Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

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Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

Postby blazin1 » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:49 pm

The Oakland Raiders announced over the weekend that they had hired Greg Olson, former quarterbacks coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, as the new offensive coordinator for the team. However, despite being announced to the coaching staff and traveling to be with the team in Alabama for the Senior Bowl, it will be Al Saunders, and not the new offensive coordinator who will becalling the plays during the game.

This is not an incredibly surprising decision since Olson was announced just days before the beginning of practice for the game. While Olson has been an offensive coordinator before, he was not one in his most recent stop, so he likely does not have a playbook ready to use.

In addition, it is likely Dennis Allen will want to have more say in how the Raiders offense is run next season. After allowing Greg Knapp total control over the offense in 2012, the second year head coach likely realized that he is going to need to play a much bigger role on the side of the ball that does not come naturally to him.

While it is true that Olson could have worked off of the playbook the Raiders already have and that Al Saunders will be working off of, that may not have been the best idea for the Raiders. By relieving Olson of his in game duties, he has more time free to work with Allen on the offense the Raiders will actually be deploying in 2013.

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Re: Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

Postby DeadRinger » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:55 pm

This is great. Now show me an article titled "Al Saunders to call plays for Raiders offense in 2013" and I might actually smile.
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Re: Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

Postby blazin1 » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:59 pm

DeadRinger wrote:This is great. Now show me an article titled "Al Saunders to call plays for Raiders offense in 2013" and I might actually smile.


The Raiders are probably going to demote him during the game.
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Re: Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

Postby Tenebrous » Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:16 pm

DeadRinger wrote:This is great. Now show me an article titled "Al Saunders to call plays for Raiders offense in 2013" and I might actually smile.

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Re: Al Saunders to call plays at Senior Bowl

Postby Tenebrous » Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:59 pm

blazin1 wrote:
DeadRinger wrote:This is great. Now show me an article titled "Al Saunders to call plays for Raiders offense in 2013" and I might actually smile.


The Raiders are probably going to demote him during the game.

Yeah, the Raiders seem to keep taking their most experienced & arguably best coach for granted.
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