and I have met a lot of young 30 year old types who came into organizations I was in and thought they knew everything and wanted to bring their “guys” in. Anybody there was bad, and all their new guys were good, didn’t work then and doesn’t work now. I met Al Davis in the middle 60"s, and the one thing I remember from that is his loyalty to any player who was a Raider, it has continued to this day. Jim Otto, Willie Brown, Belitnikoff, any player who was a Raider will always be a Raider and will always be loyal to Al, because Al will always be loyal to them. I thought it was poignant when Al said he mentioned to Kiffin when he was hired that there were 6 or 7 Raider players, older guys that he wanted Kiffin to give them a real chance, but Kiffin dumped them, mentioning Zack Crockett. I think from that moment on Al knew he had made a mistake. Also interesting that Kiffin wanted to draft Quinn and not Russell.

i’ve been a fan since i was ten. after bleeding red, white, and blue i will bleed out silver and black, so understand that I AM a raider fan thru and thru. i’ve always went with but not always understood al’s logic, guess that’s what makes him al davis. its easy to sit in your own house with list of shit and breakdown someone that works for you. its easy to sit in your own house and say i didn’t want to win this in the press and then try and do just that. i’ve said it before, it’s your sports car al, if you want to wreak it, go for it, but quit trying to pull me in the car with you. ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN FEBURARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the fact that its drag on to the bye week shows you were asleep at the wheel or you’re just too god damn greedy, whichever, i don’t care. Tom Cable seems like a very capable coach and i hope and pray with all my heart that he turns out great for this team. because seriously al, i’m tired of losing….tire of gettin’ beat by the overrated donkey’s and chargers….and just plain tired of the circus that swirls around oakland and alameda. i will never surrender my silver and black to anyone. so, no more games, no more circus….just live up the mantra’s….‘commitment to excellence’ and ‘just win, baby’

Good luck Lane in what ever life brings. If you can be as successful as the last Raider coach replaced by an O line coach you will be a hall of famer. Hopefully not in the AFC west !!!

Tom Cable hopefully you can have the success the former O line coach (not named Joe Bugel) had in his first go round.

If nothing else please tell the D in the 4th Quarter that “soft” zones SUCK !!!

Hopefully now we can get down to football and see what the Raiders really got !!!

Good Luck Tom and team.