Raiders fire coach Dennis Allen

[Auggie]

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Allen didn't have any solutions for the team’s problems, and his players started to sense that. Of the 15 players The Chronicle talked to after the game Sunday, only three argued that Allen should be retained. The others essentially shrugged.

There was no word on who the interim head coach will be. Signs had pointed to offensive line coach and former Miami head coach Tony Sparano, although there might be concern over promoting a coach whose team is ranked dead last in running the football.

The other possibilities are senior offensive assistant Al Saunders and offensive coordinator Greg Olson.

Oakland had lost 10 straight games under Allen, dating to last season. He was 8-28 in his two-plus seasons. Nine of those losses were by 20 points or more.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Raiders-fire-coach-Dennis-Allen-5789600.php

I thought it would take 3 to 5 years for this team to start winning considering the terrible situation Allen and GM Reggie McKenzie inherited in 2012, so maybe the jury was still out. But they've seemed to regress, as impossible as that may sound.

Coaches since Gruden, plus W-L:

Dennis Allen, 2012-14: 8-28

Hue Jackson, 2011: 8-8

Tom Cable, 2008-10: 17-27

Lane Kiffin, 2007-08: 5-15

Art Shell, 2006: 2-14

Norv Turner, 2003-05: 9-23

Bill Callahan, 2001-03: 15-17

Jon Gruden, 1997-2001: 39-27