The Raiders will soon begin their latest search for a new head coach. Star defensive end Maxx Crosby believes it won’t take long to find the right person.
Crosby made the case for interim coach Antonio Pierce on Thursday.
“There are only 32. [NFL] Head coaches all over the world,” Crosby said Thursday, via Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com. “So we have to find a human leader. And if there’s one of them in the building right now, I don’t know why you let them go”
Earlier this week, receiver Davante Adams Expressing support for Pierce.
Two years ago, even though the Raiders made the playoffs and nearly beat the Bengals, owner Mark Davis refused to keep interim coach Rich Bisaccia. In theory, this should prevent Davis from making the same mistake again.
The person watching the situation is University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.Vincent Bonsignore Las Vegas Review Journal Preliminary dots connected recently If that happens, Harbaugh could return to the team where he began his coaching career in 2002.
The hiring of agent Don Yee and his connection to Tom Brady and Brady to the Raiders may mean something. Or nothing. Either way, Davis will have to balance the possibility of hiring Harbaugh with the possibility of Harbaugh going to the Chargers instead.