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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Mixed reactions on the Hue firing. The writing was on the wall when McKenzie was hired as Hue's end of season media conference probably sealed the deal blaming the players and defenive staff and saying he wanted to take on more power within the organization. Not things an incoming GM probably wants to hear.
Personally I loved Hue the OC. Best OC I have seen in years. The Raiders finished 9th in total offense despite only having McFadden for the first 6 games and losing his starting QB and bringing in a new QB off his couch on the fly. Quite amazing actually when you see what happened for instance in Indy. In a perfect world Hue would stay on as OC. However I didn't like Hue the head coach nearly as much. His head swelled too big when Davis died and the Palmer deal was simply a poor football deal. For that deal to work the Raiders would have had to go far in the playoffs and that was never going to happen with Chuckles the Clown (the worst defensive coordinator in the history of the NFL) running the defense. I think he will resurface as he is too smart an offensive mind to be out of work for long but he is going to have to learn to work with others better and remember his place.
Well that smoke turned into fire and next is the smoke that Matt Flynn may be on McKenzie's radar especially if Moss turns out to be the head coach.
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McKenzie is wasting no time.
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