OmerV
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You actually believe that with Madden and Flores that it was a similar situation with those HC and staff as it is now with Jerry and his puppet style HC and staffs?
It wasn't the same with Jimmy and his staff as it is with Garrett and his staff now either … but even then Davis had his hand in everything. If you don't think Davis controlled his coaches, remember he was the owner/GM that traded his head coach (Gruden) to another team, and then Gruden. And then Gruden in his first year after the trade coached the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory - over Al Davis' Oakland Raiders. Imagine how this board would blow up if that happened with Jerry. lol
Davis was a dictator, make no mistake about that. He traded Stabler against the wishes of pretty much everyone in the organization, and it has been reported that Davis ordered Marcus Allen to be benched after a contract dispute (Allen only started 2 games from 1991-1992). Marcus Allen has publically said Davis told him that he was going to get Allen, and that he believes Davis intentionally tried to derail the latter part of his career and keep him out of the HOF.