Saint's Takes: Al Davis Was Right About Warner and Rodgers, Tom Cable Made His Own Bed

We are all in limbo just waiting to see what will happen in the next few hours or days. But unlike electing a new Pope, I don’t know how excited we will be when we see the white smoke. Davis has always had the final word on the draft and I don’t expect him to ever give that up.

I think Cable is capable of adjusting his workload to maximize the use of his coaches for preparing players. It was nice that he admitted as much during one of his last conferences with the media. We need more of this type of honesty within the organization, not less of it.

Cable did a good job throughout the year to deflect blame where it is due. As best as he could no one looked too embarrassed when he gave his opinion about everything from losing to the Browns and Chiefs to demoting Jamarcus.

Can we really get excited about a new coach? How many more will we go through before Davis realizes that his sense of continuity is detrimental to the team?

I want to see this team win because I am sick of seeing them lose.

Saint, I wish we could have Rodgers or Warner as much as you do. But we know that Warner is retiring and Rodgers is going nowhere. We missed our chance when Brees was available but I am hopeful for Gradkowski.

Congrats on your daughter, that’s awesome. I hope mom and daughter are doing fine.

I’ve said the very same things as you as to why Tom Cable should be fired and should’ve never gotten the job in the first place. People characterize this man as being a good offensive line coach. Yet, his offensive lines do nothing but lead the league in penalties every year. They don’t run or pass block well at all. EVER! This is a team whose strength lies in it’s run game. When a team takes away your strength, you have little chance to succeed. Tom Cable took away the Raiders strength most times. He gave the Raiders little chance to succeed. His game plans were awful. His play calling, worse. His college record as a head coach was something like .239 and he was fired by his own alma mater after four years of the same losing records. And, this ineptitude warrents being given the keys to the Raiders kingdom? His season record was as predicatable as a bear crapping in the woods. If allowed back next year be ready for the 5-11 record that will follow. He’s a proven loser and the sooner he’s out of the Raiders organization, the better it will be. Bringing him back simply delays any organizational improvement yet another year.

However i say Keep Cable …..

 - Hire an OC (Kevin Gilbride please)
 - Draft an OL (Bruce Campbell please)
 - Cut JaMarcus on the final cut after preseason if he is still the fat, lazy, QB we have seen. This way although he gets his 3+M guaranteed he won’t get much else and hopefully his posse “ain’t eatin” in a few years.
  - Hire a GM to actually steer this ship (suggestions welcome but we know it will need to be someone with a history w Al.)

Well Saint, you have a good eye for coaching talent…after the fact. I’ll bet you knew Gruden was going to get fired in Tampa Bay as well. You probably also knew that Shanahan was going to be fired in Denver. Well, dang you know your coaches. What were your after-the-axe-fell thoughts on Shell, Turner and Callihan? You say you knew those were all bad choices as well? You sure are good, pompous, assinine, moronic and a sorry arm-chair QB, but you sure do know your hindsignt predictions.

One other thing Saint (or Ain’t)…Russell and Heyward-Bey (among others) were Al’s choices. Cable just gave the party line. Now Al has to live with those decisions. I’ll bet you predicted how they would perform too. You sly old dog.

Ok guys n gals, there is only 1 way, let me repeat that, 1 way the Raiders will ever get straightened out while AL is still alive. That is by everyone getting together and boycotting the games. If we continue to go to the games Al will stay in his I’m the Boss and the Greatest ever train of thought because it will not be affecting his wallet. Now how funny would it be if on a Monday Night Game (not that we will get any anytime soon) or any Nationaly broadcast game if all the fans stayed out in the parking lot and held a vigil so to speak against Al (tailgate party wearing Fire Al for Cause t-shirts). I almost guaranty that Commish Goodell would step in and relieve Al of his duties for “Cause”…lol Now what I would like to see happen is for Al to bring Gruden back as and put him in charge of everything, and then within 3 years we will be back to the big game… but alas we all know none of this will happen so we will be here again the sametime next year having this same discussion oh well we can dream right?….

Saint, just checked on Rodgers, drafted #24 by Green Bay in 2005. Al drafted Fabian Washington at #23 that year. Al sure was in a hurry to get him. By the way, when was Al hot after Warner? Was it when he was signed by the Giants or the Cardinals? Maybe Al noticed his talent from the Arena Football League and wanted him then. Al wanted Warner so bad that he signed/traded for a lot of high quality players like Moss, Culpeppper, Brooks, Hall, etc. Saint, I just realized you’re a blogger. You spout opinions and not necessarily fact. Man I sure was fooled. I thought you knew what you were talking about.

Yeah he spent a first rounder on Seymour playing in the last year of his contract. We may even get to keep Seymour if Al continues to overpay like he has.

I’m gonna have to keep coming back here. This stuff is fun! By the way, what’s the latest word from the news conference?

for hardcore fans of the team to point out when Davis is still right? And if he was so on the mark about Aaron Rodgers, then why didn’t we draft him.

Al Davis is a complete and utter disaster, by far the biggest in all of sports. I commend Cable for being able to work with him and for overcoming the monumental institutional dysfunction to at least have guys ready to play and playing hard.

I imagine we’ll fire him, though, have another humiliating coaching search that brings in a fossil or a nobody, botch another draft, and then struggle to another ten-loss season.

The only thing that could prove me wrong would be hiring Harbaugh.

If Al likes Rodgers so much, how come he took Fabian Washington with the 23rd pick in 2005 and not Rodgers who went 24th to Green Bay?

proven you can still run in this league, but surprisingly Cable has decided you cannot. After every loss Cable would stand at the podium and say that he abandoned the run because the other team was playing 8 in the box. Every team the Ravens or Jets play are playing 8 in the box, and that doesn’t stop them. It is patently false that you cannot run against a team who puts 8 in the box unless you have a poor OL which in the Raiders case is accurate, but that is supposedly Cable’s strength, what happened? I just think Cable is a poor offensive coordinator, poor play caller. I felt he has misused McFadden and Bush. I don’t think he is terribly innovative either. I am indifferent anymore as to what the Raiders do, and I suspect many others have the same feeling. I got to believe Al understands the problem, and probably feels the need to do something dramatic this off season or he is looking at 8 non sell outs next year.

What do you think of hiring Marty Shottenheimer as our next General Manager? We both want the same thing, revenge against the Chargers! Then we can also hire his son, currently the offensive coordinator for the Jets, as our next head coach.

we can all agree that with or without Cable, we need an Offensive Coordinator and an upgrade in the offensive line.

Firstly, you know as well as I do, Uncle Al says we’re not drafting a lineman. Cables choice is to go on TV and say the O Line sux, but we aren’t gonna draft a lineman, (bring on the projector) or go with the company line because arguing the point in the media is like handing the guy with the black hood the axe (see projector). Secondly, if the aforementioned line is sub-par at 3 of 5 spots your running game is gonna struggle. Thirdly, Darren McFadden is Reggie Bush, with better hands and route running. If he stops running into the backs of his Linemen, he will improve vastly. This is tough love though, Raider Fan For Life.

Eye for talent my ass! Get off of old Al’s teet Saint! He along with every other team knew these 2 guys were talented, so what? Where is the proof he tried to get AR? A rumor on a wiki page? That’s s shaky at best. Where is the proof he tried to sign Warner?

Even if these 2 “facts” are true, it still doesn’t excuse his drafting of lazy bust Russell, or even worse his pathetic reach for a WR

have Al kiss and make up with Chuckie and bring him back as HC. trade JRuss or better known as “the failure” and keep Seymour in silver and black. he looks good in these colors. also love McFadden but you gotta give Fargas more plays. he’s just sick. I’ll support Al no matter what he does, no Al no Raiders people.