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In 1988, the Raiders hired Mike Shanahan as the first head coach brought in from outside their revered organization.
It was a pairing that wasn’t destined to last. Tension behind the scenes, squabbles among assistant coaches, longtime players departing…the Raiders’ once-proud legacy began to unravel.
Shanahan was shown the door the following year.
But was he the problem? Should the Raiders have kept him while he developed his more modern offense?
After being fired, Shanahan went elsewhere, won Super Bowls, and eventually built a coaching tree that now towers like a redwood over the rest of the NFL…all while earning the nickname “The Mastermind.”
As for the Raiders, from Bo Jackson to Barret Robbins and beyond, it’s been a seemingly unending journey of misery. Fluke plays, bizarre happenstances, and one hex that continues to haunt the franchise.
Can they ever snap out of it?
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