Zac Taylor play calling is trash!

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(11-01-2023, 09:06 AM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Overnight The Raiders fired Josh McDaniel and the GM David Ziegler citing the poor culture. Say what you want about Zac Taylor as an OC but if you can’t agree on his success with completely changing the culture then it’s pretty much just bias against him period.

Here we go with this again.

Taylor seems like he is great at managing people which is important as a head coach. He is definitely part of the culture. But, he isn't responsible for "completely" changing the culture. Was Taylor responsible for changing the culture which brought about a Ring of Honor fans had requested for years? No. That's just one of the many examples that the passing of the torch from Paul to Katie is what completely changed the culture.

Carl Pickens trade demands
Corey Dillion trade demands
Carson Palmer trade demands
the Lee Johnson rule
Chad Johnson trade demands
bringing back Chris Henry over the HC's objections
the Kmart Blue Light Special approach to free agency
resistance to a Ring of Honor
resistance to an indoor practice facility
squabbling with Hamilton County
Gatorade-gate
Towel-gate
Rent-a-TV-gate
smallest scouting department in NFL
outdated or aging facilities

There is a common theme to that list and its name is Mike Brown. Mike was responsible for the culture in which his $100M QB was willing to spend his own money to build an indoor practice facility because the owner/GM refused.  Same QB demanded a trade because the owner/GM refused to be as competitive as possible.

Taylor has only had to deal with one dip shit, Mixon, and hasn't been handcuffed by Mike like his successors. 

Taylor is good at managing his players. Taylor is good at managing the schedule to protect the players against injury. (Which is a double edged sword in preseason and beginning of regular season.) But, the passing of the torch to Katie (who was part of bringing Taylor into the organization) has taken care of all that other shit for him and is what is truly responsible for "completely" changing the culture.  Failing to recognize that is just Boomer Sooner bias.

And Josh McDaniels did for the Raiders what he did for the Broncos.  That was a stupid hiring decision by ownership with a predictable result.