Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco didn’t meet each until Monday, yet they already appear to be willingly in lockstep on a key reality:
They know they need each other to succeed in their new roles with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The process of getting to Wednesday’s introductory press conference to announce Pierce as the full-time head coach and Telesco the general manager In Las Vegas was a little odd. The Raiders began an extensive interview process of hiring a new general manager with the idea of making the hire first. Yet, last Friday the team promoted Pierce, after a scaled-down search, and then decided to hire Telesco on Tuesday after his second interview Monday.