How billboard drive got started
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 10:43 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The amazing thing is Jared Staszewski never saw the Raiders win a Super Bowl.
Never saw Ken Stabler play quarterback.
Never witnessed Art Shell and Gene Upshaw blotting out the right side of the opponents’ defensive line.
He’s 22 years old. It was enough to watch from Pennsylvania as a teenager and watch the Rich Gannon-Jon Gruden Raiders win a couple of AFC West titles before giving way to Bill Callahan’s conference champions in 2002.
The Raiders like to say they’re global. They at least made it to Erie.
Stasewski’s never even been to California, but somehow silver and black permeated his being and now he’s organizing a drive which led to www.messagetoal.com and a bill for a billboard at I-880 North at High Street at the Coliseum, with a plea for Al Davis to call for a general manager.
If he’d have sat with my dad as I did and watched the Raiders drive the length of the field to beat the Dolphins in the Sea of Hands (and not been afflicted with becoming a sportswriter), no telling what he’d do.
I’m too much of a skeptic to think the plea of Staszewski’s grassroots plea will do any good. Colleague Monte Poole, in his Wednesday column for Bay Area News Group papers, obviously feels the same way.
I may be older and jaded, but it’s hard not to to applaud the effort. The plea and press release were made with obvious passion for the team as well as respect, not to mention their own pocketbooks.
When I talked to Staszewski this afternoon, he stressed the story wasn’t about him. He said along with another Raider fan who wishes to remain anonymous and is currently living in Mexico organized the effort. He claims 21,000 signatures, is looking for 50,000, and said nearly $2,000 of the $5,000 cost has been raised for the billboard. (A credit line was received to pay for it). The Raiders have spawned a vast network of Internet message boards and fan sites, with www.raideroutlawz.com playing a role in promoting the effort.
Recent efforts at Raiders games, according to Staszewski, secured donations ranging from a dollar to $200.
The billboard will probably be up a month, approximately when the season ends, in full view of those heading I-880 North and those rubberneckers heading south. Staszewski, who saw his last Raiders game in Week 3 last season in Buffalo, hopes to attend his first Raiders home game against the Ravens in the finale.
By that time, the number of signatures on the petition may outnumber fans in the seats.
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:45 pm
# Richochet Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:44 pm
# priesttj Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:26 pm
24, speak when you’re skoken to you little punk, you don’t know me r what I think think. Don’t speak for me sissy speak for yourself. Say whatever you think and leave me out of your discusion unless I’m in it.
Understand you little punk, everytime I come in here one of you lames have got something to say about me. Keep me outta your damn mouth Get it!!
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It’s probably because you have your head so far up your ass, it’s hard not to.
See, no one believes you.
You’re basically full of crap.
You’re about as involved with Al as I am, or anyone on this site is with the space program…we’re not.
Nor are you.
Oh..I almost forgot…PERIOD. (yes, LMFAO at your silly little PERIOD, which obviously makes you feel like it’s now official, or at least makes you feel like it makes sense..to someone..somewhere.)
Now..shut up before you make yourself look even more pathetic…
Oh..damn…too late.
never mind.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Jerry, yu and Monte think you know what good for the Raiders as if you have a freakin’ clue. Bighead Monte doesn’t know what a good GM looks like nor would he know if there was one already on board.
All you two jerks do is stir up crap, hping to get a following. Here we have a fan who’s barely learned to drvie trying to tell an icon of the NFL what to do and when to do it. As if he has any idea if he did hire a GM what would be his function.
This stuff has been going on in the media since John Madden was hired all the media called him a puppet and then when he hired Flores they called him a puppet. It will never stop and that’s what these neophyte so-called Raider fans don’t know they are being had by some meddling media types like you and Monte Poole who hate Mr davis and all he stands for and that will never change no matter what he does.
You’re a hater always have been and always will be……..period
December 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pm
SEE??? Exactly what I mean–
# priesttj Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Raider O, this GM stuff is up to personal opinion. Everyones opinion of the kind of GM he should or would hire will differ greatly. Everyones opinion as to the HC he hires will differ greatly from person to person.
RICHOCHET: Great. You have a firm grasp of the obvious. Good for you, Old Man.
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He knows he cannpot satisfy every fan and nor will he try.
RICHOCHET: Al Davis could give a rats ass about satisfying ANY FAN..he never has tried, and never will.
Yes, foolish old fart..Al has made it clear by comments made he feels fans are below him, and he could care less.
Yeah, the same scumbag screwed over thousands of fans when he illegally held back Super Bowl tickets..UNTIL HE GOT BUSTED.
Oh..and yes..I know..you’ll have NOTHING TO SAY..because you wisely know when to shut up.
You only open your mouth when you feel it’s 100% safe..when it’s not, you’re a mute. I know it. YOU know it..hell, everyone knows it. That’s why we laugh at you. That’s why you have no credibility.
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He will hire a GM when and if he gets ready to……….period
RICHOCHET: Again, way to grasp the obvious. gosh..pops…really? He’ll do it when he IS READY TO??? wow..what a revelation..PERIOD. And you’re a spineless wannabee…PERIOD.
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You can vote with your dollar. Mr Davis is like a father with children and someone is trying to tell him how to raise his own children. I know how I would take that and it wouldn’t be favorable. he knows what he wants to do and when he wants to do it. It’s his family we are simply onlookers telling him what to do and we don’t have any knowledge as to the ongoings of that family. Yet we want force our opinion on it as if we’re their caretakers.
RICHOCHET: SEE?? lmao..damn..that was arguably the dumbest thing you’ve said, and that says alot. IT’S A BUSINESS, YOU MORON. Not a family.
And no one has any “knowledge as to the ongoings of the family”?? YOU FREAKING IDIOT..it’s a football organization, and what’s obvious is what Al ONCE KNEW his geriatric old ass has long forgotten.
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But my father would ever let a friend of mine tell him how to raise me would yours?
RICHOCHET: dude..what are you? Like 80? 70? or are you just..really…really slow?
Do you actually read your stupid crap before you post it?
You obviously don’t.
I’ll say it again…IF THE RAIDERS WERE A CORPORATION, AL WOULD HAVE BEEN BOOTED OUT DECADES AGO..he’s just that bad.
35000 people said ‘F*** you AL’ last game..30,000 before that..BY YEARS END over 200,000 empty seats are sending a clear signal to the old man that he’s now gone from revered to despised.
You’re rather slow..in real life…aren’t you? lol
go look at the thread during/after the last game..you only repeated yourself a couple dozen times..same thing, over and over and over..expecting a different result.
I think someone said that’s a sure sign of insanity..oh yeah..that was YOU, over and over and over and over….
You uh…take medicine, TJ? Check your dosage.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Priest – Haha. You’re so easy.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:13 pm
24, look man I never bring you up, because I don’t give a damn. Extend me the same courtesy. You don’t know what I think unless I tell you.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:22 pm
From Al to all Nation dissenters: I give you this single finger salute showing that in my book, you must be number 1.
Does anyone really think AD could give a schit what this sign says or for that matter what any of us says. The chance of Al caring is ZERO.
This 1 is for you…
December 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Priest – Unfortunately, I know what you think because you tell us what you think obviously. If I want to bring you up, I will, just like you will call people names on a regular basis. Get over it.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
In case you all haven’t figured it out yet, this is not about us. We are just along for the ride – good, bad or indifferent.
AD & the Raiders are just two sides of the same coin. The fans are just collateral damage.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Priest – Also…If you didn’t give a damn, you wouldn’t have asked me not to bring you up. You’re ultra sensitive. Its ok.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:37 pm
And your a little punkass coward who’s afraid his own opinion has no merit so you stand on someone else’s.
I’m my own man try that foryourself and then you wont have tpo try to speak for someone you don’t know. Even if so why do you care what I think? Speak your own peace an dstand on that.
Don’t bring me up in a converstaion with someone else discus whatever you chose to with that individual and keep it between yourselves, what do I have to do with it?.
It’s punks like you that give women bad names.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:39 pm
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=58741@kpix.dayport.com
One of the many stations running the billboard story.
Wouldn’t you just love to be there when Al’s informed of it?
Can’t you just see the exchange…
Amy: “I”AM not telling him”
Herrera: “You think I AM?? No way. He’ll blame me.”
Amy: “but he’ll forget you told him in about an hour..besides, it’s your job. Mine is handling ticket sales”
Herrera: “yeah, but..Amy? 30,000 at the last game?”
Amy: ” *sigh*..ok…rock paper scissors….
December 1st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Hmmm…not only is priest a hypocrite, and a liar, but he’s also a sexist pig.
Gee..what were the chances? lol
Quit whining like a slapped on little girl, TJ.
You run your silly idiot takes..and then you cry or hide like a worm when called on it.
Besides, since OakDork left, slapped down, tail between legs, licking his wounds, you’re the easiest target.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:45 pm
WANT TO SEE HYPOCRISY AT IT’S BEST???
priesttj Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 11:37 pm
And your a little punkass coward who’s afraid his own opinion has no merit so you stand on someone else’s.
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YOU DON’T HAVE AN ORIGINAL OPINION..you idiot.
You state what AL WANTS HIS FOLLOWERS TO STATE…you’re the biggest worm of the bunch.
When someone calls out Al for destroying the organization, THAT’S CALLED TAKING A STAND.
When YOU whine and cry about how ‘it’s not Al’s fault..it’s NOT” followed by ‘Russell can do the same..Al wasn’t wrong on JR..HE WASN’T” is about as spineless as anyone can get.
How can you be so old, and need this pointed out to you?
Is that what we have to look forward to?
Geez..tell me you’ve always been like this.
Hate to think it’s recent.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 am
Yawn… I wish we were winning.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 am
I wonder if priest has realized that he is dumb yet? He has either lost his mind or got stuck with JaMarcus on his fantasy team…He’s probably like 50 and when there isnt a new post he’s one of those guys on youtube comments hatin’ on everything. He worships Al Davis and the pimp suites he wears lol I am officially done posting things forever because I I believe priest is making my college GPA drop from just reading his nonsense…
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 am
You don’t have a college you homeless wretch.
Stupid ass screen name belies everything you say neophyte wannabe Raider fans. You know nothing about the Raiders or their fans. You’re just like the rest of these young punk wannabes.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 am
And Jerry. I’m too much of a skeptic to think that you wrote this article with anything in mind other than avoiding the dog house of not only Al Davis, but other NFL owners as well, by calling into question the character of someone organizing a radical movement that seeks to hurt an NFL establishment. Your point about your dad makes no sense, and just comes off as sappy. I doubt Staszewski would change his mind if he were to slip into a time machine and watch the sea of hands play. After all, he’d eventually have to get back into the machine and punch up “12/02/2009″, where the Raiders are in the midst of a 7 year skid worse than any what NFL franchise has seen in the league’s history.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 am
# KoolKell Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Me personally, I don’t think Al Davis wants to lose. He’s just incompetent.
But Marcus Allen wasn’t so sure:
Says Allen, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent in 1993, “I always felt we had the best personnel in football, but the best personnel wasn’t always on the field. We had to win a certain way or no way. Sometimes we sacrificed winning for a philosophy—or one man’s philosophy.”
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Here, here.
And I would add to Marcus Allen’s statement that it’s no longer sometimes.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 am
# vegas raider Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Anyone in here send any dough to the website?
AS much as I stick up for Al in here at times, I like the gumption of this kid, so I’m sending $25 next week.
What about you MR? Can mommy spare some change for you to be part of something I’m sure you so desperately want to be part of?
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I was going to send $50, until I read this.
Now I’m sending $100. Mommy says I’m good for it. She hates Al, too.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 am
# KoolKell Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Vegas Raider Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
“You people” sounds very prejudiced
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Good, that’s exactly how I meant it.
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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaahahahahahahahahah!!!!
Post of the f’n week, maybe year.
I’m LMFAO!
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 am
Just beautiful.
http://www.messagetoal.com/images/img_billboard_photo.jpg
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 am
raiderforlife Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I never thought I would ever see the day Raider fans are putting up billboards to ask Mr. Davis to step down. I think we need to remember this guy wants to win…
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If Al Davis wants to win, it’s all the more reason for this billboard. If he’s doing this bad while trying? It redefines unqualified. The only excuse for the past 7 years is that Al’s somehow trying to lose. And, I never thought I’d see the day where the Raiders would suck this bad.
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 am
vegas raider Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm
We have to keep the faith, because that’s what fans do
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Pure bs.
Where do you get the high ground to define a fan?
Fans have been protesting bunk ownership and team management since commercial, team sports as we know it was invented. In fact, it’s actually commonplace amongst perpetually failing teams, albeit there aren’t too many sports teams in history that have sucked for s stretch of 7 years as bad as the Raiders have since 2003. Supporting an owner no matter how bad he fails is a bizarre trait that’s actually exclusive to Raider fans, not “fans” in general. Most fans of most sports teams would give their owner nothing short of an empty stadium full of shiny seats on Sunday if they ran their team the way Al runs the Raiders.
Also, I didn’t quote it but later in that very same comment of yours, just a sentence or two after you demanded that Raider fans keep the faith, you reveal your total lack of faith by admitting that you think the Steelers will beat us. What kind of faith is that? You mock the idea that Al bashers here won’t put their money where their mouth is, insinuating that they’re hypocrites. Your answer to such hypocrisy is to demand that fans keep the faith, when you have absolutely no faith of your own? You must have literally sprinkled powdered b.s. in your wheaties this morning. What it boils down to is, VR, is that you expect the Raiders to lose Sunday, just like any Al hater. Are you doing this as part of some act to come off as pragmatic? Try another pitch, sales maven. Maybe your fellow kool aid drinkers don’t see it, but those of us Al hating “posers” know you’re about as pragmatic and independent minded as John Herrera.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:13 am
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December 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 am
we will probably end up with a pick at about 10 or 11…
which is a legitimate trade possibility…
trading a top 5 pick is almost impossible…
because of the signing costs of a top five player…
so those of you who are always screaming to trade our pick will actually be wanting something that is possible this year…
picking up a late round 1st and a third rounder is about all you can get…
or a 2nd, 3rd, and 5th…
right now we do have an extra 3rd rounder… probably in the late 20’s from New England…
a lot of contracts will be up at the end of this year…
stay tuned
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:45 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Funny thing about this is…yeah, this guy have never seen any of the SB wins, nor the great games of the past that made most of us Raider Fans and Faithful. However, this guy did something to try and send a message to Big Al from Penn and Mexico! Hmmm….
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
It will not be *one thing* that gets Al to change. It will be a collection of events. For instance: The Billboard, the empty stadium, a drop in concession receipts (for those of us that go to the game have you ever seen beer lines so short?), a drop in jersey sales etc., all of these things ultimately hit Al in the wallet, and that is the most influential thing of all. I’ve been a season ticket holder for a long time – and I can’t help but go to the games – every year I get my hopes up (I’m an optimist) and for the last 7 years those hopes have been dashed. However, I refuse to buy concessions at the game, and I take BART to the game. That way I’m not putting any additional money in Al’s pocket.
To those of you who are down on Jared Staszewski for taking up the cause – what are you doing about our lackluster performance?
I gave some $$$ to Jared, signed the petition, don’t buy concessions at the game, I’ve refused to buy any new jerseys, t-shirts, hats, etc. What else can I do? What else can *we* do?
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:57 am
They put a similiar billboard outside of Rich stadium in Buffalo. Some young kid in Pennsylvania was behind the idea as well. Sounds fishy to me. I’d be wary of an internet scam before I dropped any amount of money.
Just when you thought it was only Al Davis you couldn’t trust!
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 am
If someone bought the Russell jersey, there’s no reason to get rid of it yet. Just take the number off, flip it around and upside down, and it kind of looks like a 5.
I’m still working on changing Russell into Gradkowski, but you may have to part with an old Marinovich jersey.
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:09 am
GOOD MORNING SPORT’S FAN’S,IT MAY DO SOME GOOD IT MAY NOT,AT LEAST THE GUY DID SOMETHING BESIDES SIT AROUND AND MOAN / GRONE ON WEBSITES.
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 am
Yup…As a fellow season ticket holder…after the Bed and Breakfast year…I chose never to buy anything in the stadium again. However, I do park because we do tailgate. Might as well get liquored up prior to the game, that way if the Raiders do pull off a victory, at least its a pleasant surprise!
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:38 am
Funny…I guess the billboard is up! One fan on another site said that it won’t work unless the billboard fell on Al…haha!
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 am
IF I WISH TO ATTEND A SPORTING EVENT, I MAKE THAT DECISION, WHETHER IT BE A BAD FOOTBALL TEAM ,BASEBALL ,HOOP’S OR WHATEVER . THE OWNER OF A FRANCHISE OR NOBODY ELSE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION 4 ME
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
morning all.
December 2nd, 2009 at 6:58 am
The thing I am most worried about is that sometimes it seems Mr. Davis gets more stubborn or doesn’t do something because it’s out in the media or someone ‘leaked the news’ to the media before Al could announce it.
Something like this seems like it will make Al Davis more stubbornly hold to what he’s doing just to show how he’s right. If he hired a GM then everyone would say it’s the GM that turned things around and Al wouldn’t get recognition of finding the good GM so it seems he’d never do that.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am
GOOD DAY Neilb.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:01 am
MR,
Kind of hard to hammer all this out, when you are posting at 2am to an empty audience, but here we go.
I’m not “defining” a fan, and there are plenty of teams out there that have experienced much more losing than the Raiders. The past 7 years have been awful, and no team has been worse for 7 years. But many teams have had 3-4 years like this, sprinkle in a few 7-9, and 8-8 and go right back to sucking. The Browns have been awful since they returned, made the playoffs one year and lost in the first round, than sucked for a few more years, went 9-7 two years ago, and might go 1-15 this year (after we beat them!!!). To me comparing that 15 year run is much less impressive, for lack of better word, than the Raiders last 15 year run. And they have tried to do the bags over the head, and collectively walkout thing, but they sold out week 1 just like us. Fans, are exactly that, fanatics. I am one, and so are many others on here. You are not, you would rather be right about the Raiders than see them win, and you proved that with your colossal meltdown in the Cincy game.
So while I will support the team, I have always been a realist. I said we will probably get crushed this weekend, because we are playing the Super Bowl champs on the road. How many teams go in there and win lately? Doesn’t make me an “Al hater” or anything, it’s the reality of the situation. That is the essence of the word “pragmatic”.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 am
I can just remember Superbowl 18,never saw Stabler play.Or Art and Gene…..and I’m 42.
Instead of a billboard maybe I should build a giant effigy of Al and set fire to it.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 am
Good morning DIRT-LOT.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 am
I’m only 27. I have been a Raiders fan since 1989. I know that’s not long compared to most on this site. But I think that potentially makes me more dedicated. I never lived through the “glory years”. The “Team of the Decades” were all decades before I came aboard. My first thing I remember was as a young kid watching the draft and seeing Bo Jackson. Then knowing “Bo Knows” and that he would lead our team to the Superbowl. Damned….didn’t turn out then either. Then a few years later my friend bet me after Hostetler got hurt that we’d lose all our last games that year. I lost $50 (which for me back then was a lot of money). I’ve stayed with this team and will continue to stay with it. But that’s almost 20 years of mediocrity or worse. So, when I say I think it’s time to change things I base it on what I have seen, not the “glory days” of what Mr. Davis did in the beginning. I know he was a rebel helped create the game as we know it today….but, I’d like to win….I think we need to change something to make that a reality. Last time we were winning we had a GM and a bright young coach who was an up and coming coach. Why not have a GM and top-caliber coach again?
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 am
Actually since 1988 I think…I was 6 years old. One of the first memories I have was telling my dad (who was a Rams fan) that I liked the Raiders more…
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
Maverick…
Has he forgiven you yet ?!!
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
Gooooo LAKERS!!!!
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 am
RE: Post #38
Vegas you are 100% correct.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 am
I agree with the guy that said this billboard thing might backfire. Al will just hold on that much tighter now…his life’s goal is proving others wrong…even to the detriment of the Raiders.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 am
# neilb Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
Maverick…
Has he forgiven you yet ?!!
Well, he kinda laughed at me. But, I guess neither of us are laughing much now….unless it’s one of those hysterical “we’re loosin’ it” laughters….
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
I’ve noticed a pattern. We win, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose, lose….
So…if we keep this up, we’ll next win in Denver….which for me would almost make the season worth while
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 am
Al can’t see past his own self-importance never mind a bill board.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
# KoolKell Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Me personally, I don’t think Al Davis wants to lose. He’s just incompetent.
But Marcus Allen wasn’t so sure:
Says Allen, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent in 1993, “I always felt we had the best personnel in football, but the best personnel wasn’t always on the field. We had to win a certain way or no way. Sometimes we sacrificed winning for a philosophy—or one man’s philosophy.”
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Here, here.
And I would add to Marcus Allen’s statement that it’s no longer sometimes.
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I remember an interview with Stabler. He recalled a game where he threw the game winning touchdown and Davis told him another Raider was open on the play. Stabler said, “What am I supposed to do? I can’t throw two touchdowns on the same play”
John Madden quote “Winning is a great deodorant” If Oakland was winning, there would be no billboard.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:48 am
Away for some food….
later….
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 am
This whole billboard thing is a joke.
Thinking that Al Davis has ever cared about ANYTHING anyone else thinks is a true waste of money.
It’s like Russian soldiers putting up a billboard asking Napolean not to invade.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
Not really like Napolean….napolean conquered most of Europe and then died quickly. Al conquered most of the NFL and still is dieing slowly…
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:06 am
Was the Super Bowl loss to the Bucs his Waterloo?
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 am
I think exile would be a good option.
Alcatraz is available.
Even he would appreciate the irony.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
By all means fix it up.
He should live out his years in comfort.
No access to phones, overhead projectors, rolodexes.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 am
Al….it’s not asking much for you to get a GM to support you? You’re still the ‘genius’ behind the whole thing. You just need a little back-up that’s all….
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 am
So the billboard should read
“Support the effort to Exile Al Davis, for the rest of his natural life, to the Island of Alcatraz”
I could get behind that.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 am
The new GM could visit Al every month.
Armed guards,cameras everywhere, glass partitions.
He would still beleive he’s in control…..but the phone lines just go to a proxy GM.
The real one is back in Oakland building a scouting department.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am
I’ve had my fun bye Jerry.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
Al doesn’t give a rat azz about a billboard. He also doesn’t care about winning. He ONLY cares about doing things his way. He is an old, stubbon, selfish idiot who would much rather keep losing than to win with someone like Gruden calling the shots. Only way Al give up any control is by death. Went from being the winningest team in professional sports to the biggest joke. Thanks AL. JUST DIE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
Al never had much business savy, in fact he probably lacks any type of real savy at all. He has always been in the mode of you build it they will come attitude.
Since he isn’t to used to putting such a rotten product on the field, he is failing miserably. He’s got 20,000 empty seats or more, that are generating zero revenue. Why wouldn’t he give some tickets to some inner-city kids in Oakland? Hell they might buy a coke or a hot-dog and he can get SOME revenue from it.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
Did Al or the Raiders talk about the billboard?
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
Did we sell that 10% yet? Maybe we should buy it!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
O,
I would be shocked if Al didn’t address it, one way or another. Interesting to see if Cable answers any questions on it this week.
Tough to ignore, and to ignore it completely is just going to led to more questions and speculation. Just ask Tiger Woods.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 am
Raider O Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
Did we sell that 10% yet? Maybe we should buy it!
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As you know with your studies, selling a portion is rarely ever a good sign with a company, and a piecemeal sale is usually a sign of negative, or at least declining, cash flow. He’s selling because he needs cash, for reasons we can only speculate.
When you have pieced out the ownership, it makes it less attractive to a potential buyer of the whole thing, because they have to deal with multiple “owners”.
Something is going to happen within the next 5 years, something BIG.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 am
Vegas,
Al would rather burn the seats, than give tickets away. lol
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 am
WTf is up with T Woods? Has he paso it?! Bad PR advise!
As for the Raiders. Selling 10% is not a good sign. Do the Raiders have A/R? Maybe he should sell that too!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 am
*Has he lost it.
he sold some shares in the past 10 years, and now he is selling more! He really needs cash, or something is going on! I’ll go with he needs cash!
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 am
Raider O Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 am
Vegas,
Al would rather burn the seats, than give tickets away. lol
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Didn’t Kevin Tower do exactly that with the Padres in the mid 90’s? He sold the wooden seats to a fire-wood company or something like that. For some reason I want to say this happened. I’ll google it.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
It was the Tigers.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Maybe not. I’m trying to help you google it, but no luck.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
I can’t find it either. I should e-mail my cousin, he works for the Dodgers, and is a baseball reporter.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
Larz Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 am
“This whole billboard thing is a joke.Thinking that Al Davis has ever cared about ANYTHING anyone else thinks is a true waste of money.It’s like Russian soldiers putting up a billboard asking Napolean not to invade.”
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Interesting, Napoleonn knew that after taking Moscow, the war was not over, and he said: “The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.”
After Davis gets his Waterloo, he won’t be sent to exile on St-Helena, but to exile in HELL.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am
I’m not a baseball fan. I would rather watch Oprah reruns, than watch a baseball game! ( I don’t like Oprah)
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 am
Why is Al selling shares in the past few years? This Team is everything to him. I would think he would try to get more shares, and not sell his. Something is not right.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:44 am
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December 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=58741@kpix.dayport.com
One of the many stations running the billboard story.
Wouldn’t you just love to be there when Al’s informed of it?
Can’t you just see the exchange…
Amy: “I”AM not telling him”
Herrera: “You think I AM?? No way. He’ll blame me.”
Amy: “but he’ll forget you told him in about an hour..besides, it’s your job. Mine is handling ticket sales”
Herrera: “yeah, but..Amy? 30,000 at the last game?”
Amy: ” *sigh*..ok…rock paper scissors….
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 am
# Raider O Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 am
Why is Al selling shares in the past few years? This Team is everything to him. I would think he would try to get more shares, and not sell his. Something is not right.
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Understatement of the year.
Remember Al sold 10% few years ago.
No doubt the investors we’re giddy in anticipation of instant returns on their lofty investment.
Al takes the money and spends it on Hall, Kwame, Wilson, Kelly, and Walker..NONE OF WHICH WERE WORTH A DAMN DIME.
The value of the Raiders dropped in the last year by 70 million, according to Forbes. Supposedly the only team to have lost value during that time.
I have a feeling those investors are having massive second thoughts about now…
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
Let’s get realistic.
EVERYONE knows stubborn Al will stubbornly do as he’s done, which is believe that HE IS A FOOTBALL GOD, and that NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN HIM.
Will a billboard make him change?
Very doubtful.
Will a billboard prompt Al to say “Everyone was right. It’s my fault. I need help”? Very, very doubtful.
SO WHY THE BILLBOARD? WHY ARE PEOPLE SENDING IN THEIR MONEY? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE??
Very simple, IMO.
IT’S STANDING UP, AND BEING HEARD. It’s saying ‘WE’RE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING AL, ABOUT A TEAM WE LOVE AND SUPPORT, BUT YOU WON’T ANSWER THE DOOR’, and this billboard means so many contributing fans get to say, LOUD AND CLEAR “We’re DAMN SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT’S GOING ON, AND WE’RE BLAMING YOU. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.”
That $5,000 billboard has already generated every local station reporting on it, all the local papers posting pictures of the billboard, and across the country it’s hitting paper after paper. YOU CAN’T BUY THIS KIND OF ADVERTISEMENT.
Hell, just google “Raiders billboard”..across the country it’s already in papers.
Sacramento, San Diego, KC, Seattle, Cleveland..etc..and pretty much every sports forum..all commenting on the billboard.
Al might not do a damn thing, but one thing is clear, he has no choice but to FINALLY HEAR WHAT RAIDER FANS FEEL ABOUT WHAT HE’S DONE TO THE TEAM, AND THE ORGANIZATION..and that, for many, is good enough.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
Jared Staszewski for GM!
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 am
Al Davis is paying $152.4 million in actual money on players this year…an NFL high.
The NFL Salary Cap is $127 million.
Each NFL team made $125 million this season from JUST the TV contracts.
So if Al hadn’t gotten himself in such a financial mess with the salary cap and all that extra money he paid out to schyt players like Kelley, Walker, and D. Hall he would just need to make $2 million to break even this year (not including whatever his other costs of running the franchise are of course).
How the hell could you bungle contracts so bad that in an era where the TV contract ALONE covers 98% of the players’ salaries you are still losing money and being forced to sell 10% of your team to raise capital?
That alone should clue Al Davis in to the fact that he needs someone to help him with these contracts and he needs someone to help him avoid signing crap players to huge money deals!
Maybe Al already learned the contract lesson as he did not sign many free agents last year….but still, to get to that point in the first place takes a blunder of epic proportions!
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Fan have a right to complain…
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 am
No offense to MR and his other troll aliases, but I don’t really take much advice from 22 year old kids. I remember when I was that old. I talked the way they talk in here. I knew everything and I was right, everybody else was wrong. I had numbers and test scores and everything else to back me up, but I was just plain wrong. I couldn’t see that I was wrong and nobody could do anything to convince me that I even could be wrong.
Well, I wasn’t right. Sorry, but you kids aren’t right either. Have fun with your trolling and all that. It’s sad, maybe a bit pathetic, no way unexpected or unusual, but in the end, you are just plain wrong and you can’t even see why (and to steal a comment from BHP) … period.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 am
JH Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Fan have a right to complain…
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Of course fans have the right to complain. Al and the Raiders are in the entertainment business. The only entertainment the Raiders have supplied us over the course of the past 7 years is off the field entertainment.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Lol…naughty naughty Tiger! I hope she leaves him and takes half his money!
But who cares? Not like he was beating women…right Alisgod and Tom Cable?
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
haha
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
I don’t believe anyone has ever gone from the pinnacle of “walking on water” to “guy’s a slimeball” any faster than Tiger did in the matter of a couple of days.
Admit it Tiger…she read the Enquirer report (released two days prior), realized your sorry ass WAS with that women over seas, and those marks on your face had nothing to do with your crash that was so slow your airbags didn’t even go off, but were from her kicking your ass.
I wonder if Tigers golfclub sponsor is going to come up with a new ad?
“10 degree driver, good for 350 yard drives, and for removing Cadillac rear windows”
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 am
Al Davis is paying $152.4 million in actual money on players this year…an NFL high
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wow. for the amount of money we’re paying JaMarcus alone we could gather a bunch of practice squad scrubs and free agents nobody else wants and milk 3 wins out of them. vet minmum times 53 isn’t that costly
seriously. we need to blow this thing up and start from scratch. give Nnamdi, Shane and others a chance to win with a franchise that isn’t so dysfunctional and destined to fail
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hey Al…maybe you should have a taco promotion like the Lakers have!
Let’s see…hmm…maybe if the Raiders score 13 or more points fans get a free taco? Or if the defense hold the opponent under 23 points? Or if the Raiders have less than 4 turnovers in a game?
WE WANT TACOS!
WE WANT TACOS!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 am
I always support my Raider Brothers.
Tiger’s Presidents Cup press conference: Tuesday
Oct. 6, 2009: San Francisco
Press Conference / ASAP Sports
10/06/2009 12:31 PM ET
Q: Tiger, are you a Raiders fan?
TIGER WOODS: I am. I always have been.
http://wap.tigerwoods.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091007&content_id=7380290
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 am
The sign just says hire a GM. It doesn’t say all the other things that were mentioned like not meddling with the team operationally, not hand puppeting the coaches, not influencing the selection process of the draft choices, not overpaying worthless over the hill free agents, etc., etc. etc. In other words, they threw him a softball to which he will say MYOFB, this is my team to control. Read the contract. AD Football INC. will run this team how it sees fit, forever.
Talk to the finger! Al must still think you are number 1.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
i want too see more MIKE MITCHELL.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 am
help me out guys. got a friend. he’s a titans fan. said johnson only rb in history with 3 td runs of over 85 yrds. i remember bo had a 90+ against sea and cinci. i however thought he had two 90+ runs against cinci. am i wrong?
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
maybe 1 cinci game was a playoff. not sure.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:30 am
[...] OT – How billboard drive got started – Jerry McDonald [...]
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:40 am
new englandraider : that stat about Chris Johnson is 100 percent accurate. he also set an NFL record 6 straight games with over 125 yards rushing. something like that
I got both him & Brees on my fantasy football team. LOL
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:40 am
Tiger better be carefull. Those Swedish girls are vindictive. I hope his wife is not related to Lorena Bobbitt!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
Tiger better be carefull. Those Swedish girls are vindictive. I hope his wife is not related to Lorena Bobbitt!
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I hope she is!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
back to work. later gents!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
So does Cable get fired after the year or does he get another chance?
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
Well. . . . .I’m a little late, but, I’d like to throw out my 2 cents on this:
I think this protest stuff is nonsense when it involves entertainment. And that’s what football is: ENTERTAINMENT.
Hell, what’s next? Are you gonna put up a billboard, begging Al Pacino to stop playing in totally stupid movies like he has in the past decade?
There’s a simple solution to this: If you don’t like Al Pacino’s movies over the past decade, what do you do? Well, you don’t buy that ticket. Pretty simple if you ask me. And if you like him enough, you wait until he gets his act together and plays in a good movie again. And then you buy another ticket.
So, if the Raiders’ performance, (and Al Davis’ poor performance in particular) has you fed up, then just turn off your TV. Don’t buy the ticket. Pretty simple fellas.
And if you’re in the minority, like myself, and feel that Al will turn this team around again, then you keep enjoying the games until they do. If you don’t enjoy it, don’t watch it.
I agree, as much as anyone, that Al needs help. He needs a GM and good football people around him. But, all this protest crap isn’t going to alter anything he does.
If he makes changes, it will always be on his own terms. That much I know for sure. Al’s been talking about hiring a GM and I think even HE is gonna realize that he needs one for certain.
Personally, I think we’ll have a GM next year and it won’t have anything to do with some billboard on I-880.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 am
4eva
must be praying to the porcelan god this morning 
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
vegas raider Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:01 am
MR,
Kind of hard to hammer all this out, when you are posting at 2am to an empty audience,
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Empty audience? The comment is still there, for the “audience” to read, and will remain there for anyone who happens up on this blog entry and is interested in reading the comments, today, and in the future.
And, you did in fact define a fan. “We have to keep the faith, because that’s what fans do”. That is a clear attempt to define. You’re laying out your standards as to what a fan is, and according to those standards, a fan has “faith” in their team even when they know the team can’t win with it’s current owner, and of course, you’re wrong. It is not necessary for a fan to have faith in a failing system. Fans have been protesting poor ownership/management in pro sports for years.
The true comedy in your comment is that you close by revealing you have no faith in the team yourself. You predict the Steelers will win Sunday, although you’ll be rooting for the Raiders! At a way to throw your chips down, Mr. Faithful fan.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I think the billboard thing is funny.
Don’t think it will change anything but its still funny.
I would like to see the fans at the stadium hold up a huge sign that covers an entire section that simply reads “Step Down Al”
He could read it from his box.
Wouldn’t be that hard to get together. Only about 200 people at the next game probably.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
24 Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
So does Cable get fired after the year or does he get another chance?
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Hell we wasted the past seven years…might as well stick with Cable and waste 2010 too right?
sheesh
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
The ESPN rumor mill is putting Shannyfart with the Bears next year.
Shanny+Cutler=TRUE LOVE
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Cable should hire Jeremy Brigham if he doesn’t get canned.
“Haggerty told the Bay Area News Group that the incident began innocuously when he came to his son’s practice at Foothill High School in Pleasanton.
Haggerty had been an assistant team coach until Brigham fired him for missing a film session a few days before.
After the practice, Haggerty said Brigham told him that an opposing coach said Haggerty had given away the team’s plays. Haggerty said the coach must have been joking and that he didn’t even know the team’s plays.
Haggerty claimed that Brigham knocked his BlackBerry out of his hand, bent him over a four-foot fence, then punched him in the back of the head”
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Fact is we have here a situation in which a team, an enterprise was basically built from scratch nearly a half century ago (beginning when A.D. arrived) to become a global phenomenon. It has been his labor of love, no one else’s.
Could he have done things better at times? Sure. Could he do things in a better way now? Certainly. But it is not up to a 22 year old in Pennsylvania, nor any of you to decide.
Perhaps the Raiders are a great venue for karmic catharsis. Seems as if plenty of folks here vent all manner of emotional responses from frustration and vitriol to joy and hopefulness. The outlet is real.
As for Al Davis, I doubt any of you are 80 years old holding onto what you yourself built and what you see as your life. Who among you has the wisdom to say what karmic aspects Mr Davis is working on and through in his own existence with the Oakland Raiders.
Most of us have attempted to hold onto something beyond reasonableness whether it was a possession, a relationship or a job. No matter what anyone else says we have all had to figure it out for ourselves.
Raider on.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
# 24 Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
So does Cable get fired after the year or does he get another chance?
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He’s gone.
Was unable to get Russell on track (Al will blame this on Cable).
Was not able to get McFadden going (Al will blame this on Cable)
Was in the news for punching (allegedly) coaches and women. (Al will blame this on ESPN)
Embarrassed Al by getting blown out in Dallas in front of national audience
Will end the season with 5 or 6 wins at most. This will make it 7 straight years with double digit losses (Al will blame this on Cable, Kiffin, Shell, Callahan, etc…)
2 Things can save Cable’s job…
1. Win out
2. Al can’t find anyone else stupid enough to take the job
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
AL hasn’t fired Hanson yet, correct? Still on the payroll?
If Cable stays and AL forces Hanson on Cable yet another year Jeremy Brigham could do Cables dirty work on the down low!
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
How sweet and thoughtful M!
Still…
Al FIRE YOURSELF FOR CRIPES SAKE!
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
wishbone Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 am
Al doesn’t give a rat azz about a billboard. He also doesn’t care about winning. He ONLY cares about doing things his way. He is an old, stubbon, selfish idiot who would much rather keep losing than to win with someone like Gruden calling the shots. Only way Al give up any control is by death. Went from being the winning team in professional sports to the biggest joke. Thanks AL. JUST DIE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!
^^^^^^^^Yep!
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I bet OJ is so proud of T Woods for cheating on his white wife he pissed himself in jail.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Silver n Smac, you can’t be serious.
Football isn’t scripted, like Al Pacino’s movies. Fans want to see their teams win. And they can’t win when they have an owner who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Football is a form of entertainment, obviously. But it is not the same type of entertainment that cinema is, which is entirely scripted. Football’s entertainment centers around real, live competition. It’s the appealing factor to those who are fans.
But, it is nice to know that according to you, the Raider Nation is nothing more than a bunch of teenage girls fawning over their Jonas Brothers poster. I couldn’t insult Raider fans harder if I tried.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Dakota,
Firing oneself. Delightful concept that the human ego has little interest in obeying. Still, Julius Nyerere did it in Tanzania to help out his country, so it is possible.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Raiders @ Steelers news, please.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
MB, you’re comparing Tiger Woods to OJ? Tiger was the one who was attacked by his wife. A better comparison would be between Tiger’s wife and Lorena Bobitt. That white girl is nuts.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
M Lonetree Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Fact is we have here a situation in which a team, an enterprise was basically built from scratch nearly a half century ago (beginning when A.D. arrived) to become a global phenomenon. It has been his labor of love, no one else’s.
Could he have done things better at times? Sure. Could he do things in a better way now? Certainly. But it is not up to a 22 year old in Pennsylvania, nor any of you to decide.
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Evidently, it is. And the decision’s been made. Seen the billboard? It’s absolutely beautiful.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
MistaBrown, have you come up with a name of someone considering running for president in ‘12 who could beat Obama?
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
MR/Drama Queen
I didnt compare Oj to T Woods. You have a reading problem. Go read again.
Just like when I said Obama would find a way to blame Bush for the cop killings. You turned it around and said I said Obama told the cops to kill the officers.
You are half wit nimrod that looks for an argument but cant get the FKN facts straight…get out my way Drama Queen.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Al Davis stole the Raiders from Wayne Valley, anyway. So, as long as Davis worshipers here are going to get all sappy about this and wax poetic of how Al built the Raiders from scratch…
Everyone knows Ron Wolf built the good teams of the ’70s and early ’80s. It’s common knowledge in NFL circles. Yet, Wolf is hardly mentioned anywhere on the Raiders website. I did a search on the website once and all that came up with an interview with a former player who gave Wolf props. Al Davis is a fraud. He built absolutely nothing. People who’ve worked with the Raiders will be the first to tell you, Al Davis does not built, he destructs. He’s a human fruit fly.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
MR/Drama Queen,
You make Oakglen look like a rocket scientist.
Seriously, when you learn to read get back at me..
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
M,
The Japanese know how to fire themselves…
…Al can take the less drastic approach as far as I am concerned, although if he chose to fall on his sword I wouldn’t try and talk him out of it….
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Raider75 – I’m sure Al will blame Cable on not getting DHB the ball enough as well. Great offenses generally have a great QB, RB and WR to go along with a solid offensive line. I don’t think our O-Line is great but its had solid games in my opinion. Our QB play has been below average, our running game has been average and would be better if they would give Bush 20 carries a game and our WR play has been poor due to the injury to Schilens and the dropsies of DHB. It would be worse without Miller as our TE.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Dakota,
from now on I can call you Seppuku-san.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
As they say on DEADLIEST CATCH…..never scorn a crazy Norwegian woman!
haha
They say Tigger messed around with two chicks….the one from NY and one little girl from San Diego?
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
AL DAVIS SUCKS!!
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
If Al Davis really cared about winning he would hire Mike Holmgren as the General Manager and Head of Personnel.
Then hire Jim Harbaugh or Jon Gruden as Head Coach.
Then Al needs to stay the hell out of the way and let them turn the ship around!
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
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December 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Al Davis needs to go. As long as he is alive the Raider will suck…. This is a real tragedy as they have some great players. The problem is that no decent coach will come to Oakland unless there is strong GM. So the Raiders are destined to be a crappy team for at least a few more years.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
AD certainly does not suck! The man is running an NFL organization at 80. Look around and see who else is doing that? None! Hell, at 45, I couldn’t do it. If Al wants to keep the organization small, find some folks he trusts and who know football and talent evaluation.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Michael Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Al Davis needs to go. As long as he is alive the Raider will suck…. This is a real tragedy as they have some great players. The problem is that no decent coach will come to Oakland unless there is strong GM. So the Raiders are destined to be a crappy team for at least a few more years.
^^^^^^^
Exactly!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
The billboard is a fantastic idea, I’m all for it. I signed the petition and I would have donated a few $$$ but as I read the website, they have already received the $5500! Fantastic!