Oakland Raiders And The Blame Game: Cable, Davis or Russell?

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Published: January 2, 2010

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... of what ifs, if onlys, and a share of maybes, that do nobody any good.

If only we pulled JaMarcus Russell. If only we have Gruden back. If only Al Davis fell off the planet. The list goes on.

Some blame it on previous events, such as the constant switching of coaches, for limiting the development of players. How do they want to remedy this situation? Of course! Replace the coaches again!

The history, or at least the ugly part of it has the Raiders struggling through the last six and a half years. The Raiders would put out a good effort that would fall short, win a random game here or there, and get blown out in other games.

Sometimes it was due to the defense falling apart against the run. Sometimes the team would simply give up, leading to ugly scores. Other times, players would be brought in, former Pro-Bowlers, who struggled to regain their form. Other times, those players would only play when they felt like they wanted to, truly ripping off the fans.<...

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