Will Lane Kiffin be fired this next monday....my omney is on AL Davis...and the Raiders Axe to fall hard and James Lofton to be the new Head Coach...or Al´s Puppet.
Al Davis and Kiffin Round two this weekend
Al Davis and Kiffin Round two this weekend
Will Lane Kiffin be fired this next monday....my omney is on AL Davis...and the Raiders Axe to fall hard and James Lofton to be the new Head Coach...or Al´s Puppet.
Zuletzt geändert von Texican am Mi Okt 01, 2008 22:11, insgesamt 1-mal geändert.
Make Texican the President of AFVD.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
Zuletzt geändert von Texican am Mi Okt 01, 2008 22:12, insgesamt 1-mal geändert.
Make Texican the President of AFVD.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
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coach konfuzius
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his name is kiffin! "Kiffen" is something different 
I dont know if this was the right move. Anyways it was just a matter of time lane got fired. Since the raiders are bye next week it was a good decision doing this procedure right now. I hope with tom cable as HC this organisation will get their pride back. But as long as dictator al davis is still alive it wont be easy no matter who their coach is.
I dont know if this was the right move. Anyways it was just a matter of time lane got fired. Since the raiders are bye next week it was a good decision doing this procedure right now. I hope with tom cable as HC this organisation will get their pride back. But as long as dictator al davis is still alive it wont be easy no matter who their coach is.-
coach konfuzius
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Aber echt, die Aktion von Al fand ich peinlich! Klar ist er sauer und hat seine Gründe warum er Kiffin gefeuert hat, aber Vereinsinterna an die Öffentlichkeit zu geben und Lane Kiffin auf diese Weise als "Bösewicht" oder besser gesagt als "Lügner" zu bezichtigen finde ich mehr als unprofessionell. Ist doch egal was der Coach getan hat, das geht niemanden was an der nichts mit dem Team zutun hat. Der Mann ist so alt und hat so eine Lebenserfahrung, aber diese Aktion war kindergartenreif und hat der Organisation der Raiders eher geschadet als geholfen.
Kiffen , Kiffin...fired, dismissed he should have stayed at USC...who bloody well cares...Davis is still alive and before he goes he will sell the club to some guy from Dubai.
Jamarcus is a flop, and who ever is the HC will be Al´s puppet...like Davis said in the Press conference, The Head Coach will be under the General Manger and Principle Owner´s dictum on all matters....
I can´t hardly wait till 2010, because 2009 is shot.
Confucius why you busting my balls over a misspelling "K"????
I understand the whole confused angle too!
Jamarcus is a flop, and who ever is the HC will be Al´s puppet...like Davis said in the Press conference, The Head Coach will be under the General Manger and Principle Owner´s dictum on all matters....
I can´t hardly wait till 2010, because 2009 is shot.
Confucius why you busting my balls over a misspelling "K"????
I understand the whole confused angle too!
Make Texican the President of AFVD.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
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Ich fand Al eigentlich immer ganz O.K., halt ein Typ mit Ecken & Kanten. Seine Einzelkämpfer - Mentalität und seine legendären Alleingänge machten ihn mir ganz sympathisch
Aber so langsam scheint bei ihm wohl eine brisante Mischung aus Alterstarrsinn und Senilität durchzuschimmern
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Seine Entscheidungen in Personalfragen sind in den letzten Jahren ja auch ziemlich ..........mhh, sagen wir mal ...........undurchsichtig
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machten ihn mir ganz sympathischAber so langsam scheint bei ihm wohl eine brisante Mischung aus Alterstarrsinn und Senilität durchzuschimmern
.Seine Entscheidungen in Personalfragen sind in den letzten Jahren ja auch ziemlich ..........mhh, sagen wir mal ...........undurchsichtig
.Today is the first day from the rest of your life!
Not my words but my feelings....
Al Davis has done a lot for pro football. His personnel acumen and strong-willed business approach helped merge his upstart American Football League with the mighty NFL. Joe Namath and the Jets and the late Hank Stram and his Chiefs proved that the so-called minor league could not only compete, but also whip the NFL big boys.
Davis later took the NFL to federal court for the right to relocate from Oakland to Los Angeles. His victory infuriated many of his former ownership pals and drove an unbreakable wedge between himself and the late Pete Rozelle.
Ever since that victory 25-plus years ago, it has forever been Al Davis versus the NFL. Davis went from earning respect to disdain throughout. Yes, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones struck up a friendship with Davis, but everyone else believes he has ruined what was a nationally popular franchise, one with so much history and lore. The Raiders were everyone's favorite bad guys.
Which brings me to this past week's startling press conference in which Davis smeared his hand-picked head coach Lane Kiffin, calling him a liar while revealing more dirty laundry than was really necessary? OK, so Kiffin and his offensive coaches didn't want to draft JaMarcus Russell. Kiffin wanted to win immediately and he figured he could win with quarterback Josh McCown, especially if he had receiver Calvin Johnson running opposite Jerry Porter last season. Kiffin wanted to take Stanford's Trent Edwards, now Buffalo's starter, in the second round.
Davis spoke for more than 45 minutes, revealing his case against Kiffin. All he had to do was say that he was firing Kiffin not because he had a 1-3 record this season but for cause and unspecified reasons. That would have been sufficient and he could have answered a few questions. Instead, he wanted to pile drive Kiffin into the ground. He wanted to show everyone that Kiffin was the bad guy and not him!
I don't know what has happened to Davis. He used to be an amazing figure, the only owner who was actually a very good coach. In fact, he was the AFL's coach of the year in 1963 with a 10-4 record.
Later, Davis, with John Madden and Ron Wolf, built very good teams over two decades, the 1970s and 1980s. Eventually, Davis gave up on Los Angeles, believing he could turn back the clock in Oakland while pocketing a chunk of change, a figure close to what he gave uninspired defensive tackle Tommy Kelly this year. It was a short-sighted move on his part. Had he stayed, the Raiders would have been the only team in Los Angeles and someone, maybe R.D. Hubbard, would have helped him build a fancy new stadium.
Davis and the Raiders haven't been right since he couldn't share the stage with Jon Gruden. Gruden was the perfect, irreverent coach for the Raiders, plus he was his own man. And he effectively used Bruce Allen, his general manager now in Tampa Bay, as a perfect buffer between himself and Davis. If Gruden, not Bill Callahan, was coaching the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, Davis would have won his fourth Super Bowl.
The Raiders and Davis have spiraled out of control since that 2002 season. He refuses to listen to any of his employees in practical matters while his health has worsened. He now lives in a suite of rooms at a hotel near the Raiders' practice facility. Callahan once called Davis a character between Elvis Presley and Howard Hughes. And all he did the other was further ruin his legacy as one of the NFL's most important innovators and contributors. Instead, he has tarnished most of that and become simply a mean, old man
Al Davis has done a lot for pro football. His personnel acumen and strong-willed business approach helped merge his upstart American Football League with the mighty NFL. Joe Namath and the Jets and the late Hank Stram and his Chiefs proved that the so-called minor league could not only compete, but also whip the NFL big boys.
Davis later took the NFL to federal court for the right to relocate from Oakland to Los Angeles. His victory infuriated many of his former ownership pals and drove an unbreakable wedge between himself and the late Pete Rozelle.
Ever since that victory 25-plus years ago, it has forever been Al Davis versus the NFL. Davis went from earning respect to disdain throughout. Yes, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones struck up a friendship with Davis, but everyone else believes he has ruined what was a nationally popular franchise, one with so much history and lore. The Raiders were everyone's favorite bad guys.
Which brings me to this past week's startling press conference in which Davis smeared his hand-picked head coach Lane Kiffin, calling him a liar while revealing more dirty laundry than was really necessary? OK, so Kiffin and his offensive coaches didn't want to draft JaMarcus Russell. Kiffin wanted to win immediately and he figured he could win with quarterback Josh McCown, especially if he had receiver Calvin Johnson running opposite Jerry Porter last season. Kiffin wanted to take Stanford's Trent Edwards, now Buffalo's starter, in the second round.
Davis spoke for more than 45 minutes, revealing his case against Kiffin. All he had to do was say that he was firing Kiffin not because he had a 1-3 record this season but for cause and unspecified reasons. That would have been sufficient and he could have answered a few questions. Instead, he wanted to pile drive Kiffin into the ground. He wanted to show everyone that Kiffin was the bad guy and not him!
I don't know what has happened to Davis. He used to be an amazing figure, the only owner who was actually a very good coach. In fact, he was the AFL's coach of the year in 1963 with a 10-4 record.
Later, Davis, with John Madden and Ron Wolf, built very good teams over two decades, the 1970s and 1980s. Eventually, Davis gave up on Los Angeles, believing he could turn back the clock in Oakland while pocketing a chunk of change, a figure close to what he gave uninspired defensive tackle Tommy Kelly this year. It was a short-sighted move on his part. Had he stayed, the Raiders would have been the only team in Los Angeles and someone, maybe R.D. Hubbard, would have helped him build a fancy new stadium.
Davis and the Raiders haven't been right since he couldn't share the stage with Jon Gruden. Gruden was the perfect, irreverent coach for the Raiders, plus he was his own man. And he effectively used Bruce Allen, his general manager now in Tampa Bay, as a perfect buffer between himself and Davis. If Gruden, not Bill Callahan, was coaching the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, Davis would have won his fourth Super Bowl.
The Raiders and Davis have spiraled out of control since that 2002 season. He refuses to listen to any of his employees in practical matters while his health has worsened. He now lives in a suite of rooms at a hotel near the Raiders' practice facility. Callahan once called Davis a character between Elvis Presley and Howard Hughes. And all he did the other was further ruin his legacy as one of the NFL's most important innovators and contributors. Instead, he has tarnished most of that and become simply a mean, old man
Make Texican the President of AFVD.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.
He promises, Beer at all games, Cheerleaders who are Hot and GFL 1-2-3 and players get to be on TV.