The Raiders could have made the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 season with a win, but instead they failed to force a punt and were beaten 38-26 by the visiting Chargers. Instead of following his usual routine of showering and clearing his head before meeting with the media, Jackson went directly from his meeting with the players to his session with the media. He prefaced his remarks by saying he accepted responsibility for the team, said he accepted responsibility for the club's performance, but then appeared to quickly distance himself from the players.
"I'm pissed at my team," Jackson said. "At some point in time as a group of men you go in the game and you can say whatever you want about coaches, [but] you win the game. Here's your time. Here's your time to make some plays. We didn't get them stopped and we didn't make enough plays. Yeah, I'm pissed at the team. Like I tell them I always put it on me, but I am pissed at my team because when you have those kind of opportunities you've got to do it, and we didn't do it."
Jackson, whose biggest supporter, owner Al Davis, died midway through the season, was asked if he was going to take a stronger hand in solidifying a porous defense.
"I'm going to take a stronger hand in this whole team, this whole organization," he said, fully aware that Davis' son, Mark, planned to hire a general manager in the offseason. "There ain't no way that I'm going to feel like I feel today a year from now. I promise you that. I ain't feeling like this no more. This is a joke. To have a chance at home to beat a football team that is reeling after being beaten in Detroit, who's one of your rivals and they come in here and beat us like that. I'm going to take a hand in everything."
Many outsiders viewed that comment as a power grab, with one rival executive saying, "Perception in this business is reality. Some owners hear that and say, 'I don't want that guy in our building because of the way he challenged ownership when he was going down.'"
not a chance.. Ross' search committee, or should I say "band of baffoons" will hire Tannenbaum lackey Eric Mangini.. because he's cheap, he's desperate.. and, he's cheap
I posted in another thread that he's my #1 Choice.. Here's' why
When he was a position coach he coached his players were some of the best in the league, Chad Johnson, TJ Hous, Stephen Davis, He's coached a couple of Franchise QB's in Carson Palmer and Joe Flacco,
When he was the OC in oakland he did this
In 2010, under Jackson’s guidance, the Raiders offense finished fourth in the AFC and sixth in the NFL in scoring (25.6 points per game) also finished fifth in the AFC and 10th in the NFL in total offense (354.6 yards per game) and second in the NFL and AFC in rushing (155.9 yards per game). The Raiders more than doubled their scoring output from the previous year, totaling 410 points. Under Jackson’s offense, RB Darren McFadden finished the season with 1,157 yards rushing on 223 carries for a 5.2 average YPC and 7 rushing touchdowns. McFadden also had 47 receptions for 507 yards and 3 touchdowns. His total numbers were 1,664 total yards and 10 total touchdowns for the 2010 NFL season, making McFadden the NFL's 5th leader in total yards from scrimmage for the 2010 season.
And ,y # 1 reason is this
On February 17, 2012, Jackson returned to the Cincinnati Bengals working as an assistant defensive backs coach as well as assisting on special teams
This tells me that he has experience on BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL AND SPECIAL TEAMS! Which is very important for a head coach in my opinion. Unlike the previous head coach who only coached the oline in GB.
What in the world is this fascination with Hue Jackson? Lol...he's a nobody.
Good stuff. Who wouldn't want a guy like that as the leader of your football team. We already lose to divisional opponents by double digits at home...it will be more of the same. Yay for us!http://www.si.com/nfl/2013/03/05/hue-jackson
Sweet. Already had this article open to respond to the other thread. Efficient.