Dennis Allen and Oakland Raiders trying to avoid the blame game
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(Photo via Raiders Facebook page)
Another embarrassing loss for coach Dennis Allen and the Oakland Raiders occurred on Sunday, as the Silver and Black lost to AFC West rivals the Kansas City Chiefs. The final score was a whopping 56-31, and the Raider Nation had to witness the beating at home in Oakland.
The loss against the Chiefs this Sunday was the fourth in a row. The defense, which was once ranked in the top ten earlier this season, took a huge dive and has not recovered.
Who is to blame? Many point at players, others point at the coaching. The Raiders are in a rebuilding process and this was the first official year in doing so ever since Al Davis passed away.
Mark Davis, new owner, took in Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie to begin an overhaul of the Raiders. So far, the Raiders look the same, but it is only the first year.
Coach Dennis Allen has told the media that the Oakland Raiders are not going to play the blame game.
(Photo via Chiefs Facebook page)
“We’re not in the blame game,” Allen said. “We’re not in the pointing fingers game. That’s for everybody else to do. Our job is to come together as a group, coaches and players. We’re in the solution business, not in the creating problem business. And that’s what we’ve got to go work to do and that’s finding solutions to alleviate the problems.”
The coach is absolutely right with this statement, but, in the end, football is a sport where numbers must be produced. One major number to produce are wins, and that did not happen with the Raiders this year.
It takes a while to revamp a team, but, then again, look at the Chiefs. Last year, they had only two victories. This season, the Chiefs are top dogs with their new coach, Allen Reid, and their new quarterback, Alex Smith.
Why didn’t the Raiders do the same? It’s been ten seasons for the Raiders with losing season records. Now, with Allen, things could change; however, nothing really promising came out of this year.
A lot has to be changed, and, if the Oakland Raiders don’t win at least one of the last two games, Coach Dennis Allen could be saying goodbye to the Silver and Black.
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