I love Al Davis

[FCBarca]

It is entertaining. That doesn't mean that Davis is correct. He comes across as a senile old man.

Definitely agree on both counts really...Entertaining as hell because Davis simply doesn't give a ****...But he's an idiot, as well, a senile & bitter one...He'll air dirty laundry as well as try to provide a list of reasons defending his actions in a prelude to the deposition he will surely have to provide in Kiffen's suit to recoup his wages.

It's remarkable the nonsense that comes out of his mouth...At one point during his pressy, he could be overheard over the mic saying he'd had enough (Of the questions) and wanted to end it...It was comical

 

[Dimuha]

I've always had a soft-spot for the Raiders, they're similiar to the Cowboys in a way. Both teams have a bad boy image, both teams are the most recognizable in the NFL, and only the Raiders come close to the 'Boys in terms of swagger.

 

[peplaw06]

Someone may have already pointed this out in this thread, but he actually was calling Lane Kiffen a "professional liar." He just said Mort ran with his lies, but he didn't call Mort a liar. It was tough to figure out at first listen, but his "liar" comments were directed at Kiffen.

Which is a little dramatic IMO. He accused Kiffin of being a propogandist with his lies, I mean come on. The lies he accused him of were about whether or not he had talked to Davis. Yeah that's definitely propoganda..

Then the whole "letter" thing that he put up on the wall? He said he handed it to Kiffin personally by FedExing it to him. Then Davis said that in his "letter" he wrote, "I know you did not want to draft Jamarcus Russell. He's a great player. Get over it!" Sounds real mature.

So is that the communication that Davis is talking about to prove that Kiffin was lying about "talking to Davis?"

The whole press conference yesterday felt bizarre. This whole situation feels like it's a bunch of kids fighting.

 

[FCBarca]

Which is a little dramatic IMO. He accused Kiffin of being a propogandist with his lies, I mean come on. The lies he accused him of were about whether or not he had talked to Davis. Yeah that's definitely propoganda..

Then the whole "letter" thing that he put up on the wall? He said he handed it to Kiffin personally by FedExing it to him. Then Davis said that in his "letter" he wrote, "I know you did not want to draft Jamarcus Russell. He's a great player. Get over it!" Sounds real mature.

So is that the communication that Davis is talking about to prove that Kiffin was lying about "talking to Davis?"

The whole press conference yesterday felt bizarre. This whole situation feels like it's a bunch of kids fighting.

Demonstrates the maturity level (Lack thereof) of a petulant billionaire owner...Credit Kiffen for learning from prior coaching fiascos as to how to 'play' it

 

[ilovejerry]

I've always had a soft-spot for the Raiders, they're similiar to the Cowboys in a way. Both teams have a bad boy image, both teams are the most recognizable in the NFL, and only the Raiders come close to the 'Boys in terms of swagger.

:bravo:

 

[JRid21]

ilovejerry, here's another person who doesn't like Davis who played for him per espn:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3622637

Sapp says Kiffin treated unfairly, blames Davis for Raiders' mess

How dysfunctional are the Oakland Raiders? So dysfunctional that Warren Sapp warns anybody who asks him about signing there to stay far away.

"Nobody tells you how bad it is," the former defensive tackle said on Showtime's "Inside the NFL." " ... any person that calls me on the telephone, [I tell them] do not go anywhere near Oakland."

Sapp, who retired after the 2007 season -- his fourth with the Raiders -- said that Lane Kiffin, fired this week by owner Al Davis, never got a fair chance in Oakland.

"He came in there with a change of mentality. The whole system," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL." "He changed how the locker room looked because it was going to take that kind of overhaul for Oakland to become the proud franchise we all knew it was."

Sapp said Oakland won't change for the better until Davis doesn't own the team anymore.

"[Davis] is the common equation," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL." "You take him out, put him at home watching film or whatever he is doing -- you have a functioning football organization. But once he comes over the top, he goes and starts moving it around.

"Al Davis knows football -- it's just '60s and '70s football. That's what it is. He's thinking that Cliff Branch is outside and [Jim] Plunkett is dropping back and you can throw it 80 yards down the field -- deep ball, deep ball, deep ball."

Sapp even said that Davis would call in plays when Sapp was playing for the Raiders.

"I remember the first two weeks I was there, we played a preseason game. Somebody came up one time and said, 'We're going deep right here, dog.' I said, how do you know? He said, 'The phone just rang.'

"All the preparation that goes into a week of work is there, the practicing that you have to put in order to do these things, sometimes [Al Davis] messed with that part of it and that's what kills you," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL."

Chris Mortensen is a Senior NFL Analyst for ESPN.