Now that things have settled, and the cigar smoke has cleared… do Pierce deserve a HC opportunity with the Raiders? Are the Raiders playing better because of Pierce or in spite of McDaniels? I wonder how Mark Davis is going to look at the job by Pierce.
I think experience matters. Ideally, you have a leader and manager in the same person.
We witnessed McDaniels as a manager, but not leader. Gruden was both.
Pierce seems to be more of a Leader type who would need to be surrounded by high-caliber managers (OC, DC, ST coaches) and be able to define how they will be accountable and hold them to it.
Personally, I like the Leader + Manager in a single person …but it’s rare as we see.