Silver And Black Pride
We’ll see how Las Vegas head coach handles staff reset and what progress team can make in wake of changes
Fed up with what he saw in the nine games that resulted in his football team sporting a 2-7 record, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce didn’t waste time.
In the wake of the team’s 41-24 road loss at the Cincinnati Bengals this past Sunday, Pierce made the decision to dismiss offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, offensive line coach James Cregg, and quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello.
Wait, Pierce made the decision?, you may be asking.
According to the head coach during his Monday press conference, it was his call.
“100 percent my decision,” Pierce said when asked if anyone influenced his decision-making process late Sunday night.
“Yeah, just performance, results and production. Just wasn’t heading in the direction I wanted it to go,” Pierce noted regarding the decision to relieve the trio of former Raiders assistants of their duties. “And I’ll use the next 24 to 48 hours to sit down with the staff and figure out who’s going to call the offense going forward.”
After waffling during the week over Getsy’s play calling and his player’s execution of said offense during his media availability, Pierce watched his team generate a meager 217 yards of total offense in the blowout loss to Cincinnati.
Enough was enough for the Raiders’ braggadocios head coach.
The staff reset comes at an opportune time as the Raiders are on a bye week. The late Sunday night dismissals gives Pierce and his remaining staff the ability to reassemble. The head coach determined Scott Turner taking over play calling duties while Joe Philbin leads the offensive line. And It’s ample for Pierce, his remaining coaching staff, and his players to reflect and regroup with eight games left on the 2024 slate.
Pierce wanted a domineering offense that imposes its will on the opposition. Bully ball, basically. Instead, what he got from Getsy, Cregg, and Scangarello was an offense that coughed up the ball way too much, got smacked around by the opposition, and was playing silly ball. The Raiders boast the 26th ranked scoring offense (18.7 points per game average, 168 points total) and the dead-last ranked ground game that’s produced just 692 yards.
“Yeah, I just want to see us man, like I always talked about, us looking right, sounding right, matching the philosophy and idea of what I preach, which is physicality, ability to run the ball, taking shots down the field, protecting the football first and foremost, disciplined up front,” Pierce said on what he’s looking towards in terms of offensive philosophy. “I think what we’re going to do going forward, we’ve got to deal with what we have to. Obviously, we’re dealing with injuries. A lot of new players are in and out of the lineup. We’ve got to do what’s best and gives us the best opportunity to win, whatever that may be.”
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