Oakland Raiders: Levels of Excellence, and Passing the Baton To Achieve Higher

Thanks Tom Cable for your contributions to the Oakland Raiders. I know that this may be a difficult time for you. Let's just think of this as a race toward a goal that needs acceleration. It reminds me of a 4 by 1 relay race where the decision to place the fastest man in the anchor leg position is made.

Who is that faster man who can move the Oakland Raiders quickly to a playoff and/or a Super Bowl?

Is it Hue Jackson? If so, the decision will be made to hire him.

If not, find the man, quickly.

There are levels of excellence in everything we pursue. The best thing that sports can teach you is to learn how to win, to lose and to change. Change may be painful, but often it is necessary.

Many of us are concerned about the decision to remove Tom Cable because we were convinced that the morale and the spirit of the team was elevated under his leadership.

Others added that Hue Jackson contributed greatly to the upward shift in the morale of the team.

I and others began to worry, however, after bye week. The pattern of losing after bye week continued as it had in previous years. To me, if there is a true change, then some of the fixed patterns would have to be broken to demonstrate that the change was consistent and going in the right direction.

Moving away from the losing streak is somewhat like moving away from an addiction. The addict has truly changed, not if he slips backwards, now and then, and takes a drink, but if he maintains abstinence from a certain point to the end of his journey.

Some pattern studies showed that the Oakland Raiders stayed the same more than they demonstrated getting better, with, occasionally, a couple of steps backwards, which was not a good sign.

For some reason, the Oakland Raiders were not able to stay the course, consistently, under the leadership of Tom Cable.

Ideally, Cable’s performance data should have shown a higher percentage in getting better than in staying the same, as demonstrated by the measure of constancy which was above 50 percent.

It took about three games to get the Oakland Raiders back on track in 2010. A slow start was evident and then they won three consecutive games before bye week. Then we noticed that there was instability after bye week, again, but this year at least the Oakland Raiders won the final game of the season.

I guess that’s just not good enough for the “godfather” of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis.

Al Davis has football “smarts.” He hired Hue Jackson. Without Jackson in 2010, what would have been the win-loss record?

One thing is certain, the offensive improved by getting more points this season, a total of 410 which is in the ranks of the total scores during those great years in Oakland Raider history.

Certainly you remember the outstanding performance when Oakland crushed the Broncos in 2010.

With that said, a decision to accelerate the rate of achievement has been made. An anchor leg who is able to run fast toward the goal of a playoff and/or a Super Bowl is needed.

Who is that man? Is it Hue Jackson? If so, hire him, quickly before another NFL team snatches him away from the Oakland Raiders.