He just wants to make sure to tell us all how smart Mark Davis is now. He gotta make sure to say all the right things so he can keep his access to the team
He knew he was getting fired trust me after winning them games vs them trash teams, he thought that would mess raiders up from getting a qb and a new coach
I’m tired of trusting the process. They haven’t been able to figure it out after 20 years there is no way they all of a sudden will. Mark needs to completely sell the team. Washington literally turned it around overnight with new ownership.
Can’t trust the ownership to do anything right… and everyone else gets blamed every year. They are only about making $$ not making a dominant NFL organization
We were in the playoffs in 2015 The gruden had this team rolling It hasn’t really been a 20 year stretch but I get your point I’m frustrated too but with the firing of AP it shows they’re still trying to get things back on track If the Raiders kept AP I would be convinced this organization just wants to sell us merch
I was born in 84 one year after. It would be nice to have another win. I remember the 2002 Super Bowl. But ofcourse we got spanked. Really wish to witness a win. Or even a playoff win this century. Been a long time since I’ve witnessed even a playoff win. 2002 season 2003 year
@ the last great raider team 1984 Super Bowl champions I got to see three Super Bowl wins that organization won. I remember John Madden telling his team before they played the Vikings in the Super Bowl. It only matters if you win.🏆🏆🏆
As a Duck fan, I couldn't believe what I was hearing about Nix. Hondo rolled his eyes when speaking of him. I knew that was a big mistake and dreaded that the Donkeys drafted him. It was the same about Herbert with the Chokers. It's popular to trash the "Oregon system" and not respect the program. Those people obviously do NOT watch Duck games. Smh.
@@SilverandBlacksheep Outside of Herbert, who is good b ut has not reached the superstar potential many said he would, name the last Oregon QB to make a real impact in the NFL. Dan Fouts? I was watching Oregon football before you were born nad i've seen them all. The program is a fraud.
Oakland, LA, Oakland, LV fan since the 1970’s. I appreciate your insight Hondo. There’s only 3 Raider “sources” I respect… Sanjit Raider, Mathew Shack and you Sir. My loyalty to this team has never wavered, despite the emotional roller coasters, heartbreaks and amazing memories I’ll 4ever be a Raiders fan. Keep up the great work, we appreciate it. 🏴☠️☠️⚔️💍💍💍- Santiago
I think what Harbaugh is doing in LA is what everyone expected from Staley. I'm not real surprised, they were a very good team that was very much underperforming. I am surprised about Denver and Nix. It will be interesting though going into year 2 with Nix after everyone has had a chance to digest his game this off-season. Sophomore slump?
Very calming voice/style. Appreciate the info. Been a Raider fan since I was a kid in the 1970’s. Watched them win their 1st one against Minnesota. Been frustrating for a decade or two or three or four. Impossible division right now, but perhaps, maybe if we find a young Lane Kiffen type, then perhaps/maybe/hopefully we can play the long game as our opponents all have older coaches, although Harbaugh could be at the top of his game for 20 years. KC and Denver do have older Head Coaches. Let’s play the long game and BUILD SOMETHING.
Trust the process Raiders fans!!!!!! But in 5 years of covering this team this is the first time the organization is going to detailed oriented!!!!!! But Trust the process!!!!!!!!!! For the love of Art Shellllllllllllll
I’m happy for Amik! Man the Raiders are sh*t at realizing the talent they have. Other organizations let players play early and empower them. We just gatekeep their potential and it’s only realized after they leave us.
From a player perspective I would HATE the Raiders and definitely wouldn’t want to be drafted by them. The kids coming out now have NEVER seen the Raiders dominate the NFL…
@ we also apparently have terrible coaches. Not the coordinators or HC or GM but the people we don’t see. LOTS of players get better when they move to other organizations
@@FeinkinFreky The players play. When with the Raiders they need to be the one of the best players on the team, because the talent around them sucked. When they move to other teams they fit into a role of maybe they can be the 9th or 10th best players on the defense. They have a role and other players around them make plays, the unit isn's depending on them being the star.
RaaaDUHS !!! The more things change , the more things stay the same in RaaaDuh land . AP should have never got the job in the first place . Nothing against AP , good guy , but was a rookie coach going against 3 hall of fame coaches . Then he got a raw deal at qb and the D lost almost all the stars this season … but he still had them playing hard . Best of luck to AP, he deserves better than this mess. Harbaugh should have been the coach several times over the last decade .. but Davis always passed and made the wrong choice. Heck he should have called him when the 9ers fired him … AL would have !!
Great so after a 4-13 season we don't know who our coach is, Our Star player may leave us, We don't have a QB1 and there's a strong chance our key free agents are going to be gone. 25 years of this and I'm supposed to believe they are looking to the future? Hondo is so lucky he's only had to see this for 5 years.
Yahoo! Congratulations Raiders for keeping the dysfunction going! We now get our 9th HC in 14 years! That is a new coach and staff every 1.5 years. Mark Davis personifies the meaning of insantity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Atta boy.....move the goal posts for another 2 years. Keep hiring and firing these coaches. Maybe we can escape the 2020's with no playoff wins and take it into 2030. I thought with AP we'd be in the playoffs by 2026. Nope, now it will be pushed off to 2027 at least and before then, we will have fired AP's replacement and his replacement after that. Keep it rolling Baby!! As a lifelong Raiders fan it's good to have a "secondary" team that you cheer for: Go Lions!!
Playoffs... With AP? LMFAOAOAO YOURE SO FUCKING FUNNY. AP is never sniffing an above .500 record as a head coach ever. He's a perennial loser. The raiders would go 4-13 for another year guaranteed with AP. I'm glad that moron is gone
Does anyone really know what’s happening? It’s the off season NOW. The bettering of the team should have already begun. I don’t like this at all. Do we have a real plan here?
That makes it worse. He wasted our season and made us sit through this bullshit because he was hesitant to keep the same mindset that won him the job. AOC may not be the answer, but now we’re stuck trying to give him another year to find out? Nahh cut bait and move on.
I'm very disappointed AP was let go. Very grateful for all AP did... esp getting the culture back to the Raider way & his open/frank tell-it-like-it-is style. Once a Raider, Always a Raider. 🩶🖤 RN4L
A whole lot of still not a fan, still can’t comment out of respect. Never a straight answer and then he’ll comment that he knew what was going to happen after it happens.
The last four games should have been devoted to "seeing what they have" in Desmond Ridder. That, in all likelihood, would have resulted in getting either Sanders or Ward in the draft. Instead, because they don't have a QB, they cannot attract top head coaching talent. This organization is committed to incompetence.
Why is Mark Davis involved in the HC decision?!?! I understand Telesco’s history with HC’s (my speculation is the Spanos family had more say in the Chargers hirings but again, speculation) but we need to start running an organization properly. Allow the GM to find his guy and hold the GM accountable if it doesn’t work out. We need to stop the excuses if people fail or fall short of expectations. Finger pointing is a lot easier when you don’t allow people to do their job properly. Mark has proven to make bad decisions. Mark hired Telesco, that’s his roll. Now let Telesco do his job to the fullest. This is why we have had dysfunction for so long.
I don’t know for sure, but it might have something to do with his being team owner. The team’s direction is what he wants it to be. Anybody who has an issue with that won’t be part of the team.
So what Hondo is saying in a nutshell is: ☑️ Davis is picking the next coach if AP is fired and NOT letting the GM make the decision… ☑️ Davis has just figured out that being DETAILED is important… ☑️ Davis is listening👂to other people around him… ☑️ Davis hasn’t even met with AP yet… ❌ Literally EVERY decision Davis has made since 2011 has been terrible. Including not backing the only good coach he had in Gruden.. 🗑️ Sounds like a great owner 🤦♂️
If key people dont even WANT to come back, doesnt thst tell you everything you need to know? If thats the case, how can keeping AP be justified in any way?
Another after-the-fact story? Just share what you know. You’ve got access to all this inside information but then don’t pass it along. At this point, what’s the benefit of having it? Let’s do better here.
correct me if im wrong....but didnt Gruden a veteran HC go 4/12 his first season back...and while i admit AP has a lot to learn about game management among other things...rookie head coach after 8 other coachs have come and gone since MD has taken over....would have like to see him get another year
Is changing out the head coach truly going to make a difference with the Raiders? What coach that any other team would want, would want to be head coach of the Raiders? They have no quarterback, and are unlikely to get a quality QB in the 2025 offseason. There are holes all over the roster. Kind of fascinating Mark Davis - the guy who says he doesn't know that much about football -- has been doing the hiring and firing of football coaches.
According to Hue Jackson it was Mark Davis not Reggie McKenzie that made the decision to fire Hue. Mark made the decision to hire and fire Del Rio. He made the decision to hire Gruden with a 10yr contract. He made the decision to hire McDaniels then fire McDaniels. I don't think since McKenzie's first 3-4 years has a GM had control over team personnel and managing with the Raiders. It's either Mark and/or the HC.
Hondo, I'm from Jonesboro, Arkansas and I've been a Raiders fan since 2001. I've endured a lot of losing but I'm hoping that the Raiders will make better decisions. Do you think that Brady will go after Deion Sanders? Do you think we can keep some of our players from this season?
AP should have another year. He doesn't calls plays or Coordinates the Defense. He does get the Best out of his players. Organization should make better hires at Coordinator. Period
AP is too over his head, he’s going against three Super Bowl coaches you need a better coach or we’re gonna be fighting for last place every year until we get a better coach
@@jackalexakis6120 And who is this coach going to be that has a Super Bowl pedigree to be able to even stand in the same room and breath the same air as those other Super Bowl coaches in the AFC West? Name?
Agree 100%. They gave up too soon on AP. But we like to fire the HC every year or two. I'd like to see who Davis is going to hire that can motivate players more than AP. X's and O's knowledge you can teach. Experience you can gain. Motivational ability is a God-given talent not bestowed upon every HC.
@ if I knew I wouldn’t be talking to you 🤨 I’m not GM, the wish list - Ben Johnson, maybe Vrabel, has a winning record three division titles, Liam Cohen, upcoming OC, part of the McVey tree, I hope not Pete Carrol (S justB winning coach), DC Brian Flores, how much better coaches than AP
Trust the Process? 😂 😂 😂 14 years of total disaster and humiliation by Moron Mark and we should trust him to hand pick the football staff. LOL! Hondo you've got to be kidding
The inability to recognise and keep the talent that you have is a major knock on any staff. There are a fair few ex-Raiders that could have been kept, but are now starting or playing significant minutes for other teams, and there are several "bad" players that have been signed to extensions or FA deals. Thankfully, there have been fewer of these idiotic off-season decisions in the last 2 years, but it took until week 5 to realise that O'Connell was clearly the best QB on the roster, and it took more than half the season before they even gave Sincere McCormick a shot in the total failure of a backfield - this does not breed confidence that the best decisions will be made to improve things for next season. They have to re-sign Koonce, Butler, Moehrig, Chaisson and Spillane, and they should try to keep Abdullah, Hobbs (great but injury prone) and Deablo.
How this guy finds it so easy to lie is disturbing. The smoke story he's told before and it was much different than how he reported it on this podcast. Go to his Jan. 19th 2024 podcast at the 40:18 mark and listen. He does these kind of things quite often. SI, get us someone trustworthy please.
Wait so you’re telling me after the past 20+ years of the Raiders being at the bottom of the NFL they just NOW decided to become more detail oriented? The only time other teams feared us since the tuck rule game was when John Gruden was our HC and the owner didn’t back him up and dropped him like a bad habit!!! The OWNER is the problem and until that changes I have very little hope for my favorite NFL franchise…
Vrabel is just using the Raiders as leverage to get the job in NE. We have no QB, holes on the line. NE just needs weapons. AP will get a new QB and get let go next year during or after the season.
If AP is who everyone says he is then his staff and free agent players will agree to short term contracts aligning with APs. If Patrick G leaves and key free agents like Spillane, Trevon, and Butler leave the. That should tell you everything you need to know and we should just move on.
The Raiders are known for doing stupid stuff. Hiring Tom Talesco after Antonio Pierce got him fired was stupid. Getting rid of Josh Jacobs and Davante Adams was stupid. Hiring Mike Vrabel after firing Josh McDaniels would be stupid. Why hire another Patriot coach after there was almost a mass exodus of fans because they were becoming Patriots west? Firing Antonio Pierce after Tom Talesco tanked the season would just be another stupid move. Let's at least try to get another franchise player on offense and let Pierce have a real season and not one where everyone was hoping for the highest draft pick possible. I realize the team will probably make the stupid move again because that's just what they do now.
Mark Davis has been anything but wise since he took over the team in 2011. Hue ahould habe never been fired. Del Rio should have never been extended so fast just to be fired the very next season. Gruden did not deserve a 10yr contract. Even if Bisaccia was unqualified as a HC McDaniela already had a bad history coaching outisde of New England/Bellichick system. Hes been evey bit the failson Mike Silver wrote about 12-13 years ago.
He certainly isn't listing Mr. Hondo. The Davis family has had so many abject failures of how not to manage an NFL organization over the last 41 years. It is an abomination of managerial ineptness on a grand scale.
AP needed firing now go hire Flores! or hire Sanders to coach Sanders (might need to trade up to get Prime time son) Shedur won't have a long career in the NFL but next year would be fun to watch -- Vrabel will be another McDaniels situation -- fans & Owner has no patience to build a winner.
Any hot coach or hot offensive coordinator is not going to want to go to a franchise where the owner gets rid of coaches as fast as Davis does, especially if we don't have a hot QB on the roster, so he may decide that Pierce is the best coach prospect he can get right now. The perenially crappy franchises, including the Raiders, are characterized by lots of coaching changes if winning doesn't immediately happen. That's what destroys their cultures and makes them so hard to turn around. Hard to turn around, plus too many coaching changes is the story of Cleveland, which the Raiders have emulated in the past 25 years.
was lucky to have witnessed four SB appearances and three SB wins gotta say outside of the early 80's teams this organization has been a dumpster fire. It starts with the front office and trickles to the abysmal product on the field. Not sure how long this fan base can continue buying into the narrative that things are gonna change for the better.
Just goes to prove what kind of idiot (football wise) Davis is. He should have never listened to players about Pierce's hiring. Some players who aren't playing in Vegas anymore. Davis, do yourself a favor and just let Brady and his people pick the next HC. You have done enough damage to the Raiders.
I Don’t think Hondo knows anything right now.
I don’t think Mark Davis or Brady do either
@BigBrueser facts bro tf he talking about 😂 the nerve
He just wants to make sure to tell us all how smart Mark Davis is now. He gotta make sure to say all the right things so he can keep his access to the team
He is a ass kisser yes man
Right Now?
You dont want to say who could be a candidate NOW out of respect, YET, you had no problem saying Vrabel for months? Come on, man...
Classless move by the Raiders. AP had the press conference on Black Monday why send him out there in front of the media. I wish AP the best...
He knew he was getting fired trust me after winning them games vs them trash teams, he thought that would mess raiders up from getting a qb and a new coach
Agreed
I’m tired of trusting the process. They haven’t been able to figure it out after 20 years there is no way they all of a sudden will. Mark needs to completely sell the team. Washington literally turned it around overnight with new ownership.
This team will never win under Davis family ownership. Just sell baby
Can’t trust the ownership to do anything right… and everyone else gets blamed every year. They are only about making $$ not making a dominant NFL organization
We were in the playoffs in 2015
The gruden had this team rolling
It hasn’t really been a 20 year stretch but I get your point I’m frustrated too but with the firing of AP it shows they’re still trying to get things back on track
If the Raiders kept AP I would be convinced this organization just wants to sell us merch
Last Super Bowl win 41 years ago where is this organization going?
I was born in 84 one year after. It would be nice to have another win. I remember the 2002 Super Bowl. But ofcourse we got spanked. Really wish to witness a win. Or even a playoff win this century. Been a long time since I’ve witnessed even a playoff win. 2002 season 2003 year
@ the last great raider team 1984 Super Bowl champions I got to see three Super Bowl wins that organization won. I remember John Madden telling his team before they played the Vikings in the Super Bowl. It only matters if you win.🏆🏆🏆
Idk apparently per Hondo they just figured out they should be detail oriented
What's your reason to post?
@@charlesrazo7246blah blah how many times you need to post this ?
During the draft process your guest drew stanton said Bo nix was not draftable
I know 😂
As a Duck fan, I couldn't believe what I was hearing about Nix. Hondo rolled his eyes when speaking of him. I knew that was a big mistake and dreaded that the Donkeys drafted him. It was the same about Herbert with the Chokers. It's popular to trash the "Oregon system" and not respect the program. Those people obviously do NOT watch Duck games. Smh.
@@SilverandBlacksheep Outside of Herbert, who is good b ut has not reached the superstar potential many said he would, name the last Oregon QB to make a real impact in the NFL. Dan Fouts? I was watching Oregon football before you were born nad i've seen them all. The program is a fraud.
Happy New Year Uncle Hondo... Thank you for the great coverage and hard work.
Bless your heart, it’s okay to say that you don’t know
Oakland, LA, Oakland, LV fan since the 1970’s. I appreciate your insight Hondo. There’s only 3 Raider “sources” I respect… Sanjit Raider, Mathew Shack and you Sir.
My loyalty to this team has never wavered, despite the emotional roller coasters, heartbreaks and amazing memories I’ll 4ever be a Raiders fan. Keep up the great work, we appreciate it.
🏴☠️☠️⚔️💍💍💍- Santiago
I think what Harbaugh is doing in LA is what everyone expected from Staley. I'm not real surprised, they were a very good team that was very much underperforming. I am surprised about Denver and Nix. It will be interesting though going into year 2 with Nix after everyone has had a chance to digest his game this off-season. Sophomore slump?
I was thinking the same thing yesterday about nix I just feel like he’s a oil bit of fools gold and I expect next year to be rough for him
Ty again sir
Very calming voice/style. Appreciate the info. Been a Raider fan since I was a kid in the 1970’s. Watched them win their 1st one against Minnesota. Been frustrating for a decade or two or three or four. Impossible division right now, but perhaps, maybe if we find a young Lane Kiffen type, then perhaps/maybe/hopefully we can play the long game as our opponents all have older coaches, although Harbaugh could be at the top of his game for 20 years. KC and Denver do have older Head Coaches. Let’s play the long game and BUILD SOMETHING.
Trust the process Raiders fans!!!!!! But in 5 years of covering this team this is the first time the organization is going to detailed oriented!!!!!! But Trust the process!!!!!!!!!! For the love of Art Shellllllllllllll
I’m happy for Amik! Man the Raiders are sh*t at realizing the talent they have. Other organizations let players play early and empower them. We just gatekeep their potential and it’s only realized after they leave us.
From a player perspective I would HATE the Raiders and definitely wouldn’t want to be drafted by them. The kids coming out now have NEVER seen the Raiders dominate the NFL…
It takes time for players to learn. Throwing them in early before they are ready, what the Raiders do out of desperation. Doesn't work.
@ we also apparently have terrible coaches. Not the coordinators or HC or GM but the people we don’t see. LOTS of players get better when they move to other organizations
@@FeinkinFreky The players play. When with the Raiders they need to be the one of the best players on the team, because the talent around them sucked. When they move to other teams they fit into a role of maybe they can be the 9th or 10th best players on the defense. They have a role and other players around them make plays, the unit isn's depending on them being the star.
@ Good point.
RaaaDUHS !!!
The more things change , the more things stay the same in RaaaDuh land . AP should have never got the job in the first place . Nothing against AP , good guy , but was a rookie coach going against 3 hall of fame coaches . Then he got a raw deal at qb and the D lost almost all the stars this season … but he still had them playing hard . Best of luck to AP, he deserves better than this mess.
Harbaugh should have been the coach several times over the last decade .. but Davis always passed and made the wrong choice. Heck he should have called him when the 9ers fired him … AL would have !!
Great so after a 4-13 season we don't know who our coach is, Our Star player may leave us, We don't have a QB1 and there's a strong chance our key free agents are going to be gone. 25 years of this and I'm supposed to believe they are looking to the future? Hondo is so lucky he's only had to see this for 5 years.
Yahoo! Congratulations Raiders for keeping the dysfunction going! We now get our 9th HC in 14 years! That is a new coach and staff every 1.5 years. Mark Davis personifies the meaning of insantity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Atta boy.....move the goal posts for another 2 years. Keep hiring and firing these coaches. Maybe we can escape the 2020's with no playoff wins and take it into 2030. I thought with AP we'd be in the playoffs by 2026. Nope, now it will be pushed off to 2027 at least and before then, we will have fired AP's replacement and his replacement after that. Keep it rolling Baby!! As a lifelong Raiders fan it's good to have a "secondary" team that you cheer for: Go Lions!!
Playoffs... With AP? LMFAOAOAO YOURE SO FUCKING FUNNY. AP is never sniffing an above .500 record as a head coach ever. He's a perennial loser. The raiders would go 4-13 for another year guaranteed with AP. I'm glad that moron is gone
How do you bring in guys if coach on 1 year contact
Hey you say that you are not calling for AP job, yet it sounds like it. Which one is it?
Does anyone really know what’s happening? It’s the off season NOW. The bettering of the team should have already begun. I don’t like this at all. Do we have a real plan here?
I think mark needs to ask gruden back. He’s the only one who will remotely compete with Payton and harbaugh and Reid
Vrabel going to NE bought AP some time.
We said the same thing! NE smelled Vegas in the bushes and fired Mayo to grab Vrabel first 😂. We got Tucked by Patriots again.
@@georgecollord7650over and over. First tuck rule then McDaniels then Brady minority owner now no vrable
@@georgecollord7650 they weren't taking a chance, they fired Mayo at half time 🤣
"Good" coaches that no one else is looking at...LOL...apparently the Raiders now have cornered the market on coaching evaluation wisdom...
At least AP admitted that he made a mistake about AOC & Minshew!🤔🥺🏈
That makes it worse. He wasted our season and made us sit through this bullshit because he was hesitant to keep the same mindset that won him the job. AOC may not be the answer, but now we’re stuck trying to give him another year to find out? Nahh cut bait and move on.
With all the apparent interest other teams have in Patrick Graham, maybe we looked to the wrong guy within the building last year.
Thanks Hondo!
Raiders first of many mistakes was bringing in Minshew, letting Jacobs walk, then hiring Getsy. That falls on Telesco.
Getsky was AP’s guy, it’s why he got fired
I'm very disappointed AP was let go. Very grateful for all AP did... esp getting the culture back to the Raider way & his open/frank tell-it-like-it-is style. Once a Raider, Always a Raider. 🩶🖤 RN4L
A whole lot of still not a fan, still can’t comment out of respect. Never a straight answer and then he’ll comment that he knew what was going to happen after it happens.
I think there is a case to be made that AP should stay. But I think there is a strong case to be made that he should go.
We will be back in the top 10 of terrible teams next year if AP is fired. The next coach will struggle year 1 as well.
The last four games should have been devoted to "seeing what they have" in Desmond Ridder. That, in all likelihood, would have resulted in getting either Sanders or Ward in the draft. Instead, because they don't have a QB, they cannot attract top head coaching talent. This organization is committed to incompetence.
Why is Mark Davis involved in the HC decision?!?! I understand Telesco’s history with HC’s (my speculation is the Spanos family had more say in the Chargers hirings but again, speculation) but we need to start running an organization properly. Allow the GM to find his guy and hold the GM accountable if it doesn’t work out. We need to stop the excuses if people fail or fall short of expectations. Finger pointing is a lot easier when you don’t allow people to do their job properly. Mark has proven to make bad decisions. Mark hired Telesco, that’s his roll. Now let Telesco do his job to the fullest. This is why we have had dysfunction for so long.
I don’t know for sure, but it might have something to do with his being team owner. The team’s direction is what he wants it to be. Anybody who has an issue with that won’t be part of the team.
So what Hondo is saying in a nutshell is:
☑️ Davis is picking the next coach if AP is fired and NOT letting the GM make the decision…
☑️ Davis has just figured out that being DETAILED is important…
☑️ Davis is listening👂to other people around him…
☑️ Davis hasn’t even met with AP yet…
❌ Literally EVERY decision Davis has made since 2011 has been terrible. Including not backing the only good coach he had in Gruden..
🗑️ Sounds like a great owner 🤦♂️
The Raiders always take their precious time only to still end up making a terrible decision after many of the viable candidates are off the table.
Especially during the first pick in the draft.
The fact they havent accounced wether AP is staying or going, says a lot. The haste decision days of Mark Davis are gone.
You do a great job covering the Raiders! However, I find the green screen transition around your head very distracting
Wisdom moves like the wind. This process from owner is just indecisive slowness
If Telesco does not REPLACE Dylan Parham he should be FIRED!!!!! Parham is constantly beaten and overpowered EVERY week.
If key people dont even WANT to come back, doesnt thst tell you everything you need to know? If thats the case, how can keeping AP be justified in any way?
Another after-the-fact story? Just share what you know. You’ve got access to all this inside information but then don’t pass it along. At this point, what’s the benefit of having it? Let’s do better here.
Journalism isn’t what it used to to be. Even ten years ago it was better. They just want to be buddy’s with everyone instead of asking tough questions
That goes for most journalism in many fields
correct me if im wrong....but didnt Gruden a veteran HC go 4/12 his first season back...and while i admit AP has a lot to learn about game management among other things...rookie head coach after 8 other coachs have come and gone since MD has taken over....would have like to see him get another year
Yeah, the game has passed gruden by. He’s not a great coach any more.
Ap was fired yesterday
Is changing out the head coach truly going to make a difference with the Raiders? What coach that any other team would want, would want to be head coach of the Raiders? They have no quarterback, and are unlikely to get a quality QB in the 2025 offseason. There are holes all over the roster. Kind of fascinating Mark Davis - the guy who says he doesn't know that much about football -- has been doing the hiring and firing of football coaches.
According to Hue Jackson it was Mark Davis not Reggie McKenzie that made the decision to fire Hue. Mark made the decision to hire and fire Del Rio. He made the decision to hire Gruden with a 10yr contract. He made the decision to hire McDaniels then fire McDaniels. I don't think since McKenzie's first 3-4 years has a GM had control over team personnel and managing with the Raiders. It's either Mark and/or the HC.
"Mark Davis is being extremely wise". What a shlep....
Hondo, I'm from Jonesboro, Arkansas and I've been a Raiders fan since 2001. I've endured a lot of losing but I'm hoping that the Raiders will make better decisions. Do you think that Brady will go after Deion Sanders? Do you think we can keep some of our players from this season?
Coach P just got let go
Hondo, you scared me when you said Moe Davis was leading the thought process.
Y is Mark Davis leading this? He got kicked out draft room every year wen his dad was alive
Please stop with the examples we are not children we know what you’re talking about.
Thanks Hondo
For someone who covers the raiders when haven't there been a time when either mark or al immediately fired someone. Smh clueless
This is a half hour of my life I can’t have back. This is a worthless podcast
Hondo needs to be put to pasture
TOMMY BOY 12,,,MADE THAT CHANGE
🙏🏼
Hondo where is the update man
You forgot McDaniels there Hondo in that equation .
AP should have another year. He doesn't calls plays or Coordinates the Defense. He does get the Best out of his players. Organization should make better hires at Coordinator. Period
He just got let go
AP is too over his head, he’s going against three Super Bowl coaches you need a better coach or we’re gonna be fighting for last place every year until we get a better coach
@@jackalexakis6120 And who is this coach going to be that has a Super Bowl pedigree to be able to even stand in the same room and breath the same air as those other Super Bowl coaches in the AFC West? Name?
Agree 100%. They gave up too soon on AP. But we like to fire the HC every year or two. I'd like to see who Davis is going to hire that can motivate players more than AP. X's and O's knowledge you can teach. Experience you can gain. Motivational ability is a God-given talent not bestowed upon every HC.
@ if I knew I wouldn’t be talking to you 🤨 I’m not GM, the wish list - Ben Johnson, maybe Vrabel, has a winning record three division titles, Liam Cohen, upcoming OC, part of the McVey tree, I hope not Pete Carrol (S justB winning coach), DC Brian Flores, how much better coaches than AP
Let the General Manager Manage…… if TT doesn’t want Pierce… you let TT cut bait and get his guy. Mark Davis will Mark Davis.
Got some news for you Hondo. Imo the majority of Raider fans have NO faith in the management of this team. Why would we?
So much for reasonable speculation. See ya, AP.
i keep thinking, why not get a new head coach and see if AP would want to stay to be the LB coach again
A new HC would mostlikely bring in his own coaching staff.
@ i agree just try something to keep him here there are gonna be sooooo many players that leave if he goes
I hope he's not just talking to TB, SMH! That's like asking AP on HC advice...losing Amik really hurt!
Trust the Process? 😂 😂 😂 14 years of total disaster and humiliation by Moron Mark and we should trust him to hand pick the football staff. LOL! Hondo you've got to be kidding
Give me a break you don’t know that he’s consulting Tom Brady you have no clue
Thank you for all your hard work. Mr. Hondo this season.
What were you expecting from a HC in his 1st year with no QB, playoffs? C'mon, give this man another season!
Both OC and DC save AP. If both are gone AP Will go.
The inability to recognise and keep the talent that you have is a major knock on any staff. There are a fair few ex-Raiders that could have been kept, but are now starting or playing significant minutes for other teams, and there are several "bad" players that have been signed to extensions or FA deals. Thankfully, there have been fewer of these idiotic off-season decisions in the last 2 years, but it took until week 5 to realise that O'Connell was clearly the best QB on the roster, and it took more than half the season before they even gave Sincere McCormick a shot in the total failure of a backfield - this does not breed confidence that the best decisions will be made to improve things for next season.
They have to re-sign Koonce, Butler, Moehrig, Chaisson and Spillane, and they should try to keep Abdullah, Hobbs (great but injury prone) and Deablo.
Mike Vevel got fired! Why is he a good coach
They should be giving raider jerseys away with the way they play ! One losing season after another.
How this guy finds it so easy to lie is disturbing. The smoke story he's told before and it was much different than how he reported it on this podcast. Go to his Jan. 19th 2024 podcast at the 40:18 mark and listen. He does these kind of things quite often. SI, get us someone trustworthy please.
Wait so you’re telling me after the past 20+ years of the Raiders being at the bottom of the NFL they just NOW decided to become more detail oriented? The only time other teams feared us since the tuck rule game was when John Gruden was our HC and the owner didn’t back him up and dropped him like a bad habit!!! The OWNER is the problem and until that changes I have very little hope for my favorite NFL franchise…
These podcast are brutal to listen to. Hondo doesn't have a clue
Vrabel is just using the Raiders as leverage to get the job in NE. We have no QB, holes on the line. NE just needs weapons. AP will get a new QB and get let go next year during or after the season.
If AP is who everyone says he is then his staff and free agent players will agree to short term contracts aligning with APs. If Patrick G leaves and key free agents like Spillane, Trevon, and Butler leave the. That should tell you everything you need to know and we should just move on.
Hondo it sounds like your wife is a Nurse Practitioner is that correct? God bless her!!
Let’s see who hondo glazes today .. who’s a great father and even better son today ? Lmao
The Raiders are known for doing stupid stuff. Hiring Tom Talesco after Antonio Pierce got him fired was stupid. Getting rid of Josh Jacobs and Davante Adams was stupid. Hiring Mike Vrabel after firing Josh McDaniels would be stupid. Why hire another Patriot coach after there was almost a mass exodus of fans because they were becoming Patriots west?
Firing Antonio Pierce after Tom Talesco tanked the season would just be another stupid move. Let's at least try to get another franchise player on offense and let Pierce have a real season and not one where everyone was hoping for the highest draft pick possible.
I realize the team will probably make the stupid move again because that's just what they do now.
Mark Davis has been anything but wise since he took over the team in 2011. Hue ahould habe never been fired. Del Rio should have never been extended so fast just to be fired the very next season. Gruden did not deserve a 10yr contract. Even if Bisaccia was unqualified as a HC McDaniela already had a bad history coaching outisde of New England/Bellichick system. Hes been evey bit the failson Mike Silver wrote about 12-13 years ago.
He certainly isn't listing Mr. Hondo. The Davis family has had so many abject failures of how not to manage an NFL organization over the last 41 years. It is an abomination of managerial ineptness on a grand scale.
Mark is a listener... just listens to the wrong people!
A big nothing burger
AP needed firing now go hire Flores! or hire Sanders to coach Sanders (might need to trade up to get Prime time son) Shedur won't have a long career in the NFL but next year would be fun to watch -- Vrabel will be another McDaniels situation -- fans & Owner has no patience to build a winner.
How can we be happy Hondo? Every decision Mark makes sets the organization backwards.
Just zip it! You don't know a damn thing other than being deceitful.
Man he’s coming back which is stupid he doesn’t have game management or calls no plays! He’s a cheerleader in tha locker room
he was the wrong hire last season. Players get paid to play not hire the coach.
Any hot coach or hot offensive coordinator is not going to want to go to a franchise where the owner gets rid of coaches as fast as Davis does, especially if we don't have a hot QB on the roster, so he may decide that Pierce is the best coach prospect he can get right now. The perenially crappy franchises, including the Raiders, are characterized by lots of coaching changes if winning doesn't immediately happen. That's what destroys their cultures and makes them so hard to turn around. Hard to turn around, plus too many coaching changes is the story of Cleveland, which the Raiders have emulated in the past 25 years.
So ur telling me AP gotta find new coaches also? Again! Well smart $$$ means NO he goes 2! ✌🏾
I’ll say again who wants that job? It’s not a desirable job it really isn’t. What coach are you going to get to come in there?
was lucky to have witnessed four SB appearances and three SB wins gotta say outside of the early 80's teams this organization has been a dumpster fire. It starts with the front office and trickles to the abysmal product on the field. Not sure how long this fan base can continue buying into the narrative that things are gonna change for the better.
Lol! You're disingenuous a lot Hondo. Your reply to Brent's question is disingenuous.
All the UA-camrs are doing damage control for their bad takes on firing AP and they so called sources
Hondo, if you claim to be friends with so many players, how can you be objective?
Who are all these wise people Mr Davis is listening to? Perhaps he needs a new group of wise men. He just can’t get it right
I think Patrick Graham is leaving.
It’s not good to be a listener just to be a listener
Wtf🎉🎉🎉😂
Just goes to prove what kind of idiot (football wise) Davis is. He should have never listened to players about Pierce's hiring. Some players who aren't playing in Vegas anymore. Davis, do yourself a favor and just let Brady and his people pick the next HC. You have done enough damage to the Raiders.
Upper management is a joke, you don't build a winning franchise on inconsistency... About to lose a lot of defensive free agents.