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Art Shell back as a head coach....

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Regardless of the black/white thing, I think the fact you have coordinators turning down a HC gig tells you a lot about the appeal of the Raiders job in NFL circles.

They have been pretty open about what a meddler Al Davis is and how it takes the "right kind of guy" to deal with him. I read that to mean someone desperate for the job and willing to swallow gargantuan amounts of pride on a dialy basis. I don't personally buy the angle that Shell can put Davis in his place, I don't think anyone tells Al Davis what to do when it comes to the Raiders.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Regardless of the black/white thing, I think the fact you have coordinators turning down a HC gig tells you a lot about the appeal of the Raiders job in NFL circles.

They have been pretty open about what a meddler Al Davis is and how it takes the "right kind of guy" to deal with him. I read that to mean someone desperate for the job and willing to swallow gargantuan amounts of pride on a dialy basis. I don't personally buy the angle that Shell can put Davis in his place, I don't think anyone tells Al Davis what to do when it comes to the Raiders.
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And that is indeed the real story here.

If Shell brings the Raiders back to the top he will have done more than any coach since Gruden. If he brings them back to very top more than anyone has done since Tom Flores.

Yet, it can be argued that no coach, no matter their achievements, would be big enough to get out from behind Davis' long shadow. Thus, even if Shell gets the Raiders back to winning he will share the glory unfairly with the press and self-annointed team architect.

No wonder no-one else really wanted the job. And, you have to wonder how long Shell, who has never been painted as a an ego-free zone, will put up with Davis' input, interference and self-destructive power-plays.
 
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harrydangler said:
As for hiring a coach who you haven't heard in over a decade, I think the Rams proved that theory wrong when Vermeil went 15 years between jobs and won the Super Bowl.
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I believe that a good head coach (no matter how long he has been out of coaching) is still a good head coach. In addition to Vermeil look at Joe Gibbs (Redskins).

He is to the NFL what Frank Robinson is to MLB (i.e. 1st African-American to manage a team, great manager, works for the league for several years, returns to managing, does a great job).
 
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2/12/06

Raiders turn to Shell again to resurrect glory days
Sunday, February 12, 2006

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After suffering through three straight losing seasons for the first time since joining the franchise more than four decades ago, Al Davis reached back into the past to try to restore the aura of the Oakland Raiders.
Davis introduced Art Shell as his coach yesterday, bringing back his former Hall of Fame offensive lineman and head coach to turn his struggling organization around.
"It may take us a short while, but we’ll get that nastiness of the Raiders back," Davis said.
Davis admitted Shell was the team’s second choice after Louisville coach Bobby Petrino turned down an offer.
The Raiders have won just 13 games the past three seasons, including only one against division rivals Denver, Kansas City and San Diego in coach Norv Turner’s two years at the helm.
Davis talked about how much the Broncos, Chiefs and Chargers hate the Raiders, and he wants a coach who can instill the importance of that rivalry into his players.
"When you walk out there, when you into that stadium, you walk out there with a presence. Mr. Davis called it a swagger," Shell said. "I just want to get back to the point where when we walk into a stadium, they know the Raiders are in town."
Shell hasn’t been a head coach since the Raiders fired him following the 1994 season and hasn’t worked on the sidelines at all since leaving his job as an assistant with the Atlanta Falcons five years ago, spending the last five years in the NFL office. Shell had a 54-38 regular-season record with the Raiders, leading them to the AFC championship game in 1990.
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Bucklion;705820; said:
Not to throw all kinds of crazy shit out there, but if wild speculation is allowed, could Weis be heading to the Bay, and drafting Brady with him maybe?
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No...as BN27 has told us with his vasy nfl knowledge going back 5 years or so......oakland does not draft qbs.
 
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www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9908533

Report: Shell's stint with Oakland over after one season

Jan. 4, 2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
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ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Art Shell's second stint as coach of the Raiders will end after just one season, the franchise's worst in more than four decades, a sports website reported Thursday night.
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