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NFL coaching changes: Can the Raiders win a Super Bowl with Bill Callahan?

By By Ryan Early

Friday, June 28, 2002

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis prefers to stay within the Raider family when hiring a head coach, which made his 1998 decision to bring in Jon Gruden all the more extraordinary. Four years later, the wunderkind has been shipped to Florida for a parcel of draft picks and cash, leaving the Raiders to promote from within out of necessity rather than choice. With the oldest team in the league facing a salary-cap implosion in 2003, the Raiders have just one season to capture the Lombardi Trophy. B ...

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