Chewy316
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JDR does a good press conference. Unified seems to be the word of the day. Seems confident he can get us back into winning.
Interesting that even tho everyone seemed to know he already had the job there was still a 4 hour interview. Maybe he was explaining a few things such as how he can attract some players during free agency. Might be a diplomatic way of telling Reggie to stay out of it and concentrate on the draft where Reggie has done very well.
JDR brings his own cheerleaders. Nice daughters.
It actually was a 7 hour second interview with the Raiders brass. There were close to around 6-7 guys in that room during that interview, so you're going to have a lot of questions come up. Generally in these interviews, you are trying to get a history and perspective of what the prospective coach has been through, how they've learned from it, and how they would go about their daily business with your team (should you hire them). Involved in that comes analysing film, personnel, potential staff etc. A lot goes into these meetings. And then of course, basic outlines of a contract are discussed. That it took so long doesn't really surprise me.
Reggie will still be involved in the free agency process, that's not going to change. Del Rio is the head coach, he's not going to become a pseudo-GM like Hue Jackson was in 2011 after Mr. Davis' passing.
Big congrats to Marc Badain on his promotion to President of the Raiders. Great guy, very bright guy, he will do a great job in that position.