New Raiders interim offensive coordinator Scott Turner opened his news conference Thursday by expressing gratitude for longtime college and NFL coach John Robinson, who died Monday at 89 .
Turner was a quarterback under Robinson at UNLV in the early 2000s. At that time, there was no thought of the Raiders one day landing in Las Vegas and not staying in Oakland.
Robinson gave Turner a shot with the Rebels, and now Raiders coach Antonio Pierce is doing the same more than 20 years later and just 11 miles from campus.
"The only thing I really asked for was if we could have my dad come just for some help," Turner said.
Pierce agreed to the request, remembering going against Norv Turner - a former longtime NFL head coach and offensive coordinator - during this playing days with Washington and the New York Giants.
