bad of a head coach McDaniels was and how much he didn’t learn from his time in Denver? It’s erie how similar his behavior was in Denver and Vegas. Alienating the starting QB (Cutler & Carr), trading popular players (Marshall & Waller), over working the team with long meetings and practices, completely unable to connect with his players, stunning level of arrogance sticking to his ‘system’ instead of doing what his players do best. Reaching in the draft (Tebow & Wilson).
It was a long time between head coaching gigs, but he seemed to learn nothing , didn’t change a thing. You’d think given how his first job went he would naturally grow, reflect and figure out what he had to do differently if given another opportunity. He came back a decade later the exact same dude, I find it shocking.
Even now I’d bet in his mind this was the players or the organization’s failings not his. I’m just shocked by his refusal to grow, change and adapt.
No he definitely learned from his time with the Broncos and you can see the progress that he’s made since then
He was able to gut the team and alienate his players much faster with us than he could with Denver
Most didn’t view Wilson as a reach TBH. Not a finished product, but not a reach. A lot of people had him mocked as the first DE off the board as the draft neared.
I agree with everything else, 100%.
I’m not surprised. I deserve a gold metal for trying to justify it all offseason.
The second he kicked that FG against Pittsburgh I knew he’d never work out
Waller was a smart move in a way he’s never healthy and he cost a lot
Ask his wife and our wives: men never change
Yeah McDaniels sucked but…
How is Wilson a reach? He was taken where he was projected to go. Arguably the best Edge Defender prospect in the class. A reach is Damon Arnette or Cle Ferrell. Projected to go later but taken way too early.
And wth the majority of this fanbase trashed Waller while he was here lol. I was shocked seeing the fake outcry for him by the same people that said he sucks, milking his injuries, and didn’t care about football anymore.
For an “offensive guru” he sure was an idiot. I can’t mentally comprehend how stupid he is
I’m a Cards fan first. The Raiders replaced the Chargers as my second team the year both teams relocated. This is my first head coach hire.
I was so optimistic after that fun as hell year Gruden got fired. Then we hire JMD. What. The. Fuck.
Remember, I’m new to the Raiders, not the AFC West. I vividly remember his year with the Broncos. I was completely and utterly convinced when he got fired that he would never have a head coach job again.
Like he didn’t just fail as a head coach. He failed at everything. And then you look at pretty much any other time a coach from Belichick tree has gotten a shot of head coach. Oh and add the fact that the longer Belichick goes without Brady, the more evident it is that Brady carried that man.
I really cannot even begin to imagine what in the actual fuck Mark Davis was thinking when he thought Josh McDaniels was going to be the man to save this franchise. I just hope he learned something.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.
No bashing players. I don’t care who drafted them they’re Raiders now and still have time to develop.