If you happen to be one of the outside candidates hoping to be the Raiders next GM or head coach, it’s probably been an awkward 48 hours.
On Monday, Raiders’ interim GM Champ Kelly and interim head coach Antonio Pierce were photographed hanging out at the MLK parade with Richard Seymour, who sits on the team’s interview panel.
That’s not an ideal development for Leslie Frazier or Kris Richard, who are the only known candidates to interview against Pierce to this point.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Kelly has been involved in the team’s head-coaching interviews, despite the fact that the team hasn’t announced a decision on Kelly’s future with the team.
That can’t be a good sign for Ed Dodds and everyone else who interviewed for the Raiders’ GM position.
As for the head-coaching position, it’s no secret that Kelly would like to keep working with Pierce, and no one expects two coaches that weren’t in the league last year to beat out Pierce for the job.
Additionally, it’s starting to feel like the Raiders’ hiring process is making a mockery of the Rooney Rule. The purpose of the rule was never to string along coaching candidates that have no chance of getting the job.
Just about every beat writer covering the Raiders has implied that Kelly and Pierce are the overwhelming favorites to be hired (even speculating that one would be announced on Tuesday), but the team has made no announcement as of Wednesday afternoon.
We can only guess on the reasons why Davis is taking this awkward approach to the hiring process, but it seems reasonable to believe that one name might still be looming over everything going on with the Raiders right now…
Until Mark Davis and his circle of consultants make an official decision on something, maybe we shouldn’t assume Jim Harbaugh is out of the mix.
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You would think they would at least interview harbaugh.
Stop trying to find a way to get the raiders in trouble. We’ve had enough bias against us and controversy on our own. It’s sad you even took time to write this
Awkward indeed! wouldn’t that be conflict of interest interim coach and Gm hanging out like friends and then Gm interviewing him
Raiders shouldn’t have to fullfill Rooney rule if their plan is to hire minorities for both GM and HC.
And what a ground breaking story. The infamous freakin rooney balloney rule. What a pile of horse pooooopies. Do you really think that the Raiders are in contempt of anything??? Guess again bozo beat writers of the millinial class. Do your freakin research and uneducated turds. Art shell first black coach tom flores first hispanic coach Amy trask first ceo female. Got my point millineal douche bags? Yah, go back to your video games. CK&AP announcement will be tomorrow. And the rooney mallooney ballowney rule is manure.
And don’t forget 1st minority QB in the NFL EVER!!!! Also Flores
AP & CK hiring thurs jan 18/2024. Just breaking!!!!!!!!!!
The application of the rooney rule mockery started when the patriots were able to make a contract with Mayo to be head coach. Applying the rule to the Raiders, who want to hire a first time black Head coach makes zero sense.
Yes
It seems every team makes a mockery of the Rooney rule. Teams know who they want, but are forced to interview other candidates. The rule itself makes a mockery of the hiring process- you have this minority you want to hire but you must interview two outside minorities before you can hire your choice. That makes zero sense. Don’t most interviews of minority candidates make a mockery of the rule since the main reason they are being interviewed is to satisfy the rule?
AP is a CHAMP 🏆
if they hire Harbaugh I’m finished with the raiders. been a fan for 50+ years but enough
The so-called “Rooney Rule” should be the “Al Davis Rule” as Davis and the Raiders have been at the forefront of inclusivity on many levels going back to the 60’s: scouting (1st team to scout HBCU’s), hiring (1st Black & Hispanic HC’s in Art Shell and Tom Flores, 1st female exec in Amy Trask), treatment of players (Davis refused to play in exhibitions in the South when the Black players and coaches were not to be allowed to stay in the same hotels as the White players/coaches, 1st Latino starting QB in Flores). To make the Raiders go through token interviews is a smack in the face to the history of the organization.