chamrocck Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BC responds: http://tracking.si.com/2013/01/23/bill-callahan-responds-to-sabotage-allegation/?section=si_latest This is really bizarre. My theory: Maybe Al Davis was involved in changing the gameplan? I don't know if BC would ever admit that (because then he just admits he was Al's puppet)...I think it is low probability anyway. So, let's say BC changed the gameplan...to me this fits the mold of just stupid stuff BC might do and not care about the consequences (like he coached here). Brown and Rice now see in hindsight their conspiracy theory (which is only fueled by their dislike for BC). The fact that the Raiders had no success with the run and got down big in the game made them go pass happy anyway. This in large part was due to BC's idiocy of not changing the terminology of the offense Gruden had installed. Gruden's defense thus knew the plays and it has been documented as such. So, my belief is that it is BC's ineptitude and not sabotage. The funny thing is that you have 2 HOF WR's believing BC's idiocy was actually a masterminded sabotage to spite the Raiders and have his friend Gruden win. All Husker fans know BC could never pull off this sinister of a plot...the dude is just a flat out horrible coach! Now BC may be gathering all of the sympathy votes as most I have read are calling sour grapes on Brown and Rice. This could be seriously funny with BC now being seen as the victim of these 2 elite primma donna's dumping on him 10 years later. BC (in classic BC form) bumbles the Super Bowl and may now have these 2 stars so upset at him that they go off the deep end with their conspiracy theory and BC wins sympathy (and perhaps a lawsuit to come). Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 BC didn't sabotage the SB, because he was too stupid to come up with his own plays... He ran Jon Gruden's playbook, so that it wasn't any surprise that my Raiders got the sh*t kicked out of them. I'm trying to find the clip on youtube, where Jon Lynch walks up and tells Gruden, "they're doing everything you said they would"... Thats not sabotage, that's Callahan being an idiot... Winner winner chicken dinner. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm with walks on this. This nothing more than the Walking Cluster f#*k that is Bill Callahan. Complete and utter stupidity. Did he actually think Gruden wouldn't remember the hand signals he put in place. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Take it for what it's worth, but I just had to laugh a little thinking that regardless of how valid this claim is, no Husker fan is gonna run to Bill's defense. But we probably could run through it for 7 yards a carry. Love that one. Jerry Rice backed up Tim Brown on that. Still you would think anyone would throw a lot with that duo. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I had read or heard somewhere before this story even came out that Bill had planned on changing the line calls and audible signals for that game because of Gruden, but when Bobbins their center disappeared, they had simplify things and that also resulted in a a toneback of the gameplan. The center is the qb of the Oline, and without their starter there, they had to tone back what they wanted to do. This was according to Zack Crocket I think. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's the weirdest part to me. It could not have possibly not crossed his mind that his friend, and former coach of the team, wouldn't know the same calls that he himself carried over. Then again, most Super Bowl teams don't lose their starting center and throw in a long-snapper just before the game either. What a messed up situation that was. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Jerry Rice isn't a known malcontent. He's historically a great teammate, good locker-room guy, good overall kind of guy. It's really surprising hearing this from him, but it's not like he's known for being a bad egg. Quite the opposite. Having said that, it doesn't preclude him from having an opinion that is wrong, or poorly founded. I simply do not buy the concept that Bill Callahan intentionally threw the Super Bowl. No way a guy does that. A far more likely explanation is that he didn't change the line calls enough to fool the Bucs, and Gruden's team knew what was coming. For those players griping that they didn't run enough - why would you run with a two-score deficit halfway through the second quarter? They gained something like 19 yards on 11 carries in the game. The run game wasn't working. There's zero reason to think that Callahan intentionally sabotaged the game plan - the plan they had didn't work. It's Tim Brown not Jerry Rice. Now the quote does mention Jerry (which is presumably Jerry Rice). Tim Brown came off as a hyporcritical d-bag in that quote though. We're talking about Jerry Rice because Rice backed up Brown's comments in an interview on the NFL network yesterday afternoon. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Rich Gannon is also claiming there was no change in the gameplan to begin with, that when you fall behind 20-3 by halftime, anywone would have to abandon the run and start slinging it all over the field. Romanowski disagrees. So does Zack Crocket. Sounds like Rice and Brown may be on their own with this one. The last thing I want to add before I put this issue to rest in my eyes is why the hell is this coming about 10 years later. What is wrong with these attention-craving dinglenuts that they have to crave attention to the point of ruffling 10 year-old feathers. That is bizarre in its own right. Quote Link to comment
redintampa Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The last thing I want to add before I put this issue to rest in my eyes is why the hell is this coming about 10 years later. What is wrong with these attention-craving dinglenuts that they have to crave attention to the point of ruffling 10 year-old feathers. That is bizarre in its own right. personal opinion on this...I think it may have something to do with the Hall of Fame voting taking place. Could it be that Brown thinks he needs to get his name out there again so people will remember him? I think he was up for the Hall last year but didn't make it. Maybe he is thinking that "there is no bad publicity" Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Cally's play calling evidently impressed Jerry Jones. I heard today that he will be the new play caller at Dallas............ As much as I dislike Dallas, I dislike BC even more. So for me, couldn't happen to better team. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I won't run to BC's defense but if you think that there is a coach out there that would sabotage the Super Bowl, you are out of your mind. With that said, when he was at NU, I heard a lot about he and Pederson thinking they were always the smartest person in the room. And what Gannon said about them changing calls at the LOS kind of plays into that thought process. He thought he could outsmart Gruden but it failed because his players could not catch on fast enough. Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I won't run to BC's defense but if you think that there is a coach out there that would sabotage the Super Bowl, you are out of your mind. With that said, when he was at NU, I heard a lot about he and Pederson thinking they were always the smartest person in the room. And what Gannon said about them changing calls at the LOS kind of plays into that thought process. He thought he could outsmart Gruden but it failed because his players could not catch on fast enough. When Pederson is in ANY room, there is only enough space for him and his ego. No matter the size of the room, his ego expands to fill it. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Tim Brown made some pretty damning statements about Callahan 10 years ago, when it was still fresh. This made the news because Tim Brown was notoriously quiet and loyal, a classic team player who was respected in the locker room. He may have taken his supsicions too far, but Tim Brown is neither hypocrite or dirtbag. That Jerry Rice now has his back is.....interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It seems as if Tim Brown is confused. Tim Brown probably should've gone back and read what he said about Bill Callahan before appearing on the Dan Patrick Show Wednesday, because the former Oakland Raider great basically contradicted everything he'd previously said while backtracking on his "sabotage" claims. "I never called it sabotage," Brown said of "I think in my statement last Saturday night I said that's something that we can't prove. But it's something that was brought up." One problem: Brown absolutely called Callahan's decision to change the Raiders game plan on Friday night "sabotage" while appearing on a radio spot. "We all called it sabotage," Brown said previously. So, yeah, that doesn't jive at all. Perhaps Brown's insistence while on the air with Patrick that he never used the word sabotage was born out of Callahan calling the former wide receiver's remarks "defamatory." "I didn't say Bill sabotaged the game. I wouldn't say that because that's not something I would ever have knowledge about," Brown said Wednesday. "But I have to say the word was thrown around, not just by myself, not just by myself, right after the game." LINK Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 What an attention-craving pile of crap. He's been out of the game for how many years and he brings it up now? What a big crybaby. 1 Quote Link to comment
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