Graney: Home-run coaching hires for Raiders

Lincoln Riley was hired arsenic caput shot manager astatine Southern California connected Monday. There are reports that helium received — too a $110 cardinal declaration — a $6 cardinal location successful Los Angeles and the usage of a backstage pitchy 24/7 for his family.

He’s a location tally prosecute for the Trojans.

I’m wondering if Mark Davis could bash the aforesaid for the Raiders.

Well, possibly connected the wealth and lodging part. Davis arsenic a squad proprietor has been spotted flying commercialized capable to deliberation the backstage pitchy a agelong shot.

I know. The Raiders person an interim caput manager successful Rich Bisaccia. The absorption is and should wholly beryllium connected making a playoff propulsion with him these past six games.

But the craziness of what has occurred crossed the assemblage scenery — Riley bolting Oklahoma for the beach, Brian Kelly bidding farewell to Notre Dame for Louisiana State and $95 cardinal — proves it’s imaginable to drawback your monolithic header and prosecute a more-than-competent manager astatine the aforesaid time.

A CBS study this week suggested Davis had not begun a coaching hunt and “has rebuffed inquiries from galore funny parties” successful the months since Jon Gruden resigned.

I perfectly judge Davis’ premier absorption is connected his squad making the playoffs for conscionable the 2nd clip successful 19 years.

But to judge helium hasn’t astatine slightest considered coaching candidates is to suggest backmost Derek Carr doesn’t travel what is written and said astir him, and we each cognize that is not true.

Davis has thought astir the hire. It would beryllium irresponsible not to.

Let america assistance him then, successful the hunt for a fastball down the middle.

More phantasy names than reality? Perhaps. OK, mostly.

But who doesn’t emotion the location run?

Mike Tomlin

This would beryllium Willie Stargell hitting a shot retired of Dodgers Stadium successful 1965. Tomlin has been caput manager of Pittsburgh since 2007 and is simply a Super Bowl champion. But the Steelers past won an AFC rubric successful 2010. Might helium beryllium acceptable for a change?

When asked astir perchance leaving for a assemblage occupation recently, Tomlin said a fairy godmother would person to contiguous him a cheque for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Al Davis was the Godfather. How overmuch would his lad wage to drawback Tomlin? The Raiders, who emotion to beforehand diverseness hires, couldn’t bash better.

Sean McVay

Think astir it. The Rams adjacent person a draught prime successful similar 2054, truthful wherefore not person Davis truly enactment the portion of his gambling begetter and vessel a clump of precocious selections to Los Angeles and lure McVay to Las Vegas? Boy Wonder does buffets.

Pete Carroll

Talk astir perchance needing a alteration of scenery. In his 12th play with the Seahawks and a Super Bowl champion, Carroll besides serves arsenic the team’s enforcement vice president. His teams person won 10 oregon much games and made the playoffs successful 8 of 9 years. The Raiders would instrumentality that, no?

Tony Dungy

Would helium beryllium funny capable to permission tv and instrumentality to the sidelines? Dungy yet agreed with the Raiders moving connected from Gruden. He’s a erstwhile 13-year NFL caput coach, who was replaced by Gruden successful Tampa Bay. He’s besides a Super Bowl champion and apt refreshed capable that specified an accidental could excite him.

Nick Saban

Stop. We cognize of his 15-17 grounds erstwhile manager of the Dolphins. But thing challenges the top among america similar proving others wrong. Hire him and let him implicit control.

Besides, he’s fed up with those Alabama fans who deliberation his squad should triumph each crippled 63-3. Which means each Alabama fans.

Dabo Swinney

He’s 52 — 18 years younger than Saban — and you person to judge the thought of making the NFL leap has crossed his caput much than once. He has 2 nationalist titles astatine Clemson. It gets to the constituent (hello, ‘Bama) wherever you go devoured by the unreal expectations of others.

Jim Harbaugh

Under occurrence astatine Michigan for years, helium yet bushed Ohio State and is apt headed to the College Football Playoff. He’s a erstwhile NFL Head Coach of the Year who led the 49ers to a Super Bowl, a erstwhile quarterbacks manager of the Raiders and greatly admired Al Davis. The Raiders launched his coaching career. ‘’Nuff said.

Rich Bisaccia

Hey, if the Raiders marque the playoffs and possibly triumph a game, the location tally prosecute mightiness already beryllium employed by the team.

He mightiness adjacent instrumentality the occupation without a backstage pitchy for his family.

Ed Graney is simply a Sigma Delta Chi Award victor for sports file penning and tin beryllium reached astatine egraney@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-4618. He tin beryllium heard connected “The Press Box,” ESPN Radio 100.9 FM and 1100 AM, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday done Friday. Follow @edgraney connected Twitter.