When the Las Vegas Raiders fired head coach Josh McDaniels, it was clear that the group wanted a cultural reset.
The Raiders struggled mightily to search out an id underneath McDaniels and consequently, they suffered embarrassing losses through the 2023 NFL season.
Las Vegas turned to linebackers coach Antonio Pierce to step in for McDaniels and named him the interim head coach for the rest of the common season.
Pierce was broadly revered within the locker room due to his capability to narrate and talk with the gamers and was lauded for his realness.
In a sit-down video, Pierce revealed the primary message he despatched to the gamers as quickly as he was named interim head coach, by way of the workforce’s official Twitter account.
“We received 9 video games left,” Pierce stated. “We will write our personal script.”
On to the subsequent chapter.
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) February 24, 2024
Within the clip, Pierce stated he gave every participant a clean sheet of paper and informed them to jot down down what they wished to occur the remainder of the way in which.
The tactic labored because the Raiders have been in a position to pull themselves collectively and end the yr with a 5-4 report.
Due to his efforts, Pierce was named the franchise’s subsequent head coach and can now have a full offseason to rebuild the workforce in his picture.
The early returns have been optimistic for Las Vegas because the roster and fanbase appear to help Pierce one hundred pc.
The 2024 NFL season will go a good distance in figuring out Pierce’s viability because the Raiders’ head coach, however to this point he’s stated and finished all the fitting issues.
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