Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Misery......A slight glimmer of hope.

Okay so this has been another horrible season. It all started with the Davis/Kiffin feud in the off season and we have yet to recover. This last game was entertaining (I think since the NFL blackout rule prevented me from watching it on TV). Looks like Johnnie Lee Higgins is going to be a receiver/returner for us for some time. He's played pretty well this season besides the one return where he ran out on the 2 yard line. JaMarcus Russell seems to be coming along and is playing better as the season progressed. I think w/replacing Harris with Henderson at Left Tackle-Russell might get more protection and get some confidence to be able to step up and throw the damn ball. Also DMac is going to be a beast if he gets the ball more. We have a few key pieces we are just missing the glue (a coach and system) to pull and hold everything together. It's a shame it took 16 weeks for them to figure it out.

This coming off season is VERY important. A few things HAVE to happen. Al Davis HAS to realize that his time running the day to day operations of a football team has passed. As much as I believe Davis is The Raiders it really does pain me to see he has lost it and he needs help running OUR team. We need to get a GM. And lord please don't let it be Millen or Madden. Maybe Mike Holmgren or Mariucci? We need someone who can convince free agents to come here and that we are actually going to turn this ship around. Next we need a coach-with experience. Maybe Holmgren, Mariucci, Fassel or dare I say......"The Return of Chucky". Ok hear me out. He did not leave here like Kiffin and talk shit to everyone that would listen. He has had nothing but good things to say and together w/a GM he can turn this thing around. For this to happen though we would have to beat his Bucs and knock them out of the Play Offs in order to force Bucs ownership to fire his ass. The third thing that has to happen is Rob Ryan needs to get fired. Even if Davis has the final say in how we D-up, we need to wipe the slate clean and start from scratch.

Ok so Merry Christmas Raider fans and hopefully next season will be better. Here are a few clips of JLH.....