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2011 NFL Season - A New Game

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As much as it saddens me, and as much as it makes no sense for a Texans fan to hope for a New England win, it's what I'm going to do.
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It always makes sense to root for the Patriots. If we rooted for the Loyalists, we'd be watching some skinny Eurotrash kick a soccer ball around. That just isn't right, and we'd have to refer you over to the House Unamerican Activities Committee.
 
The Raiders fire a coach after just one season? It's like Al Davis never left us.
 
This isn't cranky old man in a foul mood though, this is Reggie McKenzie Regime Change. I think the Raiders will be better for it. I mean, the guy did make the Palmer deal, and he was hired by Davis. So, why wouldn't you fire him?
 
Oh, I know, I know. It's just perversely hilarious to me that the Raiders will be on their seventh head coach in ten years.
 
SmoothieX said:
I'm not above Darth Sidious like conspiracies involving Lord Belichick and his hand picked Sith minions playing both sides.

He sent his apprentice Count McDooku to the arid, mountainous region of Utapau, err I mean Denver. Allowed himself a 'debilitating' loss at the hands of his former apprentice in 2009, and set the wheels in motion.

McDooku trains a strong yet raw apprentice, knocks of Darth Bill's biggest threat in the form of the Steel Guild and Refno Union, before returning to his rightful place at the dark master's side with the secret plans to the Denver offense.

Fotunately, Tebow has never shot his payload into a small and unforgiving opening before. The plan is proceeding exactly as Belichick has forseen.

Unfortunately, the way the Ewoks fit into this analogy/homage is as that Pats' secondary.
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Don't forget that Lord Belichick also sent Grand Moff Pioli and General Crievous to Kansas City to knock off the Packers, thus protecting the Patriots' 16-0 regular season record.
 
Yoda said:
This isn't cranky old man in a foul mood though, this is Reggie McKenzie Regime Change. I think the Raiders will be better for it. I mean, the guy did make the Palmer deal, and he was hired by Davis. So, why wouldn't you fire him?
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The Bears should be taking notes here but if the news about them not hiring a new GM is accurate, they're still asleep at the wheel.
 
Sheep said:
Yoda said:
This isn't cranky old man in a foul mood though, this is Reggie McKenzie Regime Change. I think the Raiders will be better for it. I mean, the guy did make the Palmer deal, and he was hired by Davis. So, why wouldn't you fire him?
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The Bears should be taking notes here but if the news about them not hiring a new GM is accurate, they're still asleep at the wheel.
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Oh, they're going to hire a new GM. They're just going to promote the guy who spent five years taking the Seahawks' roster, pouring gasoline on it and burning it to the ground.
 
Timby said:
Oh, I know, I know. It's just perversely hilarious to me that the Raiders will be on their seventh head coach in ten years.
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I hope the next head coach specializes in disciplaine and not setting another record for penalties in a season. God I think that's why I don't like watching Raider games. Most of the time it's just a flag fest and it's bad football.
 
It'll be interesting for me to watch. Kind of like the Holmgren Seahawks. Hopefully McKenzie doesn't pillage too much of our staff. You can have Winston Moss and Shawn Slocum, Reggie... that's the gentleman's agreement!
 
I have to admit, Jackson getting canned makes me happy, from a competetive perspective. I still think the Palmer trade was iffy, but Jackson probably would have been good for the Raiders. He was trying to change the culture there, and it seemed to be working.

By getting rid of a coach that was having a measure of success for the second year in a row, the Raiders will continue to be trapped in mediocracy and disappointment for the foreseeable future. Works for me.
 
I'm a bit excited about Cernel being the Chiefs' new head-coach. I think he showed a high degree of promise over the Chiefs' last three games. He even seems to have quite a bit of support from the players.
 
archeryguy1701 said:
I have to admit, Jackson getting canned makes me happy, from a competetive perspective. I still think the Palmer trade was iffy, but Jackson probably would have been good for the Raiders. He was trying to change the culture there, and it seemed to be working.

By getting rid of a coach that was having a measure of success for the second year in a row, the Raiders will continue to be trapped in mediocracy and disappointment for the foreseeable future. Works for me.
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Having a record setting year in penalties wasn't changing the culture. It was same crap different year. I do think the trade for Palmer (And if rumors are true and he did fire all the defensive coaches) did him in. He got to the point where he wasn't only the head coach but really just running the entire franchise. Yeah the Death of Al Davis kind of put him in that position, but I thought he got too big for his role (And the fact that he wouldn't shut up).

Bringing in a new coach and really just start the team out fresh, which is what everyone here is thinking. We'll see. Hopefully the Raiders don't hire one too quickly and I don't expect it to be the popular ones (i.e. Gruden, Cower, Billick).
 
tomalak301 said:
archeryguy1701 said:
I have to admit, Jackson getting canned makes me happy, from a competetive perspective. I still think the Palmer trade was iffy, but Jackson probably would have been good for the Raiders. He was trying to change the culture there, and it seemed to be working.

By getting rid of a coach that was having a measure of success for the second year in a row, the Raiders will continue to be trapped in mediocracy and disappointment for the foreseeable future. Works for me.
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Having a record setting year in penalties wasn't changing the culture. It was same crap different year. I do think the trade for Palmer (And if rumors are true and he did fire all the defensive coaches) did him in. He got to the point where he wasn't only the head coach but really just running the entire franchise. Yeah the Death of Al Davis kind of put him in that position, but I thought he got too big for his role (And the fact that he wouldn't shut up).

Bringing in a new coach and really just start the team out fresh, which is what everyone here is thinking. We'll see. Hopefully the Raiders don't hire one too quickly and I don't expect it to be the popular ones (i.e. Gruden, Cower, Billick).
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Well, he would still have some work to do, but I got the impression that he wasn't going to stand for the penalties for too long. Cable was starting to have some success of the field, but he was a thug, and the Raiders have largely been thugs for the longest time, and they weren't going to get turned around overnight. But I really did think that Jackson was going to get that team moved in the right direction.

Personally, I feel more comfortable with the Raiders living in a neverending state of flux. If no coach is around long enough to leave his mark on the team, the team will never be much more than the occassional blip of a lucky season.
 
I'm in the minority that wants to see Oakland do well. I want to see a competitive AFC West. San Diego used to win this division by default and now it seems like it may become Tebow's division to lose. 8-8 won this division and that is sad. If Denver and Oakland can get good, this division will come back from the ashes.

I knew my Lions had little chance against the Saints, but going from 0-16 to a playoff team in the matter of a few years gives me hope.
 
Now that Rick Grimes and Shane and company have killed off the Zombie Al Davis it's time to gut the Raiders and rebuild from the ground up. Burn Al's corpse once and for all.
 
Good idea, gut a team that started the season 7-4 and would have won its division if its coach hadn't fallen apart.
 
Skywalker said:
SmoothieX said:
I'm not above Darth Sidious like conspiracies involving Lord Belichick and his hand picked Sith minions playing both sides.

He sent his apprentice Count McDooku to the arid, mountainous region of Utapau, err I mean Denver. Allowed himself a 'debilitating' loss at the hands of his former apprentice in 2009, and set the wheels in motion.

McDooku trains a strong yet raw apprentice, knocks of Darth Bill's biggest threat in the form of the Steel Guild and Refno Union, before returning to his rightful place at the dark master's side with the secret plans to the Denver offense.

Fotunately, Tebow has never shot his payload into a small and unforgiving opening before. The plan is proceeding exactly as Belichick has forseen.

Unfortunately, the way the Ewoks fit into this analogy/homage is as that Pats' secondary.
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Don't forget that Lord Belichick also sent Grand Moff Pioli and General Crievous to Kansas City to knock off the Packers, thus protecting the Patriots' 16-0 regular season record.
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Yeah, and apparently he force choked Peyton Manning so hard he couldn't play at all this year. And nice job of dispatching Jar Jar Caldwell to coach the enemy.

I need it to be Saturday at 8 PM now.
 
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