Report: Broncos Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen to be Oakland Raiders Head Coach

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

We finally get a competent DC and he leaves after one season. On to the next one i guess.
Also, congrats to Dennis Allen, even if it’s with the Raiders.

That is all

Jack Del Rio? Yes, please coach Fox.

Damn. The only coach I actually liked. We can’t ever seem to keep a DC, can we?

Genius for the Raiders.

Just kidding. The Broncos, however, could use a defensive coordinator for more than one year. Collier served in that post for twenty years with the Broncos.

I hope Jack Del Rio wants to coach this season, otherwise we may be going with former St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator, Ken Flajole.

I wish we would’ve known and gotten Spags

Fox is a defensive coach either way, so he’ll just bring up another underling and the defense philosophy will stay the same… Seeing the Patriots torch us a week and a half ago left a bad taste in my mouth regarding Dennis Allen’s game planning

it should have been expected. Allen was highly regarded around the league. Also our D wasnt anything special this year.

McCoy would be a bigger loss than Allen i think, as much as i hate McCoy. Fox is a D guy so i think we’ll be fine.

I am speechless.

That’s about all of the silver lining i can find in this

Call Jack Del Rio. Tell him he owes The Fox a favor.

act accordingly…

Not cool, DA. Not cool.

As a general rule, I never trust a man that wears a visor.

I think we need to stay away from Jack Del Rio, I think there are some better assistant coaches available, haven’t heard good things out of J-Ville regarding players, I think we could hire Raheem Moore from WA since it would be a promotion

Stomp him, destroy him, ruin his reputaion and cheer when he is spit out the bottom end of the porn industry.

I like the way his defense stepped up this year

this is something we were worrying about 2 – 3 years from now…. not after YEAR ONE!?!?
Good God… what does this pitiful team have to do to keep a DC around here? The good news is, John Fox is a defensive mastermind who’s worked with some great minds in the business. He has some connects.

Seven DC in seven years? That is really really sad.

Then bring me MIKE NOLAN back!!!!! Or interview Del Rio for DC.

&^%$in #$^$lickin $$## holy #%##@!!!! Piss!!! Nuts!!!!

We get the first good D-Coordinator in what seems like 20 years… and he jets out to the Raiders after one season?

$%#@!!@!##

Del Rio all day. And let him wear a suit.

He was a Bronco. Tomorrow I hate him he’ll be a stinking Raider from the dark side.

but it’s probably a bad hire by the Raiders. Not to dismiss the job Allen did here, but this was only his first year as a DC and we were a below average defense by virtually any measure. Sure we were terrible the year before, but we didn’t have Doom, Von Miller, or Bunkley who were probably 3 of our top 4 (Champ) defenders this year.

I would be very happy for him and wish him luck.

Now I just hope he makes it out of there alive and fairly unscathed.

Welcome to Denver Mr. Del Rio.

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Mike Singletary was a player:
Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears (1982–1992) of the famous Tom Landry Coaching Tree. Tom Landry invented the popular 4-3 defense strategy.

NFL head coaches under whom Mike Singletary has served:
Brian Billick, Baltimore Ravens (2003–2004) who falls under Bill Walsh Coaching Tree, through Dennis Green a disciple of Bill Walsh who invented the West Coast Offense.
Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers (2005–2008) who falls under Tom Landry Coaching Tree, through Dan Reeves a protege of Tom Landry.
Leslie Frazier, Minnesota Vikings (2011–present)

I really liked this guy and not to mention 7 Dc in same time. argh.

…..That and teams did put up 40+ on us four times (Tebow’s turnovers understood)

Whatever, dude is a Raider now, he has jumped ship to our most hated rival and can suffer the wrath of our team and fanbase. On the bright side, he’s more likely to go the way of Spags or Morris and field an inept team.

Whatever I’m over it, dude had a shot at a promotion and took it, nothing more, nothing less. If Fox is the sort of coach and knowledgeable football mind I think he is, then this will be a non issue next year.

the raiders are in for a downfall because of 1 no draft picks and no cap room now if allen is a good hc then we will have to worry my rariders freids will hate to hear this but the raiders are blowlng everything up will be 5-11 or 6-10 in 12 we need a guy from Balt or NYJ def staff because to go to the super bowl WE MUST match up better against NE and every team we play next year will copy what ne done to us 1 idea couild be wintson moss a ex raider lb as dc

Bunch of jackasses. There should be stealing of coaches within the same division. As a Bronco, Allan has a moral responsibility to not work for the Raiders. :) At least that’s how it should work.

Now I have to root against him and hope that he fails miserably. Maybe he’ll only last eight games, like Shanny.

Nuts to losing another Defensive Coordinator. 7 in 7 years? Never before seen or heard. Movie stars don’t even remarry that often. Except, maybe, Liz Taylor.

However, I don’t see this being more than a minor hiccup. Coach Fox still runs this team and regardless of which side of the ball you coordinate on, he focuses on helping the defense. That’s the difference I feel between the last 6 years of change and this year. Regardless of whom is hired to run the defense, they will have the complete support of the head coach, in every respect.

Additionally, I disagree strongly with those saying McCoy’s loss would have been felt less. Nothing could be further from the truth while developing a young QB. Consistency breeds confidence and not every coach is the same. Tebow needs to focus on improving not learning a new coach and then improving.

Defense is see ball, hit ball and play with emotion. If Fox stays with the defense he knows, we’ll see minor changes to blitzes and coverages depending upon the new guys personality. I agree with those who would have liked better game plans against teams like New England, but I also know that Allen’s talent cupboard is a lot more bare than we all would like to admit. Therefore, I’m hopeful that we see a veteran hire who has good creativity in scheming and not someone who would introduce a new style of defense, i.e. 3-4 or Rahem Morris and the Cover-2. (Who wants to see Joe Mays covering deep middle? {shudder}). Thus my suggestion of Jack Del Rio, though admittedly not the most creative.

Mostly I am hopeful that our position coaches stay so our young players continue to hear the many of the same voices they seemed to respond well to last year.

P.S. Good luck to Dennis. Don’t care that he’s a Faider, it’s a tremendous opportunity for anyone to get one of 32 jobs in the world. Besides he’s going to need it in the years to come as the Broncos get stronger and the Raiders reel from the loss of one entire draft and projected being over the cap in the same off-season. Thank you Hue and Al!

Allen will regret this when he finds out that the Raiders are still a screwed up organization that throws coaches under the bus after a season. Hope that contract is airtight, buddy.

Worked out pretty well for us….

I have a hard time believing that Allen is ready for this. Carson Palmer is a guy he’s stuck with, like New York is stuck with Melo, because of what they gave up for him. They have d*ck in upcoming drafts, a rookie GM, their BEST players are either injury prone, or holding guns to the heads of people where that’s apparently only good ‘ol horseplay. Seymore is aging, Bush is gone, Asomugha left, I can’t imagine Oakland being very attractive to FA’S.

Denver just won the West. Has a very stable, respected, defensively gifted head coach in Fox, I’m impressed by Elway. I think he’s impressing people around the league. Denver got a lot of exposure with all the Mile High Magic, national networks will be fighting over games next year, I can’t wait to see how we handle it!

I’m curious as to whether we might be able to draft talented players at a uniquely better value for our offense. It seems that some players(Demaryus Thomas) slip down the draft because they played in spread, option offenses and may take a few years to refine their skills. That’s where Denver is the least affected compared to virtually ANY other team. Such players should have a decent chance getting reps while developing. Especially for backup QB’s. UDFA’s should have some talented read option types of little value to other teams….

It’s a good time to be a Bronco’s fan!

Since he obviously wants to go and work for the Raiders…BYE!

He goes to a team that has been very impatient with their HC (although that may change now with new management) and a team that very little to build on (no draft picks until the 4th round). He could also have used a few more years experience as DC before making the leap.

Oh well, let’s move on…He is now the ennemy…