Quote:I'd like to see Olson succeed for once.  But there's not much to give confidence in this hire.  The raiders had the second lowest scoring offense, and the fewest offensive yards of any team.  Personnel of course was somewhat to blame.  The Raiders have a lot of catching up to do as far as Offense goes.  But additionally the "Blame Gabbert" bit has me concerned about Olson.  He kind of burned bridges there with that.  So I really hope I'm wrong about this.  I just don't see much reason for confidence in this hire.

 

Good luck to Greg Olson, and I hope he can create an offense that's Top 20.  It'd be nice to see.  

 

I'm willing to concede that Olson was handicapped by a dearth of talent on the Oakland roster. It's not like he was working with All-Pros over there and I feel rather confident that the culture in that building wasn't the best at coddling together a team spirit.

 

One other thing that I'd like to point out is that coaches can take on the mentality of the staff just like players can. From what I could observe from Mularkey and a few other staff members, it wouldn't surprise me if Olson was simply doing what he felt was expected of him with that "Blame Gabbert" quip. I'm not saying it definitively is true, just that it wouldn't surprise me.

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