Cable wishes Raiders (players, coaches) well
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 at 8:39 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Former Raiders coach Tom Cable, newly annointed as the assistant head coach and line coach of the Seattle Seahawks, kept his regularly scheduled appearance on Sirius NFL Radio Wednesday night.
Cable talked a lot about his new job with the Seahawks and chose not to address what transpired with regard to owner Al Davis and the Tuesday press conference in which his former boss outlined his transgressions and the reasons for docking him $120,000 in fines.
Here’s what Cable told hosts Bryan McGovern and Gil Brandt:
How he felt about leaving Oakland, his feelings about what happened Tuesday at the press conference, and his thoughts about successor Hue Jackson
“I think first and foremost, I felt honored for the opportunity to coach those players. Those players there, and those assistant coaches that were with me, what a great group of people, and they did accomplish a lot. It’s a really good team now in terms of where it’s headed next. It’s kind of built its foundation, it’s up on its feet now.
“ As I mentioned, you can’t laugh at ‘em any more. You can’t do those kind of things. It had been through a lot of hard times because of some decisions and things that were made. Now, I think that group of players, moving forward, they can do something really cool, and I hope they do. I’m proud of ‘em. I was very honored to coach ‘em, and work with those assistant coaches, and that’s how I feel about it.
“It’s behind me now, and you’ve got to move forward. That’s really what’s the NFL’s all about. For them moving forward, I wish Hue the best, and for him and those players to do something with it now because it’s in place and it’s set up to do that. That’s my feelings.
Brandt telling Cable that they appreciate his contributions to Sirius and consider him even a better person than a football coach
“Well, I appreciate that a ton, Gil I really do. Both Bryan and yourself, you’ve really been awesome. My future is good, and I’ll have another chance to do that again. It’s not going to be in Oakland, obviously, and we’ve all got to move forward, that’s really what it comes down to. You can’t cry over spilled milk and you’ve just got to move on.
Since you know the Raiders, how would you break down their needs and things that need to change this offseason after the foundation you laid?
“I think this. I don’t think it’s right for me to talk about what they need or don’t need. I know those players in that locker room know what we did and how we did it, and how much I love ‘em and all that sort of thing. I just want them to be successful, that’s the most important thing. In terms of decisions for that football team, that’s in someone else’s hands and I’m OK with that, because I’m going to move on to Seattle and do it better there.”
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January 19th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
1st
January 19th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Yay!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
In Hue we trust!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
I’m sure he was advised to keep it clean.
Agree DJ with previous post.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Al should take notes. THAT is the way you handle it. Give Cable credit.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Tom Cable, newly annointed as the assistant head coach and soon to be head coach!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
The way Al behaved yesterday and to hear Cable talk today you would’ve thought it was Cable who fired Al.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
And in 2-3 years we will go through the firing of HJ and start the search again for the next fantastic HC.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
43.djohnnyg Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
KC owners name is ‘Hunt’. Your nickname here is ‘Hunt eat Raiders’. I took that to mean you were saying “Kc eats Raiders”. I’m sure that’s how the other poster took it too.
Then, in another post you said “we” when referring to the Raiders so now I’m confused where you are coming from.
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F Clark Hunt, and F the KC Queefs
I Hunt, Eat, and love the Raiders!
January 19th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
7.djohnnyg Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
The way Al behaved yesterday and to hear Cable talk today you would’ve thought it was Cable who fired Al.
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January 19th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Cable kept it classy.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
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F Clark Hunt, and F the KC Queefs
I Hunt, Eat, and love the Raiders!
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Cool! I get it now.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
# EYoung Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
And in 2-3 years we will go through the firing of HJ and start the search again for the next fantastic HC.
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Dude, I hate to tell you this, but Al won’t be running this team in 2-3 years.
His mind might be sharp for his age, but his body is betraying him. He looked pretty bad yesterday.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
# buckeyeraider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
RMR,
What kind of garbled logic is that? Not sure what one has to do with the other. What does letting a pimply faced kid, right out of college, rookie head coach making a 70-100 mil dollar call on the No. 1 overall pick have to do with a DC mixing in a few blitzes?
Besides, how many HC’s,let alone rookie HC get’s to make that call. Especially the first time they had THE NO. 1 OVERALL pick in Raider history.
I’m sure Kiffin, like most HC’s had his input. Ultimately that is the GM’s and in this case the owner/GM’s call. Not unlike any other franchise in pro sports.
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An owner drafting a sure thing for the future of the franchise is one thing. Forcing a QB who has the skills of a 3rd rounder at best on a new head coach, and wasting a number one draft pick on him, at that, is meddling. Period. Al Davis didn’t give Kiffin ANY input whatsoever on Russell. And that is NOT normal for a sports franchise.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease,(AD)also called AL Davis disease senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT), primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer’s type
January 19th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Hate to break this guy down ..but show no mercy …
Cable kept it classy?… Sure he did, just as he did all last year ..real classy. Don’t let a few words echoed in public sway you. The guy is a woman beater and irresponsible in his role as HC of the Oakland Raiders.
Tom Cable, “You can’t cry over spilled milk and you’ve just got to move on.”
Oh, yeah right, then why the f’k are you attempting to go after the $120K Al docked you (after paying you over $2mm or more) and leak the info in an attempt to make him look bad?
Sure, move on, yeah right. Don’t let the door slam ya’ bud!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
13.Raider75 Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
# EYoung Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
And in 2-3 years we will go through the firing of HJ and start the search again for the next fantastic HC.
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Dude, I hate to tell you this, but Al won’t be running this team in 2-3 years.
His mind might be sharp for his age, but his body is betraying him. He looked pretty bad yesterday.
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Yeah. All that hate will eventually destroy a person.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Hue removed his involvement with a company that has a banned substance.
AL DAVIS HAS ALREADY GOT HIS OUT!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
And man it was going sooo well at the start. Too bad that PR person “f’d up”.
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Sorry bro, the PR guy tried, looked like Morris Bradshaw. Al Davis got on the Mike and made everybody sit down.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
It would be interesting to see what Winston Moss brings to the table as a DC; Green Bay went from a 4-3 to a 3-4 when they hired Dom Capers two (three?) years ago, and drafted accordingly. Their defense has improved significantly under Capers, but as noted in here by others, Moss is a former Raider familiar with the philosophy in Oakland.
Personally, I like Dave McGinnis from the Titans and explained why in an earlier post, but it would be intriguing to see what Moss would bring from his experiences with the different schemes utilized during his tenure in Green bay.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Raider75 Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
His mind might be sharp for his age
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Name one thing Al’s done in recent years that’s “sharp”. Drafting Ford wasn’t “sharp”. It was just a no brainer with that pick. He was the best player on the board talent wise. It’s like calling someone “sharp” for getting a plumber when water is spraying out of the side of their house. No, it’s just the only decision to make. It’s not “sharp”. It was actually pretty easy, and anyone could do it. So, go ahead. Name some “sharp” things Al has done recently. Give me some examples to demonstrate that he’s “sharp”, even for his age. Because I don’t see it.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
“I think this. I don’t think it’s right for me to talk about what they need or don’t need. I know those players in that locker room know what we did and how we did it, and how much I love ‘em and all that sort of thing. I would join any of these players in a threeome.I just want them to be successful, that’s the most important thing. In terms of decisions for that football team, that’s in someone else’s hands and I’m OK with that, because I’m going to move on to Seattle and do it better there.”
January 19th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Cable took the classy route, too funny, sad really.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Hard to reconcile the way Cable was portrayed on that ESPN piece and the guy we saw regularly during press conferences and interviews. He left a far better impression than Kiffin, Turner, Shell or Callahan ever did. Gotta wish him the best..
January 19th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Classy my azz. You think beating women is classy?
He had nothing to come back with period! Thats it. Al obliterated him for trying to come back and get $120K. Tom Cable “You can’t cry over spilled milk and you’ve just got to move on.” BullS!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
He’s probably beating up on some woman right now right after that interview. Bum!
Yeah. Ike Turner was really classy too!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Al Davis has done some remarkable things in his career. He took the Raider franchise and made it into the most successful franchise in all of sports for a time, which is why i’m so disappointed in the way he carries himself at these pressers. I root for Al. He should have enough self confidence in himself and his accomplishments to rise above the fray. He doesn’t need to tear someone down in order to elevate himself.
Just disappointed in the performance.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
What does taking the “class” route do for those who are enemies of Al? It gets you nowhere. Al just gets the last word. Marcus Allen threw class out the window and took the gloves off in his book, and he won. Only Al’s loyalists side with Al over Marcus. Anyone with a brain knows now that Marcus was right and Al was wrong, because Marcus laid it all out there. Every shred of laundry. With Kiffin and Cable, the jury’s out and it’s half and half, because, of course, they’re taking the high road. Doing the “class” thing, and keeping their mouth shut.
Sounds noble…but unfortunately by doing so, they’re giving Al the pulpit to write history. If Lane and Tom told us everything, wrote a tell all book or something of that nature, after weighing both sides of the respective stories and all of the facts, anyone with a brain would know they were right, too. Al was playing games with both of them right from the get go.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
The Real MaddenRaider are you a dixiecrat?
January 19th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
djohnnyg Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Al Davis has done some remarkable things in his career. He took the Raider franchise and made it into the most successful franchise in all of sports for a time
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No, he didn’t.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
TR,
Classy?!?!
Crazy!!! He is so classy that he hit a coworker, and he hit his wife/ GF.
Classy!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
yes he did
January 19th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Raider O, I agree. He can hit a woman, but he can’t dish out the truth on Al, because Al might sue him, and the media, always loyal to the owners (even Al, as much as Al’s bootlickers think the media picks on him) will take him down. What a coward.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Al davis is classy he put a bandaid on his forehead so he would not leak embalming fluid all over the place,now thats class!!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Al’s appearance yesterday is a testament to just how big of ass kissers he’s surrounded with. No other company’s front office, in any industry, would ever just let their owner go on t.v. looking like that. Somebody would have said something beforehand and insisted having something done about it. Extra makeup, anything.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
RMR,
IMHO Al made a mistake by talking about Cable, but I have to admit I enjoyed it. I think you did too. The Old Man is entertaining.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Al they had to do was give Al a skully. Darn Idiots.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
30.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
djohnnyg Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Al Davis has done some remarkable things in his career. He took the Raider franchise and made it into the most successful franchise in all of sports for a time
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No, he didn’t.
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I’m basing it on a stat I recall in the 80’s that said the Raiders had the highest winning % in pro sports AT THE TIME.
It’s been a long time since then obviously which is why I said “for a time”. Of course it’s debatable if having the best winning % makes you the most successful or not, but “for a time” the Raiders did have that distinction.
I’m sure there are plenty here who are more than willing to remind us of the dismal winning % we have acheived since then.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
I don’t think he made a mistake talking about Cable. He had the right to clear the air. His mistake was clear the air too much. Man, he went into it.
But truthfully he didn’t give any new information regarding the incidences as already reported per ESPN except this new girl and the lawsuit brought forth.
I never saw the ESPN skit so it was my first time hearing it. So I didn’t like to hear it from him; but you have to qualify that to know that its not new info just new you you/me.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
RMR,
I hate those coward media monkeys. They write all that stuff, and then they go kiss his a$$ at the PC!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
herrera controls the media
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Tom Cable. Class. The two just don’t mix. The guy has issues tha needs to be rectified.
I know Pete Carrol is getting the business from these women groups. It was just a bad decision on his part. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting Al to obliterate Cable on live TV. Bet he wish that contract was signed in pencil. lol. …”somebody get the eraser!”
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
I could not believe how bad that man looks. I think it’s just all the evil working out to the surface.
Al should just finally go all in, pull the hood over down to his eyes, and reveal that he IS Darth Sidious.
“Oh, I’m afraid this battle station will be quite operational when your friends arrive.”
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Win the division.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Al Davis did lot for the AFL, NFL, and the Raiders!
January 19th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Just looking at Al Davis should tell anyone, with any sense, all they need to know.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Raider O Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Al Davis did lot for the AFL, NFL
………..yeah he sued both
January 19th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Montgomery Burns thinks Al looks frail.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
STL,
He didn’t look so good at the PC. His head, face, hands, etc…, but he is still very sharp.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
O,
Don’t forget–evil.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
I didn’t know he sued the AFL. Are you sure? LOL for what?
January 19th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
STL,
LOL
No such thing in sports and business.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Pretty professional interview by Cable. You know it’s interesting, as much as Davis hates coaches airing dirty laundry by leaking information and things of that nature, he sure does air out the coaches dirty drawers after releasing him. Bad form.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Sweep The Leg. Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Montgomery Burns thinks Al looks frail.
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LOL. Yeah, Al looks like a ghoul, straight up. Like they just dug him up.
January 19th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Those lightsaber battles really take it out of you!
January 19th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Al is the Man! I hope I’m better looking at 81/82, but I like to be as sharp at that age. His memory is great for his age, and he is full of knowledge.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
# djohnnyg Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I’m basing it on a stat I recall in the 80’s that said the Raiders had the highest winning % in pro sports AT THE TIME.
It’s been a long time since then obviously which is why I said “for a time”. Of course it’s debatable if having the best winning % makes you the most successful or not, but “for a time” the Raiders did have that distinction.
I’m sure there are plenty here who are more than willing to remind us of the dismal winning % we have acheived since then.
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My point is that Al never took a team and made it great. Ron Wolf and Jon Gruden did, however.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Name one thing Al’s done in recent years that’s “sharp”.
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Real MaddenRaider, I am not a fan of al davis, but he has done some things right. If he did not most of us would not be here. Bringing in Gruden, drafting Nnamdi, several mid/late round starters, drafting Bush, Ford, Miller, trading for Seymour.
None of these things are things any other GM wouldn’t do, but they did work.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Oh, now it’s done some things “right”. LOL. So what? Your house is on fire, you call the fire department. That’s not ingenious. It’s the obvious call. The argument here is whether Al is “sharp”, not “right”. I was right to not run an old lady over at the cross walk this morning. I could have punched the gas, but I didn’t. So, should I be given an NFL team, for making the “right” decision? As Nipsy Russell would say, “Riiiiiiiiight”.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
bizkitz
January 19th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Al is not “sharp”. Not even for his age. Still waiting for examples to the contrary. Drafting players that have a solid first year is not “sharp”. Drafting good players, consistently, over the year, resulting in playoff appearances season after season, might qualify. But having some good players doesn’t cut it. Every team has talent.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
nice try tom, but you can’t fool me. i’m sure your agent recommended this, but you’re a tool. you’ve peaked professionally…
January 19th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Al is the Silver and Black Fox, at 91, Still living his dream, god bless him, critics aside, love the spunk AL, only you can do that!
January 19th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
http://tinyurl.com/623vynu
January 19th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
59.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Oh, now it’s done some things “right”. LOL. So what? Your house is on fire, you call the fire department. That’s not ingenious. It’s the obvious call. The argument here is whether Al is “sharp”, not “right”. I was right to not run an old lady over at the cross walk this morning. I could have punched the gas, but I didn’t. So, should I be given an NFL team, for making the “right” decision? As Nipsy Russell would say, “Riiiiiiiiight”.
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RMR you are 100% correct in saying the things I mentioned were not ingenious. As I said they were good moves that were not made by many other teams. Many other teams could have made these good moves but did not.
Like Al said 8-8 is not winning, and not good enough for the Raiders. Al’s skill over the last 10 years has not beed “good enough” either. The Gruden years are no exception, as we did not reach the SB wits him.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
63.860Todd Christensen Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Al is the Silver and Black Fox, at 91, Still living his dream, god bless him, critics aside, love the spunk AL, only you can do that!
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Al is not 91 years old.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
64.raideroutlawzdotcom Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
http://tinyurl.com/623vynu
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What is up with this krap? Keep yo shzit out of here.
January 19th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Yo Terrapin…
well, you still think we were about to snag Pagano?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
35.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Al’s appearance yesterday is a testament to just how big of ass kissers he’s surrounded with. No other company’s front office, in any industry, would ever just let their owner go on t.v. looking like that. Somebody would have said something beforehand and insisted having something done about it. Extra makeup, anything.
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LOL sooo true RMR. I would not let my boss go on tv like that.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
It’s amuzing hearing people talk bad about Al in the media or on this blog. People that spend all day posting on blogs or writting/ covering the Raiders in the media and all they can say is negative things about an 81 year old man are sad miserable people…
Al is no saint, he is not a genius, definately not a deity, but he controls the franchise that you pissants spend countless hours rambling abouut… have some self respect quit trying to act like you are smarter than Al Davis. He is an 81 year old man that built an empire, and has slowly watch it go up in flames around him…
January 19th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Hunt, most upper management people don’t consider their owner their “boss”. I don’t know why you guys always equate the Raiders’ front office to a McDonald’s franchise, but perhaps it’s revealing. Anyhow, in the case of most large companies, the upper management will always find themselves telling the owner what to do, even giving them orders. In many cases, that’s what they’re hired for. What do you think a publicist is? You’re their boss. Yet they tell you what pants to wear.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
You want people to stop criticizing Al’s management because he’s 81 years old. This must be because you yourself know that being 81 is a handicap when running a business. That’s why you want us to go easy on him. So then, you know all too well that Al’s too old to do what he’s doing.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
RMR I am an Operations Manager for a large co. My “boss” is the owner of my company. We have 52 braches in 9 states.
In every sense of the word Al Davis is the BOSS of the Oakland Raiders.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
RMR you are 100% correct in saying the things I mentioned were not ingenious. As I said they were good moves that were not made by many other teams.
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They were not “Good moves”. They were obvious moves anyone could have made. Al Davis is not sharp. He’s not smart. He doesn’t have an edge. As DickV admits (inadvertently), Al’s just old. That’s why DickV wants us to lay off him, because he knows Al’s age is a handicap. He wants us to be lenient with Al because of his age. Read his comment.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
RMR I am an Operations Manager for a large co. My “boss” is the owner of my company.
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If the owner is your “boss”, and you feel that way and he feels that way, and that’s the dynamic of your relationship, you’re a grunt, management or not.
So, you’re not the type of employee I’m talking about. I’m talking about upper management, the type of people that owners put their faith in, their confidence in, and even take orders from, because after all, that’s why they hired them, to make their job easier by making some of the important decisions and freeing up some of the owners’ time. So I’m not talking about yes-men like you. I’m talking about the important people above you.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I’m talking about Any Trask, John Herrera, Mark Davis, people that high up. Not mid level peons like you.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Hopefully Davis explained what happened to his head to Al Saunders. lol
January 19th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
In every sense of the word Al Davis laughing stock of the NFL.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:31 pm
75.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
RMR I am an Operations Manager for a large co. My “boss” is the owner of my company.
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If the owner is your “boss”, and you feel that way and he feels that way, and that’s the dynamic of your relationship, you’re a grunt, management or not.
So, you’re not the type of employee I’m talking about. I’m talking about upper management, the type of people that owners put their faith in, their confidence in, and even take orders from, because after all, that’s why they hired them, to make their job easier by making some of the important decisions and freeing up some of the owners’ time. So I’m not talking about yes-men like you. I’m talking about the important people above you.
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Young man, I think you watch too much tv. I am guessing you are about 22 years old, moved out from mom, and dads house when you were 18. Got an IT job for the state, or Intel. Live for chating, and Si-fi moves, maybe even read a national news paper now and then.
By the way what are you trying to say when you sais “If the owner is your “boss”, and you feel that way and he feels that way, and that’s the dynamic of your relationship, you’re a grunt, management or not.”
If what is our dynamic?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
78.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
In every sense of the word Al Davis laughing stock of the NFL.
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So what. What is your point sir?
I get the feeling Al did somthing to you. Did that bad man toutch you?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
You’re the one who watches too much t.v., Hunt East Paste. You think every “boss” is like Donald Trump and Al Davis.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
I’m sorry, that’s Hunt Eats Paste, not East. Although his logic is about a thousand miles east of realistic.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
A blast from the past.
Hired as head coach and general manager of the three-year-old Oakland Raiders in 1963, he took a team that had finished 1-13 the previous year to the second-best record in the eight-team AFL at 10-4. It was the biggest one-year turnaround in pro football history and the Associated Press named him Coach of the Year.
Yeppers that coach was Al Davis
January 19th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Uh, ok, yeah, the reason I say Al Davis is a laughing stock is because, yeah, he “did something” to me. That’s right. The millions of people across America yesterday who were laughing hysterically at Al Davis were all abused by Al as children. You’ve got it figured out, Hunt Eats Paste.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
That was a very nice interview with Tom Cable. Very consistent with his message while with the Raiders. Good luck Tom.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
81.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
You’re the one who watches too much t.v., Hunt East Paste. You think every “boss” is like Donald Trump and Al Davis.
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Nice come back “Madden Raider” Is The Donald the only Big name you could think of? What in the world is Hunt East Paste? Is that the game you play with the old man that looks like Al Davis?
Why don’t you answer my questions MADDEN?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
BloodRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
A blast from the past.
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Exactly.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
I clarified my typo. It’s Hunt Eats Paste, as in you eat paste. And, yeah, like I said, the millions of people laughing at Al yesterday were all abused by Al, or someone who looks like him. Yep. That’s it. Never mind the fact that Al went on camera yesterday looking like he crawled out of a pool of acid.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Al Davis is a “blast from the past”, and nothing more.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Madden, if you are so upset by Al Davis, why don’t you do somthing about it? Being so anal retentive over things you do nothing to change is bad for your health. It can give ya high blood press, stress, and even shingles. And I am sure somebody loves you.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Maybe Al did crawl out of a pool of acid, why do you care?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
I am doing something about it. I’m making fun of him on a blog. I’m making fun of you now, too. Operations Manager. LOL.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
I care because anytime I see someone that ghoulish looking on t.v., I think it’s interesting, and I like to comment about it. That’s kind of what blogs are for, paste eater.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
All of ths lip service about how bad Al Davis is…
What makes a man think so much about another man? Love.
Yer like the kid on the school bus, always teasing the girl, calling her names, throwing things a her, all while wishing you could get in her pants.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
92.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
I am doing something about it. I’m making fun of him on a blog. I’m making fun of you now, too. Operations Manager. LOL.
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How is this making fun of me?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
What is your occupation “Madden”? Or do you even have a job?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Yeah, that’s right, Hunt Eats Paste. When I was a kid on the school bus, I would see a girl who’s face looked like she dipped it in a deep fryer, and I’d start picking on her…cause I liked her. You got it, Dr. Ruth.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
It is funny you name yourself after one of Al Davis’ greatest findes. Man I bet you even dream of Al Davis.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
What is your occupation
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Tonight, it’s Hunt Eats Paste destroyer, obviously.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Your school grade antics are very telling Madden.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Uh, I didn’t name myself after John Madden. It’s called a screen name. It’s not even that serious.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
School grade antics, like Al’s behavior yesterday when talking about Cable?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
99.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
What is your occupation
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Tonight, it’s Hunt Eats Paste destroyer, obviously.
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Ahh yes, you think of your self as a “destroyer”. Very Si-fi like billy.
I guess I was wrong about your age. Maybe 13ish
January 19th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Oh, did I mention Al looks like Freddy Krueger?
January 19th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Davis is a great man and like many great men he has a great many flaws, but he’s ours.
No body wanted to shoot him more than me, when he traded Stabler, moved the team to LA, tried to crush Marcus Allen and traded Gruden. But he did run the team that provided some of the most enjoyable times of my younger life.
I’ll be sad when he’s gone, but thankful that I could be part of the Raider Nation with the SOB as the boss.
January 19th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Speaking of Sci Fi, Al Davis looks like the alien in “The Thing”, after Kurt Russell torched it.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:00 am
I think Herrera accidentally reached for the blow torch when Al wanted the hair dryer. LMFAO
January 20th, 2011 at 12:01 am
I compare Davis to the Roman Emperor Caligula. Brilliant and mad at the same time.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:01 am
BloodRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
I’ll be sad when he’s gone
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Oh, he’s gone. Did you hear him yesterday?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:01 am
101.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Uh, I didn’t name myself after John Madden. It’s called a screen name. It’s not even that serious.
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Now now billy, you obviously take your self very serious. That is ok. You are in Piaget’s Formal operational stage.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:02 am
An NFL owner to the Roman Emperor. Yeah, that’s it.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:02 am
104.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Oh, did I mention Al looks like Freddy Krueger?
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Hmm arnt you a little young to watch theese movies? See like I said too much tv.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:03 am
If Al Davis is the Roman Emperor, Art Rooney must be God. LOL.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:03 am
Man AD shouldn’t have cameras in that room, somebody that works there has to say “Hay coach Davis, Maybe you should sit this one out. Or if you insist on going out in public, wear a hat and sunglasses.”
Some one in the front office help the guy out! The more pictures I see the more it’s about Al’s asexual reproduction coming out of his temple! That’s bad and some one should have told him, and Al Davis should allow some one TO talk to him about that stuff. That’s just bad.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:03 am
107.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:00 am
I think Herrera accidentally reached for the blow torch when Al wanted the hair dryer. LMFAO
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Very 8th grade “Madden”.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:04 am
Raiderbuck, Al would have looked better yesterday if he’d just worn a Friday the 13th Jason mask.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:05 am
101.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Uh, I didn’t name myself after John Madden. It’s called a screen name. It’s not even that serious.
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Oh did your BFF pick it for you?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:05 am
The media hangs on his every word and he leaves them BEGGING for more. But chances are that is the last time they’ll hear from him this year and maybe next as well. Hate him all you want but you cannot ignore him……………..period
January 20th, 2011 at 12:05 am
Al should have just worn a bag on his head.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:06 am
He’s at death’s door and yes he looks like Dracula’s dead dad, but honestly I was kind of proud of the old man yesterday.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:06 am
priest, you’re right. Al has a face no one can ignore.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:07 am
120.BloodRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:06 am
He’s at death’s door and yes he looks like Dracula’s dead dad, but honestly I was kind of proud of the old man yesterday.
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Yep as wacko as he is, he still has IT.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:09 am
What don’t tell me you think he’s CUTE!!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Highlight of the night is the paste eater accusing me of using school grade antics…after Al’s mature, class performance yesterday.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:17 am
124.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Highlight of the night is the paste eater accusing me of using school grade antics…after Al’s mature, class performance yesterday.
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What does Al’s talk show yesterday have to do with your adolescent behavior?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:18 am
Do you have ADHD “Madden”? You seem a little hyper focused on Al Davis.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:18 am
paste eater, it’s adolescent behavior that prevents top notch NFL coaches from coming near Oakland.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:19 am
I had HDTV yesterday when watching the press conference, and I’m still freaked out by that crater on Al’s forehead.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:20 am
So you act like a child. Man Al Davis has some serious control over you. Not good “Madden”.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:21 am
127.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:18 am
paste eater, it’s adolescent behavior that prevents top notch NFL coaches from coming near Oakland.
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Yeah, ok… and what is your point?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Al does have control over me, I’ll give him that much. He shows his face, I laugh. It’s a guaranteed cause and effect, every time.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:24 am
My point is that your hero Al Davis is so immature no reputable coach goes near him, and in a couple of years that will include Hue Jackson.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:32 am
132.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:24 am
My point is that your hero Al Davis is so immature no reputable coach goes near him, and in a couple of years that will include Hue Jackson.
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Why would you think Al Davis is my hero?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:33 am
128.The Real MaddenRaider Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:19 am
I had HDTV yesterday when watching the press conference, and I’m still freaked out by that crater on Al’s forehead.
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Children do scare esay.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:36 am
# priesttj Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:05 am
The media hangs on his every word and he leaves them BEGGING for more. But chances are that is the last time they’ll hear from him this year and maybe next as well. Hate him all you want but you cannot ignore him……………..period
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Sup Old Man?
I can’t ignore train wrecks either.
Car pile ups?
gas explosions that destroy a building?
Sports owners that you just know is bound to say something outlandishly stupid and inappropriate?
You watch because you don’t know what is going to happen next, or because you just know some are just too damn stupid and stubborn to care what they say.
Sad news? Each and EVERY one of those reporters?
Are laughing at him today.
Every single one.
kind of like you getting laughed at
January 20th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Tom Cable probably has and has had a couple of personal character issues of most questionable nature, but what he did in coaching the Raiders, overall, was a good job. I certainly wish him well career-wise and hopefully he becomes a better person in the process for his own good.
As to Hue, well let’s hope they can deliver on some of the grand words. Only time will tell. At this point I am sceptic because the bar hangs not as low anymore as it used to, but hopeful…
January 20th, 2011 at 12:59 am
I just realy had no idea the depth of Hue jackson and the absolute burning desire to be great. You know in life there people who get a chance and don’t understand the scope of what’s at stake and what it takes to succeed. They take it for granted or get intimidated by it.
I get the sense that Hue Jackson prepared himself well for this eventuality and the fact that he saw someone who really didn’t appreciate it and in some ways abused it. He saw that first hand and IMO said do you know how many people would love to be YOU? Now he is in that space and even if he isn’t quite ready yet I think he has the vision this team really needs and I’m glad he saw first hand what not to do.
That IMO along with his knowledge and experience tells me he just might be what we’ve all been waiting for. He is Gruden without the family ties. I’m sure he has his own baggage as we all do. But I had high hopes for Tom Cable eventhough I knew he might not have the dynamics to do great things I hoped he’d stay around long enough to learn them. I think his mistake was he thought he was doing Mr Davis a great favor. Hue Jackson I’m hoping just wants to get this job DONE. Cable is not a bad coach he’s just not a great one.
I think Hue Jackson has greatness in his grasp now he has to fulfill this thing but IMO he is head and shoulders better for what this team wants to do than Cable will ever be. He’s sort os a mad scientist with a gameplan so to speak. I just HOPE he’s really ready for what’ ahead because it won’t be easy.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:11 am
# Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Why would you think Al Davis is my hero?
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You fit the profile.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:12 am
No doubt, Priest. Hue will be another great Raider coach that Al will run out of here.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:20 am
Yay Cable. Try not to punch yourself out of another job or relationship ok?
January 20th, 2011 at 1:22 am
Priest, its clear by your posts on here you know little if nothing about whence you speak. Real Madden Raider, we all know you’re NOT a real Raider fan and a pathetic troll for the most part.
Just yuck.
That is awl
January 20th, 2011 at 1:24 am
RMR hates Davis repeat to infifnity. bluh…
January 20th, 2011 at 1:25 am
Seems like Cable handled that broadcast just about right.
He didn’t bring out a manilla folder, or drag in an overhead projector, or talk about Hue’s known endorsement of a banned substance as Al will in two years.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:27 am
thanks for the kind words nnamdi21 maybe i should learn from you. lol
January 20th, 2011 at 1:43 am
TerrapinRaider Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Tom Cable. Class. The two just don’t mix. The guy has issues tha needs to be rectified.
I know Pete Carrol is getting the business from these women groups. It was just a bad decision on his part. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting Al to obliterate Cable on live TV. Bet he wish that contract was signed in pencil. lol. …”somebody get the eraser!”
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How in the world would know that Pete Carrol is “getting the business from women’s groups”?
You two close friends?
If that’s the case it seems really strange for Pete Carrol to not only name Cable as OL coach but also as Assistant Head Coach.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:52 am
*you
January 20th, 2011 at 2:00 am
# ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 1:25 am
Seems like Cable handled that broadcast just about right.
He didn’t bring out a manilla folder, or drag in an overhead projector, or talk about Hue’s known endorsement of a banned substance as Al will in two years.
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Twue, sad but twue
January 20th, 2011 at 2:10 am
Why do Al’s dwindling team of bootlickers keep coming on here to attack Cable?
It’s like they’ve all got the same talking points, neatly typed out by Herrera.
Cable’s already been fired AND been given his ritual dragging through the mud by Al. You bootlickers can relax, Al already defecated all over Cable’s life.
The guy’s fired already!
He doesn’t coach here anymore!
He is a non-Raider coach!
Cable’s gone!
Get over it!
January 20th, 2011 at 3:17 am
Tom Cable didn’t say anything. Not because of “class”. but because he couldn’t. Not if he wants to have any chance of winning that grievance. He pleaded the 5th for now.
What could he say about Al? He’s controlling and demanding? creepy? shady? Uh..the whole world knows that. “Now about about that domestic violence suit Tom,….”
Of course he didn’t talk, u numbnuts.
Anything he could say about Al pales in comparison to the charges that have hung over this man’s head. Domestic violence is a very serious thing, and in the court of public opinion Tom would lose to Al by a landslide
Class? Phuccouttahere. He’s a piece of ish to be beating on women like that.
January 20th, 2011 at 4:52 am
The thing I didn’t get about the presser, was how Al tried to make it seem like it was such a HUGE deal this lady threatened to slap some type of frivelous lawsuit on the Raiders.
Here is Al Davis, the man who sues everyone and kicks major tail in court, a man who has never been scared of getting his day in court, and he tries to spin this thing that he was devasted and scared about this potential lawsuit from this dingbat lady.
Al and his mob of lawyers would chew her up and spit her if it ever went to court, but here was Al, trying to drum up sympathy and make it seem like he was scared stiff of this floozy.
Sorry Al, not buying it.
January 20th, 2011 at 4:57 am
This Raiders team in 2010 took on the life of Tom Cable.
When we played inferior teams that we were stronger than (like Cabes against Hanson and short latinas) we beat them up and intimidates them.
When we played someone tough like Pittsburgh or Tennessee, we cowered and looked to exit stage left ASAP.
I always say that a team takes on the life of the coach and QB. Soup has his chance to show that last years ability to pick on the skinny kid in class but cower from the bully was all Cable and he had nothing to do with it.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:07 am
@JFB,
I see your bully point but what disappointed me was the losses against sub 500 teams like AZ, SF, Houston, and MIA.
Ur right about Al. All he had to do was say look, I didn’t think Cable was doing a good job. Not enough wins, ZBS, etc.. That woulda been enuff.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:13 am
No need to go TMZ on us, IMO.
Especially over 120K. It would be different if charges were ever filled, but on all the instances, the police did not find enough evidence to even charge him.
I mean Al’s exact words were, “his jaw was broken and nobody to this day knows how it happened.” Not necessarily the stuff that wins court cases.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:19 am
what’s hilarious is that the very same guys that were saying dump cable 1 year or 2 years ago are now his biggest supporters…
i think it’s more of an anti-Davis thing…
January 20th, 2011 at 5:21 am
So this was about our fun for the offseason.
We may get another quote or two from Hue from the college all-star games, might get a revision of who is a Free Agent or not, but things are going to get very slow without a CBA.
No re-signing of players, no FA pickups, and of course no media access.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:24 am
I have been a Cable supporter since the end of 2008, when our team actually played hard instead of packing it in like years past.
I know he is not the be-all-end-all with this team, and Hue certainly can pick up where Cable left off.
But it was nice to see all the tough talk from the Raiders actually come to fruition on Sundays and really beat people up like we did this past year.
I hope Hue and Saunders don’t try to prove they are the smartest guys in the room and get too cute on us.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:28 am
Well, like all Cable interviews I’ll set the over/under at 20 for the number of times he says “things”.
Good luck in Seattle Cable & thanks for leaving this team with another great quote that will echo around the Bay area for decades. Much like, “Commitment to Excellence & Just Win Baby!”, “We’re not losers anymore!” will become the next best seller in the clothing stores!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:30 am
I dont see what the big deal about Als presser is anyways… All he did was ‘Cut it loose’ ya know. He just listened to Cable and cut this thing loose!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:30 am
I think this dude takes things a little too seriously:
http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/may09/tatswat/11.jpg
January 20th, 2011 at 5:30 am
# Loves N Dakota Oil Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:19 am
what’s hilarious is that the very same guys that were saying dump cable 1 year or 2 years ago are now his biggest supporters…
i think it’s more of an anti-Davis thing…
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new nick? or just a troll?
anyhoo, you got it all wrong, guys that were supporters of Cable a month ago, now hates him and say they all along were against him…
same will happen with Hue… All here that supports him NOW, will say they hated him from the get go, when Al throws Hue under the bus, and everybody knows that will happen in two years time…
January 20th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
CW, JFB, Bcz24, LMN…is Gabby here yet to grab some coffee and breakfast?
Anyways…very classy by Cable knowing that he had seen or heard Al’s presser on him…but who should have kept quiet??? Cable shouldn’t have leaked it to whoever and Al shouldn’t have ruined Hue Jackson’s moment to shine. But, oh well…Raider on!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:38 am
Hip Hip Hooray!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:38 am
bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:30 am
I dont see what the big deal about Als presser is anyways…
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a Presser is about saying what is necessary… Al didnt give Cable an extension, that says enough..
the big deal was about the Classlessness (wow that many S’s) in the way Al acted(acts). He is defensive, he comments on a Coach no-longer employed, as said before that all voided the contract speaks volumes on its own.. he is vindictive, like a schoolgirl dumped two days before prom..
thats the big deal..
January 20th, 2011 at 5:38 am
I don’t get the big deal about flying this chick in on road trips.
According to Al she was threatening to sue the team right? Well if Cable got her sprung once again and she was willfully seeing him on the road, seems like that lawsuit would have no merit, and thus Cable was actually assuring this and saving Al money in lawyer fees and lawsuits.
And Al’s whole thing about if they made the playoffs he would have fired him anyway? Whatever happened to Just Win Baby??
January 20th, 2011 at 5:41 am
hwnrdr Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
Al shouldn’t have ruined Hue Jackson’s moment to shine. But, oh well…Raider on!
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Good morning!
I just saw the conference yesterday, and I had heard the jist of what went on before hand… as I watched and it came to the point where Al was ready to give the press “what they came for”(He really gets off on sticking it to people!) I was wondering if he was going to dismiss Hue or let him sweat it out. He really should have given Hue the option right there to head out.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:43 am
# hwnrdr Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Good Morning Nation!!!
CW, JFB, Bcz24, LMN…is Gabby here yet to grab some coffee and breakfast?
Anyways…very classy by Cable knowing that he had seen or heard Al’s presser on him…but who should have kept quiet??? Cable shouldn’t have leaked it to whoever and Al shouldn’t have ruined Hue Jackson’s moment to shine. But, oh well…Raider on!
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Morning mate, Gabby better hurry, because im going soon..
No AL shouldnt ruined Hue’s time in the sun, but Al is classless, and thats what depicter the franschise..
and probably why I fell in love with it as small lad..
January 20th, 2011 at 5:43 am
thats the big deal..
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LMN, I was being sarcastic, clearly, as evidenced by refering to the ‘Lets cut it loose’ Cable-ism.
Al’s presser was deplorable, if for nothing else than the way he essentially sh!t all over our new Head Coach. I expected nothing less however, and I will thoroughly enjoy making fun of it!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:45 am
Cable shouldn’t have leaked it to whoever and Al shouldn’t have ruined Hue Jackson’s moment to shine. But, oh well…Raider on!
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Al spent 15 minutes on his new coach, and 30 minutes on his previous coach.
At least if you are going to have it swayed that way, at least end with the Hue announcement and leave everything on a good note.
PR and sales 101!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 5:46 am
@JFB
the big deal isn’t flying the chick in. It’s beating her up. That’s a big deal.
Tom Cable is a classless coward. Period Point Blank.
Yall ever known guys that beat up women????
They are worthless pieces of garbage. I mean they are cowards with serious emotional problems.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:49 am
# bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:43 am
thats the big deal..
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LMN, I was being sarcastic, clearly, as evidenced by refering to the ‘Lets cut it loose’ Cable-ism.
Al’s presser was deplorable, if for nothing else than the way he essentially sh!t all over our new Head Coach. I expected nothing less however, and I will thoroughly enjoy making fun of it!
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sowwy mate =)
January 20th, 2011 at 5:49 am
the big deal isn’t flying the chick in. It’s beating her up. That’s a big deal.
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Well that was 20 years ago, and no charges were ever filed.
I stand behind the work of the police.
That chick could just be a massive liar for all we know. The police obviously didn’t believe her.
January 20th, 2011 at 5:51 am
# JONTRAIN Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:46 am
@JFB
the big deal isn’t flying the chick in. It’s beating her up. That’s a big deal.
Tom Cable is a classless coward. Period Point Blank.
Yall ever known guys that beat up women????
They are worthless pieces of garbage. I mean they are cowards with serious emotional problems.
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well, it doesnt hold water…
Al knew way before season begun that Cable had beaten up women, he was alright then…
but yeah, just eat the propaganda..
January 20th, 2011 at 5:54 am
@JFB
C’mon man. MULTIPLE women accused him.
He broke Randy Hanson’s jaw.
Really????
January 20th, 2011 at 5:58 am
well, it doesnt hold water…
Al knew way before season begun that Cable had beaten up women, he was alright then…
but yeah, just eat the propaganda..
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Ur right. I thought Al should have fired him back then. I was upset that he didn’t.
I’m not eating any “propaganda”. That’s crazy. I’m critical of Al all the time when he deserves it.
Such as.. Al’s dumb ass shoulda fired that idiot Cable when he had the chance but he didn’t because he was trying to save face (no pun intended) on an organization he’s practically run into the ground since Gruden left. He couldn’t stand for the media to attack him for yet another failed head coach
January 20th, 2011 at 6:00 am
# JONTRAIN Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:54 am
@JFB
C’mon man. MULTIPLE women accused him.
He broke Randy Hanson’s jaw.
Really????
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you gotta stay focused here kid…
All that you mentioned was before this season began…
For all we know the girl may have been a KC fan trying to ruin our possibilities to make and upset..
anyhoo, police didnt buy it, he was sentenced or anything, thereby by law he hasnt done anything..
January 20th, 2011 at 6:02 am
Jontrain…
but all the examples you use as why it was okay for Al be so classless the other day, are in the past, as in before the 2010 season…
Fair enough you wanted to dump him then, well then the arguments hold water, problem is Al uses those arguments for why he voided the contract AFTER 2010… and that does NOT hold water
January 20th, 2011 at 6:05 am
well guys..
take care… Im meeting a mate from Auckland, NZ for a few pints..
Go Raiders!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:07 am
I believe in law enforcement and the work they do.
If Cable had beat her up, I believe he would have been charged. He was a complete nobody at the time of the alleged attacks.
Same thing goes with Roethlisburger. Never charged with anything, so I don’t believe any of the women’s stories.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:10 am
@LMN
ur totally correct, but in no way have I condoned Al’s behavior (entertainment value aside). Al handled the presser poorly. Thats what he does, and he’s wrong for it. I’ve said that before. The WORST part is doing all that with Hue’s fam sitting in the front row. Classless.
@JFB
Focus is not a problem of mine. Just saying that “class” isn’t a word I’d use to describe Cable or Davis.
Cable is gone. For the better. As I said earlier in this very same post, Al coulda explained Cable’s firing in football terms (not enough wins, ZBS, Hue is better, etc..) and that would have sufficed. I do not condone Al’s behavior the other day.
Understood?
January 20th, 2011 at 6:11 am
Maybe Al didn’t want to blow it up like he did Lance…ok, maybe not!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:14 am
SHOULD HAVE HELD 2 SEPERATE PRESSER’S,1 FOR THE CABLE FIREING,1 4 JACKSON…
January 20th, 2011 at 6:16 am
Jon,
I think you are using LMN’s post against me.
I never asked you to focus, lol.
Just not a fan of guys getting reprimanded for things they weren’t found guilty of in the courts.
Al could have fired him or not re-signed because he personally thought he was a creep. I have no problem with that. But to try to sue him, and than air his dirty laundry like that, just to TRY to win a lawsuit of 120K??
Just seems so incredibly petty to me, and certainly does more damage than good, as Cable got another job right away, and other coaches like Pagano started taking swipes at Al.
Should have just stayed above the fray, paid Cable is 120K and told him to get lost and focus on the future. Instead this presser’s main focus was not on Hue, but on Al’s lawsuit with his former coach.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:22 am
Dirt Lot…you’re exactly right!
JFB…Al is Al! 120K shouldn’t have bothered him, but I think when the story got leaked, Al got defensive and wanted everyone to know his side. Gotta give props to Cable for moving on and being classy about it, right or wrong!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:23 am
my bad JFB.
We’ll never know the total truth about all the accusations against Cable.
I have my opinion about the guy personally, just like every other a$$hole LOL, but it really doesn’t matter.
Onto bigger and better things IMO..Hue Jax is my guy.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:25 am
Was Al right about Kiffin???
January 20th, 2011 at 6:31 am
Has Al Saunders signed yet?
January 20th, 2011 at 6:32 am
So Gallery will be a sea chicken next year.
Good riddance!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:32 am
I wonder if our new DC will roll with Branch at SS or Mitchell?
January 20th, 2011 at 6:34 am
Is Nnamdi going to take a pay cut to stay in Oakland?
Or should we get ready for Routt and CJ37 at corner next year?
January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am
PATRICK BATES…
January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am
I wonder if Campbell and DHB are working on that back shoulder throw this morning?
January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am
J Hill Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 6:32 am
So Gallery will be a sea chicken next year.
Good riddance!
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There’s a good possibility. Kwame Harris too!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am
@ J Hill
I think that’s Branch’s job to lose, but he’s on thin ice. Terrible year. I don’t understand why his play slipped so dramatically this year. He’s capable of playing much better.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:36 am
What about Ware and the other Mc Fadden at corner??
January 20th, 2011 at 6:37 am
I think McFadden or Ware are gonna get thrown into the fire. Al always wants to prove he was right on his draft picks
January 20th, 2011 at 6:39 am
Don’t forget StevieBrown
January 20th, 2011 at 6:41 am
JONTRAIN Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am
@ J Hill
I think that’s Branch’s job to lose, but he’s on thin ice. Terrible year. I don’t understand why his play slipped so dramatically this year. He’s capable of playing much better
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I think Branch played really well at times. Sure he gave up a few big plays but overall I think he deserves to be starting again next year. He’s going to improve.
Even the best safeties in the league get burned once in a while.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:46 am
Report: Hue cuts ties with supplement company
By Jerry McDonald – NFL Writer
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 at 6:21 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Hue Jackson has been ordered by the NFL to cut ties with a supplement company, according to “The Post Game” on Yahoo Sports.
The ban happened earlier this month because one of the products the company endorsed contains a banned product.
Jackson told ThePostGame.com, “I’m no longer affiliated with that company. I don’t even know about a banned substance.”
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LOL! this offseason just keeps getting better & better
January 20th, 2011 at 6:47 am
2011 DC = Bill Romanowski ???
January 20th, 2011 at 6:48 am
Tom Cable is ALL class.
holy smokes man!
Al Davis wishes he had an ounce of that integrity …
January 20th, 2011 at 6:52 am
LOL ROCKSTAR POST-199.SPEAKING OF ‘ROID’S AND SUPPLEMENTS..
January 20th, 2011 at 6:53 am
# RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 6:47 am
2011 DC = Bill Romanowski ???
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Talk about banned substances!!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:54 am
Al Davis didn’t care about Hanson-gate.
He didn’t care about Cable’s alleged women abuse
He didn’t care about Cable’s zone blocking system
He didn’t care about Cable having “company” at road games
He cares about win & losses PERIOD.
Cable promised that the Raiders would be in the playoffs if Al Davis cut ties with $39 million dollar man JaWalrus. He did that and Cable fell short of those expectations. Then the “we’re not losers anymore” comment
Thats what got Cable fired. Cable trying to get money back from Al Davis is what caused that hot mess press conference that was supposed to be about Hue Jackson!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:54 am
Bill Romo as DC? The O better get ready to get punched in the eye!
January 20th, 2011 at 6:55 am
Tom Cable is ALL class.
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Funny
January 20th, 2011 at 6:57 am
I just heard that BALCO is privately funding our new stadium …
thoughts ???
January 20th, 2011 at 6:59 am
No, Cable is *in* class …… anger management class.
The truth is always somewhere in the middle. I like his public persona, but probably wouldn’t like the private persona as much.
Haters gotta hate. Trolls gotta troll, it is what gives them their own sense of self-worth. How sad is that?
BAN THE TROLLS! (or at least add an ignore filter)
January 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 6:57 am
I just heard that BALCO is privately funding our new stadium …
thoughts ???
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Don’t dring from the fountains, your head will swell up!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am
*drinK*
January 20th, 2011 at 7:03 am
He cares about win & losses PERIOD.
Cable promised that the Raiders would be in the playoffs if Al Davis cut ties with $39 million dollar man JaWalrus. He did that and Cable fell short of those expectations. Then the “we’re not losers anymore” comment
Thats what got Cable fired. Cable trying to get money back from Al Davis is what caused that hot mess press conference that was supposed to be about Hue Jackson!
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look at that – we agree on something
January 20th, 2011 at 7:03 am
No, Cable is *in* class …… anger management class.
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so what?
I was in anger management before too!
you got something to say BMG?
and if you nickname is any indication “Bad Mood Guy” maybe you should enroll yourself as well, unless it’s just a thing that comes and goes each month like PMS?
January 20th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Train,
With Branch really being a CB converted to S, I’m as surprised as you that his main issue was coverage. Let’s say he rebounds nicely and picks up where he left off 2 years ago, what do you see happening with Mitchell?
January 20th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Talent wins games, folks.
Coaches certainly help
It’s no coincidence that our best draft since ‘98 got us to 8-8.
My biggest problem with Al has ALWAYS been personnel decisions. He made some good ones this year. If he keeps it up, playoffs should be the expectation.
If not, well then yes…we’ll be right back here discussing another presser 2 years from now.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Don’t drink from the fountains, your head will swell up!
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CW, good advice
you’re such a poet!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:05 am
What about Ware and the other Mc Fadden at corner??
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Might have been a possibility if they weren’t basically inactive the whole season. Those kids should’ve been on the field, imo.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:07 am
look at that – we agree on something
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Jon, of course!
I don’t expect you to be wrong ALL THE TIME
January 20th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Don’t forget StevieBrown
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He’ll be our starting FS next season.
I’d be really surprised to see Huff come back. I can see him in Dallas or Houston as clear as day.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:10 am
@ J Hill
Mitchell is still an enigma to me. Coaches wanted him cut. Right or wrong, it at least tells you that he wasn’t making a great impression.
Re-watching these games, I constantly see him out of position. They kept him as close to the line of scrimmage for a reason. If his sole assignment on a play is to cover the tight end, he can do that. Anything more complex than that, he gets confused.
Him playing cover safety makes me very, very nervous.
So if Branch is able to hold on, I see more of the same. They’ll use Mitchell as a hybrid LB/DB and try to keep things simple for him.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:12 am
I’d be really surprised to see Huff come back. I can see him in Dallas or Houston as clear as day.
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me too, unfortunately!
Actually, I think he could be headed to Baltimore. Chuck Pagano knows him well and Chris Carr might have some nice things to say
January 20th, 2011 at 7:13 am
One good thing about W McFadden from college was he was outstanding tackling in the open field, 1 on 1. That alone makes me wanna put him at FS instead of Huff LOL…
Man coverage? Dunno about that. Ware seemed better at it.
Somebody’s gonna have to step up tho without Nnamdi.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:15 am
I was in anger management before too!
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I bet there are some local defenseless animals who hope you go back, lol.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:16 am
Branch isn’t the first CB that the Raiders tried to make a SS because he can tackle …
Michael Huff was a BEAST in college and was out of position as a SS the first few years in Oakland
2009 & 2010 Huff = Pro Bowl talent at FS
Tyvon Branch could be moved to FS as well. That would give us 2 heavy hitters back there to make up for the Front 7 inconsistancies. You know Raider safeties always lead the team in tackles anyway
Stevie Brown was a LB 1 year ago. Big Ben shook him! This guy is an excellenet special teamer and adequate depth. I don’t think he’s ready for a starting role on D
January 20th, 2011 at 7:18 am
I bet there are some local defenseless animals who hope you go back
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none that are alive to talk about it!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:20 am
@RRS
agreed on Brown. I think coaches liked him cuz he always knew his assignments. Pretty much the exact opposite of MM34.
So you’re saying Branch at FS and MM34 at SS? Assuming Huff is gone…
January 20th, 2011 at 7:22 am
My biggest problem with Al has ALWAYS been personnel decisions.
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My biggest issue with Al has been the coaching situation, BY FAR. I have no problem with him not giving up TOTAL control of the roster. But Bugel, Shell, Sarkisian, Kiffin (initially), CABLE?????, have all been TERRIBLE choices. TERRIBLE!
But like last year’s draft, maybe the tide is turning with the Jackson/Saunders hires. I’ll feel a lot better about this thing once Saunders becomes official.
I’ve been marinating the Winston Moss proganda for about 48 hrs now. I think I might have to get behind that too.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Re-watching these games, I constantly see him out of position. They kept him as close to the line of scrimmage for a reason. If his sole assignment on a play is to cover the tight end, he can do that. Anything more complex than that, he gets confused.
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Agreed.
I thought Marshall could’ve mixed in some blitz options for him though. I mean they REALLY simplified things for him, lol. RB outta the backfield or TE in straight man. That was about it for that guy.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:27 am
So you’re saying Branch at FS and MM34 at SS? Assuming Huff is gone…
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yes Jon. I think that has been the plan all along
Al Davis didn’t want to draft Michael Huff. That was “reportedly” Art Shell’s choice
Since then Al has traded up to the 1st pick in RD4 to get Branch and traded down several times to overdraft Mitchell in RD2
I want Huff Daddy back, but like my boy Jhill … I don’t see it happening
January 20th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Actually, I think he could be headed to Baltimore.
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Can’t see that. Is Reed retiring?
Landry and the young Somoan kid will take over if Reed is gone. Pagano was here when Huff was a rookie and Kiffin’s first year? Don’t think that was anything special, do you?
January 20th, 2011 at 7:28 am
I’ve been marinating the Winston Moss proganda for about 48 hrs now. I think I might have to get behind that too.
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LOL!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:30 am
I like Hue and I think Al finally got it right with this hiring, which is exactly why I have a feeling in 2-3yrs Hue will get booted out of Oakland too, cuz when the Raiders hit 10-6 or 11-5 Hue will receive the bulk of the credit for turning the Raiders into winners and not Al. Either that or he’ll be due for a raise and we know what happens to coaches who asks for a raise in Oakland,,,he’ll probably get traded to the Dolphins.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:31 am
I would love to see Huff back, but…like you said, Rockstar…that was Shell’s choice. Why do I see a trade for the two Longhorns…Huff for VY…please…I hope not, but I believe Huff is vying for VY to come here, like Grads is vying for Fitz!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:32 am
I would sign Huff before Nnamdi. And I like Stevie Brown starting at SS.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:33 am
Losing Huff would be disastrous.
One of the few guys in the secondary who periodically makes plays and forces turnovers. Also, he is very solid on knowing where the sticks are on 3rd down and tackling receivers a few yards short of the sticks.
MM34, Stevie Brown and Branch will change those few yards before the sticks to a few yards after the sticks.
Huff helps the D get off the field more than maybe any other defender.
Besides Seymour, Huff may be the 2nd most important re-signing. In the mix with Miller, Gallery and Satele.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:36 am
Biggest problem in secondary was pre snap “miscommunications”…i.e. mfer’s not knowing their assignments.
That said, I see Stevie at FS and Branch at SS.
Some better coaching would help in that dept., too. I can think of 5 TD’s off the top of my head where Routt, Branch, and MM34 are looking at each other like “that was your assignment, what happened?”
January 20th, 2011 at 7:37 am
which is exactly why I have a feeling in 2-3yrs Hue will get booted out of Oakland too
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Al is old and tired mayne. I really don’t think he’s looking to do anything but win at this point. If Al is even with us 2-3 years from now and Hue hasn’t got this team in the playoffs and playing well, yes he will be replaced.
Hue is from Cali mayne. From the bay area, right? He’s not going to do anything stupid to eff this up.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:38 am
@JFB
Yup. Huff has taken a lot of heat in the past, but overall he was good this year, and won’t be easy to replace.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:41 am
I never saw why all the hype with Stevie Brown.
He had two picks in preseason?? Big whup, it was against scrubs.
Could he work, sure of course. But I don’t think he will be anywhere near ready for primetime, but there on the island all alone.
He played at Michigan!!!! Those guys are happy if they only give up 5 TD’s in one game. Can’t see him translating that to being dominant.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Hue is from Cali mayne. From the bay area, right?
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So was Norv Turner.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:42 am
Jhill,
Dawan Landry, Haruki Nakamura & Tom Zbikowski are all FA’s
Ed Reed is 32 years old. Due to make $6.5 million in 2011 & $7.2 million in 2012!
Plus he just pulled out of the Pro Bowl due to due to injuries and family reasons …
January 20th, 2011 at 7:42 am
I can think of 5 TD’s off the top of my head where Routt, Branch, and MM34 are looking at each other like “that was your assignment, what happened?”
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You and me both!
1st TD of the season comes to mind, lol.
I can vividly remember reality hitting me in the face about our SS from game 1. Such high expectations throughout the offseason for our D??? To be trampled on like that was VERY disappointing.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:46 am
Ed Reed is 32 years old. Due to make $6.5 million in 2011 & $7.2 million in 2012!
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That’s frickin’ bargain!
I was willing to see us give Huff 7 to 8 million, but dammmm that!
Huff is half the player Reed is so I’d probably max out at 4-5 million.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:48 am
I never saw why all the hype with Stevie Brown.
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Brown seems to always be around the ball. I’m not saying he is the player Huff is at all. But he is the next best guy on the team for the job that we’ve seen. For better or worse.
Again, I’d like to see him at SS!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:49 am
211.RaiderRockstar Says:
so what?
I was in anger management before too!
you
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Very interesting! Why were you in anger management class? I have no problems with anger….except when it comes to sports:
When I started to get into football as a kid I found that it stirred all kinds of passion in my soul. the first event I can remember was when I was about 8…an Oakland-Seahawks games where Allen fumbled at like the opponents’ 2 yard line and the Seahawks won the game. I walked into my bedroom and punched at a curtain….well I punched too far and broke the window. (I proceeded to go outside and throw a football through the window to make it look like an accident….worked like a charm)
Then one time I kicked a hole in the wall over something to do with the Raiders. (Covered that with a poster and the hole wasn’t discovered for about 10 years when my parents re-painted my former bedroom)
Then a couple years later I got pissed about the Lakers and started jumping up and tearing down the popcorn coating off my bedroom ceiling. Ceiling still has claw marks on it.
Then in 1993 or 1994 I was 16 or 17….we were at home one Saturday playing a board game with some friends….the ND-BC game was on in the other room. I wasn’t really paying attention because ND was going to kill them….I mean they beat Florida State the week before in the game of the century right? They lost…I walked back into the dining room and proceeded to throw the game board across the room and told everyone to get the foook out.
Freshman year of College I was at a chick’s uncle’s house watching the Raiders on Satellite TV….we blew the game, and I ripped the Raiders’ shirt I was wearing right off my chest like the Hulk….and then fooled around with the chick.
I started to calm down a bit in the mid to late 1990s….I thought maybe it was because I had my temper under control….but I think mainly it was because all of my teams stunk. Then Gruden came aboard.
I was alone in my apartment one Sunday and we were about to blow a game to KC, they had the ball in FG range down by a point or two….must have been 1999 or 2000. I started to cuss up a storm….then we blocked the FG….but my neighbors must have heard the tirade I was on when I thought we were going to lose.
Oh wait, back in 1998 or 1999 I was with a bunch of buddies (all Broncos’ fans) and we got drunk and watched a Raiders-Broncos game…Broncos killed us…I threw a jar of peanut butter through a wall. Almost forgot that one.
Didn’t really react to the Sharpe TD with the Ravens against Oakland. I just went into a week long depression.
Then after the Tuck Rule game I went on a cussing fit and threw a glass into my fireplace.
Lakers were winning rings….that placated me a little.
Then I watched TB blow out the Raiders in the SB. I watched the game in Omaha and had to drive home about an hour and a half. Only suicidal thoughts that have ever entered my mind. Thought hard about maybe just taking off my seatbelt, gunning it up to 90 or so and taking aim at an overpass embankment or telephone pole.
Then came the Bartman Cubs game….I destroyed a 4′ tall oscillating fan that was in my bedroom. Two years later when I moved out I was still finding small remnants of the fan in my room.
Also in that apartment, I was watching a Lakers-Spurs game….Duncan hit a lucky shot and won the critical game five of a playoff series for SA, I walked into my bedroom, picked up one of those purple crown royal bags that I had filled with my loose change and chucked it against a wall. Put a hole in the wall and about 100 chips in the wall from change that flew out of the bag and hit the wall. (Oh then Fisher hit the miracle shot and the Lakers ended up winning the game….oooops)
Met my soon to be wife and cooled my jets a little. Got pissed at the USC-ND game where Bush pushed the QB illegally into the end zone….but I just went for a brisk walk and mumbled profanities to myself.
Then came the Lakers-Celtics in 2008. When the Lakers blew a like 24 point lead in game 4 I thrashed an old coffee table that is in my man cave. Can’t believe I didn’t break my hand.
No major incidents since then….and now I have a little one at home, so I can’t go too crazy….I was getting a little worked up during the first KC-Raiders game of the year when the refs tried to screw us, but I was at a friends house.
See, I don’t know why anyone would need anger management classes!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:52 am
Isn’t Hue from SoCal? And hey…CWood was from Michigan also…but played on the Championship team!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:53 am
Jontrain I agree a lot with your assesments of Huff, right now he is playing at a very high level if the Raiders lose him I think they have to put Branch back there because of his inconsistent cover skills. Mitchell is just wya too excitable. That’s what get shim into trouble he challenges everything and everyone he has a driving need to be great and he takes way too many chances although in the second half of the year he got much better assignment wise. It will take a year for Branch to get close to what Huff is doing now.
I think Huff stays and I’ll tell you why, He wants to and he’ll give the Raiders a hometown discount to do so. The same is true with Nnamdi I see Nnamdi as a true Raider (Icould be wrong) but I think he wants to stay as well(hometeam discount).
As for Miller I think he might leave if he stays it’ll be because he thinks finally he has a QB who brings stability to that position and sees a great future here. His first Probowl may be in his mind to do that fact.
Gallery may be gone unless he likes the new system and sees great things for this team blocking for those two HB’s and finally a QB they believe in.
I really believe the reason many of these players may opt to take less here are two people Hue Jackson and Jason Campbell. If those two were not in place I think the vast majority of these FA’s might leave. But because of that and the explosiveness of the offfense I think several who might leave will stay on.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:57 am
Dakota…I’ll agree with you on that Lakers/Celtics championship in 08…those 2 games (the 24 point lead given away, and the one that they let Paul Pierce win it, game one I believ) should have went the other way, thus having a 3-peat again!
That USC – ND game was a good game, and yes, Bush pushed Leinart into the endzone illegaly! That was an upset in the making…
January 20th, 2011 at 7:58 am
I’ve grown to like Steve Brown Jhill but I question his speed, he is very savvy and football smart but if Huff leaves they have to put Branch at FS and Mitchell at SS and use Brown as the rover in the Mitchell role.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:01 am
I guess in John Marshall’s world, we shouldn’t worry about Huff leaving.
We have 5 safeties right John??
January 20th, 2011 at 8:02 am
Man, I never would have made it had I been alive (or old enough) to witness the Immaculate BS game or the Raiders-Broncos AFC Championship fumble game. I would have lost it and killed someone.
Thank god I wasn’t born until 1976.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:06 am
Stevie Brown made plays when he was in the game. Watch the film.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:09 am
CJ37 to FS????
January 20th, 2011 at 8:12 am
The Immaculate Deception I’m glad I was too young for, and the Rob Lytle fumble…remeber those games but too young to really show emotion about it then…
That BS about the hit on Stabler that they say was legal (maybe it was back then) was one I really remember because we won the SB a couple of games later…
January 20th, 2011 at 8:14 am
After going back through those moments, I am actually getting a little pissed off right now. Better take a time out.
See ya!
January 20th, 2011 at 8:14 am
Dakota the game you wouldn’t have wanted to see was the immaculate reception vs the Steelers I have never felt worse after a loss. We had beaten the Steelers at there house and dominated them in front of teir fans. Kenny Stabler ran like 30 yards to get ago ahead TD. The GAME WAS OVER………….screeech stop the presses the Steelers are awarded the game on a fluke reception by a guy who was walking off the field and we had let down thinking game over. WE notice him running with the football and try to stop him he gets in and scores…………….WE LOSE. Nothing!! no game EVER hurt worse than that game.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:19 am
CJ37 at FS………….no freakin way there isn’t a player in the league who misplays theflight of the ball worse than that guy. He has better cover skills than most corners but his ball skills SUCK and I hate that word.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:19 am
And that reception by Fraco Harris was illegal back then…because it clearly hit Francois wahtever…Frenchie was his name??? Atkinson was right…How can Tatum hit the BALL that hard where it flew that far…like I said, I was too young at the time to get really emotional and fly through the roof like I have in the past stupid/bad calls…
January 20th, 2011 at 8:24 am
Very interesting! Why were you in anger management class? I have no problems with anger….except when it comes to sports
I don’t know why anyone would need anger management classes!
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Dakota,
back in my bad old days I dated this chick for about 8 months. SMOKING hot blonde with brown eyes & blonde hair that got hit on constantly. I remember taking her to see the 76ers play the Kings at Arco on Halloween one year and she wore a pair of angel wings to the game. I almost got into fight in the parking lot because some guys were whistling and making comments to her as we’re walking to my truck.
Anyways, she had some daddy issues and hadn’t seen her real dad in like 7-8 years. She was living with her mom & step dad who worked at Travis AFB near Fairfield. She had this annoying Chihuahua that always barked at me. One day her parents were both gone and she invited me over. We fooled around and then I went to the gym. After I got back to her place, she jumped in the shower and that dog started barking and growling at me. My adreneline was still pumping and I kicked that thing like I was Seabass attempting a 63 yarder.
It ran out the sliding glass door to the backyard and I jumped in the shower with my lady. Later on she was looking for it so she could feed it before we left. She called and it never came. I told her it was in the backyard and she went out there and found it DEAD! She asked if I knew what happened and I told her. Her parents got home and she told them what had happened and they FREAKED OUT! It was the family dog and it was like a took out their baby or something. Her tough guy father-in-law was weeping like crazy. They called the cops and I got arrested at work. They questionned me and I told them what I did. Didn’t know it was a FELONY in the state of Cali! Had it reduced in court to a misdemeanor because even though I fully intended to harm the dog, I didn’t intend to kill it. They tagged me with animal cruelty. Did community service, paid restitution, took anger management classes and got 3 years probation.
Her parents told her that if she continued to see me, they would kick her out and thats exactly what happened. She went to live with her scumbag real dad in the country for a few months until we found her an apartment across the street from the bank I worked at. About 2 weeks later I dumped her, LOL
January 20th, 2011 at 8:26 am
The Immaculate Reception was so horrible (before my time, but my dad bleeds Silver and Black too) because it was illegal. Tipped balls were dead and couldnt be advanced, not to mention no one even knows if Harris caught it or scooped of the turf, there is no visual evidence.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:26 am
I was maybe 18 at the time and couldn’t believe my eyes and we shut down there vaunted running game and sacked Bradshaw. Mind you the Steelers were very good flat out dominant at that time. We beat them at their own game at there house and the refs awarded them the game.
WE were in full euphoria and then body slammed by the refs. I cannot explain how empty I felt we had waited so long and then BOOM nothing.
If I won the lottery and then on a technicality had it stripped from me I don’t think I could feel worse. That’s how bad it was.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:26 am
The tuck game stings just as bad as any of the previous injustices , we lost the game and a chance to compete for a SB plus Gruden found out first hand the deck was stacked against the raiders for Als past aggressions.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:28 am
That chihuahua probably would have went 70 yards…
January 20th, 2011 at 8:28 am
good mornin’ nation,
well, well, well, it is a great day to be a raiders fan!!!no? our team has nowhere to go but up.. and we have many ups in the house.
priest, i am glad to see you posting, someone said you left the blog..
i don’t think tyvon has the cover skills needed to play free safety for us.. i am not knocking him, he is a good tackler, i would much rather keep huff..
it is more important at this time to see who will be dc, i would not be surprised if waufle is the man, and ross coaches dbs, i guess biekert will be lbs.
there wwas an al saunders sighting at harbor bay drive, i hope he signs as oc.. that will be all good..and dmac will go over two if he stays healthy…when in raiders history have we been so loaded with talent on offense??
January 20th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Speaking of bad calls does anyone remember when we played Seattle in the rain and the safety slid into the endzone after a turnover and awarded Seattle a safety?
January 20th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Yeah the Tuck Rule is one that will linger with me for a long long time. My mother is a Patriots fan. That game was the first (and only) Raiders-Pats game we watched together. I was EXSTATIC, we were crushing them in their house, in their weather! Woodson came off the edge and smacked the tar off Brady, balls loose. Im jumping around FREAKING out!!! My mom was throwing her Patriots teddy bears across the room cussing her team out and my stepdad chimes in… NOT A FUMBLE! We both stopped dead. Speechless. HER exact words were, I CANT BELIEVE THE PUBLICLY F**KED THE RAIDERS ON NATIONAL TV… Pats fan said that. We have never watched a Pats-Raiders game since.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:33 am
Yup, there are no highlights of where Harris sccoped the ball…and Franco Harris has stated that whether it was legal or not or whether or not the ball touched the ground…the world would never know! That only tells me that it was illegal and it probably hit the ground…!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 8:35 am
Lynn from Snot Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Speaking of bad calls does anyone remember when we played Seattle in the rain and the safety slid into the endzone after a turnover and awarded Seattle a safety?
YUP!!!
Bcz…that game I stood motionless and emotionless for a VERY long time! Until this very day…that will NEVER leave me!
January 20th, 2011 at 8:40 am
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Eagles have sought permission to interview Ravens linebackers coach Dean Pees for the position.
Pees, a long-time college coach, has worked exclusively at the NFL level for teams that employ the 3-4 defense. He spent 2004 through 2009 with the Patriots and 2010 with the Ravens. The Eagles, however, are built to run the 4-3.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:42 am
That chihuahua probably would have went 70 yards
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LOL @ Hwnrdr
In Podunk, Missouri we got a letter in the mail saying that due to city slickers dumping their stray dogs off out in the country and them getting vicious due to starvation and prior poor treatment we can take matters into our own hands. Any dog that you feel threatened by NOT wearing a collar is fair game. Fire Away! I’m not even joking
big culture difference between states, eh?
January 20th, 2011 at 8:45 am
It must have been awfully distracting for Al Saunders yesterday sitting across the desk from Davis, with his head cracked open. I hope Davis explained.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:46 am
what it do Nation?
Sounds like Al Saunders is all but a done deal and I heard Musgrave would soon be off the market, so it is just as well. Not to worried about the O.C. position since Hue is calling plays anyway.
I really hope Hue raids some guys from B’More to fill out our coaching staff. One name I really like is Craig Ver Steeg, an offensive assistant for Baltimore. He is a Cali native and sounds like a bright young mind that could start out as a QB coach for us. Also think Hue might go after the assistant O-line coach at Baltimore; Andy Moeller. That staff has done a great job developing Michael Oher, we could use that kind of staff here with Veldheer and Bruce Campbell.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:46 am
when it comes to penalties and the press the raiders never have and never will get the benefit of the doubt!! that is who we are “the bad boys” all dressed in black. this past season we played better when we got penalties.. it wasn’t long ago that penalties killed us. now they seem to motivate our guys..but our dbs are always gonna get pi calls, like cable said if we stop the pre-snap stuff we’ll be all good
January 20th, 2011 at 8:47 am
big culture difference between states, eh?
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Missoura may allow you to shot a stray, but if you kicked and killed a pet dog you would still be prosecuted.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:47 am
Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News also reported that the Eagles have interest in at least one coach from one of the final four teams remaining in the playoffs, though a Philadelphia Inquirer report downplayed the team’s interest in Mike Trgovac, the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers who has been linked with the Eagles.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:48 am
BART Bridge Blues Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:46 am
what it do Nation?
Sounds like Al Saunders is all but a done deal and I heard Musgrave would soon be off the market, so it is just as well. Not to worried about the O.C. position since Hue is calling plays anyway.
I really hope Hue raids some guys from B’More to fill out our coaching staff
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I don’t know about that. And all the rest of the Balt coaches are gone.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:48 am
The phantom PIs drive me into fits but the presnap stuff is on us. They wont call a false start if we dont move!
January 20th, 2011 at 8:50 am
if you kicked and killed a pet dog you would still be prosecuted.
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BCZ,
I’m not worried about it. Married with child now. no chance of EVER owning a small yapping dog
January 20th, 2011 at 8:51 am
If Al Saunders does come, I would imagine it would be strictly to support Hue Jackson, out of friendship.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Get over the adolescent comments about an aged man, it’s as if you kids have never seen an elderly person before. Grow up!!
January 20th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Morning my Raider Nation Fam.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:02 am
wassup DMAC?
whats the lowdown on our next Def Co?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:02 am
KoolKell Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:51 am
If Al Saunders does come, I would imagine it would be strictly to support Hue Jackson, out of friendship.
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Not to tinker with the many offensive weapons Oakland has?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:05 am
LA to TheBay !
where ya been the past 3 months?
Have you blogged since the bye week?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:06 am
Wassup RRS!
Well, here’s my candidates for DC……
Moss
Jauron
Zimmer
(not specifically in that order)
January 20th, 2011 at 9:09 am
I like Zimmer, but I am not sold on Dick Jauron. Me and Rock are championing the ‘Kieth Butler Cause’ though.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Well, here’s my candidates for DC……
Moss
Jauron
Zimmer
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What would you think about …
Dean Pees
Keith Butler (Steelers LB Coach the past 7 years)
Eric Mangini
Chuck Bresnahan
Dave Wannstedt
Clancy Pendergast
January 20th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Anyone know Zimmer’s contract status?????
January 20th, 2011 at 9:13 am
Guys like Pees, Butler, Pendergast etc. have worked w/ a 3-4 unit. Don’t think we’ll make the switch + Wauffle is still on board w/ our D-line.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Penalties, dumb plays…I hope we got that out of our system!
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
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January 20th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Yeah the Tuck Rule is one that will linger with me for a long long time. My mother is a Patriots fan. That game was the first (and only) Raiders-Pats game we watched together. I was EXSTATIC, we were crushing them in their house, in their weather! Woodson came off the edge and smacked the tar off Brady, balls loose. Im jumping around FREAKING out!!! My mom was throwing her Patriots teddy bears across the room cussing her team out and my stepdad chimes in… NOT A FUMBLE! We both stopped dead. Speechless. HER exact words were, I CANT BELIEVE THE PUBLICLY F**KED THE RAIDERS ON NATIONAL TV… Pats fan said that. We have never watched a Pats-Raiders game since.
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great story about a tragic event… I have pats friend, and he still claims it wasnt a fumble…
well everytime we see football and he says something stupid, I always reply, “well, tuck you too”
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
270.BART Bridge Blues Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:46 am
what it do Nation?
Sounds like Al Saunders is all but a done deal and I heard Musgrave would soon be off the market, so it is just as well. Not to worried about the O.C. position since Hue is calling plays anyway.
I really hope Hue raids some guys from B’More to fill out our coaching staff. One name I really like is Craig Ver Steeg, an offensive assistant for Baltimore. He is a Cali native and sounds like a bright young mind that could start out as a QB coach for us. Also think Hue might go after the assistant O-line coach at Baltimore; Andy Moeller. That staff has done a great job developing Michael Oher, we could use that kind of staff here with Veldheer and Bruce Campbell.
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M. Oher was a stud long before he got to Bootymore. The Raves just didn’t eF it up.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
My personal preference is Winston Moss I just think that he is the closest thing to Dom Capers he’s been in that system for a few years and understands what that system brings to the table. He knows Mr Davis very well and has even interviewed for the head position. He was one of the bardest hitting LB’s we have ever had. I would also like to entertain Romo as a LB coach in that system.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Mike Zimmer staying with Bengals (01/12/2010)
We now know why Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said during Monday’s press conference he was “very confident” the Bengals would resign defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer.
They did exactly that Tuesday.
Zimmer has signed a three-year contract to remain in his position with the team, according to Steve Wyche of NFL.com.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2010/01/12/mike-zimmer-staying-with-bengals/
DMAC, sounds like he’s booked for 2011 & 2012
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Yeah, where is Man Genious?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:15 am
Like we did Gallery.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:15 am
The need for speed
We’ve all heard the expression that speed kills. But so, too, in the NFL, does lack of speed. Last weekend, in the case of the Ravens, Patriots and Seahawks, the inability to unleash burners who could truly stretch the field and get multiple targets vertical limited the scope of their offenses and resulted in them going home.
Say what you want about the “big names” on Baltimore’s receiving corps, but none of them are actually in their primes, all are on the wrong side of 30, and they could not gain separation against the Steelers. Joe Flacco is a strapping young quarterback with a big arm; this group, however, limits his strength. And when you couple that with critical drops from Anquan Boldin and T.J. Houshmandzadeh, it’s game over.
Don’t blame the kid QB; blame the old-in-the-tooth, vocal receivers who couldn’t make a play. Despite all their moves at the receiver spot last offseason, only Boldin and Derrick Mason are sure of being back at that spot, and finding one or two quality speedsters to round out this unit is a must. The Steelers had youngsters like Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders to step up and use quickness to make a play when the Ravens stymied Hines Ward and Mike Wallace; the Ravens did not. That was the difference.
New England had no one to get behind the Jets, and New York’s shutdown tandem of Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie was too much to overcome. Brandon Tate is explosive on special teams, but that has yet to carry over to the offense. Like the Ravens, put the Pats in the market for a receiver high in the draft, and with four of the top 60 picks New England is again well positioned to make a splash.
Seattle ended up getting little from Golden Tate, and while they found some possession receivers in unexpected places in 2010, the Seahawks still lacked anyone to test Chicago’s Cover 2.
Yes it’s true, a great quarterback can make an average receiver perform at a Pro Bowl level. But he can’t make a 35-year-old receiver run like a 25-year-old, as last week’s games attested to.
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I like this LaCanfora guy. I get so sick of that tired, media-driven cliche, “this is a QB’s league”. To be an elite team you need all hands on deck. Gotta hand it to Al. He totally gets the importance of speed. If Murphy can improve his body control and DHB his hands, this offense could be all world. Keeping my fingers crossed for the 3rd year leap.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:16 am
btw..
I fear we will get Mangini as DC :/
January 20th, 2011 at 9:16 am
291.priesttj Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
My personal preference is Winston Moss I just think that he is the closest thing to Dom Capers he’s been in that system for a few years and understands what that system brings to the table. He knows Mr Davis very well and has even interviewed for the head position. He was one of the bardest hitting LB’s we have ever had. I would also like to entertain Romo as a LB coach in that system.
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It would be awesome to get Romo on staff with Beeekert, and Moss.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:17 am
LMN…watching the replays of that Tuck Rule game, Brady did pump it, but when then he put both hands on the ball, so when he got hit by Woodson, the ball came loose, hence it was a fumble! John Ritchie was funny when he said that quarterbacks should just run around pumping the ball all the time…
January 20th, 2011 at 9:17 am
FK!!! Thanx for the info RRS.
I really liked Zimmer and thought he would be a perfect fit for our D.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:19 am
Where the hell have I been at? Is Biekert on the Staff?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:22 am
300.DMAC Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:19 am
Where the hell have I been at? Is Biekert on the Staff?
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Yes, since spring or 09
January 20th, 2011 at 9:25 am
Is Biekert on the Staff?
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Yes. assistant LB coach under Mike Haluchak last season
not sure if he will be retained?
sounds like Waufle, Ross & Washington are safe but beyond that it’s anyone’s guess!
January 20th, 2011 at 9:29 am
New Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson severed ties with a supplement company that provides a substance that is on the NFL’s list of banned items.
Jackson cut ties with Sports With Alternatives To Steroids (S.W.A.T.S.) earlier in January, ThePostGame.com reported.
S.W.A.T.S. owner Mitch Ross told the site he met Jackson in 2008 at the NFL combine and began a relationship in which he gave Jackson products.
S.W.A.T.S. sells a product that includes IGF-1, which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances.
Jackson confirmed to ThePostGame.com that he severed ties to S.W.A.T.S. but said he had no knowledge of a banned substance.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the site about the matter: “We have a long-standing policy that prohibits coaches from any relationship with a supplement company. Coach Jackson is now in compliance.”
One of the issues is “The Ultimate Spray” that S.W.A.T.S produces and that includes IGF-1. Ross claims he shared the spray with Jackson and some NFL players.
“In April of ‘08 I gave various alternatives to steroids, including spray, to Hue Jackson at the Ravens’ training camp,” Ross told ThePostGame.com. “I also gave the spray to Jay Hayes of the Bengals and Anthony Lynn of the Jets. I want to prove that my protocol reverses the aging process on aging athletes and promotes the healing of injuries in a legal manner.”
By Sean Leahy, USA TODAY
January 20th, 2011 at 9:29 am
Where’s Jeff Hostetler? Can we hire him to show Soup how to take a shot and hit a guy a deep?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:31 am
MR asked me to name one thing “sharp” about Al’s mind. I said his mind was sharp for his age.
My work brings me in contact with the elderly all the time and at 81 years of age, the fact that Al can carry on a coherent conversation and doesn’t have drool running down his face means he is relatively mentally healthy for his age.
I am in no way endorsing him for continued management(or mismanagement) of the Raiders.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Running Backs – Kelly Skipper
Tight Ends – Adam Henry
should these guys be retained on offense or should we scrap EVERYBODY on offense and let Al Davis pick some fresh blood to coach under Hue Jax?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am
it’s funny that woodson was involved in both the tuck rule fumble and the fumble at seattle in the rain..don’t remember who the ref was in seattle, but it was walt coleman in new england.. he came here this year to do a game and the black hole gave him the blues all game long, i guess iam not the only fan who remembered his azz!! i love my raiders and my nation
January 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am
RRS,
Yeah, I usually don’t write comments if I’m out in the field (work in insurance), only when jockeying the desk.
I’ve been commenting here and there last few days. Think the last time I was chatting with the Semi Pros regularly was prior to the Bronco game.
You kicked a dog?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am
302.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:25 am
Is Biekert on the Staff?
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Yes. assistant LB coach under Mike Haluchak last season
not sure if he will be retained?
sounds like Waufle, Ross & Washington are safe but beyond that it’s anyone’s guess!
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Greg was a consultant/scout in 2009.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Greg was a consultant/scout in 2009
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his official title is “Assistant Coach on Defense”
whatever that means!
the quality control guys are Eric Sanders & Mike Clark
January 20th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Do you guys think the old man will cut a deal to get back in the 1st round?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:38 am
Think the last time I was chatting with the Semi Pros regularly was prior to the Bronco game.
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Ahhhh!
I knew it had been a while …
so who do you want to draft at #48 ???
January 20th, 2011 at 9:40 am
311.DMAC Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Do you guys think the old man will cut a deal to get back in the 1st round?
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Yes. Al like his 1st rounders.
I do not think we should do it, unless it is for a QB.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Eagles are looking at Dean Pees and Dennis Allen (Saints DBs coach) for their DC job.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 5:38 am
I don’t get the big deal about flying this chick in on road trips.
According to Al she was threatening to sue the team right? Well if Cable got her sprung once again and she was willfully seeing him on the road, seems like that lawsuit would have no merit, and thus Cable was actually assuring this and saving Al money in lawyer fees and lawsuits.
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Actually I think Al was BS’ing about the lawsuit on Lutz. It was an excuse to bring up Cable’s past. Unless Cable abused Lutz at the Raiders facility, Al would never be liable for anything. Al is a lawsuit expert so he would have known that. I’m surprised the writers didnt call him on this issue. Anyone whoever owned their own business, had employees, and bought liability insurance would vouch for this.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Mel Kiper’s Mock draft 1.0
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft2011/insider/news/story?page=KiperMockDraft1.0&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnfl%2fdraft2011%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fpage%3dKiperMockDraft1.0
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Blaine Gabbert?????????????
January 20th, 2011 at 9:43 am
our first rounder is Richard Seymour.
He’s 31 years old, but Al Davis will give him a fat healthy 4-year deal making him a Top 5 paid defensive lineman
draft picks in rounds 2-7 will be making peanuts anyways, especially if there is a rookie cap for draft choices!
January 20th, 2011 at 9:46 am
AIG,
Tom Cable might file another lawsuit against Al Davis for defamation of character. That press conf was meant to promote Hue Jackson and instead it turned into a hot mess comedy roast
January 20th, 2011 at 9:48 am
I hate the crap on BsPN and Im not paying to read their drivel! LOL
January 20th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Tom Cable might file another lawsuit against Al Davis for defamation of character.
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No case. He has to prove that because of the slanderous comments, he has been caused some kind of hardship (ie. Seattle was ABOUT to hire him, but declined due to Al Davis’ comments). There is a lot of talk about the class of Als presser, but not a lot of people are calling him a liar. Its not defamation if its true!
January 20th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Article from ESPN:
Flawless? No, but Campbell did improve.
by Bill Williamson
New Oakland coach Hue Jackson got us thinking Tuesday during his introductory press conference when he said starting quarterback Jason Campbell was “flawless” down the stretch of the season.”
This is what Jackson had to say about Campbell: “He played flawless. He played almost as good as you can play as a quarterback in our league. Led us to some very impressive wins. And I look forward to him doing the same thing this year in our system, same system, opportunity to go out with the same teammates, OK, and go out and play the way we know he can play.”
Wow. Flawless? Almost as good as you can play as a quarterback in our league?
It made us curious. ESPN’s Stats & Information crunched the numbers to see if Jackson was just being an enthusiastic new coach and supportive of his quarterback or if Campbell really played at an elite level down the stretch.
The results? Settle down a bit, coach. Yes, Jackson was good, but he was mostly above average.
Let’s check out some of the numbers that ESPN Stats & Information came up with by comparing Campbell’s play in the final five games of the season compared to some of the better quarterbacks in the NFL:
Campbell completed 64.7 of his passes, had a passer rating of 96.4 and averaged 7.7 yards per attempt in the final five games. Those were all above the league average. His passer rating in the final five games was fifth in the NFL, but it was nearly 30 points lower than New England’s Tom Brady, who led the league during that time period.
Comparing Campbell’s statistics in the final five games to Brady’s and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers showed that Campbell was far behind both players in nearly every major statistic studied.
Still, Campbell improved down the stretch. His completion percentage, touchdown-interception ratio, passer rating and drop-back sack percentage (which were the second worst in the NFL in the first eight games) all improved in the final five games. Campbell also got much better with passes of 14 yards or fewer down the stretch.
There is reason to be excited about Campbell, but the notion that he was playing perfectly is a stretch. You can’t blame Jackson for pumping up his guy. But it would be inaccurate to believe that Campbell was playing as well as any quarterback in the league at season’s end.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:52 am
RRS, not sure about 2nd rounder. Gotta look at projected 1st rounders.
Also, will depend on free agency. If we keep Seymour and we have good DE rotaion, I say D Line not a priority (however, if we don’t, several good DTs and DEs in this draft).
I guess we have to look at our biggest area of need, which is WR, which Al won;t address, which brings us to 2nd biggest area of need, O Line.
So I say best available LG/C/RG/RT.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Lets be honest, you all believed Cable was a wife/assistant coach beater when it was BSPN reporting it, so dont say you dont believe it cuz Al said it.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:53 am
I worry that the Raiders aren’t going to bring in a young guy to back up Campbell and learn the game behind him…
January 20th, 2011 at 9:55 am
Comparing Campbell’s statistics in the final five games to Brady’s and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers showed that Campbell was far behind both players in nearly every major statistic studied
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Yeah… how did that work out for Tom Beiber anyways? Oh yeah 1 and done with his worst game of the year… good thing his rating was ‘30 points higher’ over the last 5 weeks.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:55 am
YA,
I hope the Eagles hire Dennis Allen (Saints DBs coach) for their DC job!
then maybe we’ll have a shot at Dean Pees?
Maybe not though after what Chuck Pagano said!
Jackson & Pees weren’t on staff together in Baltimore. Jackson left the same offseason Pees joined
another thing to consider? Pees left as Pats DC by choice. His contract was up and he opted to leave instead of working on an extension. Denver wanted him as their DC to replace Mike Nolan, but he turned them down too. Maybe he’s not looking for a DC position?
January 20th, 2011 at 9:56 am
I have read in a few spots that Locker may be considered (if still available) in the second round. I wouldnt be mad if we brought him in to learn behind Campbell from Hue and Saunders.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:57 am
318.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:46 am
AIG,
Tom Cable might file another lawsuit against Al Davis for defamation of character. That press conf was meant to promote Hue Jackson and instead it turned into a hot mess comedy roast
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I think Cable is going to let that one go. He’s already with Seattle and will get a chance at HC again if he can improve Seattle’s Oline and offensive performance. Pete Carroll gave him complete control on the offense, even in hiring the OC there.
He’ll win the $120k though because Al’s excuse for keeping it was to defend the Lutz lawsuit which I know would never happen. Any arbitrator would laugh their ass off at the notion that an employee mistreating his gf outside of the Raiders Premise can hold the Raiders liable. I doubt any lawyer would even take the case for Lutz.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:58 am
322.LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:52 am
RRS, not sure about 2nd rounder. Gotta look at projected 1st rounders.
Also, will depend on free agency. If we keep Seymour and we have good DE rotaion, I say D Line not a priority (however, if we don’t, several good DTs and DEs in this draft).
I guess we have to look at our biggest area of need, which is WR, which Al won;t address, which brings us to 2nd biggest area of need, O Line.
So I say best available LG/C/RG/RT.
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I agree, our first pick needs to be the best O-linmen on the board.
January 20th, 2011 at 9:58 am
YoungAmerican Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Article from ESPN:
Flawless? No, but Campbell did improve.
by Bill Williamson
Hey Bill, I am shocked that you took Brady’s c’ck out of your mouth long enough to look up some stats!
January 20th, 2011 at 9:58 am
Oh, I thought Pees and Jackson were on the same staff for a year. Good call, RR.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:01 am
Hue has a lot of pressure now. The expectation level is a lot higher and he/Campbell will have the spot light on them.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:02 am
when mr davis said huejax was going to be the ambassador and represent the raiders all over the country and the world, it sounds to me like he has a relationship with hue like that of willie brown and other raiders faithful. and i hate to think it, but al is putting together his last regime. the reference to his son taking over, and by him saying he may live four weeks or four years. i hope hue jax can deliver a super bowl victory before the old man takes that last long nap..
January 20th, 2011 at 10:04 am
Blaine Gabbert might be the best QB in this draft that no one knows. He is very similar to Luck in size I’m not sure he’s as atheltic but has a great am the only draw back is taht he’s only really done it one year. But by all accounts (I haven’t seen him personally) he is the real deal. He put up great #’s in that spread offense. I can’t wait to see him in the allstar games and at the combine.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I say best available LG/C/RG/RT
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co-sign!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:05 am
watching game at San Diego…this is what Hue was talking about when he said JC played “flawless”. Of course thats an exagerration, but JC made very good decisions the whole first half. Very steady.
If we can get more play like that on a consistent basis, QB would be a strength instead of a liability.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:09 am
335.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I say best available LG/C/RG/RT
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co-sign!
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Co-sign? What are you La’s bookie?
January 20th, 2011 at 10:09 am
SD game was Jason and Hue’s best performance of the season. The passing yds were not great but you look at the Time of Possession. 5 drives over 5 mins each. SD never had a chance. Hue stuck to our strength of ground and pound.
You look at the inflated PPG in JAX and you wonder why we lost. Then you look at the TOP and only 1 drive with 5 min or more. The D was gassed in the 4th qtr. and couldnt stop the other team’s ground game late in the game.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:10 am
R8rwill truth be told he thought he had this thing nailed when he hired Lance who turned out to be a fraud and it’s taken him 4 years to undo it. He’s been trying to pull back for the last 10 years it’s just that his decisions haven’t allowed him to.
We all including Mr Davis hope that Hue Jackson will allow him to do that. He cannot keep going at this pace and Mark has stepped in in a lot of areas to assist him. Once he feels that the ship is sailing fine I think you’ll see him quietly disappear.
Watching reminds me of another Davis that I got to meet several times and grew to love he did it the same way bringing in young talent that he thought were ready to set new standards he died when he was satisfied it had happened. His name was Miles Davis.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Any arbitrator would laugh their ass off at the notion that an employee mistreating his gf outside of the Raiders Premise can hold the Raiders liable. I doubt any lawyer would even take the case for Lutz.
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If he hit her on one of those over-night away trips in Cables company paid hotel room they could have some culpability… at least enough to have to defend their position. I wouldnt be surprised at all if Cable loses this battle.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:14 am
We all know Al is old, but I wonder what type of sickness does he have? Doesn’t look to good for Al.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Hiring the next DC will be VERY important!
I’m sure they will want to talk to Packers LB coach/assistant head coach Winston Moss.
Waufle maybe promoted also.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:14 am
You look at the inflated PPG in JAX and you wonder why we lost. Then you look at the TOP and only 1 drive with 5 min or more. The D was gassed in the 4th qtr. and couldnt stop the other team’s ground game late in the game.
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Miami game too, our LONGEST drive was 7 plays. SEVEN PLAYS. Of course our Run D broke down after 51 carries. The Steelers wouldnt be able to stop the run either if they were on the field for 47 minutes.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Cable is a loser. I’m glad Davis completely embarrassed him. Although, he never should have hired the idiot in the first place.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:15 am
According to ESPN’s Todd McShay, Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor has opted against auditioning at running back or wide receiver during practices at the East-West Shrine Game.
We don’t blame him after a terrific senior year that saw Taylor post a 24:5 TD-to-INT ratio while completing a career-best 59.7 percent of his passes. Astutely likened by Rotoworld’s L.J. Rader to Seneca Wallace, Taylor does not lack arm strength or accuracy to stay at quarterback in the pros. He also weighed in a shade better than expected Monday, coming in at 6′1/216.
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What about Taylor in the later rounds??????
January 20th, 2011 at 10:17 am
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/01/20/raiders.jets/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin
Compare the modern day Jets to the ‘76 Oakland Raiders? I don’t think so, however it does pay a little homage to that team.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Cable should take his boy toy Gradkowski with him to Seattle. We don’t need that a**hole either.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Jax scored 21 in the 3rd. 2 quick strikes (thank you very much M Huff and Stan Routt)and another due to Ford fumble. Defense wasn’t tired. Just Inept.
Guys on D just didn’t step up and make the plays.
We had one drive on offense, up 10 in the third. Coulda put the nail in the coffin then, but didn’t.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Man Al doesnt have that much time left… You hate to see any1 look like that but thats the way of life.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
r8rwill Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:02 am
when mr davis said huejax was going to be the ambassador and represent the raiders all over the country and the world, it sounds to me like he has a relationship with hue like that of willie brown and other raiders faithful. and i hate to think it, but al is putting together his last regime. the reference to his son taking over, and by him saying he may live four weeks or four years. i hope hue jax can deliver a super bowl victory before the old man takes that last long nap..
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Agree 100%
Al recruited “his Guy.” Never once did I hear him refer to Cable as the ambassodor of anything.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Albert Bigelow Paine Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Cable should take his boy toy Gradkowski with him to Seattle. We don’t need that a**hole either.
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Agreed. They got C Whitehurst, though.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:21 am
Al needs to wear a cloak over his head next time he speaks to the public.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:09 am
335.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I say best available LG/C/RG/RT
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co-sign!
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Co-sign? What are you La’s bookie?
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LA needs some new Chucks, baby! Pick me some winners.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:23 am
Al needs to wear a cloak over his head next time he speaks to the public.
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….and have it pumped into the conference room via Holograph projector!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:23 am
Nice exciting game last night.
Go DUBS!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Nobody should be suprised that Campbell went 5-3 in his first 8 games but had the 2nd worst stats according to Williamson, meanwhile he did his Soup thing and padded his stats to some above average level while 2-3 to end the year.
Jason “Good stats in a loss” Campbell, in a nutshell.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:25 am
You figure AL talks does a press conference once every 2years…. I think that might have been his last conference..
January 20th, 2011 at 10:27 am
340.bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Any arbitrator would laugh their ass off at the notion that an employee mistreating his gf outside of the Raiders Premise can hold the Raiders liable. I doubt any lawyer would even take the case for Lutz.
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If he hit her on one of those over-night away trips in Cables company paid hotel room they could have some culpability… at least enough to have to defend their position. I wouldnt be surprised at all if Cable loses this battle.
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nope. That is like any business paying for hotels for its employees and will not be liable for what the employee do in that hotel room. If anything, the hotel has the liability of anything that takes place on its premise.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:28 am
Al has some serious Crab hands.
Watching him try to open and close that folder was painful.
Get the man some powerpoint action so he can just slam the space bar with his claw!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:28 am
Lets hope it is Al’s last press conference since he only has them when the coach is fired. I guess he would probably talk to the press if they ever get a stadium, or he moves the team again.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Take JFB for example,
He travels for his business and decided to bring a stripper back to the room for action. His company pays for the hotel room but they sure aint liable for that stripper and JFB getting it on in that paid hotel room in El Paso!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Get the man some powerpoint action so he can just slam the space bar with his claw!!!
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Power Point? I don’t think he knows how to use a computer.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Go Dubs!!!!
.500 is around the corner is we get to keep playing Indiana and the Nets at home, lol.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:30 am
PurpleDrank81 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:25 am
You figure AL talks does a press conference once every 2years…. I think that might have been his last conference..
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If so, he went out with a Bang.
Sounds like Mark isn’t too interested in being heir to the throne. Secret pact with Hue to carry on the Raider tradition?
You’d figure it would be a former Raider.
Al is lucid and realistic the last few times I’ve seen him. Said he wasn’t so sure about playoffs in 09 and that he was cautiously optimistic about 2010.
After seeing us dominate the AFC West and going 0-4 v. the AFC South (overrated) and 2-2 against the NFC West (puke), he promoted the guy he was going to promote anyway.
Says he doesn’t know how much time he has left. You have to wonder, without being morbid, will he have complete control up until the time he goes to the Canton in the Sky, or will he lose his faculties sometime before and is there a contingiency (sp?) plan in place?
January 20th, 2011 at 10:30 am
NEW YORK – More than 120 organized crime associates face charges including murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking in one of the largest Mafia crackdowns in FBI history, prosecutors announced Thursday.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference Thursday in New York City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New England. All five of New York’s five major crime families were targeted.
The charges cover decades worth of offenses, he said, including “classic mob hits to eliminate perceived rivals,” a killing during a botched robbery and a double shooting in a barroom dispute over a spilled drink.
More than 100 of the defendants were arrested Thursday as some 800 federal agents and police officers made busts in several states. One person was arrested in Italy.
Other charges include alleged corruption among dockworkers who were forced to kick back a portion of their holiday bonuses to the crime families.
Holder called the arrests “an important step forward in our nation’s fight against organized crime.”
The crimes include two murders dating back 30 years, and another as recently as 2002. One of the defendants, among the scores arrested, is a former New York City police officer.
Authorities say the investigation was aided by informants who recorded thousands of conversations by suspected mobsters.
Luigi Manocchio, the reputed former head of New England’s Patriarca crime family, was arrested Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence said. An indictment accused him of collecting protection payments from strip club-owners. Also arrested was Thomas Iafrate, who worked as a bookkeeper for strip clubs and set aside money for Manocchio, prosecutors said.
The takedown was the result of multiple investigations. Federal probes aided by mob turncoats have decimated the families’ ranks in recent years and have resulted in lengthy prison terms for several leaders.
On Friday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced John “Sonny” Franzese, 93, to eight years in prison for extorting Manhattan strip clubs and a pizzeria on Long Island.
In October, Mafia turncoat Salvatore Vitale was sentenced to time served after federal prosecutors praised his total betrayal of his own crime syndicate — and after he apologized to the families of his victims. Authorities said he had a hand in at least 11 murders, including that of a fellow gangster in the fallout from the infamous Donnie Brasco case.
The evidence provided after his arrest in 2003 helped decimate the once-fearsome Bonanno organized crime family, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres said
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At least they did not catch Al Davis!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:32 am
Vegas,
We’ll be alright. David Lee is coming back to form and Monta is playing lights out! Ellis should be an all-star this year.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:32 am
nope. That is like any business paying for hotels for its employees and will not be liable for what the employee do in that hotel room. If anything, the hotel has the liability of anything that takes place on its premise.
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But even if she doesnt have a legal case against the organization, the media would still report that ‘Raiders HC Tom Cable’… etc. He would be linked to the team. When that assistant for Detroit drove through a fast food lane drunk and naked he was named in the media as ‘Detroit Lions Assistant blah blah blah’. That is the negative media the Raiders (and the NFL in general) wont tolerate. It IS enough to fine Cable under the ‘conduct detrimental to the team’ clause in Cables contract.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:32 am
Aig is here. I guess it is time to leave. I wouldn’t want to catch anything.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:34 am
LMAO!!!
El Paso stripclubs seemed dicier to me than Tijuana ones.
And way too expensive!!! $20 cover, two drink minimum, and $20 dances, for chicks that might not even be 17.
When in doubt on the road, backpage is where it is at.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:35 am
At least they did not catch Al Davis!
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Is that a current story?
January 20th, 2011 at 10:37 am
Al has some serious Crab hands.
Watching him try to open and close that folder was painful.
Get the man some powerpoint action so he can just slam the space bar with his claw!!!
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bwahahahahahahaha!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:37 am
370.bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:35 am
At least they did not catch Al Davis!
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Is that a current story?
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YEs.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:39 am
Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:34 am
LMAO!!!
El Paso stripclubs seemed dicier to me than Tijuana ones.
And way too expensive!!! $20 cover, two drink minimum, and $20 dances, for chicks that might not even be 17.
When in doubt on the road, backpage is where it is at.
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LOL, Sounds like my kinda joint.
In LA, its 10-20 to get in, 2 drink minimum and $30-40 dances for chicks who may or may not be pregnant.
Just 5 years ago, dances were half that. The poor economy has f’ed up our ability to get drunk and fondle chicks ‘putting themselves through college’ with daddy issues and C section scars.
We could elect a bunch of repub1icans to fix it, since they did such a bang up job of funking it up (Americans have short memories).
January 20th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Or we could just go home to our wives/girlfriends…. (or in Podunk, wives/girlfriends/cousins).
January 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am
It’s looking more and more likely that Wisniewski will be available when the Raiders pick… holding out hope…
January 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am
I don’t like the high-end clubs, especially if I am rolling solo.
Give me a run down joint with cheap cognac and some more mature women.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
January 20th, 2011 at 10:43 am
Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
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LMAO!!!! That’s Afghanistan (only slightly less advanced than Podunk).
January 20th, 2011 at 10:44 am
DMAC,
That David Lee trade was a steal!!!
Anthony Randolph is shooting 30% for 2 points a game and reportedly recently walked out on practice and is now demanding a trade. Turiaf is still Turiaf, and Azubuike is hurt again.
What a fleecing!!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:45 am
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
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Depends on how cold a night it is…
January 20th, 2011 at 10:45 am
Them Afshanies are some tuff mothers to be able to hold down one of them Camels and give it the podunk shuffle.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:48 am
BCZ24,
I agree 100% that Cable has done enough bad to be fired. He should have been fired prior to the 2010 season so that we’d see the whole team under Hue Jack already. Al wasted 2.5 mil on Cable this year since he was going to fire TC regardless of playoffs. Doest make any sense at all.
However, Al using the Lutz lawsuit as an excuse to keep the $120k doesnt hold any merits unless Cable did bad things to her while on a Raider premise.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:49 am
I thought the whole sisters and cousins thing was more a Southern thing.
Podunk is more of a, marry your neighbors 16 year old daughter when you are 25, and having 5 kids, named Jessie, Jessina, Jessica, Jerry and Jeraldine.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Al said that Mark was in line to take over when he cant do it anymore… Then some1 asked a question and he said you have to talk to Mark about that…. I really think Al knows he doesnt have that much time left.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Just Win Baby!!!!!
(as long as you don’t bring your slutty girlfriend around)
January 20th, 2011 at 10:51 am
383.Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:49 am
I thought the whole sisters and cousins thing was more a Southern thing.
Podunk is more of a, marry your neighbors 16 year old daughter when you are 25, and having 5 kids, named Jessie, Jessina, Jessica, Jerry and Jeraldine.
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Jer aint from podunk. He is from the south.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:53 am
I got the impression that the woman was allegedly hit by Cable in the hotel room on the road trip… maybe I misinterpreted what Al was saying.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:53 am
385.Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Just Win Baby!!!!!
(as long as you don’t bring your slutty girlfriend around)
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Al is mad cuz she probly scraped when he had his turn. Poor Al almost bleed out.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:53 am
@ LA and JFB,
After enjoying Saffire in Vegas for so many years, I have a hard time with anything else. But looking forward to Alburquerque though since it will be my first time at a strip club in 3 years.
I saw a pix on facebook yesterday where they had a 1 legged woman dancing at one of the strip club here. Holy Schytt!!!! It nearly ruined my strip club thing for the rest of my life.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:54 am
However, Al using the Lutz lawsuit as an excuse to keep the $120k doesnt hold any merits
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I dont think that was the ONLY reason he sited in fining Cable though. I think that was just 1 on a laundry list of accusations.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am
The sisters and cousins thing is more a Kentucky and Tenn thing right? Also in the Appalachians too from what I remember.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am
we could just go home to our wives/girlfriends…. (or in Podunk, wives/girlfriends/cousins).
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
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you guys are skating on THIN ICE!
January 20th, 2011 at 10:56 am
Y/A…..I got the same Impression…Cable beat her like the Titans beat us……
January 20th, 2011 at 10:57 am
Vegas,
I heard AR is now on the trading block.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:57 am
you guys are skating on THIN ICE!
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Ice? Must be a sheep night then… lol.
January 20th, 2011 at 10:59 am
392.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am
we could just go home to our wives/girlfriends…. (or in Podunk, wives/girlfriends/cousins).
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
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you guys are skating on THIN ICE!
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Really? What do yall do to the sheeps out on the ice? Does it make em all nervous and fired up? How bout chickens? Where do yall take them?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
The “CAUSE”s were the Raiders being named in lawsuits as a result of the actions of Tom Cable, by both Hanson and Lutz.
The accusations against Cable alone would be enough to get him suspended or fired.
The fact they they included the Raiders in the lawsuits, looking for Al to settle (comical) is probably what did it for Al.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Podunk is more of a, marry your neighbors 16 year old daughter when you are 25, and having 5 kids, named Jessie, Jessina, Jessica, Jerry and Jeraldine
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LOL @ JFB!
more like ages 30 & 18, but yeah … otherwise correct
January 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
395.bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:57 am
you guys are skating on THIN ICE!
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Ice? Must be a sheep night then… lol.
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Yeah, be carefull, the famous Rock Star might be eyeing you next 24. Sleep with one eye open, and the brown eye shut.!!!!
January 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
392.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am
we could just go home to our wives/girlfriends…. (or in Podunk, wives/girlfriends/cousins).
I thought in podunk it is wiveses, sisters, and sheeps? No?
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you guys are skating on THIN ICE!
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Sorry man, that was some funny schytt though. I remember this from Acrombe and Fitch:
It’s All Relative in West Virginia
but as an Asian dude I find this shcytt funny too:
Wong Brothers Laundry Service—Two Wongs Can Make It White
January 20th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Dolphins LS John Denney was added to the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster as a coaches’ selection.
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat! No Condo??????
WTF!!!!!!!!!! I’m fk’n pissed!
LMAO
January 20th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Ice? Must be a sheep night then
What do yall do to the sheeps out on the ice? Does it make em all nervous and fired up? How bout chickens?
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the ice is starting to crack.
get off the pond, you sloths!
January 20th, 2011 at 11:06 am
RRS,
Some guy bought one of my jerseys off ebay for his son in Missouri. That wasnt you was it?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Yeah, if they bring Winston Moss in, then Davis can promise him Hue Jackson’s job.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:08 am
Vegas,
What are your thoughts on Tyrod Thomas? Don’t see much of a fall off from Cam Newton.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:09 am
You mean Kim Newton?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:10 am
Yeah, my bad. I meant Kim.
LMAO
January 20th, 2011 at 11:10 am
Some guy bought one of my jerseys off ebay for his son in Missouri. That wasnt you was it?
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AIG,
nah man. My dad lives here in MO too now (after my mom passed away) and he would never buy me a Raiders jersey
his gifts are always in the form of money and/or food
January 20th, 2011 at 11:11 am
KoolKell Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Yeah, if they bring Winston Moss in, then Davis can promise him Hue Jackson’s job.
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Obviously a jab at Davis, but if you think about it – Al doesn’t hire defensive-minded head coaches.
You can’t compare it to the Cable-Jackson transition.
Jackson is Al’s guy. Cable never was.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:12 am
RRS,
You dont live out in the woods do you? How far are you from St. Louis?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Yeah, Cable was the interim coach all along.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Why don’t they teach Drivers Ed. and Sex Ed. on the same day in the middle east?
The camels would get too tired!
January 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
409.LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Jackson is Al’s guy. Cable never was.
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True. Cable was seen as the left over from the Kitten saga. Al should have fired him in 2010 so that we didnt have to deal with this now.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Dolphins LS John Denney was added to the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster as a coaches’ selection.
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DMAC, great news!
now we don’t have to use the franchise tag on Jon Condo!
the highest paid long snapper in the league can and will be retained, because he has ties to Seabass & Shane
January 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
412.Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Why don’t they teach Drivers Ed. and Sex Ed. on the same day in the middle east?
The camels would get too tired!
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hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Good group today.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:15 am
Yeah, if they bring Winston Moss in, then Davis can promise him Hue Jackson’s job.
Behind his back, of course.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:15 am
How far are you from St. Louis?
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about 3 hours
January 20th, 2011 at 11:15 am
402.RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Ice? Must be a sheep night then
What do yall do to the sheeps out on the ice? Does it make em all nervous and fired up? How bout chickens?
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the ice is starting to crack.
get off the pond, you sloths!
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The ice has cracked famous rock star. Now what? Ya gonna tell you sisterMom on us?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Kell,
the only defensive minded HC Al Davis has ever employed went on to outshine him and hog the glory … former LB Coach John Madden
Al wont make that “mistake” again. Moss is a good candidate for DC though!
January 20th, 2011 at 11:18 am
What are your thoughts on Tyrod Thomas? Don’t see much of a fall off from Cam Newton.
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DMAC,
I think Tyrod Taylor would be a good value in the 6th or 7th round.
These college QB’s are so athletic, that there is always a chance they will turn into a Ronald Curry, Brad Smith or so many of these other guys that play other positions.
In college you can be a running QB. Can’t do it in the pro’s though. A big difference between scrambling and running, and these Cam Netwon, Jake Locker’s , Tyrod Taylor, Kapernick dudes do not interest me at all as franchise QB’s.
This whole draft class of QB’s seems garbage to me. I like Andy Dalton and maybe Stanzi could be OK, but that is my short list for know as.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:20 am
KoolKell Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:15 am
Yeah, if they bring Winston Moss in, then Davis can promise him Hue Jackson’s job.
Behind his back, of course
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Don’t tell the famous rock star, he likes if behind his back.
How do you know if you’re at a podunk picnic?
RR’s hotdogs taste like sh!t!
January 20th, 2011 at 11:20 am
AIG, Al mentioned that he didn’t know if Hue would get results. 2010 was his audition. I’m sure Al was looking to get enough dirt on Cable to fire him without pay, but best he could do was dock his checks.
Plus, Cable said he had a playoff team in 09 if Russell wasn’t the QB. The players liked him and lobbied for him in 08, 09 and this year. Al gave it another shot and the result was mediocre play.
I had been a Cable supporter, but commented several times this year, we weren’t well-coached. Not prepared in a lot of games. Honestly, think some of that falls on Hue as well.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:20 am
HER,
at first you were mildly humorous … now you’re getting to that childish annoying level
quit while you’re ahead. try some confucious jokes maybe if you desperately need attention
January 20th, 2011 at 11:23 am
LA,
If Al fired Cable for the Randy incident, I dont think any of us would have minded at all nor the media and lawyers for that matter.
RRS,
Are you in the woods?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:25 am
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:20 am
HER,
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HER? you guys are on a roll today. Too effin funny. Gotta go pick up my new Tatum jersey. Check back later.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Confucius say, in podunk man with tool in another man’s mouth not necessarily dentist.
Prolly just RR
January 20th, 2011 at 11:32 am
Man who sneezes without tissue takes matters in his own hands.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Man who follows sheeps onto thin ice gets his D!ck wet.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:36 am
352.Albert Bigelow Paine Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:21 am
Al needs to wear a cloak over his head next time he speaks to the public.
^^^^^^
The Emperor….DARTH DAVIS! LOL
January 20th, 2011 at 11:36 am
Actually, I though Cable decking Randy was gangsta. Cable decking his girlfriend is not.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:39 am
Girl who douches with vinegar walk around with sour puss.”
January 20th, 2011 at 11:40 am
375.YoungAmerican Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 10:42 am
It’s looking more and more likely that Wisniewski will be available when the Raiders pick… holding out hope…
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Why what happened?
January 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Why what happened?
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From what I’ve heard his draft stock has just fallen a bit. A couple months ago he was a mid-first rounder, now I haven’t seen him included in any of the updated first round mocks.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:52 am
I think with all the juniors coming into the draft, Wizniewski has been pushed down the draft board, not because of any percieved knocks on his potential.
More and more I think this will be our pick (if he is still there); Al bashing the ZBS in the press conference is a clear sign that these smaller lineman will be phased out eventually, and at this point Satele does not even have a decent back-up.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Wiz is moving down the boards because he is looking to be a G and they don’t have as much value as a C.
At the time of his bowl, McShay had him as like the #109th prospect or something, which is late 3rd/early 4th range.
I would be suprised to see him last to the mid 3rd, but I am pretty sure he will be there when we pick in the 2nd round.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
If the Raiders are indeed moving away from the ZBS, they’re going to need a lot of new linemen. Satele, Carlisle, and Gallery are all ZBS guys. Walker and Henderson may actually be a better fit for a power-blocking scheme, although those guys are still liabilities against the pass rush.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFf7MUqaD8
January 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Coach Marvin Lewis took a shot at Chad Ochocinco Thursday after the wide receiver lobbied earlier in the week to play with the Patriots.
“Nobody was talking about him. He didn’t stand that,” Lewis said, referring to Ochocinco’s constant need for attention. “You want them to talk about you, win football games.” The Bengals have exercised Ocho’s $6 million option for the 2011 season, but there’s still a chance he could be traded this offseason.
Source: bengals.com
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Ocho Cinco will be a Raider. Print that!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Well been reading last couple days I see we have a new troll. How is he holding up Double R?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:36 am
Actually, I though Cable decking Randy was gangsta
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So it’s cool when a white coach is “gangsta”. But if a black player goes “gangsta”, he’s an evil thug who needs to be out of the league. Racist hypocrite.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
The Bengals have exercised Ocho’s $6 million option for the 2011 season
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in other words … he’s not going anywhere!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
How is he holding up Double R?
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whats up OAKlifer?
how u doing bro?
January 20th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
# LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:20 am
I had been a Cable supporter, but commented several times this year, we weren’t well-coached. Not prepared in a lot of games. Honestly, think some of that falls on Hue as well.
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Sure. But none of it falls on the owner who admits he’s “heavily involved”. Maybe some day you’ll get a minimum wage job for the Raiders sanitizing the table corners that Al repeatedly bashed his forehead into. You’re on your way. Good work.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Later peoples!
Go A’s!
Go DUBS!
Go Cal Bears!
Go Raiders!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
# aig-raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
412.Hunt Eat Raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Why don’t they teach Drivers Ed. and Sex Ed. on the same day in the middle east?
The camels would get too tired!
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hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Good group today.
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Yeh, as long as he doesn’t make fun of Asians or whites, he just witty, not a racist. Let him make fun of Asians you’ll be throwing a fit.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
MR,
I never said Al was beyond criticism.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
I showed my wife the video, and in her medical opinion she believes he had some skin removed from his forehead or something like that.
Said a hit to the head to need that type of bandage would have made half his head purple.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
aig-raiders Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Cable was seen as the left over from the Kitten saga.
……………
Then why did Al promote him from interim to head coach, even after a horrible ‘08 season? You have no idea what you’re talking about.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Bo,
Where are you? Hope you aren’t dead or something. I just wanted to make fun of the Wolverines a little today, but it is no fun when you are not here….
Brady Hoke?
LMAO
January 20th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
If we dont get Wiz in the 2nd round it will be because Al is after a CB to replace Nnamdi, and I am OK with that because the duo of Routt and Johnson has “trainwreck” written all over it.
However, I hope Al tries to get a value pick and looks at Rashard Carmichael in the middle rounds. 5′10″, 4.38s 40 time, 186 lbs out of VTech. Gotta have that speed!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
# LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
MR,
I never said Al was beyond criticism.
………….
You implied it.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
If Al organizes the game plans and selects which plays are to be called on game day (something he denies, for what its worth), than he is also to blame.
I think Al’s involvement is:
The draft
The final 53
To a certain extent, who should start
In addition to operational duties with the organization (not neccecarily the team)
January 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
So Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
January 20th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Dakota Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Bo,
Where are you? Hope you aren’t dead or something. I just wanted to make fun of the Wolverines a little today, but it is no fun when you are not here….
Brady Hoke?
LMAO
—-
Who did Brady Hoke replace in SDSU?…..
January 20th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
447.Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
I showed my wife the video, and in her medical opinion she believes he had some skin removed from his forehead or something like that.
Said a hit to the head to need that type of bandage would have made half his head purple.
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Al just had a Dr. Scholls Horn Remover pad on his head…..he has to do that about once every five years or so, otherwise they grow right back.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
the duo of Routt and Johnson has “trainwreck” written all over it.
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CB’s are dime a dozen with a serious pass rush.
re-sign Seymour & Wimbley!
McFadden & Ware are going to have every opportunity to snag that starting job opposite Routt
January 20th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I liked Al’s comment (paraphrasing) to the media about “check your cell phones or whatever it is you use to record things”.
Guess it is safe to say Al isn’t watching his college cut-ups on Blu Ray isn’t it?
I really hope he at least has them in DVD format. I get the strange feeling he is using a VHS with the remote control that plugs into it still.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
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Whats that Al Davis saying?..
You can win or lose my way…or win your way…but you better not lose your way…
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
454.DeuceDeuce Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Who did Brady Hoke replace in SDSU?…..
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Let me guess…..Bo’s lost love, Jim Harbaugh? lol Mich settled for sloppy seconds once again.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
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Keith Butler (Steelers) or Winston Moss (Packers) ???
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
No I didn’t. I said Cable didn’t seem to have us prepared and I think Hue’s playcalling, at times, was questionable.
It’s like I’m blaming repub1icans for the state of the economy and you’re blaming the institution of government in general.
Heavily involved, to me, does not mean he’s in the locker room in front of the white board drawing up plays and discussing halftime ajustments.
You just look for Al under every stone, which is rather pathetic and a bit alarming.
You despise the man so much, go take it to city hall, rather than sit here and give Jerry web hits.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
According to Al on Tuesday, bringing your slutty girlfriend on the road is the nail in the coffin for him.
He said he was going to releave Cable even if they made the playoffs?
Al must have really hated that batch!!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
LOL. Looks like I missed a strip club chat earlier. Who actually talks in detail about strip clubs? It’s one of those things you just do, you don’t talk about it, because it is kind of sad. The idea is to get laid, not watch chicks dance, then have discussions about which places are the best to watch chicks dance. Losers.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
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Yeah right.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
DeuceDeuce Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
So Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Glazer is right, this can only mean Al listens to me.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
453.DeuceDeuce Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
So Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
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That would make sense, if we are looking at Pendergrast, he runs a mostly 3-4 that attacks from multiple angles.
But honestly, I cant comprehend why Al would decide to go 3-4 after the first season in decades where his four man front actually brought huge amounts of pressure. This seems like a needless and somewhat delayed reaction by the old man.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Dakota Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
________________
Yeah right.
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It doesn’t ring true, but Al usually goes through a honeymoon period with new coaches where he lets them do pretty much as they please for a while (listening to Kiffin and trading Randy Moss is a good example)…so if Hue wants a 3-4 attacking scheme, Al may be receptive currently.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Sure, LA to the BAy, Al’s involvement is only so much to where he shouldn’t be blamed for losses. Even after he admits he’s “heavily involved”. You should take a nap and come back later. You’re a true dumb ass right now. Just listen to yourself.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I really hope he at least has them in DVD format. I get the strange feeling he is using a VHS with the remote control that plugs into it still.
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No chance. Reel to reel is where its at!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
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Keith Butler (Steelers) or Winston Moss (Packers) ???
+++++++++++++++++++++
I might actually piss my pants if Butler becomes DC.
LeBeau style defense in Oakland? Be still my heart.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
CB’s are dime a dozen with a serious pass rush.
re-sign Seymour & Wimbley!
McFadden & Ware are going to have every opportunity to snag that starting job opposite Routt
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We were 2nd in the league in sacks, and still gave up 29 TDs through the air.
If you’re going to play all man-to-man on the outside, you need two big-time corners. If Nnamdi leaves, the Raiders should sign Jonathan Joseph and draft a corner in the 2nd round.
If Nnamdi stays, let’s hope Walter McFadden is ready to compete for a starting job with Routt or CJ.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
457.Just Fire Baby Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I liked Al’s comment (paraphrasing) to the media about “check your cell phones or whatever it is you use to record things”.
Guess it is safe to say Al isn’t watching his college cut-ups on Blu Ray isn’t it?
I really hope he at least has them in DVD format. I get the strange feeling he is using a VHS with the remote control that plugs into it still.
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I have very little faith that Al uses any video recording devices, when scouting college players. It really seems to be as simple as Al asking his scouts: “What was his 40 time?” then he writes them all down in order from fastest to slowest, and then waits to see who the other teams take.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
bcz24 Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I really hope he at least has them in DVD format. I get the strange feeling he is using a VHS with the remote control that plugs into it still.
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No chance. Reel to reel is where its at!
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Al uses Betamax; insists he hasn’t got his money’s worth out of them yet.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
The idea is to get laid, not watch chicks dance, then have discussions about which places are the best to watch chicks dance. Losers.
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Of course its no surprise to any of us that you do neither, and instead chose to sit here and throw stones at everyone else.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Here is a peek inside the Raiders’ draft “war room”:
http://urbanroamer.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dsc04341.jpg
January 20th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Al still uses a VHS. He has several Raider game tapes, along with Rocky III and Porky’s.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Bcz, there’s no better way to announce to the world that you don’t get laid than talking in detail about strip clubs. Everyone goes to them. Everyone knows where the good ones are. But you don’t talk about it, because everyone knows it’s sad. It’s what you do on nights where you’re not getting any, and obviously the people in that discussion earlier have a lot of those nights. Not something to brag about.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
It occurs to me that if Al deteriorates physically any faster, even if the Raiders win the very next Super Bowl, he won’t be in any condition to be able to get to the platform in the middle of the field to accept the Lombardi trophy.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Jay Glazer says we are looking for a DC to bring a 3-4 attacking scheme similar to the Jets….
***
Keith Butler (Steelers) or Winston Moss (Packers) ???
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Be happy with both…
But I doubt Butler leaves anywhere…hes the hier to the Steelers D
January 20th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
But I doubt Butler leaves anywhere…hes the hier to the Steelers D
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Sad to say you are right. I know which organization I’d rather work for.
But still, a fellow can dream!
January 20th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
SilverNBlackPA, you don’t have to worry about that, because Al’s not winning another Super Bowl.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I rarely go to strip clubs, but I have never gone to one because I was sitting around and couldn’t get laid. Bachelor parties and birthdays are the usual reasons, but we did go to one for a work Christmas party once. You see you try to pass judgement on all the other bloggers here bast on your pitiful existance, but most of it does not apply to us. You are as sad and sorry as the man you spend all your days hating. Real AlDavisRaider.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
SilverNBlackPA Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
It occurs to me that if Al deteriorates physically any faster, even if the Raiders win the very next Super Bowl, he won’t be in any condition to be able to get to the platform in the middle of the field to accept the Lombardi trophy.
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Thought the same after seeing his hands..He wont be able to hoist the trophy..
January 20th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Our corners are decent, but the man2man leaves them completely exposed (against both the run and the pass). This is the single worst offense that Al commits against this organization. In an era where defensive creativity is more important than offense (Steelers, Bears, Packers, Jets anyone??); Al is basically running a flag-football secondary. Everyone just try to cover your guy and hope you are in position to make a play when the ball is thrown.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Thought the same after seeing his hands..He wont be able to hoist the trophy..
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Herrera will kneel next to Al and hoist the tropy so that in the photos it looks like Al is holding it.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
NO WAY IN HELL THIS TEAM GOES 3-4. Ain’t gonna happen. Just like Gruden will never stand on the Raiders sideline in any coaching capacity again. Just like this team isn’t going to play a lot of zone coverage. Just like they aren’t going to start blitzing more. Which is exactly why a 3-4 wont be implemented. A 3 man pressure from the DL isnt enough to get to the qb without blitzing a LB fairly regularly and exposing our constant man to man coverage scheme.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
When I listened to Hue at the PC talking about the offense, he said that they want to create an environment for the quarterback to succeed. This after talking about the talent we have on that side of the ball with McFadden, Ford, DHB, Schilens, Murphy and Miller. Al mentioned Marcel Reece and Michael Bush, and Hue talked about the young talent the Raiders have on defense, mentioning several players by name.
I found it telling that the offensive line wasn’t mentioned at all, and when you combine that with Jackson’s statement about creating a successful environment for his QB I think it’s safe to say that that’s where the emphasis is going to be, personnel-wise, in the offseason.
January 20th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
And nobody goes to a strip club to get laid. Strippers are predominantly man-hating lesbians who just want to get their hands in your wallet. A good stripper will make you think you have a chance until last call and then after she has depleted your funds, she will go to sleep at her girlfriend’s house. Wise up.
January 20th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
lol… you gotta check this out…
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhFzsAyv4iCM4tUP8C
Favre spoof of LeBron commercial
January 20th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Tittie bars are not what they use to be.
I got laid plenty in the 70’s, early eighties, when I was partying all the time. They got off work and wanted to party too, not anymore.
I remember when Vegas did not have tabletop sluut machines. Bars were lots of fun but they changed too. Especially for women. Those things are addictive and rob people of a good time.
September 29th, 2011 at 7:07 am
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