I’m not one to ever toot my own horn.
I don’t consider myself a genius.
I leave it to others to use that word, while acknowledging my talent and magnetism.
All I am is a guy who pays attention and can identify a pattern before anyone else.
But I can tell you that being right all the time never gets old.
The desert sands out there are soaked red with bad blood.
And his complaints were just the opening salvo of the withering fire to come out of the Raiders.
He had just been fired as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
The tenor of a fun Halloween night had quickly spun into the cold reality of the coaching business.
Raiders owner Mark Davis cleaned house, axing McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler around dinnertime in Vegas.
I get that losing your job is on the short list of worst things that can happen to you.
I got laid off once.
There’s nevernota terrible time for it to happen to you.
But gee whiz, fella.
Couldn’t you just let them finish their rounds in innocent, blissful ignorance?
I suppose an argument could be made McDaniels was worried they’d find out some other way.
But if you’re in the sort of area where a neighbor says, “I love you costumes!
You all look great!
So I hear your dad just got shitcanned,” then you should’ve moved a long time ago.
Not even Linus ruined Sally’s Halloween this much.
Some days on the kids' calendar are simply meant to be kept pure and untainted.
And he kept that bad juju to himself, went off and got drunk like a good father.
And all children get a LOT fewer good Halloweens than they have Christmases.
Far be it for me to tell the McDaniels how to raise their children.
I have no doubt they thought they were doing the right thing.
And it’s probably the business of nobody except them and sports comedy bloggers.
Those guys bust their tails.
Every mans in there.
And so we see your classic scenario where a team replaces a stern, disciplinarian with a players coach.
The taskmaster with the kindhearted, considered guy.
The Bad Cop with the Good Cop.
Eventually, things will very likely go tits up for Coach Pierce as well.
It happens to the very best; it’s just a matter of how long it takes.
He seems like a very likeable human being.
And he’s not Josh McDaniels.
If Pierce has kids, I bet he let them Trick-or-Treat way past dark and stay up past midnight.
He’s strikes me as just that sort of dad.
Now we just have to wait a few weeks to find out if McDaniels wrecked Thanksgiving as well.
