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Live chat with Jerry at noon!

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Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 am in Oakland Raiders.

Sorry for the late notice, but Jerry McDonald will be here at noon to field your Raiders questions, of which we’re guessing you’ll have a few. Here are two links that will get you set up to participate in our live chat:

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697 Responses to “Live chat with Jerry at noon!”

  1. Andrews Mom Says:

    http://www.raiders.com/Raiderettes/CheerleaderBio.aspx?id=712

  2. Dickota Says:

    present

  3. Tim Says:

    We are the laughing stock of the league. Force Davis’ hand. He must stand down.

  4. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Gruden sucks
    Callahan sucks
    Norv sucks
    Shell sucks
    Kiffin sucks
    ………….

    and Al Davis is great??? Give me a break!

  5. 408RAIDER Says:

    is Jerry gonna act lame again!!!

  6. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Tim= get out of here please or get a new team. We don’t need imbeciles like yourself

  7. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Cop……you heard al take responsiblity for it

  8. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    we don’t need illiterate creeps either, so Brien haul ass with Tim

  9. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Anyone notice the last two weeks the Raiders can’t run it up the middle? I do and I freakin called it. not hard to wonder why we cant

  10. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    yawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnn tothe illiterate nonsense……..this is a phuckin blog not a class on writing English essays you dumb b*itch

  11. Raider Dell Says:

    Raider Dell Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
    CopenhagenFan

    You have your point of view, but step back and look at the situation.

    The HC you hired, just 9 months earlier, states to you the owner he wants to pursue a college job.

    Where is the commitment form Kiffin, remember the slogan he had over the awning when the players entered the practice field “IM IN” what was Kifin sign “IM OUT”

    Davis said he could LEAVE, just resign, why should Davis fire him when Kiffin asked to leave.

    Find the link to the Press Conference and watch Davis in Detail speak of this event you and I are commenting about.

    Kiffin could have met with Davis and talked about his change of direction as head coach or issued an apology and the issued would have been dropped.

    Kiffin was mad and made the situationworse to where it ended this week, finally.

  12. S&B Says:

    “Cable knows his o-line. If Harris & Green are our best tackles, that’s why they are starting. That basically means our depth at tackle is crap.”
    =======================================================
    In our playcalling, we better take into consideration our tackles. Russell was sacked 6x yesterday

  13. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Dell why explain to an Euro chump like Copenhagen

  14. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Henderson at LT and Harris at RT will work better. Green wouldn’t start on any other team in the NFL

  15. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Dell..So that just proves my point more. You stick with a lying, lousy coach and don’t fire him because of principles…the need to win against him as some part of a personal vendetta, letting it drag out and poisoning the team and causing chaos in the press because you can’t let it go…..biting your nose off to spite your face??? Is that smart?

    So Kiffin was an evil, backstabbing, genius that could manipulate everybody and fool the entire public? Hmmm that descripition fits the M.O. of Al Davis over 40 years. Consider that.

  16. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Then go get a new team you little punk cuz Al aint dying for at least another 10 years

  17. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Another fact is that you don’t consider is WHY Kiffin wanted out so quick? Maybe because Davis is impossible to work with. Just like with the last 5 coaches. Look at the pattern, or bury your head and accept it blindly and think it’s all going to work out now that Kiffin is gone. LOL

    OH Brien..the Euro chump is doing just fine laying low and avoiding the dire consequences of the American economy that has bitten the dust and is enjoying the real freedom of democracy with 6 weeks paid vacation LOL

  18. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien..instead of merely accepting crap, I chose to stay as a real fan and voice my opinion and hope that it will have an effect allowing my team that I live and die with to once again reach greatness!

  19. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Democracy= doesn’t exist and never has………..the whole world is biting the dust you ignorant fool

  20. JB Says:

    #14

    I agree with that assessment. Fortunately for us, Cedrick Ellis DT-NO, incurred a torn meniscus in his knee. He’ll be out a couple of weeks. He would have torn Grove/Wade & Morris a new one. He was positioned to make JR miserable that day.

    As far as the passing game goes, we will see if ANY of our receivers can get separation. IMO, JLH can but the rest are mediocre at best. You can’t make completions if the receivers are not open.

  21. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien..no democracy doesn’t exist in a country with the electoral college system, but actually works other places in the world if you’ve ever traveled or read a book other than something containing sports LOL

  22. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien…no use trying to have a political conversation on a football blog. Especially with a guy like you that most likely has an education level on par with Jethro Bodine.

  23. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Brien<——-not a fan……insult to ever call me one

  24. "the truff" Says:

    Was I the only one that saw Al talk about calls on the field and strategy and player control etc. Straight from the horses mouth, “I want the coach to coach the team.” Al flat out admitted that he is the one in control and the coach is walking on eggshells to not upset big Al, seriously,” I told Rob Ryan he was not going anywhere.” Al basically blames everyone for the last five years. His comment that he accepts responsibility for the coach hiring is thinly veiled and Al really means, “It’s not my fault, they tricked me.” Al is an idiot….

  25. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    You can’t even have a somewhat intelligent discourse on football, why should I engage you in a conversation on something that actually demands a modicum of analytical skills or reasoning ability?

  26. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    If you read books you moron you would know the world’s string are being pulled by a select few. Jethro Bodine hahahahahaha oh my god your Euro trash comedy is so superior.

  27. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    The Truff…Al’s in denial and he’s a liar.

  28. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Yawwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn post 25 is the most untrue shhit you can possibly say

  29. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien..did you write about the Zionistic conspiracies in concert with the Trilateral Commission? LOL get the hell outta my face Jethro.

  30. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    You little punk b-tch Kiffin supporters can’t move on and talk about football. It’s constant whining about Al Davis. Just get a new team

  31. "the truff" Says:

    I apologise for getting in yours guys pissing contest and posting something about the Raiders, Have fun!!

  32. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    *turns Jethro channel off for the night*

  33. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Get out of your face? LOL okay man. If we were ever face to face you wouldn’t be talking shhhhit you little soft Euro pu$$y

  34. Raider Dell Says:

    CopenhagenFan

    You and I just will disagree, I hope someday you have your own business, and when a employee has asked you to leave to pursue another job that you compete in the marketplace with, possibly telling them your business plans or production plans.

    You won’t fire him, have him give two weeks notice and leave.

    Kiffin had a contract with the Raider organization that states if he is fired he will collect his remaining years of money on that contract.

    Davis had no intention of firing Kiffin, Kiffin should have resigned and pursued the college job.

    Davis stated in the press conference he wanted to give him time to mature in the job and had hope he could work better with all the coaches and players.

    That’s why Davis didn’t fire him during his pursuit of a college job.

    Davis, was patient with Kiffin, why fire someone who wants to leave, just should have resigned and left.

    CopenhagenFan, in retrospect maybe Davis relying on other people in Kiffin life advising him to change and be a professional was a Davis mistake.

    Davis probably thought Kiffin,knowing Pete Carroll and speaking with his Dad could have changed his attitude.

    Time was given, it didn’t work out.

  35. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    turn it off if you must, but I’ll never view the Lifetime channel that you frequent all day

  36. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Dell<——–lots of sense

  37. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Copenhagen= svelte fan with zero testicular fortitude

  38. 408RAIDER Says:

    (\__/)
    (=’.'=)
    (”)_(”)

    I board

  39. Charlie Says:

    I am inclined to agree with Dell.
    I believe that many things that go on within the Raider organization are viewed as “strange” because we are losing.
    I think Mr Davis shouldering the blame as he did on Tuesday should have silenced the continued criticism.
    Mr Davis listened to someone who lobbied hard for Quentin Moses. Mr Davis listened to somebody who pushed for Philip Buchanon. He is 79 and does not do his own scouting.
    Mr Davis had hoped that Kiffin would help in the area of the draft and bring “youth into the organization”.
    Though I think Kiffin did some positive things it seems as though he was too immature for the job.
    Let’s hope that Cable does his part as a COACH and that Mr Davis can address the draft problem effectively in another way.

  40. dick v Says:

    Dell,

    Good post #34. i was going to state the same aurgument, but you said it perfectly. Al hired a young guy to head his coaching staff: not football operations. Al tried to give this kid a chance to develop, but kiffin was clealry not ready and convinced he is snarter than one of the most innovative pioneers of football and sports marketing. Al has a lot of problems.
    I can write a paper on how he needs to change his management style to be more suited for the younger generations of talent if he wants to be more competitive. Al has to be transprent instead of seceretive, he has to have two way coomunication instaead of just sitting back in his thrown and ruling. He has cede control because running a billion dollar enterprise is tough for an executive team with top talent: it is impossible to run a team with success the way he does. His way is more of a crap shoot.

    all that being said, Kiffin is a liar and he was trying to find a job as soon as he beat KC and denver last year. Once he lost to Indy he started to distance himsef from the Raiders organization thinking he had done enough by beating two division rivals to go back to the college ranks: Arkansas, UCLA.
    He has no integrity, and Al roasted him because his fan base ( season ticket holders like my self included) had openly sided with Kiffin and even signed an online pettition requesting he not fire Kiffin. Al had to move on Kiffin and he owed the most important stakeholders a valid explanation. I don’t wish well for Kiffin, he is has very questionable character and he is the one who forced this situation.

  41. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Dick V……..exactly! The kid was a liar and doesn’t treat folks right. Peopel said the same stuff at USC and he was likethat at Fresno State. Who is the constant here? Yeah its kiffin not being a cool dude at all

  42. r8erkrazy Says:

    An insider by the name of WDR posting on http://www.raiderfans.net in the premium forum provided information last year that Al Davis and Lane Kiffin had come to an agreement Lane Kiffin was leaving the Raiders to take the Arkansas Head Coaching job. This was important information about an agreement between the two parties that had not been released to the public. A draft was made up to void Lane Kiffins contract so he could resign as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in order to take the Arkansas head coaching position. WDR posted Lane Kiffin was extremely angry when Bobby Patrino was offered the job after he (lane Kiffin) had agreed to take the position. This was the exact draft leaked to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. This subject was made clear in the Raiders news conference by Mr. Al Davis. It was revealed to Mr. Al Davis by numerous sources that Lane Kiffin continued to actively pursue college head coaching positions while being employed by the Raiders organization. It was at this time the relationship between Lane Kiffin and Al Davis soured. It is no secret that Lane Kiffin was intending to pursue a college head coaching position at the end of this season. It is believed by many inside and outside of the Raiders organization including some members of the media that Lane Kiffin was trying to get fired, collect his money, then go off and get his college HC job.

  43. dick v Says:

    Cable has to get Darren Mcfadden the ball 20 times, and Javon needs 10 touches. These two are the playmakers. They need the ball in the 2nd half at the very least. Javon can play. We overpaid for him, but he can still make plays. I feel Kiffin was trying to work around Javon to make his point about needing to practice hard to get the ball in the game. The thing is this is the NFL, players just don’t transfer to Jackson state or transfer and redshirt to another powerhouse, in the NFL they have contracts which makes it harder to move them. Knapp and Cable need to get him the ball.

    Turf toe is not good, but LT has turf toe, and the chargers managed to feed him the ball 20 times. Guess what he took two of his last carries to the end zone for like 55 yards combined.

  44. Sal E Says:

    With the debacle taking place in Oakland over the past few years (post Gruden), share holders (season ticket holders) should be reimbursed for poor managing performed by Al Bush-Enron Davis! Our hard earned money contributes to a mismanaged organization. I guess the fans aren’t important to Al Davis. And where is Amy Trask in all of this nonsense, probably looking for another job. Hey Bruce Allen, where are you when we need you; oh yeah, in Tampa winning games with Gruden.

    The team wants to play and coach half a game - we should only pay half for our tickets. Have the owner, the over paid players and coaches make up the difference. We pay to see our investments perform as professionals – there are no professionals in Oakland.

    For the first time in 40(+) years I am embarrassed for the organization – it is ridiculous. And don’t count on the league doing what is in the best interest of the team as they all are enjoying watching Al’s broken ship sink slowly – the captain will go down with his ship.

    What’s next Al, a threat to leave Oakland? Like you, your tactics are played out – it’s time to realize you are the reason for failure in Oakland. Kiffin will join the ranks of Shanahan and Turner, coaches that will succeed in a true football organization while you try to control the next person in line – the “Cable Guy”. Look for them as play-off contenders while you try to coach a losing team from the suites. Too bad “Run-Run” passed away (RIP), you could’ve had him coach.

    Hey season ticket holders, is it time for a class action suite against Al Davis and the organization?

  45. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Al Davis= king and all that dont bow down should be beheaded immediately

  46. dick v Says:

    Brein,
    your right. The word out of USC at the time we hired Kiff was that he was a prick and he had thrown fits over there undermining Norm Chow. In the end, Al failed to do his due dilligence and probably should have just forked over the 4 million or so it would have took to hire a Steve Marriuci. Insead Al went the cheap high risk- high reward route and now he looks foolish and kiffin proved to be an immature prick.

  47. MR Says:

    I’m not a big fan of Kiffin anymore.

    I’m finally starting to see the light.

    He had a year and a half to con Davis out of his managing general partner position the way Davis did Valley, and he just never could pull it off. Face it, he just couldn’t get it done. Here’s hoping Cable will.

  48. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Yeah Dick V….both Kiffin and Al looked bad in this but guess who is the boss and who isthe worker? Exactly so I’m siding with Al

  49. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Just win and Al will leave you alone.

  50. MR Says:

    Charlie, it could also be that we are losing because the things going on inside of the organization are strange…unless you have a better reason for our losing. And remember, it didn’t start on Kiffin’s watch.

  51. RaiderRockstar Says:

    i like spaghetti

  52. MR Says:

    Just win and Al will leave you alone? Yeh. Ask Gruden about that.

  53. MR Says:

    I’m mad at Kiffin because he couldn’t do to Al Davis what Al Davis did to Wayne Valley. That’s all I asked out of him. He had a year and a half. Total under-achiever. Screw him. Here’s hoping Cable can pull it off.

  54. killmarty Says:

    I have a ?. Why did the resignation letter get to ESPN if someone didnt want to get fired? Someone enlighten me on that?

  55. MR Says:

    Kiffin wanted to get fired because he knew there was no way he could wrestle control of the organization from Al, which is the only way any coach can win here. I don’t blame him for wanting to get fired at that point. But he should have tried harder. Kiffin should have stuck it out, worked with some of the other partners behind Al’s back, and found a way to legally remove Al Davis from the partnership at some midnight hour when Al was out of town. But, forget it. Lame is ancient history. Here’s hoping Cable can pull it off.

  56. dick v Says:

    Brein,

    Kiffin must shoulder the blame, but Al needs to change eitherway. I hope he is serious about hiring a GM to run operations. Scott Mcloughan will be the guy most likely: although Vernon Davis, Chilo Rachel, and Kentwan Balmer were all shaky picks. I think Nolan ran things for the vernon davis pick, but Chilo has Mcloughans name all over it.

  57. dick v Says:

    Mr,

    i like your oldies but goodies better than your useless posts trying to act like you are a Raider fan.

  58. Nnamdi21 Says:

    Brien(no excuses) Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 am
    Anyone notice the last two weeks the Raiders can’t run it up the middle? I do and I freakin called it. not hard to wonder why we cant

    ——————————————————-

    Grove sucks

  59. MR Says:

    Did you guys here Warren Sapp? ESPN’s been playing it all day. One word. Wow.

    Davis still calling the sideline and putting in plays?

    They had a defense set up to stop the run, with something like 10 in the box, with a coverage scheme where the backs could still stretch out and stop the pass, an awesome scheme, perfect for our personnel, and Davis pulled it? Said Ryan came into the room looking like someone shot his dog. Said Davis did things like that all the time. Ryan would build a defense, they would practice it, get it down perfect, then Davis would pull it.

    Can’t blame Kiffin for those things.

  60. Charlie Says:

    MR

    My point is that most of our problems start because we do not have enough talent on the field.
    We need to address that problem immediately and Al acknowledged this problem thinking Kiffin knew college talent and that he would improve the draft process. Unfortunately the relationship did not work.
    Our drafts in 2003 to 2005 crippled this team.

  61. MR Says:

    Charlie…..tsk…the problem is Al. Catch up.

  62. 909raiderlifer Says:

    SO-CAL’S… Tim Brown on AM570, NOW!

  63. DT42 Says:

    I think our passing game will improve over the next couple of weeks here is some info from Steve Sarkasian about USC’s passing game about Kiffin and the USC passing attack.
    • Regarding USC’s Passing Attack & WR’s
    We don’t utilize a passing tree in the strict sense. I mean we don’t describe our patterns with numbers as most schools do. We use names to define the route such as “Z Drive” or “Y Option”, etc. (There was an audience question about the Y option routes). Frankly we had to decrease usage of that particular play last year as we did not have a lot of receivers capable of reading the defense correctly and running that route. Those “dumb” passes where you see the ball thrown somewhere and no one is near by? Those are blown reads either by the QB or by a receiver who did not adjust and run the right route. Then everyone looks dumb and we wasted a down on those. Steve Smith was the only one capable last year for the WR group of consistently making these reads correctly. Desmond Reed was the only running back capable of running an option receiving route out of the backfield last year and he was not at full strength. The rest could not execute it without making mistakes in practice let alone games.

    What that tells me is they rely on pure talent to beat the defense. Problem is that in the NFL everyone has talent. Kiffin will do very well in College. But i think the NFL game was just too different. Not his fault just a different game. I’m tired of all of the drama, just want to get back to watching football. Very disapointed with former Raiders crying to the media. I wonder how many times they actually go back to Oakland and talk to current players? Silver and Black used to be a family. damn shame really

  64. MR Says:

    That’s why I hate Kiffin. He had a year and half to do to Al Davis what Al Davis did to Wayne Valley. Couldn’t pull it off. Too wet behind the years. Cable’s got experience, more friends. He can get to some of the partners, come up with a legal maneuver to finally rid this team if it’s real cancer, Al Davis.

  65. MR Says:

    DT42, Sapp went off, didn’t he?

    Put the old man on blast.

    Love Warren. Hope he keeps it up. You know he will, too.

    And, it was a relief to here Gannon, our best football player in the past decade, speak out against Al, too.

    The tide has turned on Al, and it’s about time.

  66. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    post 58 sums it up

  67. dick v Says:

    PFT has a good take on Warren’s mouth. They said Randy Moss had no problem ripping the Raiders while he was here, why was Warren quiet the whole time and now , all of sudden, has no problem speaking his mind again. he has always ran his mouth, but he didn’t in Oakland: why not.

  68. MR Says:

    Anyone hear the audio clip of Al admitting he doesn’t know anything about Cable? Cable might be as much of a power monger as Kiffin, as far as Al knows. Let’s hope he is!

  69. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR……..the truth with Gruden and Al is not known to many people. There were cool until after the AFC title game in 2000 when Al cussed him out in front of Jack Gruden. I’m in agreement with Al because no excuse to lose at home. Zack Crockett got on the radio the next week and talked about Gruden changing the gameplan saturday night. The Raiders were gonna use a bunch of 3 and 4 WR formations but Gruden too damn stubborn

  70. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    That pissed Al off because the only way to beat Baltimore was to spread them out. If anyone saw the Jets/Ravens season finale in 2000 Bmore was exposed but no one inthe playoffs did this

  71. MR Says:

    Cable could be twice as power mongering as Kiffin was. Al wouldn’t know. Doesn’t know a thing about him. ESPN played an audio of Al telling Herrera that he doesn’t know anything about Cable. This is good. Al might have hired a head coach more power hungry than Gruden and Kiffin put together. That would awesome.

  72. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    What can Sapp ever say? He did nada to help whether Al meddled or not. He stunk in Oakland and I was pissed to hear that big mouth was coming to Oakland

  73. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Who cares MR……….Kiffin needed to go

  74. MR Says:

    That would “be” awesome, I meant. Last sentence, comment 71.

  75. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Big deal al is crazy. This is something we all know

  76. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Brien<—-content going down with a sinking ship

  77. SacRaider Says:

    I would love to see Cable cuss out Al like he does the O lineman… “Goddamn!t Al, pull your head out. That was a horrible fukin draft. Now get your a$$ there and do it again like this.”

  78. MR Says:

    Brien, I agree, Kiffin needed to go. He had a year and a half to do to Al Davis what Al Davis did to Wayne Valley, and couldn’t pull it off. Total underachiever. Here’s hoping Cable can out do him. Al doesn’t know a thing about Cable. Admitted it. Hope Cable is twice as much of a power monger as Kiffin was. Hope he gets in good with some of the partners, and finds a way to rid this organization of it’s real cancer, Al Davis. Then, finally, we can win football games again.

  79. dick v Says:

    DT42,

    I think the passing game will improve because the games will be played on the field without an agenda. It is simple: get the ball to Walker and things will open up. Coverage will roll his way and Miller will have more room to operate, and Dmac will have more oneone matchups out the backfield with LB’s: where’s my damn wheel route to Dmac out of the backfield.

  80. DT42 Says:

    MR yeah Sapp did go off on him. Thats the problem with the Raiders as I see it (one of the problems). No Loyalty to the teammates that they left behind when the retired. Gannon blasts the team, Sapp blasts the team. Al’s always had a rep for being a players owner. So they couldn’t sit down with him (i think Gannon tried WAY more than Sapp.)I mean damn for Gannon i can understand some disconnect. Not a lot of players from his squad but Sapp? I have no respect for him.

  81. SacRaider Says:

    Wasn’t the offense supposed to be more opened up last game with knapp splitting play calling? We passed much more than usual yet the offense still only put 16 points on the board. The team needs more talent, not play calling..

  82. MR Says:

    Brien, Sapp was awesome. Did you hear him? Ripped Al probably harder than any former employee ever has. Gannon took a pretty hard shot, too. Marcus Allen is vindicated. Everyone is coming out against Al, now. Al’s facade is coming down. Finally.

  83. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    We all know that Cable will do what he is told by Al, fail, and then haul ass.

  84. Nnamdi21 Says:

    Dick V .80

    Here, here.

    Walker makes the passing game legit.

    They look like a diff offense when he’s in there…for 2 plays.

  85. M Says:

    so, the MR show is on again.

    good luck with that Nation. till a later time

  86. MR Says:

    DT42, Sapp only needs to be loyal to his own family and friends. Doesn’t owe Davis a thing.

  87. DT42 Says:

    Dick V, good point. I just think that Kiffin must have freaked out when he realized that his WR’s just couldn’t run over everybody else. I’d love to see the Wheel route out of the backfield for McFadden. we have the best group of RB’s in the league and maybe even some Wildcat formation just for fun. (Let Russell smack a DB for fun he’s built like a TE!!)

  88. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    MR: Al has the backing of the Raider Nation again as you can see….they fell for his pack of lies. Al is on top again in the eyes of the Nation. What a great P.R. stunt.

  89. MR Says:

    DT42, do you know the history as to how Davis acquired his managing general partner title? Study it, then you might understand why people who rip Al don’t feel sorry for him.

  90. DT42 Says:

    MR he owes his former teammates something, they never called him out for that crap run defense he had when he mailed it in his last year in the league.

  91. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Sappapotomous is loyal to a local buffet

  92. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    DT42 i agree

  93. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    the Euro-Puss is back! jaaaaaaa

  94. MR Says:

    Copenahagan, Al was caught on audio admitting he doesn’t know the first thing about Cable. Cable is Kiffin’s friend. First thing he said in his introduction speech, that a friend has been fired. Cable could be twenty times the power monger that Kiffin was. Let us hope!

  95. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    SacRaider…….finally last game Knapp split playcalling duties. I dont really like Knapp but he does have NFL experience. We outta see the offense look a little better. I’m not expecting the 2001 rams offense here

  96. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Cop I noticed…….march on

  97. MR Says:

    DT42, I haven’t heard any of Sapp’s former teammates express a problem with anything he said. He ripped Al, not his teammates. Sapp owes Davis nothing. Period.

  98. DT42 Says:

    MR i live in Texas it ain’t nothing that JJ in Dallas hasn’t pulled, or George Bush using public funds to build the Ballpark in Arlington etc. Find me an honest owner in any sport and that would be the first i’ve ever seen. And yes i know the story about how Al became the managing general partner. I bleed Silver and Black.

  99. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Why do people want to bounce when MR is in here? MR is funny

  100. MR Says:

    DT42, comment 98; All the more reason to get rid of Al.

  101. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    MR…Cable is going to do what Al tells him to do and then get whacked when yet another losing season culminates in a melt down.

  102. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    I hate both Al and Kiffin now. They failed to win…winning is the only thing that counts.

  103. Nnamdi21 Says:

    Sapp’s figured out how this media works. Its not by the validity of what you say, its s popularity contest.

    “name recognition” among focus groups of sheeple is what dictacte your “value”.

    He’s all about the $’s.

    His Al bashing is like biting the hand.

    Your welcome you no run stoppin’ selfish twinkle toes.

  104. DT42 Says:

    of course they won’t say anything Sapp’s not even a true Raider, He’s a Buc! He grabbed a paycheck from the Raiders and never produced. My point is that there was a time when athletes didn’t cry to the media all of the time. Sapp was talking up Kelly when we re-signed him. He never complained when he was with the team. Now in between dance lessons he grew some balls? spare me.

  105. Nnamdi21 Says:

    .99 Yup.

  106. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    I’ve always hated Warren Sapp, I got escorted out of the coliseum in 2004 for cussing him out when I knew we were gonna lose to the chargers

  107. MR Says:

    Nobody owes Al Davis anything. He’s a fraud.

    Al Davis only brought in black players early in his career as an edge over other teams not willing to sign them. It was about winning, not equality. It wasn’t for black people. Al could piss on the civil rights movement. He’s a right winger. Admires Hitler. Models the Raiders after the Third Reich (especially in-house, as we’ve seen….).

    Al conned Wayne Valley into his managing general partner position.

    Al sympathizers are pathetic. Totally lost.

  108. DT42 Says:

    MR, so whats your solution after you get rid of Al? what franchise are we modeling ourselves over.

  109. Dakota Says:

    Working sucks…I should move to Europe.

  110. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Sapp is a bog mouthed loser. I hate when fat people think they are hot shhhhhit

  111. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Dakota better looking chicks without fat too !!! :-)

  112. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Dakota lol………..the series aint over yet man!!!

  113. MR Says:

    Sapp’s awesome. Totally spoke his mind. He’s not the first person to accuse Al Davis of the things he did. Just more testimony, coming from more and more former players. It’s about time. Big kudos to Rich Gannon and Warren Sapp. Believe me, more are to come. This is only the start.

  114. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    yeah well Copenhagen you winthere……..also dont forget the good attitudes

  115. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR what would your life consist of if you didn’t bash Al all day?

  116. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    MR…all of the former players that are Al detractors are liars and have no sense of loyalty! They are not REAL Raiders….all 100 of them!

  117. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    al Davis is king of the world……all haters kneel and kiss the pinky ring of Al

  118. Dakota Says:

    I don’t care that much about baseball, but my Dad is a 67 year old Cubs fan…and it would really mean a lot to him if they could win the WS.

    Hope he is taking his flaxseed oil, because he better hang around for at least another year the way things are going for the Cubs right now.

    Completely
    Useless
    By
    September

  119. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Loyalty is everything…………ask Marcus Allen that

  120. MR Says:

    DT42, plans after getting rid of the cancer:

    Contact Ron Wolf, have him set things up for a year or two, then have him name his eventual successor. That’s would I would do. Ron built all of those great Raider teams, anyway. So, essentially, we’d be modeling the Raiders after the Raiders.

  121. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien..the good sexually liberated attitudes man……and they love it hard …..

  122. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Most dont know the real beef with Al and Marcus

  123. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    Marcus was an illoyal Raider because he pounded O.J.’s wife…

  124. SacRaider Says:

    Lombardi is also speaking out against Al. If it was just one person, like Sapp, then you could chalk it up to a disgruntled former employee/player. But the more people who tell how bad it is with Al as the god, the more likely it is to be true..

  125. dick v Says:

    Fellas,

    it time to drop the Nation Collective affiliation. Did that damn website ever go up?

  126. 909raiderlifer Says:

    Tim Brown, said that Sapp was “exaggerating”. About Al being stuck in the 70s & 80s, and calling from the box.

    Also, said that Sapp was here just for the $$$$

    ASO ON JIM ROME TV SHOW NOW

  127. Dakota Says:

    Al Davis is the king of a crumpled empire, and the only ones kissing anything of his are the reject players he signs to huge deals and Herrera and Taylor…(and some fools in here too).

  128. KoolKell Says:

    #107 True dat.

  129. NATION Collective - CopenhagenFan Says:

    lol@reject players he signs to huge deals

  130. DT42 Says:

    Nation Collective…..nice comment, I don’t think that anyone is doubting that the Al and the organization has issues and problems but again what did Warren Sapp ever do to help the Raiders, when did he make a play for us? And again i’m asking anyone talk solutions Al retires drops dead or whatever then what? we go undefeated the next season? Kiffin was gonna lead us to the playoffs. your the GM what do you do who stays who goes.

  131. 408RAIDER Says:

    (\__/)
    (=’.'=)
    (”)_(”)

  132. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    copenhagen………i frequented to foreign dorms in college………trust me it was an eye opening experience

  133. Norco_Bob Says:

    Good afternoon my friends.

  134. CopenhagenFan Says:

    DT42 Sapp had that one good year he had 10 sacks?

  135. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Jethro? you went to college??! NICE!

  136. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Tim Brown= raider………damn shame how most on here loved Rice more than Timmy and disrespected him by waering that b*tch’s jersey at games

  137. CopenhagenFan Says:

    I think BHP probably pounded O.J.’s wife too, that’s why he’s an insider.

  138. Norco_Bob Says:

    Jim Rome is a prick….but I would rather he own the team then Crazy Al.

  139. 408RAIDER Says:

    Tim Brown rocks! Sapp sucks

  140. dick v Says:

    Sac Raider,
    PFT has nice piece on Lombardi and the Raiders as well as the one with Sapp.
    Lombardi did not have a contract and he was let go due to his fued with Shell: they both shamed themselves. Lombardi filed a grievance against the Raiders and park ave just laughed at him and said he has no case because he didn’t have a contract.
    you can beleive Lombardi if you want, but PFT has backed the Raiders on both instances and they are consistently onjective: Florio is a lawyer by trade.

  141. 408RAIDER Says:

    Fuk fairy rice!

  142. Norco_Bob Says:

    Hi brien!,…Im headin to the river with my dog again here in a bit,..bringing a 40, a couple Norcos, and a roach…should make for a nice walk.

  143. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Lombardi never seemed to have contracts…and always gets fired ha ha…

  144. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Copenhagen your Jehtro comment would be appropraite if I was from the south but I grew up in California…..so try again

  145. 909raiderlifer Says:

    Tim Brown also said, in so many words that, Lombardi is a tool.

    Go to: am570.com/loosecannons they should have the Tim Brown interview up soon, for pod cast.

  146. 408RAIDER Says:

    take the whole blunt dude

  147. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien..shiiiit bubba, Jethro lived in Beverly Hills !

  148. DT42 Says:

    Chris Clemons had 8 sacks and was cheaper and younger. i miss him more than Sapp

  149. CopenhagenFan Says:

    I’m fresh out of blunt……gotta head to Christiania soon!

  150. Norco_Bob Says:

    Crazy Al should not waste a minute in bringing in Tim Brown back to Oakland in whatever capacity Tim wants to be in…replace Mike Taylor with him would be perfect.

  151. CopenhagenFan Says:

    DT42 Chris Clemmons is like 3rd string in Philly dude?

  152. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    bob always!!!

  153. SacRaider Says:

    Yeah, but working without a contract is Lombardi’s own fault. I really doubt he’d make stuff up now that is consistent with what has been said about Al for years. I’m not saying Lombardi is a good guy, just the law of probabilities here. The more people that get behind a claim, the more likely it is to be true..

  154. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Jethro was a white guy from the south originally. I’m neither so try again

  155. Norco_Bob Says:

    brien…dave and I might be at Pats game sunday,..you around?..interested?

  156. dick v Says:

    another thing on Lombardi: he screwed his rep by saing he never wanted Shell and he always wanted Petrino. Hell Petrino was a bigger snake than Kiffin. Auther Blank is a good man, and has a history of taking care of his people. Petrino gave him the D1ck.

  157. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Bob I’m going to jail no way. i’ll watch the pats whip ass at home drunk off tequila

  158. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Sapp is a bitter punk like that traitor Mucus allen

  159. 408RAIDER Says:

    did any 1 go to Jerry’s chat?

  160. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Marcus dogged O.J. when he pounded his woman

  161. CopenhagenFan Says:

    408 Jerry’s chat was actually really good! Jerry has a good grip on things.

  162. Norco_Bob Says:

    hey brien, you know Im from Santa Clara,..that dude that played Jethro on that tv show went to Santa Clara University. Max. jr.

  163. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    al did the right thing stiffing Marcus Allen……..he put al in a bad spot

  164. CopenhagenFan Says:

    408 he reported that Branch’s cast is off and Aso is playing with some sort of protection on his elbow.

  165. Norco_Bob Says:

    i hear ya,..dave went to jain goin to aniners game about 3 years ago,..colts game. lol…we may not go,…watching at home with petron sounds better.

  166. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Nothing wrong with being a white boy from the sticks…

  167. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Marcus Allen was screwing everyone’s wife on the team and did the same thing at USC. He even did his idol’s wife. Damn shame!!! He even smashed on one of Al Davis’ family member. This is why al said in 1994 i hope Marcus gets onthe stand so people cna see what kind of character he really has

  168. Norco_Bob Says:

    jail

  169. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    copenhagen……..thats the thing I’m a black guy from the city

  170. dick v Says:

    Sac Raider,

    But i have also heard former cowboys gm Gil Brandy say that Al gets a bad rap and does a good job running the Raiders. Gil is a friend of Al’s of course, but he is by far one of the most respected talent evaluators in the business. Many gm’s and media outlets use him to grade draft prospects. John Madden also is taking Al’s side: both Gil and John Madden are repscted by everyone. Warren Sapp and Lombardi both have their critics.

  171. 408RAIDER Says:

    thanx cope

    anything else worth noteing?

  172. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Marcus was greedy after hoochie

  173. 909raiderlifer Says:

    Oops, my bad. That would be, am570radio.com/loosecannons for the Tim Brown interview.

  174. CopenhagenFan Says:

    408 Jerry basically said that he had indeed been critical of Kiffin’s “people skills” and that he did the wrong thing be airing his garbage in the press.

    He also said he was ok with Cable and that he expected him to have a more balanced offense.

  175. Norco_Bob Says:

    i also wanted to go to santa clara,…couldnt get in,..san jose state was great though,…wish they wouldnt call me once a month for a donation though.

  176. MR Says:

    Brown said Sapp is “exaggerating”. Why not say Sapp was flat out wrong? If Davis has sent so much as one play down to the field in recent years, he’s still insane and needs to be removed. So for Timmy to say that Sapp was merely exaggerating as opposed to outright saying he was wrong, it doesn’t go far to debunk Sapp’s claims. As far as Sapp going to Oakland for the money? Big whoop. Ask Tampa Bay about Tim Brown’s performance in ‘04. They had to be wondering if he was just there for the check, too.

  177. 408RAIDER Says:

    allen was banging Mr Davis daughter?

  178. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien ok thanks for the racial and demographic profile update dude ha ha

  179. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    hahahahahahaha SJ state got bitches up there though…….ntohing like going to a bar in downtown and going back with some 21 year old chick from like f-ckin hollister for some AM action

  180. Norco_Bob Says:

    baseball game on.

  181. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Marcus got some drawers

  182. 408RAIDER Says:

    MR dont be talking about Tim Brown dude!

  183. CopenhagenFan Says:

    I did a girl from San Jose St. one time….she vomited on me while I drove it home like a piledriver

  184. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    no problem. its just so you dont confuse jethro and someone with my superior good looks ever again

  185. Norco_Bob Says:

    brien sjsu was great when I went there,…had a qb named mike perez,..was hoping he would be a raider,..giants drafted him late….he was at alot of my house`s keg parties.

  186. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    no one was screwing like Marcus……he was MR. LA and still to this day he is white woman KING

  187. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Jethro was good looking…just dumb

  188. Norco_Bob Says:

    headin to the river brien,..catch ya later.

  189. 408RAIDER Says:

    gross dude

  190. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien…Marcus should read “Soul On Ice” then

  191. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    408 I never heard al having a daughter but someone who worked for the A’s said it was someone close to Al Davis in the family and that broke the camel’s back. Marcus just smacks em on every chick possible. I mean I feel him on one end but damn not your teammates guy

  192. MR Says:

    Brien, telling stories of getting laid in a football blog comments section is so cool. We all really believe you. We really do. Seriously.

  193. CopenhagenFan Says:

    and if you’ve never read “Soul On Ice” then I’m going to have to call you Jethro until you do bro’

  194. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    late BOB

  195. LYN FROM SNOT Says:

    I guess Madden wasn’t that good of a coach since Al sent down the plays for him to call. Also that 2002 season offense was straight out of the Al Davis playbook from the 70s. Im sure Al thought Seabass could make a 75yrd FG and radioed that down too.

  196. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR………..shhhhhhhhhh we arent talking about how much you hate al right now……we will get back to that in a sec

    Copenhagen……..I’d rather not discuss Eldrige Cleaver for many many reasons okay

  197. CopenhagenFan Says:

    MR he’s talking about Marcus…that’s football related.

  198. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Now “Soul on Ice” by Ras Kass we are talking

  199. 408RAIDER Says:

    Brien I mean hoe’s cant live without d!ck some cats are just scandalous tho.. U sure I thought mark “the truck wilson” was with big al’s daughter.. I could be wrong tho

  200. MR Says:

    Brien, there were so many carousers on that team, and most of them probably did bang daughters and wives of team execs. Al’s beef with Marcus was between him and Wolf. Al wanted to believe that it was him building the great teams. He didn’t want Marcus. Wolf did. Al wanted Marcus to fail to prove Wolf wrong. He didn’t. That’s what it was all about. Every excuse Al used from that point on were red herrings. The injures, Marcus’s carousing. LOL on the latter. If Al really had a problem with that, he would have had to cut the whole team.

  201. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Can’t call me Jethro Copenhagen……….I’m living a life of a black male in America. Me and Jethro are quite different because it is a made up character whose family struck it rich. My family is poor and have always been

  202. MR Says:

    Copenhagan, I was referring to Brien telling stories of himself getting laid at bars in San Jose (comment 179).

  203. Spider Says:

    BRIEN IT FIGURES YOU WOULD ADMIRE A SLIME BALL THAT SCREWS HIS BROS WOMAN, YOURE A PIECE OF RAIDER CRAP BRIEN. AND OH YA, WE BELIEVE YOU WITH ALL YOUR GETTING LAID TALK ALL THE TIME, FUNNY HOW THOSE WHO DONT GET LAID HANG IN A BLOG BRAGGING ABOUT IT. DENVER IN 1ST PLACE. SHANAHAN BAGGING ON DAVIS DAILY. LIFE IS GOOD HERE IN MILE HIGH. BRIEN YOURE A LOSER.

  204. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR= wrong again……….Flores coached Marcus in the senior bowl and was the one who convinced al.

  205. CopenhagenFan Says:

    Brien ..you should move to Europe dude! :-)

  206. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Loser? but you come in here into a Raider blog? lol

  207. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Copenhagen…….naw i like the misery of being a US citizen, I’ll visit

  208. Einstein Says:

    SERIAL TROLLER, have you ever been employed? You are here more than anybody!

  209. MR Says:

    Brien is all talk. Living the life of a black man? More like living the life of a dork.

  210. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    I’m like Dakota’s love affair with the Cubs, I enjoy losing

  211. MR Says:

    To best explain the Marcus situation,

    take the movie Trading Places.

    Marcus is Billy Ray Valentine.

    Al Davis is Mortimer, and Ron Wolf is Randolph.

    Except, they don’t bet a dollar. They’re just betting for pride.

  212. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR you still bitter about me making fun of you last week? I apologize seriously if I ever hurt your feelings……….so MR how is the dating scene going in Sactown?

  213. MR Says:

    Brien = needs to get a life.

  214. Exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:

    Max Baer Sr., Max Jr’s dad was Heavyweight Champion and lost his title to Joe Louis.

  215. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR bad example

  216. CopenhagenFan Says:

    I’d trade my life for a life of swilling 40’s and bangin’ ho’s any day.

  217. MR Says:

    Brien, you’ve got your theory, I’ve got mine. Neither of us can prove it.

  218. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Joe Louis beat him down……aint Max Baer the same person from the movie with Russell Crowe playing Jimmy Conn or something?

  219. MR Says:

    I”ll admit, I’m going by what Marcus said in his book.

    You’re going by, what, what you heard from some guy who heard from another guy who took out Al’s garbage for one season in the early ’80s? Come on.

  220. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR I have a life and I enjoy it. you gotta make the best out of it

  221. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Of course MR you will take Marcus’ side. You have an agenda

  222. Dickota Says:

    Einstein Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
    SERIAL TROLLER, have you ever been employed? You are here more than anybody!

    muhahahaha MoRon is the king of the employed. muhahahaha

  223. MR Says:

    Brien, anyone can come in here and say they went to bars in San Jose and got some “AM action”. Bragging in blogs about getting laid doesn’t count.

  224. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    but MR back to you…………..so how’s the dating experience going in Sac? you getting any better results?

  225. CopenhagenFan Says:

    nå så kom vores danske kammerat

  226. MR Says:

    And you’re taking Al’s side, Brien. You have an agenda, too. Both of us are at the mercy of what we’ve heard. My source is Marcus Allen, per his book. Your source is your own imagination.

  227. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR nevermind me right now and my nightlife I’m content with what I do………..we are working on you right now

  228. Boo Fukkin Whoo Says:

    RaiderRockstar Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 10:46 am
    “the Cable guy will restore the Raiders and bring us out of the dung heap. We will beat the Broncos & Chargers next time around”

    well said Dakota

  229. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    I imagine your life without al would have zero meaning

  230. MR Says:

    Brien, my life is fine. I go to bars in San Jose and get AM action. Do it all the time. Every night.

  231. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR you live in Sac…..talk about your Sacramento life………..hows it going?

  232. MR Says:

    My life without Al may have zero meaning, but at least my football team would be winning. I could live with that, Brien.

  233. KoolKell Says:

    True dat #222

  234. MR Says:

    It’s going fine, Brien. I go to bars, get AM action, every night. Just like you.

  235. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    MR……you outta come out tonight to SJ. Mission Alehouse got work all day my boy

  236. Exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:

    New Orleans is a tough place to play. So many distraction. When I went there for MNF with the Raider boosters, on Sunday night the team had a 11:00 p.m. curfew. At 1:00 A.M. Bob Golic and six or seven other Raiders were partying on Bourbon St. Last I saw of them was at Brennigans at 3:00 A.M. Next night, we got cha chinged. The Saints sat us next to the air conditioners at the top of the Superdome. Pizza Hut delivered.

  237. Sith Lord Davis Says:

    Lol now MR is leaning on Marcus Allen who was in the sexual, drug induced company of Nicole, O.J., and Al Cowlings during his time with the Raiders. I remeber a reporter asked Davis what he thought about Marcus’s involvement with the Simpsons and Al Cowlings? Davis said he thought more would have come out in the trial. If Allen was rumored to like white women Davis sure did hit the nail on the head calling that one.

  238. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    Hey MR we all think you are deep down you have a good soul but let it go with al man. Guy is not going anywhere for at least 10 years. Just live with it

  239. MR Says:

    Sith Lord, you seem to have a problem with interracial dating.

  240. Brien(no excuses) Says:

    sith…….that’s all Marcus messed with. I use to see this chick when I went to school at CSUN whose mom use to go clubbing back in 80s when the Raiders were in town, she told me Marcus is not messing with black women at all. His choice it is a free country…….weell use to be

  241. CopenhagenFan Says:

    I enjoy women of all colors and persuasions.

  242. MR Says:

    Brien, I enjoy Al being here. The Raiders losing part sucks, but he’s fun to mock, and his supporters are especially fun to mock.

  243. KoolKell Says:

    Anybody who references Marcus Allen needs to have their ovaries removed. lol

  244. MR Smokes Pole Says:

    MR Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
    “It’s going fine, Brien. I go to bars, get AM action, every night. Jus