When it comes to his preferred head coach candidate, Las Vegas Raiders player Maxx Crosby is putting some public pressure on the team.
Crosby used the hashtag #HireAP to openly urge the organization to keep interim coach Antonio Pierce indefinitely on social media on Friday.
Crosby’s post, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, is not just for show, and that the great pass rusher is “drawing a line in the sand” with the Raiders over his chosen coach.
Raiders owner Mark Davis must make a difficult decision. Pierce’s record as the team’s interim coach was 5-4, but he clearly won over the locker room during his nine-game term. By the end of the season, he appeared to have won over the supporters as well. However, with the Raiders linked to one high-profile coach, Davis will undoubtedly want to weigh his options, and it will be difficult to reject a bigger, more established name.
If Pierce is not hired by the Raiders, he appears to be on the radar of another team.
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