Antonio Pierce, Right Choice as Raiders' Head Coach

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00:00 In my opinion, the absolute right decision by the Vegas Raiders.

00:06 Absolutely.

00:07 I like to hire and the kids and the players fought for him from the minute that he took

00:11 over.

00:12 They beat the Jets.

00:13 They beat the Giants.

00:14 Yeah, they beat two divisional opponents at the end of the year.

00:16 After they get shut out three nothing in terms of Minnesota, a game that they actually covered,

00:21 they step up with a 63 point performance against LA and beat the doors off of Kansas City in

00:27 the arrowhead as a double digit underdog.

00:30 So for me, that shows that he could coach this team up.

00:33 I agree.

00:34 The players love playing for him.

00:36 He's a defensive minded head coach.

00:38 They were disciplined as long as he builds the staff around him.

00:41 I think this is a great hire and you know what?

00:44 He's shown an ability to go toe to toe with potentially the best team in the division,

00:49 which is the Kansas City Chiefs.

00:51 Right?

00:52 I mean, as a former player, that's what more can you ask for?

00:55 No.

00:56 And I agree with both of you here.

00:57 Also, it's the only way I would disagree is it was like, hey, by the way, Insider Report

01:01 said Jim Horrible personally called Mark Davis saying he wanted that job.

01:04 And Mark's like, no, I think we're going to go Antonio Pierce.

01:07 But you're right.

01:08 Like an up and coming coordinator.

01:09 We did the retreads before we did the television general managers out here.

01:13 Why don't you just get a coach that the team is going to play for you and you as the owner

01:16 surround them with the talent that he needs to win in the offensive coordinators with

01:19 the innovative minds.

01:20 Because the one thing we can watch the Raiders, they're playing very good football and meaningful

01:24 football.

01:25 And over the past 20 years, that actually means a lot for the Vegas Raiders because

01:28 they haven't done that quite a bit all that time.

01:30 I like the move here if they give it to Antonio Pierce, unless, as I said again, if it's one

01:35 of those coaches, I was like, hey, like Nick Saban made a phone call to Vegas like this

01:38 is the perfect spot for me to transition back into the NFL.

01:41 Like, no, no, no, no.

01:42 Antonio Pierce is going to be our guy.

01:43 But the argument against it, what would it be like?

01:45 Oh, why don't you give him the job?

01:47 Because you want to give it to somebody.

01:48 You know, give him the job.

01:49 Let him go with it there.

01:50 Yeah, I actually don't know if there's a single person within the realm of reason like a Kyle

01:56 Shanahan's actually I'd love to live in Vegas.

01:58 Right.

01:59 I call it the guy.

02:00 Yeah, right.

02:01 But to be like Donnie, I wouldn't have picked Harbaugh over Antonio Pierce.

02:05 I wouldn't pick Saban.

02:06 I wouldn't pick Melochek.

02:08 I it's they've been down that road before, I think is my thing, Donnie.

02:12 And all the excitement.

02:13 If they take Jim Harbaugh, right?

02:15 Yeah.

02:16 I think Crosby still wants out.

02:17 I think Devonta Adams still wants out.

02:19 You don't think so?

02:20 I do.

02:21 A lot of cash.

02:22 I think Antonio Pierce has more cash with these guys in this locker room because sometimes

02:26 do.

02:27 And I think anybody out there watching can relate to this.

02:29 You want to have fun going to work, right?

02:31 Like you guys can probably tell when you watch.

02:33 This is a blast.

02:34 I look forward to this every time I'm on four hours of sleep.

02:37 Nobody cares.

02:38 But it doesn't matter because this is what we're doing.

02:39 And at the end of the day, these Raiders players and they've spoken about it.

02:43 We're miserable going into that locker room day in and day out.

02:47 Antonio Pierce makes sure that they enjoy where they are.

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