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Was it Hue-bris?: Not for one minute did I believe Hue Jackson's dog-and-pony show all week that he was going to wait until after a "massage" and some "Irish Coffee" to make a decision on who his starting quarterback would be against the Chiefs. But if that was indeed the case, then the rookie coach did his team a terrible disservice. It was obvious Kyle Boller needed all the work he could get, then again, it might not have mattered with how poorly Boller performed. The spidey senses say that Jackson knew all along Boller would start but he tried to get too cute through the media. And if he truly waited, that time would have been better served committing to a starter and giving him 98 percent of the reps.
Too many tricks?: It also said here last week that all three quarterbacks could see action against the Chiefs, that Jackson might get cute with some offensive machinations. And on the third play of the game, on 3rd and 1, Terrelle Pryor lined up on the left as a receiver, went in motion and, with Boller in the shotgun, stopped under center. He took the snap and rushed forward for the first down but was called for a false start. One play later, Boller threw a pick-six. Ballgame.
Bad Boller, Poor Palmer: How magnanimous were Boller and Palmer? Not even JaMarcus Russell threw three interceptions in the first half. You'd have to go back to 1998 and Donald Hollas. And the last Raiders QB to throw three picks in a second half? Andrew Walter in 2006.
Perfect storm: While predicting a Raiders victory this week, I also told anyone who would listen that if Jackson and the Raiders got too cute, they just might look up and find themselves down 21-3. Ineffective QB play, questionable play-calling and a filthy injury big did the Raiders in. Call it a Perfect Storm on a day the Raiders wished they had a do-over.
Read more: Boller, Palmer each throw 3 INTs, Raiders blanked 28-0
Tune to SportsNet Central at 6, 10:30 and midnight on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area for more on this story
Kansas City 28, Raiders 0
Was it Hue-bris?: Not for one minute did I believe Hue Jackson's dog-and-pony show all week that he was going to wait until after a "massage" and some "Irish Coffee" to make a decision on who his starting quarterback would be against the Chiefs. But if that was indeed the case, then the rookie coach did his team a terrible disservice. It was obvious Kyle Boller needed all the work he could get, then again, it might not have mattered with how poorly Boller performed. The spidey senses say that Jackson knew all along Boller would start but he tried to get too cute through the media. And if he truly waited, that time would have been better served committing to a starter and giving him 98 percent of the reps.
Too many tricks?: It also said here last week that all three quarterbacks could see action against the Chiefs, that Jackson might get cute with some offensive machinations. And on the third play of the game, on 3rd and 1, Terrelle Pryor lined up on the left as a receiver, went in motion and, with Boller in the shotgun, stopped under center. He took the snap and rushed forward for the first down but was called for a false start. One play later, Boller threw a pick-six. Ballgame.
Bad Boller, Poor Palmer: How magnanimous were Boller and Palmer? Not even JaMarcus Russell threw three interceptions in the first half. You'd have to go back to 1998 and Donald Hollas. And the last Raiders QB to throw three picks in a second half? Andrew Walter in 2006.
Perfect storm: While predicting a Raiders victory this week, I also told anyone who would listen that if Jackson and the Raiders got too cute, they just might look up and find themselves down 21-3. Ineffective QB play, questionable play-calling and a filthy injury big did the Raiders in. Call it a Perfect Storm on a day the Raiders wished they had a do-over.
Read more: Boller, Palmer each throw 3 INTs, Raiders blanked 28-0
Tune to SportsNet Central at 6, 10:30 and midnight on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area for more on this story
Raiders’ Hue Jackson gobbled up the attention, and lost focus on the game
Posted by Tim Kawakami on October 23rd, 2011 at 9:24 pm | Categorized as 49ers, Columns, NFL, Raiders
* Straight from tomorrow morning’s paper, with a topper…
-A good question: What’s the difference between Hue Jackson’s self-aggrandizing cat-and-mouse game with the media about his QBs and Jim Harbaugh’s antics–which always end up with the media talking about Jim Harbaugh?
Well, other than the fact that Harbaugh hasn’t come close to losing 28-0 at home with the 49ers, while Jackson just did with the Raiders…
I agree that both cocky coaches have a way of drawing cameras and chatter towards themselves. They’re smart, fascinating guys and they mostly deserve the attention, at least early in their careers.
But Harbaugh’s quirks always very sharply focused on what he believes will push his team forward–and possibly annoy everybody else. Winning, by as many points as possible, always comes first.
The Jackson theatrics last week–complete with a call-in to “SportsCenter,” which NEVER would’ve been allowed in Al Davis’ time–were more cloying than strategic.
If Jackson really was doing this to gain some tactical advantage, why was he furious that ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported late last week that Palmer would start?
And Jackson was furious–so furious he even ranted about it on the field to somebody a few hours before kick-off today. Is that where his mind should’ve been? Not on KC’s defense?
If it was about tactics, Jackson should’ve loved that ESPN theoretically got it wrong, right?
No, this whole thing–and a few other things–seemed to be mostly about Hue Jackson The Product, and that’s the wrong way to take this.
He has done a lot of good things for the Raiders and his large personality has temporarily filled the void left by Al Davis’ passing, which seemed like an impossible thing just a few weeks ago.
Now Jackson has to tone it down. It can’t just be about him. It has to be about wins.
—–the column (UNEDITED VERSION)/
In the Raiders’ brave Hue World, their coach isn’t just the undisputed boss, he
is also lead publicist and attention-getter-in-chief.
Which is good—when the Raiders, bound by Hue Jackson’s inspiration, come together through grief and drama.
And it is bad—when the Raiders play their quarterback decision way too cute, then lay an egg at home against Kansas City, as they did in Sunday’s 28-0 debacle.
Good Hue is charming, creative and unifying.
Bad Hue is way too full of himself and on Sunday he made a bit of a fool of himself.
“Obviously, we lost, and that falls on me,” Jackson said after the game. “This is the team that I lead and we didn’t play like the Raiders can play.”
No, on Sunday, the Raiders played like a distracted, disorganized team that took an early hit from a much less talented squad, and never recovered.
Gee, what could’ve distracted them?
Only a few days ago, right after Jason Campbell’s serious injury, Jackson acquired Carson Palmer and bragged that it was the “greatest trade in football.”
Then Jackson spent all week teasing with the possibility of Palmer starting this game over semi-incumbent Kyle Boller.
This was Jackson’s decision and his play, and he luxuriated in the raw power of it all.
The result: He showed he’s in charge. The other result: His two QBs played horrendously and his team played like its coach had gobbled up all the focus and energy for his own amusement.
On Sunday, after the debacle, Jackson said Boller and Palmer basically knew that Boller was the guy all week, and that he officially told them on Saturday.
Of course, nobody outside of the team knew it would be Boller until he trotted out for the Raiders’ first offensive play early in the first quarter.
“I never said to anybody that I was going to play Carson Palmer,” Jackson said. “I said we were going to get him ready. So Kyle was going to play the whole time.
“I have some gamesmanship myself in coaching.”
Yeah, the Chiefs really seemed to be discombobulated by it.
Now, the Raiders didn’t lose the game strictly because Jackson did a lot of odd things—including trick plays involving Terrelle Pryor and Michael Bush that blew up at crucial times.
But, in a game where early momentum was everything, Jackson caused some anti-momentum of his own.
Afterwards, he had a unique construction: Blame the coach for the loss, but not for any of the decisions that led to it.
“Uncertainty didn’t lead to anything,” Jackson said when asked if holding off on the decision led to poor QB play. “Uncertainty at quarterback didn’t lead to interceptions of any of that.”
He’s right, in part: The QBs were just plain bad. The major problem is that the Raiders were stuck with Boller in the first place. But wasn’t Jackson the guy who picked him as Campbell’s caddy?
On the third offensive play of the game, Boller threw a disastrous pass that was picked off and quickly returned 59 yards for a touchdown by Kendrick Lewis.
Boom, 7-0 Chiefs, which is when the Coliseum crowd began the “Palmer! Palmer!” chant.
Then Boller threw another interception. And then another. More boos, loud boos, all kinds of boos.
Boller started the third quarter, but threw three consecutive incompletions before Jackson finally pulled him for Palmer.
And then Palmer threw three interceptions of his own—for six total Raiders interceptions.
Boller was awful; Palmer clearly and understandably wasn’t up to speed after sitting out the entire season until last week; the Raiders blew a very, very winnable game.
What the heck was going on?
“The plan was not to play,” Palmer said. “All week long, it was just being deceptive and giving Kansas City something to think about, I guess. (Then) we got to the third quarter and he told me it was time to go.”
Jackson also insisted that he held Palmer back initially, despite Palmer’s desire to play immediately, but Palmer never once gave an indication of that—before or after the game.
What a sagging way to enter this bye week at 4-3.
“You can’t expect a quarterback come in and in one week, just like Carson or Kyle, save the world,” running back Michael Bush said. “We knew there’s going to be some bumps and bruises.”
Sunday was a big bump, right to the noggin, and maybe the coach learned something about the way he handled the lead up.
The Raiders played liked a team that had other things on its mind, against an opponent that it should’ve dominated on talent alone.
Hue Jackson is talented and he is interesting. Sometimes too interesting for his own good, and for his team’s good.
Posted by Tim Kawakami on October 23rd, 2011 at 9:24 pm | Categorized as 49ers, Columns, NFL, Raiders
* Straight from tomorrow morning’s paper, with a topper…
-A good question: What’s the difference between Hue Jackson’s self-aggrandizing cat-and-mouse game with the media about his QBs and Jim Harbaugh’s antics–which always end up with the media talking about Jim Harbaugh?
Well, other than the fact that Harbaugh hasn’t come close to losing 28-0 at home with the 49ers, while Jackson just did with the Raiders…
I agree that both cocky coaches have a way of drawing cameras and chatter towards themselves. They’re smart, fascinating guys and they mostly deserve the attention, at least early in their careers.
But Harbaugh’s quirks always very sharply focused on what he believes will push his team forward–and possibly annoy everybody else. Winning, by as many points as possible, always comes first.
The Jackson theatrics last week–complete with a call-in to “SportsCenter,” which NEVER would’ve been allowed in Al Davis’ time–were more cloying than strategic.
If Jackson really was doing this to gain some tactical advantage, why was he furious that ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported late last week that Palmer would start?
And Jackson was furious–so furious he even ranted about it on the field to somebody a few hours before kick-off today. Is that where his mind should’ve been? Not on KC’s defense?
If it was about tactics, Jackson should’ve loved that ESPN theoretically got it wrong, right?
No, this whole thing–and a few other things–seemed to be mostly about Hue Jackson The Product, and that’s the wrong way to take this.
He has done a lot of good things for the Raiders and his large personality has temporarily filled the void left by Al Davis’ passing, which seemed like an impossible thing just a few weeks ago.
Now Jackson has to tone it down. It can’t just be about him. It has to be about wins.
—–the column (UNEDITED VERSION)/
In the Raiders’ brave Hue World, their coach isn’t just the undisputed boss, he
is also lead publicist and attention-getter-in-chief.
Which is good—when the Raiders, bound by Hue Jackson’s inspiration, come together through grief and drama.
And it is bad—when the Raiders play their quarterback decision way too cute, then lay an egg at home against Kansas City, as they did in Sunday’s 28-0 debacle.
Good Hue is charming, creative and unifying.
Bad Hue is way too full of himself and on Sunday he made a bit of a fool of himself.
“Obviously, we lost, and that falls on me,” Jackson said after the game. “This is the team that I lead and we didn’t play like the Raiders can play.”
No, on Sunday, the Raiders played like a distracted, disorganized team that took an early hit from a much less talented squad, and never recovered.
Gee, what could’ve distracted them?
Only a few days ago, right after Jason Campbell’s serious injury, Jackson acquired Carson Palmer and bragged that it was the “greatest trade in football.”
Then Jackson spent all week teasing with the possibility of Palmer starting this game over semi-incumbent Kyle Boller.
This was Jackson’s decision and his play, and he luxuriated in the raw power of it all.
The result: He showed he’s in charge. The other result: His two QBs played horrendously and his team played like its coach had gobbled up all the focus and energy for his own amusement.
On Sunday, after the debacle, Jackson said Boller and Palmer basically knew that Boller was the guy all week, and that he officially told them on Saturday.
Of course, nobody outside of the team knew it would be Boller until he trotted out for the Raiders’ first offensive play early in the first quarter.
“I never said to anybody that I was going to play Carson Palmer,” Jackson said. “I said we were going to get him ready. So Kyle was going to play the whole time.
“I have some gamesmanship myself in coaching.”
Yeah, the Chiefs really seemed to be discombobulated by it.
Now, the Raiders didn’t lose the game strictly because Jackson did a lot of odd things—including trick plays involving Terrelle Pryor and Michael Bush that blew up at crucial times.
But, in a game where early momentum was everything, Jackson caused some anti-momentum of his own.
Afterwards, he had a unique construction: Blame the coach for the loss, but not for any of the decisions that led to it.
“Uncertainty didn’t lead to anything,” Jackson said when asked if holding off on the decision led to poor QB play. “Uncertainty at quarterback didn’t lead to interceptions of any of that.”
He’s right, in part: The QBs were just plain bad. The major problem is that the Raiders were stuck with Boller in the first place. But wasn’t Jackson the guy who picked him as Campbell’s caddy?
On the third offensive play of the game, Boller threw a disastrous pass that was picked off and quickly returned 59 yards for a touchdown by Kendrick Lewis.
Boom, 7-0 Chiefs, which is when the Coliseum crowd began the “Palmer! Palmer!” chant.
Then Boller threw another interception. And then another. More boos, loud boos, all kinds of boos.
Boller started the third quarter, but threw three consecutive incompletions before Jackson finally pulled him for Palmer.
And then Palmer threw three interceptions of his own—for six total Raiders interceptions.
Boller was awful; Palmer clearly and understandably wasn’t up to speed after sitting out the entire season until last week; the Raiders blew a very, very winnable game.
What the heck was going on?
“The plan was not to play,” Palmer said. “All week long, it was just being deceptive and giving Kansas City something to think about, I guess. (Then) we got to the third quarter and he told me it was time to go.”
Jackson also insisted that he held Palmer back initially, despite Palmer’s desire to play immediately, but Palmer never once gave an indication of that—before or after the game.
What a sagging way to enter this bye week at 4-3.
“You can’t expect a quarterback come in and in one week, just like Carson or Kyle, save the world,” running back Michael Bush said. “We knew there’s going to be some bumps and bruises.”
Sunday was a big bump, right to the noggin, and maybe the coach learned something about the way he handled the lead up.
The Raiders played liked a team that had other things on its mind, against an opponent that it should’ve dominated on talent alone.
Hue Jackson is talented and he is interesting. Sometimes too interesting for his own good, and for his team’s good.
what the fuck is that faggot talking about? there were 6 INTs thrown and two went back for TDs. How exactly does that show the team being "distracted" and "disorganized"? it's amazing that our D was able to hold their offense to 14 points. the run game was going, but you still have to make some throws. mcfadden being out took away the explosiveness in our rushing attack. was mcfadden's foot injury caused by him being "distracted" and "disorganized"?
