In an interview before the Raiders won their last two games, Layla - yes, her parents were Eric Clapton fans - said the criticism has been muted. "It's been OK so far. I expected it each week to get worse and worse, and it hasn't."
That may have been because, even while losing, the Raiders looked much improved over last year's 2-14 mess. But Layla, 32, is well aware how quickly the fortunes of a coach can turn for the worse.
Her father, John Reaves, an All-America quarterback at Florida who played 11 seasons in the NFL, coached for many years before going into commercial real estate. He was on the staff of Brad Scott at South Carolina. Scott was fired after a 1-10 season in 1998.