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Hue Jackson and the third person

Readers of this blog know I flinch when a famous athlete or coach refers to himself in the third person. Hue Jackson is a big third-person kind of guy. Once, during Tuesday's intro presser for Carson Palmer, Jackson called himself "Hue Jackson." I am not here to criticize Jackson. I [...]

By | October 19th, 2011|13 Comments

What Hue Jackson did wrong

I give all credit to Hue Jackson for beating the Cleveland Browns and for getting the Oakland Raiders off to a heady 4-2 start. That's all commendable. I think he's a very good coach who is good for the Raiders, especially with Al Davis gone. I believe Jackson can fill [...]

By | October 16th, 2011|7 Comments

Hue Jackson does not fear Patriots

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat just posted my Tuesday column I wrote based on Hue Jackson's Monday news conference in Alameda. Jackson has the correct attitude about the Patriots game this coming Sunday. He says bring on the Patriots. He sees the game as the ultimate opportunity for his team. [...]

By | September 26th, 2011|9 Comments

Jim Harbaugh vs. Hue Jackson

I'm sitting here in the Cohn Zohn with Grant a few hours before we drive to Candlestick Park for the Raiders-Niners game. In this case, the Cohn Zohn is the dining room table where we're both typing away like fools. "I'll tell you the difference between Hue Jackson and Jim [...]

By | August 20th, 2011|20 Comments

Raiders, 49ers and blitzing

As you know the Raiders play the 49ers Saturday night at Candlestick Park in an exhibition game. If I were Raiders head coach Hue Jackson I would blitz the heck out of the 49ers. You're not supposed to blitz in exhibition games? Forget that. I would blitz until the 49ers [...]

By | August 17th, 2011|23 Comments

Raiders look good

This is really weird. I already wrote my Friday column from the Raiders game. The Press Democrat already posted it. And now I'm linking it to the Cohn Zohn. And get this, the game is still going on -- is actually in the third quarter. I've never been so lickety [...]

By | August 11th, 2011|9 Comments

Does Hue Jackson kiss up to Al Davis?

As I mentioned in an earlier Zohn post, Hue Jackson constantly referred to Al Davis as "Coach Davis" in his Thursday pre-draft press conference. I found the Coach Davis reference fascinating and I wondered what it means about Jackson. Is it reasonable to refer to Davis in public as Coach [...]

By | April 21st, 2011|15 Comments

Hue Jackson and Al Davis

I'm running out of the house now because I'm on Comcast at 5 pm -- hope you can watch. When I get home I'll write a column about Hue Jackson, who held his pre-draft media confab today.  When he referred to Al Davis today, he only referred to him as [...]

By | April 21st, 2011|15 Comments

The Raiders’ curious moral scale

My son Grant (Iggy) is learning to write satire. He wrote this piece in good fun about Al Davis' morality, particularly as it seems to apply to sexual relations between men and women. I hope you enjoy it. Here goes: There's Aristotle's Ethics, and there's Al Davis' Ethics. I'm going [...]

By | January 20th, 2011|23 Comments

Hue Jackson immediately in trouble with NFL

Hue Jackson already is in trouble with the NFL. He was involved with a company that produced a substance banned by the league. If I'm reading the articles right the league told him to sever ties with this company the day after Al Davis made him head coach. This looks [...]

By | January 20th, 2011|0 Comments