Is the season is falling apart for the Raiders?
From the outside, it certainly looks like it.
After losing three consecutive games behind an anemic offense and an injury-plagued defense, the players and coaches haven’t started blaming each other, but head coach Antonio Pierce seemed to tiptoe the line this week.
When asked on Wednesday what was wrong with the Raider offense, Pierce seemed to primarily point to the players.
“Penalties, turnovers and execution. Let’s just start there,” Pierce said.
“Detailed work, it’s easy, right?” he continued. “If we go zone right, everybody needs to go to the right. We can’t have guys going different directions. We got to be clean on that part. Each and every game you go into the game, and you feel confident about what the staff is able to do. And I have felt that. At the end of the day, we have to execute as players, we got to call out the right plays at the right time, and when all that’s going on, if the play breaks down it’s up to the guys on the field to make it right. That’s what this game always comes down to as players and coaches putting them in positions to make plays.”
It’s become a complicated situation for Pierce at press conferences because the offense is destroying any chances the Raiders have of being competitive.
How long will Pierce be able to defend his offensive coaches without sounding out of touch?
Maybe the coaches are putting players in position to make plays, but hasn’t that been the overriding opinion of every coach that’s ever been fired?
If the offense doesn’t improve soon, Pierce isn’t going to have any choice but to see what the offense can do with a different coordinator. For now, Pierce is standing behind offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, but his patience has to be running thin.
Getsy didn’t have a lot of success as an offensive coordinator in Chicago and not much about his first seven games in Las Vegas has been any better.
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I believed in AP last year he motivated the players the team seemed well prepared for the games. This year exactly the opposite.
Team ill prepared AP making horrible decisions during the game and now he is blaming players for losses. Not a head coaching material. Biggest mistake he made by hiring Luke Getsy why would you hire any of Bears coaching staff they have been horrendous and now instead of blaming OC he is blaming players. He will be fired at the end of the season. Tom Brady will bring one of Bill Belchecks cronies ie Bill O’Brien. All his disciples have failed miserably. Raiders will remain in purgatory for rest of their existence. The crowd in Vegas will be 90% opposition and 10% home crowd. Which will be just fine with Mark as long as stadium sells out. I have been die hard Raiders fan since 1974 but no more, this season broke the camels back.
Run run check down pass. Defenses know what’s coming if 50% of coach coaches know what’s coming. Zero imagination in play calling. Keeping better players, Sam Webb, Gainer and Burney buried.
COACHES are the problem. And AP needs to look in the mirror at himself too
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And Chase Garbers has far more upside than Ridder.
Telesco. Your a problem too.
And Telesco you’re part of the problem too.
Charger failures at economy prices aren’t helping.
Chase Garbers has far more upside than Ridder.
He made a mistake with Getsky. Offense is predictable. Should have gotten Kansas City Offensive Coordinator who is now a Offensive Coordinator in college at UCLA. This will be a unproductive season. The best thing to happen maybe getting the first pick in the Draft.
I don’t know how to make this more clear. I do like AP, but no player will run through a wall for him like they would at one time. If he doesn’t see any thing wrong with the coaching of this team, HE is the problem and must be replaced. The Offensive Coordinator is calling a horrible game, week after week. The Offensive line looks confused and ill placed. The once rock steady special teams group is lost. And the clock management is horrendous. AP plays to win every game by 3 points and having the ball last. The is the perfect way to lose by two scores. You HAVE to have a mindset that you want to win by 30 with every ball possession – then you win by 8. If he can’t grasp that, he might be an average defensive coach but he will never be an adequate Head Coach.
AND his advisors are screwing him (maybe on purpose????)
Go Raiders, beat KFC..