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The Raiders' dictator-for-life Al Davis deigned speak to his hated rivals in the press corps today regarding his firing of OAK head coach Lane Kiffin.
Here's the recap:
Paranoia; recrimination; recrimination; paranoia; accusation; passive-aggresivity; back-biting; paranoia; name-calling; naked hatred; accusation; nepotism; futility; victimhood; crony-boosting; paranoia; victimhood; flailing; paranoia; recrimination; breast-beating; paranoia; accusations; contradictory back-biting; paranoia; bluster; paranoia; ennui.
It's a pointedly new level of darkness for the Raiders. And we gotta hand it to him -- Al consistently finds fresh, new paths of disappointment and frustration to mine just when you'd think that things can't get worse for this once-able-to-call-itself-proud franchise.
The question never was whether Al had control over Kiffin. The Raider coach's job is implicitly understood to be a direct extension of Al's will. The man has his clear predilections on how to play American football -- absolute fealty; a vertical offense; foot speed; an aggressive D; a studied outsider attitude -- and he holds them more dear than winning on-the-field and accountability off-the-field in who he hires and how he commands them.
And at 79, time is running out for Al. The unchanging issue hamstringing the Raider organization is that Davis is the Raider organization, and the decisions he has made to try to create continuance of his will have directly resulted in the ruinous state of the franchise/brand today.
Stepping into this mess is interim Oakland head coach Nathan Summers Tom Cable, formerly the offensive line coach who'd come in from Atlanta. He is relatively new to the Raider coaching-staff/cronyism-system as of this season. Cable is to be cannon fodder.
It gets even more entertaining, Raider watchers; Kiffin is gonna have his own press conference tomorrow. Hoo-boy. Stay tuned.
Tattoo image from a defunct Raider message board. Cable & Al image via Associated Press.
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Al Davis is a d-bag. However, the guy with this tattoo is a bigger d-bag.
Listened to this on KNBR and it was fan-fucking-tastic. The guy sounded like Jim Jones in Guyana.
The man is suffering from dementia... Leave Al Davis alone, he is still waiting for the return of Bo Jackson from his knee injury.
Where is the video???
@scythia
Here y' go:
Part 1 = http://cbs5.com/video/?id=39912@kpix.dayport.com
Part 2 = http://cbs5.com/video/?id=39913@kpix.dayport.com
Al Davis should wear an eye patch for these press conferences.
Tom Cable 10-36 as head coach in Idaho. Really Al Really. At least most of kiffins staff will stay.
@joel
> Listened to this on KNBR and it was fan-fucking-tastic. The guy sounded like Jim Jones in Guyana.
I know what tape you're referencing. And yeah, both guys have 100% conviction that they're 100% in-the-right.
Scary.
@sfbs
>Al Davis is a d-bag. However, the guy with this tattoo is a bigger d-bag.
Terrifyin', isn't it?
@DJBurrito
>The man is suffering from dementia... Leave Al Davis alone, he is still waiting for the return of Bo Jackson from his knee injury.
In that case at least he has dementia to fall back on as excuse -- the Yorks have no excuse for how they've captained the Niners since Eddie was pushed out...
And yeah, poor Al... still waitin' for Bo...
@DJTennessee
>Al Davis should wear an eye patch for these press conferences.
If only.
@DJBurrito
>Tom Cable 10-36 as head coach in Idaho. Really Al Really. At least most of kiffins staff will stay.
At least we know we won't be bored by the rest of the Raiders' season -- it's a whole new way to screw-up and fall apart! Fun.