I like Dennis Allen already....

[radiostationrep]

I am still a little confused with the McKenzie hire. I expected our GM to be better spoken but will take results over speech so whatever. Dennis Allen is well spoken and seems to have an energy about him that I think is a tangible all good head coaches have. Anybody else watching the press conference? Any thoughts? The man knows what he wants, all I ask for is competence....

 

[Cut-Throat]

Go back apx. A year ago and there is a Hue Jackson thread just like this....

 

[radiostationrep]

Go back apx. A year ago and there is a Hue Jackson thread just like this....

I hear you. Just like those Alex Smith/offseason threads....

 

[Solitary 1]

Yeah - I was impressed too. We will see.

Reggie's speaking ability is a bit lacking but that's not what we hired him for. He's a proven high-level talent evaluator in this league.
That's all that matters.

 

[corinthian]

reggie is a country boy from tennessee and he talks like one. that has no bearing on his intelligence level at all. dude knows what he's doing, he didn't pick allen out of a hat. allen must have been really impressive in his first interview, seeing as how nobody else reggie interviewed came in for a second one.

 

[Rasan]

Go back apx. A year ago and there is a Hue Jackson thread just like this....

And go back a year before that and there is a cable thread

 

[Rossibreath]

Plus he inherits a Superbowl caliber roster with an obvious top 10 offense and defense. And Jemarcus Russell is still good.

 

[radiostationrep]

You guys can keep trying....

 

[Cut-Throat]

Keep trying what?

 

[corinthian]

DaveRazzano Dave Razzano
NFL scout for more than 22 yrs,49ers, Rams, Cardinals. Have wrked with 5 Super Bwl teams. NFL Analyst on 95.7 TheGame in S.F.


The more people I talk to who know Dennis Allen are impressed GM McKenzie found this guy. Call him defensive "genius". a young Belichick

the only problem with that, is bellichick didn't do to well when he first started out. didn't he coach the browns and got fired?

 

[DFresh77]

Deja Vu..

 

[MaC A$$ ViC]

how could you guys compare allen to ANY previous raider coach? thats just plain stupid.

hes a defensive minded coach, the first one here since MADDEN!

i think all you guys think AL (RIP) is still alive, but the show isnt run like it used to be anymore.


BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? you guys are the expert on the raiders.

 

[Rasan]

We ain't comparing coaches we are comparing your responses which wre identical to tom cable and hue jackson when they came on board. You just automatically assume they gonna be the savior of the raiders. What's gonna happen when this nigga goes 8-8? Will he get the boot too?

 

[DFresh77]

how could you guys compare allen to ANY previous raider coach? thats just plain stupid.

hes a defensive minded coach, the first one here since MADDEN!

i think all you guys think AL (RIP) is still alive, but the show isnt run like it used to be anymore.


BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? you guys are the expert on the raiders.

wasn't Tom Cable a defensive minded coach?

 

[DUTCH-F.E]

Only thing i have to say about this hire is Allen has never been a head coach. Not at a high school, a college, a flag team, Canada, Europe no where.... That shit counts... When you have a guy who doesnt speak basic english as your gm and hire a guy who ran the 21st best defense or somewhere in that realm in denver to be your head coach you may be doomed. Your front office i.e. Davis and his cohorts have minimal experience. AND from what im hearing, a lot of the players liked Hue for what ever reason. You guys still have no draft picks to help impact anything in 2012/2013 season.

THE 1 bright light for the raiders is hopefully he can minimize the penalties. If you guys can get the penalties to 90 or less you will make the playoffs... As random and trivial as those little yellow flags are, you missed the playoffs this year because you had over 170 yellow baggies thrown at you..... hopefully you guys grab some free agent help in what ever areas are needed. I dont follow the raiders close enough to know that.

 

[SFC I-Side]

I remember when I thought Singleterrry was legit.....

 

[DFresh77]

I know some of the Raiders players are built for a 3-4 defense...but to those that are 4-3, how hard is it gonna be to transition to 3-4 from 4-3?

I don't know though, Raiders gonna have a tough season ...good luck!

 

[NiNe2FiVe]

Im listening to him on 95.7 right now with Tierney and Davis, I like what he has to say, he's actually aware of the problems, and seems concerned with fixing them. Seems like a real intelligent "football-passionate" guy, well spoken, more excited having heard him, than I was after Hue, or Cable, or whoever else. I feel better about going forward with Allen than continuing with Hue.

 

[Meta4iCAL]

wasn't Tom Cable a defensive minded coach?

No. Tom Cable is an offensive line coach

 

[Meta4iCAL]

I know some of the Raiders players are built for a 3-4 defense...but to those that are 4-3, how hard is it gonna be to transition to 3-4 from 4-3?

I don't know though, Raiders gonna have a tough season ...good luck!

Who said we are going to a 3-4??? Unless I missed something, that's nothing more than just rumors. Besides, Allen ran a 4-3 last year in Denver, so if anything it's more likely we'll stick with a 4-3. Although he's worked with both systems, so who knows

anyways, I didn't watch the interview, but listened to part of it on 95.7 on my phone at work. Also, listened to his interview on 95.7 driving home. I liked what I heard, but kinda hard to judge for sure. I'm just in 'wait and see' mode right now.