..,but I'm going crazy watching Dennis Green and others get away. mercurynews.com Posted on Tue, Jan. 13, 2004 WHAT'S THE RUSH? NFL teams typically fill their head-coaching vacancies in January, but not the Raiders. February, or even March, has been the month for Al Davis. Coach: John Madden Hire date: Feb. 4, 1969 Days in waiting: Eighteen after John Rauch resigned Coach: Tom Flores Hire date: Feb. 8, 1979 Days in waiting: Thirty-five after Madden's retirement Coach: Mike Shanahan Hire date: Feb. 29, 1988 Days in waiting: Forty after Flores' retirement Coach: Art Shell Hire date: Oct. 3, 1989 Days in waiting: None; Davis' only in-season firing Coach: Mike White Hire date: Feb. 2, 1995 Days in waiting: None; Shell was fired same day Coach: Joe Bugel Hire date: Jan. 30, 1997 Days in waiting: Thirty-seven after White's Christmas Eve firing Coach: Jon Gruden Hire date: Jan. 22, 1998 Days in waiting: Sixteen after Bugel's firing Coach: Bill Callahan Hire date: March 13, 2002 Days in waiting: Twenty-three after Gruden's trade to Tampa Bay
I would have to say that this was kind of a big surprise coming out of Dallas seeing you interview two of our offensive coaches. Payton has interviewed -- not sure if Carthon has. I know Al Davis gets along well with both Jerry Jones and Bill Parcells and that all three have respect for each other, but this surprises me. I guess it fits Davis's pattern of hiring coaches that have no HC experience (except Bugel?), but I would have expected that our DC Zimmer would have been the first to be picked for an interview by a team. I'm not complaining, but Zimmer is not being talked about in head coaching circles ... maybe Nebraska, but not NFL.... and it is our gain and their loss. From what I read and hear, he would make a good head coach in this league.
