ALAMEDA — In retrospect, Hue Jackson is willing to concede the scorched earth approach wasn’t the best strategy when it came to the end of his tenure as coach of the Raiders.
“I can laugh about it now,” Jackson told Bay Area media by conference call Wednesday.
Rewind to the 2011 season, and it was a tumultuous year even by Raiders standards. Owner Al Davis died from heart failure on Oct. 8. There was a void in the organizational power structure.
Yet if the Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers in the regular-season finale, they would reach the playoffs with a 9-7 record.