That's what I was thinking....isn't it great to get rid of rubbish??Crow said:Gallery played great before Colletto came here. Now that the madness is over, I pully expect him to return to form.
Art didn't seem to keen on that zone blocking scheme.TommyGirl said:Colleto may be a good coach in Denver, Atlanta, or even in Washington. The Raiders and zone blocking just don't fit.
Haven't you had to accept losing for the past 3 seasons?? So....Al has to deal with it as well....but why would you want to put yourself through it even one more season?Rupert said:You know, the Raiders and zone blocking would work if we were willing to accept losing for a couple seasons while we got the system down. Al Davis is unwilling to accept losing, so he's unwilling to accept waiting for the line to get a groove. Also, we don't draft the kind of lineman who work well in a zone scheme (though I don't know if we've drafted linemen who played a zone scheme before - I'd guess we don't).
Rupert said:You know, the Raiders and zone blocking would work if we were willing to accept losing for a couple seasons while we got the system down. Al Davis is unwilling to accept losing, so he's unwilling to accept waiting for the line to get a groove. Also, we don't draft the kind of lineman who work well in a zone scheme (though I don't know if we've drafted linemen who played a zone scheme before - I'd guess we don't).
It's a different thing to prepare for 2-3 seasons of it than to accept them after the fact. Al doesn't like to accept it going into the season. He gave Shanahan 1 1/4 seasons to get the WCO up and winning, then turned it over to Shell who won instantly. White got 2 whole seasons where the team slowly went backwards before he got canned for an even worse Bugel who only got 1 season. Gruden had 2 seasons of .500 ball while the roster turned over so he got the time to continue the revolution. Seriously, a season with George and Hollas that wound up .500 has to be considered a success. Then Callahan crashed and burned when the high performance team unwound. Turner couldn't repeat what Shell had done since the roster was 1/2 crap. Now Shell comes in with another roster built to his (and Al's) specs, plenty of vets and free spirits. Seems like the right place and time.Angel said:Haven't you had to accept losing for the past 3 seasons?? So....Al has to deal with it as well....but why would you want to put yourself through it even one more season?
Callahan shoulda been shot when he told the team they were the dumbest team in America....what the Hell kind of Coach does that>?Rupert said:It's a different thing to prepare for 2-3 seasons of it than to accept them after the fact. Al doesn't like to accept it going into the season. He gave Shanahan 1 1/4 seasons to get the WCO up and winning, then turned it over to Shell who won instantly. White got 2 whole seasons where the team slowly went backwards before he got canned for an even worse Bugel who only got 1 season. Gruden had 2 seasons of .500 ball while the roster turned over so he got the time to continue the revolution. Seriously, a season with George and Hollas that wound up .500 has to be considered a success. Then Callahan crashed and burned when the high performance team unwound. Turner couldn't repeat what Shell had done since the roster was 1/2 crap. Now Shell comes in with another roster built to his (and Al's) specs, plenty of vets and free spirits. Seems like the right place and time.