Oh, Las Vegas Raiders.
It was good news in the organization when the former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach — more importantly, the former Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator who coached the Legion of Boom — Gus Bradley was hired to be defensive coordinator to replace the fired Paul Guenther.
But the announcement on Twitter confused a lot of fans and NFL experts — it appeared to be a photo of former Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, and that might explain that the Raiders got the wrong ex-Chargers coach (Bradley was the defensive coordinator for Los Angeles the last three seasons).
Here’s the gaffe:
Someone tell the Raiders that’s Ken Whisenhunt 😂 pic.twitter.com/4zkLFr5uKI
— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) January 12, 2021
That's Ken Whisenhunt. pic.twitter.com/Fpm9HTHmPx
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) January 12, 2021
The fact that the @Raiders managed to spend time photoshopping a Raiders hat onto Ken Whisenhunt instead of the actual man they hired in Gus Bradley is an incredible feat of PR ineptitude.
"We're not exactly sure who we hired…but they're going to be GREAT" pic.twitter.com/HOD2FUnpH9
— Andy Holloway (@andyholloway) January 12, 2021
And the correct photo:
Welcome to Las Vegas, Coach.
We have hired Gus Bradley as our defensive coordinator » https://t.co/8xRvXKpKnH pic.twitter.com/trpr74atDI
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) January 12, 2021
LOL.
