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Frank Nevarez at the Fourth Down thinks Al Davis should have his own reality show.
If it happens, I'm going to call it Crazy re-Al-ity. Here's
some of Nevarez's thoughts:
In the vein of ABC's "The Bachelor" prospective head coaches will vie for Al's attention and hope to land the head coaching job for the Oakland franchise. The first set of contestants will be a special all-star cast meant to kick off the series with a big bang. Past Raider coaches Mike Shanahan, Bill Callahan and Art Shell will all be on the premiere episode trying to get their old job back! Apparently, feeling very magnanimous Al Davis is even allowing just-fired Kiffin to fight for the job he just got canned from. Davis explained himself, "I'm willing to do anything to entice viewers. I think this action provides intriguing possibilities."
Future competitors are said to include has-beens, also-rans, and retreads. Untested leaders are also high on the most-wanted list.
One of the first competitions will involve being able to take Al Davis' play-calling instructions while on the sideline during an actual game. Who can be quicker in breaking away from a well thought out game plan to institute a play on the whim of Davis?
This piece appeared in Newsday Sunday morning. It's a sort of follow up on the bizarre press conference Al Davis held denouncing coach Lane Kifin and proclaiming he won't pay the balance of Kifin's contract:
On Jan. 22, 2009, Al Davis will celebrate a dubious anniversary, one that says all you need to know about how out of touch the Raiders' managing general partner has become.
On that day, it will have been 25 years since the Raiders last won the Super Bowl. On Jan. 22, 1984, Davis' Raiders routed the Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII.
Since then, Davis' franchise has wallowed mostly in misery, with the owner himself the root cause of all that has afflicted the team he affectionately refers to as the Raiduhs.
There is little hope of a turnaround anytime soon. In fact, Davis, 79, sunk to a new low Tuesday when he held a news conference announcing the firing of yet another head coach - Lane Kiffin - after only 20 games.
This from ESPN. It's a review of Warren Sapp's appearance on Showtime's "Inside the NFL." Here's the opener:
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."
Now that Walnut has expressed its strong opposition to an NFL stadium in its backyard, the commenters on Topix are looking for an explanation. CJ Peters of Los Angeles blames the Raiders for causing all the animosity. Here's his comment:
Lets face it what everyone is afraid of is the Raiders and their sorry team and fans running amuck in Industry,Walnut and Diamond Bar.
Granny Al Davis Still claims Los Angeles to be a fan base of his Raiders since he once had his team here.
Al Davis will move back and then all cities surrounding this new stadium will have a ghetto forming all around them.
Your lawns are green now but wait til those Raiders fans pee all over them and kill people on them. Keep the Pro Football out of LA we have done great without it and USC is the top dog here. who needs the NFL.
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