{"id":674761,"date":"2026-01-13T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674761\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:49:24","slug":"were-where-we-should-have-been-last-year-with-las-vegas-raiders-head-coaching-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674761\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re where we should have been last year with Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 head-coaching search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Las week started with the Las Vegas Raiders firing Pete Carroll as head coach so let\u2019s end the week by getting onto some points made by general manager Jon Spytek that show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverandblackpride.com\/las-vegas-raiders-news\/119311\/raiders-john-spytek-fire-pete-carroll\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this was doomed from the start.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Carroll and Spytek was essentially an arranged marriage and those pairing rarely work in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Spytek was hired just before Carroll, so, while he clearly had the chance to be on board with the hire, he also didn\u2019t have much time to play a major role in the hiring decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s was clunky hiring decision to begun with Tom Brady was focused on Ben Johnson, who truly was always focused on joining the Chciaogo Bears. Tom Telesco was fired as general manager to help attract the coaching job to the likes of Johnson. It didn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brady turned to Spytek, his college buddy and then they settled on Carroll. Both Carroll and Spytek went out of their way to say how their partnership would work and that held that mantra for months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Late in the season, however, Carroll, basically admitted here was a disconnected between him and Spytek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It was evident as Carroll wanted to win now (as the oldest head coach in NFL history) and Spytek\u2019s moves in free agency was more geared to setting the roster up for the future. There was also a disconnect on how Carrol used the rookie class for much of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This week, Spytek said it will be important for the new coach to be prepare to \u201cclimb a big mountain\u201d that will not take a day to achieve. he also noted he wants the new head-coach to have power of his staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That lent credence to reports that Chip Kelly was forced onto Carroll by part owner Tom Brady, who will lead this interview cycle with Spytek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There was just so many things that points that this was it a great pairing last year and in the end, the Raiders are hitting the reset button once again, hiring a new coach for the fourth time since 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If happens again in the new future, Spytek likely won\u2019t be around to discuss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las week started with the Las Vegas Raiders firing Pete Carroll as head coach so let\u2019s end the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,4241,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-674761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders-news","12":"tag-lasvegas","13":"tag-lasvegasraiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115889528120009877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}