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Hey Ted Hendricks Jersey , remember when the Raiders sent most of their scouting department home a week before the draft? That bombshell had the NFL world in quite a frenzy for a few minutes there. And we were talking..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Jets take mantle of NFL’s dysfunction junction, fire GM and VP of Player Personnel, make new head coach acting GMNew,35commentsPDTHey, remember when the Raiders sent most of their scouting department home a week before the draft? That bombshell had the NFL world in quite a frenzy for a few minutes there. And we were talking about changing out a scouting department that belonged to the previous GM here. Aside from the mistrust the Raiders front office had in them, there wasn’t a whole lot that was groundbreaking.The big moves the Raiders made came months ago. They let go of GM Reggie McKenzie along with his assistant Joey Clinkscales and brought in Mike Mayock as the next GM. Most of this was done in January. Two months ahead of free agency, and three months ahead of the draft. That’s standard operating procedure.Then there’s the Jets.Oh, the Jets. Who let their GM Mike Maccagnan go along with VP of Player Personnel Brian Heimerdinger go as well... in May.What’s strange about this is obviously the timing. You don’t do this now. You don’t let these guys build a team throughout the offseason and then say “Thanks, byeeee!” And the Jets were reeeally busy this offseason.New head coach Adam Gase apparently was not on board with the spending spree the Jets went on in free agency.Now with Maccagnan and Heimerdinger out, Gase has been bumped to interim GM just five months after landing the head coaching job. Quite a series of events. And if you don’t think a head coach being given that kind of power so quickly doesn’t mean much, you have clearly forgotten the trades Hue Jackson made in the months following Al Davis’s death.When Jon Gruden was hired as head coach last year, he had two logical choices. He could bring his own GM immediately or stick with Reggie McKenzie for a season before doing so. He opted for the latter and late in the season McKenzie was notified he was to be let go Dave Casper Jersey , so he stepped down a bit early in a lost season.You could argue that Gruden was the unofficial GM based on the personnel decisions that were made in his first offseason — some of which were highly questionable — but he didn’t come in with a machete to the front office and even when McKenzie stepped down, he didn’t name himself interim or acting GM. That title was given to Shaun Herock.Besides, Gruden was hired to a 10-year deal to shake things up, so McKenzie’s exit was inevitable. That’s not what Gase was brought in to do. Mike Mayock was hired as GM the day after the season, giving him time to acclimate to the job. He kept McKenzie’s scouting department through free agency and the pre-draft process for continuity. Since the draft was over, he’s been hiring replacements.Aside from the shock and awe that he told most of those scouts to go home a week before the draft was mostly following a tweet from Ian Rapoport who had a scout source who he followed even so far as telling him when they had gotten on the bus for the airport. Rapoport was a bit more surprised at this news. As soon as the 2018 season was over, we knew who the five teams were that could not turn down HBO’s Hard Knocks should they hope to make the Raiders the team for the show this season. Those teams..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕What Raiders players and coaches have been saying this offseason about appearing on Hard KnocksNew,83commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareWhat Raiders players and coaches have been saying this offseason about appearing on Hard KnocksKirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsAs soon as the 2018 season was over, we knew who the five teams were that could not turn down HBO’s Hard Knocks should they hope to make the Raiders the team for the show this season. Those teams were the Raiders, 49ers, Giants, Lions Derek Carr Jersey , and Washington.That was also when we learned that Mike Mayock was the team’s new General Manager. Immediately, the Raiders looked like a lock to be the team chosen for the show. I said just that on December 31.Through the years, teams selected for Hard Knocks have made their announcement between March and June. And with the playoffs going on and the non-playoff teams starting their offseasons, all was quiet for a while. It was at the Lions’ season ticket holders forum on February 12 that Matt Patricia broke the ice on the subject. He, of course, pitched the Raiders to HBO to be the selection.It was a couple weeks later at the scouting combine that Jon Gruden was given a chance to respond.Two weeks later, Antonio Brown was officially a Raider. A few days later, they signed infamously dirty player Vontaze Burfict all of which only amped up the discussions about the Raiders being the perfect spectacle for Hard Knocks.On March 27 at the owners meetings, owner Mark Davis was asked about whether he would like the Raiders to be on the show. He was adamantly against it, joking that he would “fire Jon and then hire him back” should the Raiders be chosen.OTA’s kicked off a the end of May along with the addition of controversial offensive guard Richie Incognito.After the second open OTA session on May 28, I asked the very camera and social media friendly Antonio Brown how he would feel about having the Hard Knocks crew out here for practices.Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther has a lot of experience doing the show, having had the Hard Knocks crew there while with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was the ideal person to ask about what it is like. He discussed it after the team’s third OTA practice on June 4 Antonio Brown Jersey , saying it wasn’t as much of a distraction as perhaps fans fear.Obviously, Vontaze Burfict, who played seven seasons in Cincinnati also knows the drill. He also said it wasn’t a big distraction.And finally, the day of reckoning today. Prior to their first minicamp practice, Jon Gruden hinted that the Raiders would be selected, by mentioning the show unpromptedHis brother Jay in Washington pulled a Matt Patricia in nominating the Raiders for the show, to which Jon joked (I think).Daryl Worley was asked if he knew whether the team was selected for the show, and he said he did not.Then after practice came the official announcement which included a quote from Mark Davis.The HBO Hard Knocks crew will be in training camp in Napa, so that will be an interesting experience for myself as well as all the other media who attend camp every year. Last year with Gruden back, it got a bit crowded at times. But it will certainly be great for the fans who want to watch the inner workings. Oh, and Antonio Brown tweeted this out just now:Follow @LeviDamien