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ALAMEDA — Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie insists the board will do the talking when the NFL draft begins Thursday night.

Name, rank and uniform number.

No truth to the rumor the 2018 draft board goes by the name “Chucky.”

From outward appearances, it’s been a blissful co-existence for McKenzie and Jon Gruden since Mark Davis landed his dream coach on Jan. 6.

It makes sense, too. McKenzie presides over a personnel department rebuilt to his specifications since arriving in 2012. Gruden hasn’t coached or been involved in full-time talent evaluation since 2008.

Gruden has been busy installing new systems on offense, defense and special teams with an entirely new staff. He’s invested time in re-inventing the strength and conditioning program under the direction of Tom Shaw. He’s got plenty on his plate as the Raiders convene for a veteran minicamp Tuesday.

“We hired 17 or 18 new coaches and now we’re in the process of (drafting) 12 or 13 new players, so obviously it’s been a whirlwind and there’s been a lot of people getting to know each other,” Gruden told the Bay Area News Group recently. “I credit Reggie McKenzie and his leadership, making everybody feel welcome and everybody’s opinions feel important.”

In terms of personality, the two appear to be a match.

Gruden is constant motion and outward enthusiasm. McKenzie called Gruden “a bowling ball of butcher knives” and meant it as a compliment. During the conditioning phase, players were watching Gruden closely, wondering if he was for real. Assistant coaches told them that yes, this is Gruden on a daily basis. Get used to it and embrace it. Get Raiders news in your inbox. Sign up now for the free Raiders HQ newsletter.

McKenzie’s photo could be side-by-side with the word “deliberate” in the dictionary. Sometimes you barely know he’s around. When McKenzie quietly began making organizational changes in 2012 and 2013, some in the building called him “the silent assassin.”

The yin and yang potential in terms of a personal relationship is unmistakable.

Both have deep and personal ties to the Raiders. McKenzie was drafted by Al Davis in 1985, he was a starting linebacker for the Raiders and worked with former Davis exec and Hall of Fame G.M. Ron Wolf in Green Bay. Gruden worked for the Packers as an assistant in 1994 when McKenzie was there and was hired by Davis in 1998 to coach the Raiders.

Gruden and McKenzie will tell you there’s a lot they learned from Al Davis, keeping to themselves the things they disagreed with in terms of personal relationships and organizational structure.

Logic and and a 10-year contract confirm “final say” responsibility rests with Gruden. As Mark Davis told NBC Sports Bay Area at the NFL owner’s meetings: “Jon’s the head coach . . . so it’s important he gets the players he wants and builds a team he wants to build. Reggie is there with his staff to find the players, keep the cap and everything else in order.”

The chain of command is more defined than year ago. Jack Del Rio, coming off a 12-4 season and hired by Mark Davis, had assumed more of a say by force of personality than predecessor Dennis Allen.

The McKenzie-Del Rio combo didn’t exactly clean up in the last few drafts since McKenzie’s Khalil Mack-Derek Carr-Gabe Jackson mother lode in 2014.

Gruden and McKenzie call it a “collaboration” and the “final say” conversation is something neither man wants to discuss.

“We like the same type of players,” McKenzie said.

Former NFL exec and NFL Network analyst Phil Savage will be watching closely.

“Does it end up being coach-driven in terms of personnel decisions or does it stay on the personnel side of things, the scouting side of things with Reggie and his group?,” Savage said. “This is maybe the No. 1 question for their organization going forward.”

Gil Brandt, the former Cowboys executive and NFL Network analyst, thinks McKenzie’s expertise — particularly this year — is important.

“It will have an effect on the draft and especially since (Jon) came in late,” Brandt said. “It’s not like he’s been following the draft all through the season like some of the coaches do now. But I think they’ll co-exist well.”

Mike Mayock, another NFL Network analyst, likes what he’s seen of the Raiders so far.

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The Deets: New city, new stadium, new Raiders? “What you saw over the last six weeks is how quickly and aggressively they went out and signed free agents, and it wasn’t the big name free agents or the high-priced ones,” Mayock said. “It was the free agents that could fit immediate needs. That’s really smart because it allows you on draft day to just go get really good players.”

Gruden is more interested in the bottom line than the process.