CS85 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 This story's been getting a lot of press ever since Jerry Rice threw his hat in the ring of conspirators. I have no idea if there's any further meat on the bones, since it's been so long since this particular game has crossed anyone's minds.Tim Brown was the first and Jerry followed suit in accusing Callahan of sabotaging the original run-heavy gameplan in favor of an out aerial assault. “We get our game plan for victory on Monday, and the game plan says we’re gonna run the ball,” Brown said Saturday on SiriusXM NFL Radio, which provided us with the audio. “We averaged 340 [pounds] on the offensive line, they averaged 280 [on the defensive line]. We’re all happy with that, everybody is excited. [We] tell Charlie Garner, ‘Look, you’re not gonna get too many carries, but at the end of the day we’re gonna get a victory. Tyrone Wheatley, Zack Crockett, let’s get ready to blow this thing up.’”According to Brown, coach Bill Callahan then “blew this thing up” on the Friday before the Super Bowl, changing the game plan from a run-heavy attack to an intent to “throw the ball 60 times.”Both Rice and Brown implied that this sudden change likely led to Barrett Robbins infamously abandoning the squad. Everyone was apparently aware of Robbins' emotional instability. Discuss. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespleenenator Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I guess the first question to ask is why. Why would blow up the game plan just before the game? Why you make fun of me? I make concept for Auburn champions and you make fun of me. I cry tears.Chopping off the dicks of Filipino boys and embracing causes that promote bigotry =/= strong moral character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The conspiracy angle of this would be more believable if Callahan hadn't proven his incompetence at Nebraska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It sounds like Callahan finally got the sense that Tampa knew their entire offensive scheme because he was too lazy to change anything, and he panicked at the last minute. No matter if Oakland had stuck with a scheme that had them running the ball, or if they aired it out, they were still going to get killed in that game. That game was the worst case scenario for the Raiders. They couldn't have pulled any worse of an opponent. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's absurd on its face.Tim Brown is obviously embittered, but shame on Jerry Rice for playing along. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I was under the impression that the gameplan changed because of Robbins' disappearance. If that's the case, this ESPN creating a non-story and developing it as a story (sorry for contributing to the sudden onset of increasing ESPN 'bashing'). Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Its two weeks to the Super Bowl and ESPN has gotten tired of Manti Te'o.The bottom line is Callahan was a terrible coach, and never changed anything after Gruden left. Come game time the Bucs saw the same offense they praticed against and it was all she wrote. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Brown must not have been too bitter, since he actually finished his career in 2004 with the Buccaneers.Jon Gruden loved playing guys who were at the end of their ropes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Why then didn't he say anything until a decade later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The conspiracy angle of this would be more believable if Callahan hadn't proven his incompetence at Nebraska.I was about to say, making Bill Callahan your coach is sabotage enough, really. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The conspiracy angle of this would be more believable if Callahan hadn't proven his incompetence at Nebraska.Halon's razor. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.Nobody ever said Bill Callahan was a great NFL coach, or even somebody that had any business being the head coach of a team in the first place. I doubt any NFL team would even grant him an interview at this point for a head coach opening, not that I'm sure he would even be interested in it if it was offered to him.if you want to talk about sabotage again ask yourself why Al Davis would be more concerned about sticking it to Jon Gruden on his way out the door then trying to win football games? For the team the Raiders had at that time, they should have had the pick of the litter with candidates. They could have brought in Mike Ditka, Jim Mora, Bill Parcells, George Seifert all for the right amount of money, a top college coach or assistant hire, or just done what virtually everyone else would have done in that spot and just pay Jon Gruden what he was asking for and stick with what was working.If your looking for someone to blame, blame the guy that got rid of a perfectly good head coach in exchange for one of the most incompetent NFL head coaches of the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yeah, because Callahan didn't want to win the Super Bowl. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Nobody ever said Bill Callahan was a great NFL coach, or even somebody that had any business being the head coach of a team in the first place. I doubt any NFL team would even grant him an interview at this point for a head coach opening, not that I'm sure he would even be interested in it if it was offered to him.Hey, if Dallas does well in the next couple of years.... On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Callahan responds... On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Warren Sapp gave an interview in which he said he couldn't believe the way the Raiders operated. He was on the sideline and a teammate said something like, "Watch this, dog, we're throwing long," and sure enough that was the next play. Sapp asked the guy how he knew and the player said Davis had called down from his box and told whoever the OC was to run a deep pass. My point being it sounds like basically nobody took a leak at the Raider facility unless Al Davis okayed it, so if the plan got changed, he, not Callahan, was probably behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The Raiders once a model franchise has become a complete joke. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Warren Sapp gave an interview in which he said he couldn't believe the way the Raiders operated. He was on the sideline and a teammate said something like, "Watch this, dog, we're throwing long," and sure enough that was the next play. Sapp asked the guy how he knew and the player said Davis had called down from his box and told whoever the OC was to run a deep pass. My point being it sounds like basically nobody took a leak at the Raider facility unless Al Davis okayed it, so if the plan got changed, he, not Callahan, was probably behind it.I think its very well possible something like that may have happened.You can't tell me Al Davis would have been happy with a run heavy attack heading into the Super Bowl, no matter what you told him in terms of how successful it might be. Certainly would have had the power to do something like that at the last minute no matter how many people might object.Who knows what went down. To me Super Bowl XXXVII just represented the final nail in the coffin for a team with an outdated philosophy on the game, that had been on a steady decline for nearly two decades. Given how out of touch they were with the rest of the league even by the early 90's, I'm surprised they had as much success as they did after Tom Flores left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Either he has a book coming out soon or he wants to get people talking about him since HOF selections are imminent. Just has to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I would not be surprised if Al made the decision from above. And I would not blame players for being unhappy (and even still hold some bitterness today). But you're going to have to show me a lot more before I'll believe anyone threw that game. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yeah, because Callahan didn't want to win the Super Bowl.I think that's the other aspect of it.If Callahan stood to make $50 million by losing, then I would say you might have something.But to say that he essentially threw the game just because the opposing head coach was his friend and because he had issues with the person signing his checks? That I have a hard time believing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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