Oakland Raiders Name Hue Jackson As Their New Coach
January 18th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by GDBy Madhuri Dey
Jan 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Oakland Raiders’ search for the head coach at last has come to an end. The team finally announced that they are going to have Hue Jackson as their next head coach. The Raiders who announced the news on Monday evening ended their search for the head coach after they had fired Tom Cable. Hue Jackson who was already the team’s offensive coordinator in the last season got his position lifted after the former coach was fired around 13 days ago.
The news that the team announced towards the later end of Monday revealed that Hue Jackson will be assuming the role of the head coach from Tuesday itself. According to sources close to the Oakland Raiders camp, both the team and the newly recruited coach are happy with the latest development. Oakland Raiders’s owner Al Davis’s happiness became evident after people saw his posts on Twitter. The team owner had tweeted that the fire of passion and energy that Hue Jackson has in in will ignite the hearts and minds of the not only the players of the team but also the entire team.
With the appointment of Hue Jackson, it the sixth time in the last seven years that the Oakland raiders have recruited a new coach. For Hue Jackson this is the first time that he will be coaching a team. Former coach Tom cable had the history of a troubled relation with the Raiders team. He even allegedly punch on of the assistant coaches. In a media announcement the Raiders announced that keeping in mind the 25 year old experience of Hue Jackson they decided that he would do justice to the role.
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