Oakland Raiders Fire Coach Hue Jackson After 8-8 Season

Oakland Raiders Fire Coach Hue Jackson After 8-8 Season.Hue Jackson went from out of the playoff picture out of a job in just over a week.

The Oakland Raiders fired Jackson Monday, parting ways with him after a 8-8 season.

The move was made by just hired the executive director Reggie McKenzie, who offered little other than to say it was time to go in another direction. Thus, the franchise is now in search of his seventh coach since 2002.

"I want my man," said McKenzie, a former director of football operations in Green Bay. "No disrespect to Hue Jackson, but it's a new era and we want to start over."

First choice to replace McKenzie Jackson is widely regarded as Packers assistant Winston Moss, who oversees the inside linebackers and served as assistant head coach Mike McCarthy. Moss, 46, is a former linebacker who played for the NFL Tampa Bay, the Los Angeles Raiders and Seattle.

"I would not bet against it," said John M. Wooten, executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which is close to both McKenzie and Moss. The alliance is an advocacy group for the hiring of NFL minority coaches and front office executives.

"Winston is ready, and that is that I think Reggie wants," said Wooten. "Winston is very high on our list. I had a very good conversation with Coach Mike McCarthy a few weeks ago and he feels the same way. Winston grew up in the responsibility of every year. "

Jackson, who was fishing for more power in the organization, did not return text messages Tuesday, but said CSNBayArea.com he was surprised by the movement, and he does not believe McKenzie is lift people.

"It will empty the place," said Henry Jackson Site Wofford. McKenzie "wants to bring in his own guy. No jobs are safe right now."

McKenzie, 48, who played linebacker for the Raiders LA 1985-88, said the new coach will have the autonomy to hire its own staff of assistant coaches. At a news conference Tuesday, the new GM was flanked by Raiders owner Mark Davis, son of the late Al Davis.

"We just want a winner, a guy we feel can lead this team into a new era," said McKenzie.

Under Jackson, the Raiders played their way into the driver's seat AFC West, but lost four of their last five games and finished behind the division champion Denver. Did they beat San Diego in week 17, the Raiders would have won the division and hosted a playoff game. Instead, they were blown out at home, 38-26. It was the season of Raiders ninth consecutive time, without a winning record and playoff.

Jackson has been sharply criticized his players after that loss and basically said he needed to take an even greater role in decision-making to turn around the franchise.

"I will take a stronger hand in the team, the whole organization," Jackson said last week. "There is no way I'm going to feel like I feel today a year from now I promise you. There is no doubt. Defensively, offensively and special teams. I do not feel like that no longer exists. This is a joke. ... Yeah, I'm going to take a hand in everything that happens here. "

Brief tenure of Michael Jackson has left a major imprint. He gave two draft picks to pry high-quarter losing Carson Palmer in Cincinnati Oakland Jason Campbell suffered a broken collarbone late season. The Raiders gave up their first-round pick in April, and a second conditional versatile in 2013. The Raiders were 4-5 with Palmer as their input, and the former USC quart completed 13 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

The Raiders committed 163 penalties for 1,358 yards, setting records in the NFL in both categories, and their defense recorded worst franchise in touchdown passes allowed (31), yards per carry (5.1), passing yards (4,262) and total yards (6201).

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The Devil Inside': What the Updates Are Saying

The Devil Inside': What the Updates Are Saying.As the first new film in 2012, is the demon inside to talk on the web. The low-budget horror picture is already exceeding expectations at the box office in just a few hours Friday night, and could gross up to $ 20 million in its first weekend.

Initial success of the film is surprising; given the less than flattering comments he has received from critics. Among the most respected critics, The Devil Inside was a 22 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. With all the critics, the film is only 8 percent. The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen says the film, "never gets off the ground, trotting out the same predictable turns heads psycho-babble and a touch of originality and style visually perceptible. "

"As a result, the thriller potential is so frightening and disturbing as a devil's cake - only much less satisfactory," he continues. "Horror fans hungry for a solution demon possession could initially in the trap, but then the word of mouth must mean that the gender Insurgo Paramount label will have a new paranormal activity in their hands."

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Read below to see what other critics had to say about the demonic documentary.

Los Angeles Times: "The film is being released under low-budget Paramount Pictures Insurgo flag and his filmmakers apparently could not afford an end. The story does not climax or resolve as much as it just stopped -" What was " an audience member recruited at a local premiere / preview critics was heard saying: "

New York Times: "The real star of the devil inside, the latest addition to counterfeiting, hand trembling terror subgenre of documentary, is a flexible solution to lose a little with the fabulous Le node name Pixie. That artist, whose name appears quite low in the credits, it certainly deserves a higher position, given the visceral impact of his shoulder and turning back had burst in the audience who saw the movie. The men around me all went, "Ew" - I wanted to go directly to the yoga class. "

Cinema Blend: "There's a reason most horror movies establish a clear premise of not much time on their execution times. Directional Momentum allows the construction of suspense, which makes the shocking moments that much more terrifying. The Devil Inside zig zags so often frenetic pace that leaves the audience just enough time to react. That makes for an exciting movie, but also one that feels a bit useless and artificial in the end. The viewers need breaks in action to understand and then to reassess. Without these breaks, it's just a carnival ride. As rides go well, I've been much worse. "

Chicago Tribune: "The words, somber and undeniably true, came to the screen:" The Vatican did not support this film or the help of its completion.”No, the Holy See apparently waits again an exorcism movie is a little less funny lame."

E! Online: "The devil is back yet again to wreak havoc on weak cameras everywhere ... It must be January at the multiplex. Are not we tired of all these demonic possession movies yet? Well, safe and with the truth, most of those who are tired, but this found footage film has something new until it is too Crucified manga, but far from giving would spoil a really scary part. For most of the time the execution these demon pics blur and amplifying the booming loud cries to mean well, not much. "

Hitfix:.”The Devil Inside is an insidious kind of terrible movie, a film that is of poor quality just bad for most of its running time thankfully brief, before offering to an end so openly contemptuous of the audience to feel as a short joke version of this review. Nope do not see it. "

Screen Rant: "Exorcism in the movie to deliver some interesting moments, but at the same time, there is definitely a series of alarms jump around the inside of the Devil, in general the" terrifying "points tend to be less" fear "and based on the expectation and stress more in-your-face scares. The possibility of something terrible happening fuels most of the best sequences in the film - however, looking back, some fans of terror may feel as if not much really happens at the end of the different processes. "

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