Comments on: 2002 Raiders coaches will face inevitable questions about Tim Brown’s accusations

By: connie73

connie73 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:26:50 +0000

Can anyone vote for these guys for the hall of fame. 10 years later they are making a big deal
out of this. Come on we are getting ready for a super bowl
I loved Tim at one time. He just lost me.

By: justwannawinna

justwannawinna — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:16:03 +0000

I dont know it makes sense for them to throw since they had Gannon looking good with rice and brown and they did lead the league in passing but at the same time when a gameplan is suddenly changed a day or two before the big game is also very weird.
But you can always point fingers but at the end of the day the Raiders will never get that superbowl they lost ten years ago.

By: philvil41

philvil41 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:40:37 +0000

I have personally spoken to the Raiders special teams coach from that SB{Bob Casullo} at a coaches clinic.I asked him what went wrong that game, and he placed the blame squarely on Head Coach Bill Callahan changeing the gameplan.

By: mhs8031

mhs8031 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:45:47 +0000

The raiders are the jets of the 2013 offseason.

By: raidernation210

raidernation210 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:27:03 +0000

Tampa Bay defense is getting WAY to much credit for the Super Bowl victory. Tampa its self is getting WAY to much credit. The fact is that Callahan was a clown who didn’t change any of the plays or signals or audibles. The fact is JOHN GRUDEN is the only reason Tampa bay won that Super Bowl, THE ONLY REASON!!!!

By: bigal1952

bigal1952 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:27:27 +0000

Brown has a history of making outrageous and controversial statements, so this isn’t out of character for him. And both Brown and Rice had an axe to grind with Callahan. Barrett Robbins went awol for reasons other than Brown will admit, and there has been discussion on that among Raider fans way previous to this. The biggest problem was with his replacement, Adam Treu, not being able to handle Sapp inside, which forced the Raiders to have to double-team him and leave the edge rushers one on one with the OT’s, who got beat. Combine that with Gruden knowing the calls and Gannon’s tells, and it was game over.

By: rprudhomme

rprudhomme — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:58:56 +0000

Right, like that coaching staff is going to admit anything. If you think about it, this wouldn’t have been such a huge topic if the media wasn’t a bunch of instigators and now this subject has gone way out hand no thanks to them.

By: cameltoehoe

cameltoehoe — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:01:59 +0000

I trust Brown over Romanowski anyday. Of course, if I ever told Bill to his face, he’d probably spit on me.

By: jrosenbaum

jrosenbaum — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:39:10 +0000

This is an absolutely ridiculous story. Of course the Raiders didn’t throw the Super Bowl in 2003. But these incessant coverage seems to be continually glossing over the fact that the 2003 Tampa Bay team was REALLY, REALLY good. They had been on the prescience of making the Super Bowl for several years and they simply were too good to be denied that year.

Let’s move onto something more interesting, like Ray Lewis!

By: spellingcops

spellingcops — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:19:00 +0000

Commitment to excrement.

By: riverhorsey

riverhorsey — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:52:02 +0000

We heard one side of the story let’s see Calahan and Gannon on the same show as Rice and Brown.

Bring it on ! Let’s hear it all.

By: raideralex99

raideralex99 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:44:27 +0000

Some of these comments are unreal!

1. Ask any coach in the NFL if he would change the game plan 2 days before a game … After they answer NO.

2. Ask any coach what would happen if a coach was dumb enough to changed a game plan 2 days before … what are the odd of winning compared to losing.

If Callahan did change the game plan 2 days before the game …. You have your answer … So please no more stupid comments.

By: dawglb

dawglb — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:35:18 +0000

If there is ANY truth to this, I would imagine that Al Davis asked Bill to see his game plan on Thursday night, then proceeded to flip out on the coach, and demanded that it be changed. THAT seems more likely than a man, a coach who has put in thousands of hours that season, choosing to purposefully lose a Super Bowl.

By: really999

really999 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:32:09 +0000

Really?

Before this came up when was the last time anyone thought about this game. Who cares. Tim Brown – were you under contractual obligations to not discuss this for 10 years.

Brown was always over-rated as a player IMO. Now he is over-rated as a source.

Enough of this poor excuse for journalism.

By: lurkerkerker

lurkerkerker — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:30:23 +0000

Raider O-lineman Lincoln Kennedy brought up some very good points earlier today on a radio interview:
Wouldn’t the time to sabotage a team be before they got to the playoffs? If he wanted the Raiders to suck, why didn’t he tank the season?
It was the last year with only one week between conference championship games and the Superbowl. After media day and travel and such, they only had two days to prepare.
Second-string center.
Gruden knew their playbook.
They had no running game all season.
Tim Brown is a bitter man.

By: gbsoccer6

gbsoccer6 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:17:01 +0000

This doesnt surprise me, just look at the playoffs this year. Funny, how this is Matt Birk’s final year and the ravens make the Super Bowl. The NFL is clearly rigged. Glad to see players speaking out……….

By: mutantmammal

mutantmammal — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:03:37 +0000

As Gruden would say “He’s out of his skull!!!” This is all “hogwash” !!

By: mutantmammal

mutantmammal — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:02:23 +0000

Bill Walsh and Don Shula conspired to keep Marino from ever winning a superbowl… While Jerry was on the team… Oh wait no thats right the better team won… History constantly seems to repeat itself… strange how that happens…

By: vols84

vols84 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:54:31 +0000

Ask Nebraska fans what they think of Ole Billy Callahan

By: questforthesixthnotthelast2013

questforthesixthnotthelast2013 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:52:05 +0000

Jerry shulda helped timmy with the duct taping and binding of callahan. They wulda won! Jerry and tim are very close im sure so maybe he can take a hit to his persona by helping tim browns cover story, ima niner fan and when they let rice go, it was like why, for T.O.?
they had two of the best ever WR!! Brown showed his age at the time thats why i was flabbergasted!! Rice still played well. Pay da man!!

By: mutantmammal

mutantmammal — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:51:16 +0000

Timmy must have been very upset by the “Thrown” game that Callahan and Gruden hatched…. Cause he came to “play” for the Bucs a couple of years later when he was mostly a punt return “specialist” losing 10+ yards on evry fielded punt… When he wasnt cowering in fear of the big hit…. I think Timmy and Tom Brady are in this scheme together to minimize Wes’s wifes remarks… ABSURD !!!!

By: smarter76

smarter76 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:43:27 +0000

Tim Brown, Jerry Rice, Charlie Garner and Jon Ritchie were there, you people were NOT…might as well stop the condescending attitude.

Something was very, very wrong with how Callahan approached that game.

By: greg2geez

greg2geez — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:33:46 +0000

Does Callahan like to gamble? What’s the biggest bet you’ve ever won?

With just 2 days to play & a new gameplan was Callahan just too busy to consider changing Gruden’s verbiage out of the play book?

Is Callahan currently disgruntled and does he own semi-auto firearms?

How would Bill Callahan compare coaching experiences with Al Davis &Jerry Jones?

Did it never occur to Bill Callahan that Barrett Robbins might not take the news so well?

By: macker1283

macker1283 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:33:05 +0000

The only one actually covering this story is Pro Football Talk so I’m not sure its as big a deal as people are saying. “Silence almost as damning as an admission.” Oh yea right. So if someone accused you of murder and you didn’t respond because the accusation is so outlandish, that means you are admitting it?

By: mancave001

mancave001 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:30:05 +0000

This such a stupid story. No way a coach tries to lose the SB. That’s like saying Andy Reid wanted to lose b/c his pace and clock management sucked. Come on.

By: jasonculhane

jasonculhane — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:16:36 +0000

jeagan1999

Cool, I saw the same Superbowl. And I also saw a gameplan that fit directly in the hands of the Buc’s defense.

So yes, Tampa kicked their ass. My question is this though. Don’t you find it funny that Jon Gruden simulated Gannon at the quarterback position during his practices all week leading up to the Superbowl?

If he didn’t know what the game plan already was why spend so much time if he didn’t know for sure what those audibles were? I think he knew exactly what was gonna happen or why spend so much time on it. Buc’s players claim they spent the entire week on it. Now you hear Callahan changing gameplans at the last minute. How do you know he didn’t change it according to the Bucs gameplan? Sounds like he did to me and its not really hard to fathom.

So I don’t understand why this seems far fetched. Its really not, in fact its easier to believe they tanked giving the evidence and the fact you saw the game.

By: huskerguy

huskerguy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:10:02 +0000

As well as trying to kill off Husker Nation. Never liked the guy.

By: turfrage

turfrage — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:54:45 +0000

Are people still really concerned about a game that was TEN years ago!!! Stupid doesn’t describe this. No matter who wins don’t ever forget it’s an entertainment industry. Enjoy the game then get on with REAL life.

By: kirksutton

kirksutton — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:52:05 +0000

“At some point,Callahan’s silence becomes almost as damning as an admission.” Mike Florio,you should be ashamed of yourself.

By: lostsok

lostsok — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:45:18 +0000

At worst they made a tactical error. Considering Robbins blew up their line by going loco that weekend, the Raiders were pretty much just doomed.

Add to that the fact they were playing a good team coached by someone who knew all their strengths–and weaknesses–they were cooked goose the moment their plane landed.