The Raiders have been abysmal for the past five years and a pain to watch. The Raiders are not that bad when you think of it. They have a decent defense. They have some talent on offense (McFadden, Fargas, Bush, Murphy, and Miller). The biggest problem is finding a coach to deal with Al Davis and his dementia. Al Davis has a love for speed and the deep ball and has put together a roster based on throwing the ball deep. I can think of one coach that is just as crazy as Al Davis and shares his same philosophies when it comes to offense. Mike Martz. Mike Martz is a coach who loves to throw the ball all over the field and has had prolific offenses in St Louis and was able to manage 8 wins with a Detroit Lions squad. The Raiders currently have speed on the outside and backfield and a QB with a strong are to get the ball downfield. It takes a mind like Martz to give Al Davis what he covets for. If Mike Martz becomes coach of the Raiders and you hire a damn good defensive coordinator it is possible they can muster 8 wins next year. You can even go the other way around and hire a coach and just bring Martz on to be the offensive coordinator.
Martz didn't work in SF cause Singletary wanted his offense based around a solid running game so their philosophies didn't match. Martz didn't work in Detroit cause their was an idiot running the organization. Martz failed toward the end of his tenure in St Louis because the roster did start to get age to them, the roster started to deplete, and it showed that Bulger may not have been the QB to replace Warner. Hopefully Martz has learned from past mistakes he may have made. I'm not saying that he will be like Belichick and build a team like the Patriots, but with the roster the Raiders have and the number of people reluctant to work with Al Davis it wouldn't hurt to take a look at Martz.
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