It is not uncommon for managers to make strategic errors or to lose the trust of his players due to a lack of communication. It is far less common for a manager, as Oakland A's manager Bob Geren has done, to offer a false statement about his managerial philosophy. After being swept last weekend by the Giants, reliever Brian Fuentes blasted Geren for what he called "unorthodox managing," when he was called upon in three-straight tied ball games at AT&T Park. After Fuentes struggled in all three games, Geren told John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle that he could no longer ...
Oakland A’s manager Bob Geren is having a week I am sure he would rather soon forget.Not only has his team lost seven out of nine, but now his managing skills are coming into question. First he got a jab from closer Brian Fuentes and then got a right hook from former closer Huston Street. Earlier in the week, Fuentes said through the San Francisco Chronicle that Geren had “unorthodox managing” and said he was handled “pretty poorly” thanks to “zero” communication. Ouch. Not to be outdone, Huston Street shared his thoughts on Geren in a text sent ...
Memorial Day Tribute 2011 - Revisited Youth is a blessing. Senior years are good, too. The advantage of our senior years is that we can sit, sip our coffee and remember both the good and hard times of the Oakland Raiders. On Memorial Day 2011, we remember the contributions of others. The seniors tell the story so that the younger generation can eventually gain the depth and understanding to lead and move forward. This writer became a Oakland Raiders fan in the '60s, and observed the good times of Raider Nation. It is uplifting to remember that our team was a winning ...
Richard Seymour wanted the guys to feel like they were at home.So to ensure a solid turnout from the Atlanta suburb of Buford, Ga. for an organized team workout set up by he and QB Jason Campbell, Seymour dipped into his considerable savings to cover room and board for any teammates who wanted to come out and play.And come they have.Though far from their collective home in Oakland, the Raiders have made themselves quite comfortable on the sunny fields of Buford High this past week. Over 30 Raiders, many starters in addition to the majority of the 2011 draft class, ...
If most of the speculation is true then Nnamdi Asomugha and Michael Huff will not be Raiders in 2011. Robert Gallery is also not returning to Oakland next season.That means the Raiders will be losing three of their longest tenured players on the roster and all three were among the best on the team.This isn't anything new in the NFL. Teams lose stars every year and new players are always ready to fill in and become the next star.Let's take a look at the top ten players on the Oakland Raiders roster today.Begin Slideshow
Oakland Raider owner Al Davis is a lover of height, weight and speed on his football players. His quarterbacks even have to be big and able to throw a football 80 yards (70 minimum). That is a good combination to have in a football player, but skill is the most necessary ingredient a player needs. Over the years, the Raiders have been able to add skill to some of their height, weight and speed freaks. But when they couldn't, they really couldn't, and that would lead to some down right embarrassing football. There were some individual players that really took the cake ...
Not even the most fervent Oakland Raider haters can deny the fact this team is on the rise in the recent past.That said, Al Davis and new head coach Hue Jackson still have some serious holes to fill on this team in order to get them back to being a legitimate playoff threat.Some of the team deficiencies have already been addressed in the draft, but still more exist.What are those holes? Who are the free agent players that can fill those holes?Those are questions I will address with this slide show.Let's discuss a few things first...Begin Slideshow
Are you encouraged about the Oakland Raiders? Some of us are. I viewed the video showing Richard Seymour and Jason Campbell at a high school practice field inspiring their colleagues to workout while there is a lockout. These men are taking the responsibility of getting in shape. It means that they have been coached well and they know what to do. The attention-getter was the announcement that 33 men showed up to practice and to build up momentum at the call of team leaders Richard Seymour and Jason Campbell. I love the number 33. It is a multiple of 11 and there are ...
As many of you have already read, Richard Seymour and Jason Campbell are hosting practices during the lockout in a suburb outside of Atlanta. The practice are being held at the Buford High Football Field, the same facilities being used by the Atlanta Falcons for the same purpose. As it stands right now, an impressive 34 Raiders have attended the camp, including: Taiwan Jones, Stefan Wisniewski, Chimdi Chekwa, Richard Gordon, Daniel Loper, Rolando McClain, Bruce Campbell, Marcel Reece, Rock Cartwright, Kamerion Wimbley, Quentin Groves, Darren McFadden, Kyle Boller, Nick Miller, DeMarcus Van Dyke and Jacoby Ford, among others. Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan ...
Let's take a good look at some of the selected top performance years of the Oakland Raiders in the category of yards of total offense. Here is a table, showing the yards of total offense in each game during the selected years:
year
opponent
Raiders won
yds of total offense
1960
Broncos
yes
532
1964
Broncos
yes
637
1968
Bengals
yes
604
1968
Dolphins
yes
542
1968
Chiefs
yes
539
1969
Bengals
yes
544
1975
Saints
yes
523
1977
Chiefs
yes
539
1996
Chargers
no
553
2010
Seahawks
yes
545
Next, I computed the mean and median of the Oakland Raiders' data:
yds of total offense
532
637
x
xx
604
x
xx
542
539
544
xx
523
539
553
xx
545
xx
555.8
mean
543
median
One observation is that the yards for total offense in 1964 and 1968 exceed both the mean and the median of the data. Those were very strong years for the Oakland Raiders, according to this measure.
The data for performance in this ...