mac soared higher than my hopes for the future *ago

“But at the end of the day when it’s time to make decisions on personnel, while we’re work together, those final decisions will be made by me.”ĭavis made the change despite the Raiders making the playoffs for just the second time in the past 19 seasons. “Obviously Josh and I are tied in many ways in our vision of how to build a team and our vision of what we want in terms of the players that we bring into the building is very connected,” Ziegler said. While McDaniels comes in with the higher profile, Ziegler said he will have final say on personnel. That trust was a factor for both McDaniels and Ziegler for taking the job and for owner Mark Davis, who set out during the process to replace coach Jon Gruden and GM Mike Mayock to find a coach-GM combo that could work well together. McDaniels and new GM Dave Ziegler were teammates in college at John Carroll University, worked together in Denver and then again the past nine years with the Patriots. Looking at that experience has been one of the best things in my life in terms of my overall growth as a person, as a coach.'Īfter backing out of a deal in 2018 to coach Indianapolis after it had already been announced, McDaniels jumped at the opportunity to coach the Raiders where he will be teamed with a general manager he has known for decades. “I didn’t really know people and how important that aspect of this process and maintaining the culture and building the team was. “When I went to Denver, I knew a little bit of football,” McDaniels said Monday after being introduced as Raiders coach.

Mac soared higher than my hopes for the future *ago