“Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis has whiffed a handful of times on head coaches and general managers the past 14 years,” Manzano wrote in a Jan. 14 column. “But he didn’t even give coach Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco a fair shake in firing both after one year.
The Las Vegas Raiders have struggled drafting correctly, hiring the right coaches and winning games over the last decade. Is owner Mark Davis a part of the problem with the Silver and Black?
The Las Vegas Raiders owner had a pointed message for head coach Antonio Pierce amid their struggles this season.
A day before he was ultimately fired as the Raiders’ coach, Antonio Pierce described one upcoming meeting as “critical” to set the team on the right path heading into the offseason. Pierce said he, general manager Tom Telesco (who was also fired four days later) and owner Mark Davis must
The Las Vegas Raiders are once again changing regimes. Now, a regime change is not just when you get a new head coach. But, you also have to get a new head coach and a new general manager.
The Las Vegas Raiders could soon have a new head coach in place to replace the recently-fired Antonio Pierce. Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
Owner Mark Davis has now fired five head coaches since taking over the franchise in 2011 and that's not counting Jon Gruden, who resigned during the 2021 season. While it's easy to justify firing Pierce, many fans and media pundits don't understand why Davis waited to make the decision or why the coach was hired in the first place.
The Las Vegas Raiders fired general manager Tom Telesco on Thursday. This occurred just a year after he was hired.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis reportedly urged head coach Antonio Pierce to coach to win down the stretch this season. According to NFL Network's
Johnson has emerged as the runaway favorite to land the Las Vegas gig with NFL Network Ian Rapoport reporting earlier this week that, “there are a lot of people who, frankly, think he is getting it.”
Despite the team's disappointing 4-13 record, the Raiders owner appears set to bring back Pierce for another season.
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