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  • hercules rockefeller · 2 years ago
    He's delusional about Coach Lunch Money. He's Davis' lap dog, and that's what Davis wants from a coach - a guy that will do what he says, when he says it.

    Davis can finding good young coaches like Gruden and Shanny, but he ships them out before they get good enough to seriously compete w/ the rest of the league.

    Wow, you actually put up some points on the worst D in the league last week? Congrats!
  • E. Halsey Miles · 2 years ago
    That offense was a ton better than last year, there's no doubt. On the other hand, it could have been twice as good as last year and still ranked #32, because they were that bad.

    I'm a little surprised the defense gave up so many points, but the Raiders' defense, while good, is not a complete defense yet.

    Also, having kept the Broncos score low last year was not a major success -- last year's Broncos' offense was in pretty bad shape. Between Smith running on a bum hip and Plummer not being able to see the field while looking over his shoulder, that offense just did not have a lot of gas. Still, I agree that the Raider's D was good last year, and I think the Raiders are probably going to not be the bottom of the division this time around.
  • Pantyraider · 2 years ago
    BT....nice to see you do something to bridge the gap between OakTown and MuleHigh....I am a regular poster over at RaiderTake and posted a good reply that I recieved from a Donko Fan at the DenverPost saying it proves that all Donkies are not MuleHeaded and suffer from "Low Oxy Syndrone"....only the majority....

    However after posting severl times last week I have been lurking in the shadows waiting for the opertune moment to send more "hateMail" to the Donkey sites....but here you go and throw a very nice block so I will have to bite my toung....but not for long....

    I enjoyed talking to you last week and I hope that promted you to take this action....a class act is easy to reconise even when it's an "AniMule" roming around in the pasture grass.....look out for those "RoadApples"....there all over the ground....

    PantyRaider....HateMailer!!!!!
  • TesticulousMaximus · 2 years ago
    Hercules
    It's common to think Al just wants a puppet to control, but it really isn't the case. Al has been a little more curious this year than in recent years, as evident by his attendence at training camp. But even then I don't see any indication that he's been sticking his nose too far into the football side of things.

    We Raider fans have seen many, many small things this offseason to suggest Kiffin has full control over his team. We're running an offensive style that Al doesn't particulary care for, and his long-time favorite players have, for the most part, been released on Kiffin's "No Scholarship" policy. Hell, he's even re-decorated the place. Everything is different. So believe what you want but these types of assumptions can bite your team in the ass later.

    As for us "shipping coaches before they're good". It appears Gruden was shipped just in time. Yes, he did manage to win with Dungy's team, against the team he'd built himself. But it appears he's lost something since then. Not to mention the compensation we got made history. Madden was not fired, he retired after a great career due to ulcers. And (touchy subject) Shanahan was rightfully let go IMO for 1) Not being fully ready to be a head coach, and 2) Trying to change the Raiders' culture too much with odd things like trying to fire Art Shell. I suppose if you see Art in last years' form, this might not be a bad idea. But back then it was not right.
  • Mulecaboose · 2 years ago
    THe raiders will face their arch rivals this afternoon and most likely loose as they are supposed to. But what if? What if they win, lets take the scenario of a win and disect it for a minute. That will mean the raiders run defense is much improved and perhaps means it was on the field too much last yr. Culpepper is the answer to the raiders at QB and Josh is solid back up. The raiders defensive unit would have had to come up w/ turnovers. The secondary needs to make some noise since their quit debackle of last week. Burgess & Sapp need to get to Cutler.DT Sands needs to plug the middle. In this game bronco will learn who TE Zach Miller their second round pick is.
    A lot of ifs are required if oakland is to win. Playing any other place but mile high and these things could have been remotely possible. At mile high for their first home game, it is not only doubtful but down right improbable!