Re: OT - Keyshawn

> Sure Keyshawn backed himself into this corner, dared someone to blink,
> and low and behold, they blinked. But let's cut the shit, this is just
> as much Gruden's fault as it is Keyshawn's. Ya think it's a shock that
> the Raiders won without him last year? Or a shock that the Bucs team
> CREATED by someone else suddenly found a way to win? That guy gets so
> much damn credit for doing basically nothing. 

So what about that Bill Callahan, eh? He had nothing to do with the
Raiders' collapse this season? It wasn't his fault the Raiders got
blown out last season in the Super Bowl either, despite getting early
opportunities handed to them, right?

Really, I think you need to take a closer look at the big picture and
realize that Callahan is probably closer to your description of an
overrated coach than Gruden is. Yeah, the Raiders are aging, but
Gannon, Rice and others proved the past couple of seasons they still
had enough talent to play and play big. I don't buy into the argument
that all these old players suddenly hit the wall and it's all over for
them. (Well, in the case of Romo...yeah, it's over for him. :) )

And while I don't care for Al Davis, I don't put all the blame on his
shoulders either. He takes some of the blame, but if you want to know
the main reason why the Raiders are doing so poorly this season, it's
Callahan.

Gruden built up that Raider team on the field. Callahan just took what
was built up for him, rode the momentum for one season, and when the
momentum was not there this season, he couldn't get the team to
recover, to the point Charles Woodson and others are complaining about
it.

As for Gruden and the Bucs, let's see here... when Tony Dungy was
there, the thought was that Shaun King was going to be the heir to the
starting QB throne and Brad Johnson was an afterthought... until
Gruden comes along and then Johnson gets results. No, Johnson didn't
post huge numbers, but he was productive enough to get the job done,
and that's sometimes better than a flashy QB.

Bottom line, Gruden showed he could get results with the offense he
was given. Dungy is a good defensive-minded coach, but he never could
get the Bucs over the hump with mostly the same offensive players,
thus showing he's not so good in that department.

With Dungy, it may just explain why the Colts can't get over that
postseason hump, even though Dungy has better offensive players than
he did when in Tampa.

Bob Morris
Bill Callahan: One of many NFL coaches soon to be ex-NFL coaches after
this season, along with Jauron, Spurrier, maybe Schottenheimer, maybe
Williams, maybe Wannstedt... geez, the ex-NFL coach list could be a
long one after this season ends.