HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders coach Antonio Pierce used a profanity Monday morning to describe the season's first half, but with a week off to contemplate all that went wrong, his attention turns to finding hope over his team's final eight games. Part of that process began Sunday night when he fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy , quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello and offensive line coach James Cregg.
Pierce said he would take a day or two to see who would handle those responsibilities moving forward. Las Vegas was in a similar situation at this time last year when owner Mark Davis fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler after a 3-5 start and a 26-14 loss at Detroit in a Monday night game. Pierce became the interim coach, and Las Vegas went 5-4 the rest of the way, instilling energy into the organization and earning him the full-time job .
Now the Raiders are 2-7, on a five-game losing streak and coming off Sunday's 41-24 loss at Cincinnati . “It’s kind of ironic that I took over around this time last year and we played better football at the end of the season,” Pierce said. “I’ve got to find a way to get that back into these guys, starting with our staff and our players, and make sure that we get back in this building next week, we’re energized, we’re focused, and we’re going to do whatever it takes to get a win in Miami.
” The question is how much can really be done to improve this team. There is no franchise quarterback, and Pie.