Josh making examples out of people so everyone knows that nobody's job is safe?
I'm not much of a Josh McDaniels fan and think the way he left Denver and what he did to embarrass Indy by walking away after he accepted their offer was pretty deplorable but we're here and I have confidence in a lot of the pieces assembled and see them being a Playoff contender...despite blowing 6 1st round picks as has been pointed out, none of that a reflection of the current head coach.
When lions go thru a pride takeover, I think you know what happens to the little lion cubs, they're killed or left behind and McDaniels is the new coach and has taken over in Vegas and wants to rid it of as much leftovers from previous folks as possible. maybe he just didn't like Leatherwood and wanted him gone.
I agree with your description, McDaniels comes across a little petty so this is not an unjustified feeling about what has unfolded.
Plenty of other guys to do what with. Ferrell was a top 5 pick, but we also got 3 years of a look at him. He'd be a much better pure example. If Ferrell was putting in good work and effort then maybe that's not the message so you find someone else. The trading of Mullen did exactly this, no need to do it just to make a statement. To me it sounds exactly like what I always tell the young bucks not to do but they do it anyway - "don't make a move just to prove you're <your mentor> version 2". This looks like a guy making a Belichick move just to prove he's Belichick. But we don't want Belichick (well I mean we do but), we want a Raiders Coach and a Raiders GM.
I ran businesses for about 10 years and my main role was to go into a distressed location and turn it around. I frequently did exactly this - but I didn't do it with someone with the kind of potential that ALW had. I found the guy that put out the least effort and expected the most return and that's who I whacked. Next step was to find the people (or inventory, depending on the business unit) and see what had the most potential (for profit) and that was the reclamation focus. This is where ALW should have been categorized, he's a 2nd year player with talent. To be fair I also fired anyone that had any sense of entitlement or resistance to the new way - late, lazy, poor customer relations - and I didn't care how "good" they were. That's why I stipulated that if ALW was a cancer then good riddance. I don't know that part though and I think if it were the case we'd have heard more. If that comes out I'll back down.
ALW has a ton of physical talent. He's got some sloppy *** mechanics and those need fixed. OK great, coach him up. Give him a chance. Bench him, let him have his holy **** moment, and see how he responds. The book on him when he was drafted and the big aftermath was that this was a 5 star kid with 2 star technique that Mayock and Cable thought they could coach up and get up to speed. Not going to get into the merits of that decision but that's what you're left with so make the most of it. I remember walking into a store one day and going over their backroom inventory and complaining to my boss that all they had was a bunch of **** that I couldn't sell and needed a ton of work to fix. He just looked at me blankly for like 5 seconds then got that wry little smile and said "Then get fixing. If this location was a gem you wouldn't be here".
He looked better to me than Brown did or that Bolden will contribute but God forbid we cut a Ziegler guy.
love ya hank! i thought the ALW pick was stupid from the get go. i hated nearly everything gruden did. i'm gonna give these dudes a game or 2 before i start calling them out. 
Jones!
