Raiders Fire Hue Jackson

At the end of the 2010 regular season, I criticized the Raiders and Al Davis for firing Tom Cable after he coached the team to it's best record in years at 8-8. The Al Davis controlled Raiders have made plenty of questionable moves in the past that could almost always be traced back to their owner. Now that Al Davis had passed away, the fan base and the country, for that matter, looked to how the Raiders will run the team. The Raiders officially hired a new GM, Reggie McKenzie, a few days earlier and now McKenzie made his first big move. His move was to fire the head coach of the Raiders, Hue Jackson. The Raiders were 8-8 under Hue Jackson's one year as head coach.

I feel awful for Hue and the fact he was fired. I do understand the decision to a degree. I understand that this new GM wanted to run a team a certain that probably interfered with Hue Jackson's way of doing things. I also get that the Raiders had a disappointing season, overall, as they had something going but just fell apart at the end losing 4 of their last 5 games which cost them a postseason spot. Last, I also get that Jackson was the driving force behind getting Carson Palmer which seem like draft picks well wasted. All of these reasons are valid for getting a new head coach but he was there for only one year. Give the guy a second season at least.

Anyway, it certainly fits into the Raiders way of doing things or the Al Davis way. A unexpected move like this is something that seems out of sync. That's the Raiders.