Silver and Black roots. What it means to be a Raider. Understanding “The Raider Way.” These are the ties that suffocate. Another year, another head coach, all in the pursuit of the fading, yellowing images of what a franchise used to be and how it might be again.

No matter how much power Tom Brady will have with the Raiders, nothing can hide the level of impermanence that has defined the organization for years.

The Las Vegas Raiders owner had a pointed message for head coach Antonio Pierce amid their struggles this season.