In defense of Allen (gulp)

boutte said

That's such worn out and lazy thing to say. The Raiders were a total dumpster fire at the time. So Allen didn't go in as a first time head coach and totally rebuild it into a power house in two seasons. That obviously means that there's absolutely no possibility of him ever being a decent coach. Nobody has ever succeeded at a second chance. Ever!

It's just a tired old trope.

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Ah, the tired old trope that the Raiders were a dumpster fire. What a worn out lazy thing to say, so lets look at the dumpster fire.

He was given a 3rd season, and started 0-4.

The last thing we want to talk about is facts though. Yes, DA was 8-28 with the dumpster fire. The 2 years before DA took over? the Raiders were 16-16. The 2 years after he left? 19-13.

2 years before DA - .500
2+ years with DA - .222
2 years after DA - .594

So both before and after he left, the Raiders were a .500+ organization. But just the Allen era they were a "total dumpster fire"