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Wanted: Jimmy Johnson
FORMER COACH RIGHT MAN TO RIGHT RAIDERS' SHIP
By Skip Bayless
Mercury News
He's by far the best available candidate for the Raiders vacancy. He was born to be head coach of the Silver and Black. No man could turn this team around quicker.
His name is not Al Saunders, Dennis Green, Art Shell, Terry Robiskie, Lovie Smith or Jim Mora. He is the slick-haired, player-intimidating, part-pirate force field named Jimmy Johnson, and Raiders owner Al Davis wouldn't hire him if Davis lives 74 more years.
But he should...
Friends say Fox commentator Johnson still has the coaching itch. Johnson has long admired Davis and the Silver and Black mystique. Give him another Troy Aikman -- Eli Manning -- and watch him win big in three years.
But would Davis let Johnson have total control of the team? Probably not. Would Davis pay -- or is he capable of affording -- Parcells-type money? Probably not. Could Davis stand it if Johnson got most of the credit for winning a Super Bowl? Probably not.
But hiring anyone less probably will mean extended futility for an owner who isn't getting any younger...
Bottom line: No candidate comes close to Johnson, which is why Davis won't hire him.
Read the rest at:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/football/nfl/oakland_raiders/7618000.htm
FORMER COACH RIGHT MAN TO RIGHT RAIDERS' SHIP
By Skip Bayless
Mercury News
He's by far the best available candidate for the Raiders vacancy. He was born to be head coach of the Silver and Black. No man could turn this team around quicker.
His name is not Al Saunders, Dennis Green, Art Shell, Terry Robiskie, Lovie Smith or Jim Mora. He is the slick-haired, player-intimidating, part-pirate force field named Jimmy Johnson, and Raiders owner Al Davis wouldn't hire him if Davis lives 74 more years.
But he should...
Friends say Fox commentator Johnson still has the coaching itch. Johnson has long admired Davis and the Silver and Black mystique. Give him another Troy Aikman -- Eli Manning -- and watch him win big in three years.
But would Davis let Johnson have total control of the team? Probably not. Would Davis pay -- or is he capable of affording -- Parcells-type money? Probably not. Could Davis stand it if Johnson got most of the credit for winning a Super Bowl? Probably not.
But hiring anyone less probably will mean extended futility for an owner who isn't getting any younger...
Bottom line: No candidate comes close to Johnson, which is why Davis won't hire him.
Read the rest at:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/football/nfl/oakland_raiders/7618000.htm