Pete Carroll's inaugural campaign as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders hasn't gone as planned, to put it mildly. The team has been unbearably bad in all three phases of football, which has called for on-the-fly wholesale changes.
Special teams coordinator Tom McMahon was the first domino to fall following Las Vegas' 10-7 primetime snoozefest loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 10. Now, the Raiders have dismissed offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and his "right-hand man," senior offensive assistant Bob Bicknell.
Firing any staffers midseason, let alone three (including one who was supposed to be his top lieutenant), is uncommon for Carroll; literally.