It’s been nearly 12 years since McDaniels was run out of Denver after just 28 games. Not much went right for the 33-year-old head coach. It was so bad, in fact, that even to this day, many are still highly skeptical he is head coaching material. To McDaniels’s credit, the now 45-year-old recognizes where things went wrong.
“Yeah. When I went to Denver, I knew a little bit of football. I didn’t really know people and how important that aspect of this process and maintaining the culture and building the team was,” McDaniels said in his introductory press conference as the Raiders’ new head coach. “I failed, and I didn’t succeed at it.
“Looking at that experience has been one of the best things in my life in terms of my overall growth as a person, as a coach. What do I need to do different, how do I need to handle my role, if I have another opportunity, and do better at it. I feel like that’s really an area that I’ve tried to grow in with our staff in New England.
