From: ksmoore@taco.engr.ucdavis.edu (Kevin S. Moore)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Raiders QBs
Date: 30 Sep 92 21:05:36 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering - University of California - Davis

In article <1992Sep29.215753.7297@cerritos.edu> jacobs@cerritos.edu writes:
>In article <1992Sep30.002046.19584@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, ded@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (nod sivad) writes:
>> While watching the Monday night game I could have swore I heard
>> a moaning confession issuing from Raider fans everywhere: "We were wrong.  
>> We want Shroeder back.  Please give us Shroeder back.  We were wrong."
>> Did you hear it too? ;-)
>
>No, what you heard was the cry for a team whose average age is 27, not 37. The
>Raiders have a lot of players who have been great, but they are just too old
>now! The team needs some fresh blood. And Todd is not the problem, he needs a
>defense that will do it's job. And an offensive line that can protect him.
>Karl

Gotta agree with Karl.  The QB isn't the problem, in fact, now I think is 
the perfect time to put Todd in => he will have plenty of time to learn 
(all season in fact) and his inexperience won't affect the Raiders chances
of making the playoffs (since it seems obvious they aren't going to make
it this year anyhow).  
What ARE the problems with the Raiders? Well...
1) Age of course.  Too many of these guys aren't able to stay in the game.
   They get tired, and they get injured, and in certain cases (I shant
   mention any names) they don't seem able to perform at all.
2) Play calling.  Terry Robiskie needs to DIE!  His play calling Monday
   night was SOOO pathetic that _I_ was able to predict virtually EVERY
   play.  The general plan of 1st down: run 2nd down: run 3rd down: pass
   had to be obvious to all but the most clueless.  The height of his
   stupidity though had to be calling for running plays on 3rd and 33 and
   3rd and 43.  I sat here screaming at the TV, going "What are you
   F*#$ING THINKING?!?!"
3) Wide Recievers - In both the game against the Bengals and in Monday
   Nights game it was obvious that these guys can't catch, and that
   what they do catch they can't hold.  Sam Graddy, Swervin' Mervyn, and
   Willie Gault may be fast, but they don't seem to be able to pull the
   ball out of the air even with the best of passes, and when they do
   get the ball, they always seem to get stripped.  
4) Failure of Raiders coaching to trust their backs.  I heard Bob Trumpy
   tell ESPN that Raiders insiders didn't think that Nick Bell was a
   20-30 carry a game back. The guy is 250 lbs. and something like 6'3"!
   How big does he have to be before they decide he's a 20 carry back?
   Plus he showed definite promise last year, PLAY HIM!
5) Defense in general - The Raiders need Linebackers BADLY!  This glaring
   hole in the D is too ugly to even begin to fix. It needs to be replaced.
6) LA Coliseum - It's very hard to get an LA crowd motivated, plus the
   Coliseum just looks big and empty.  The place is uncomfortable, and
   not a good place to watch a game.  They need to move.  Preferably back
   to Oakland, or to Sacramento.
7) Al Davis - Al is getting a little crazy in his old age.  Putting Marcus
   in the dog house because of something that happened years ago is
   ridiculous.  Just let Art Schell coach the team.

Okay, that's my $.02.  Asbestos armor on.

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RAIDERS IN '93!
 
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