Raiders’ decision to move on from Pete Carroll proves the franchise is dysfunctional as ever before, even with Tom Brady in the fold

The Raiders will be on their fifth head coach in six years.

Justin Churchill — College Football & NFL Trending News Writer
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Few NFL franchises are as dysfunctional as the Las Vegas Raiders. Their extended playoff drought makes them a leading example of organizational turmoil. Adding to this, they’ve again fired their head coach—this time, Pete Carroll, lured out of retirement after his tenure with the Seattle Seahawks.

Even Tom Brady couldn’t save the Raiders in 2025

Even with Tom Brady helping out owner Mark Davis, the Raiders still can’t seem to get anything right. Unless their goal was to lose all but three games and secure the No. 1 overall pick in a terrible draft class, they failed worse than any of the previous head coaches. Vegas is about to be on its fifth head coach in six years, proving just how dysfunctional they are.

The writing should have been on the wall for the Raiders to see before they hired Carroll. He was let go by the Seahawks, a team he won a Super Bowl with, for a young, first-time head coach. They did that for a reason. Not to mention, it’s obvious Carroll was out of his prime. Sure, the guy is still young at heart and can run up and down the practice field, tackle players playfully, dancing, and all of that. However, it’s obvious his elite coaching days are well behind him.

The game changes and adapts. You have to be willing to change and adapt with it, and it’s obvious that Carroll either wasn’t willing to do that or just couldn’t do it. Carroll will likely stay in retirement, and the Raiders will look for someone to try to turn this giant mess around, which is easier said than done.

Vegas has been stuck in a rebuild for about 20 years, and they’ll continue to lean on Brady, the greatest player of all time, to fix it. There’s only so much the greatest quarterback of all time can do for you when he’s not even the one throwing the ball.

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