This is a disaster
by dubzfan on Jan 9, 2011 2:01 PM PST
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First Tom Cable now Nnamdi Asomugha , we are well on are way to becoming a playoff contender with a bright future to bottom of the NFL again. Without Aso we will become the worst secondary in the NFL coverage wise. Shane Lechler said we will lose Robert Gallery and probably Michael Bush over ther Cable firing so there goes our backup RB and best lineman. Aso was apparently a Cable fan just like the rest of the team. If we want to keep him we will have to give him a huge contract. Aso once said he will always be a Raider and finishes what he started , problem is he started his contract and now it's finished .
Without a coach, a plan and lots of key FA's likely not coming back I think Aso will want to leave. Oh Al Davis... Why won't you just fuck off? Seriously, there isn't a better term for Al Davis at this point, just fuck off. First he fires the coach that got the whole locker room on his side, brought us out of NFL hell, puts up with Al's shit, has the best draft in the NFL and gets fired? He's senile, seriously who puts a clause in Aso' contract where if he didn't increased forced fumbles he was cut?
Looking at our FA's this year is sad. Aso, John Henderson, Bush, Routt, Zach Miller, Robert Gallery, Satele, Khalif Barnes and Seymour. ALL these players were key this season. I suspect Henderson will come very cheap like he did last season so we should keep him but I think we have to cut our losses with Routt and Gallery since neither will be cheap and will get big contracts elsewhere. Also we need that money to try and keep Seymour and Aso, the 2 best defenders we have and the sole leaders of the team. Without them we go from one of the best defenses in the NFL to worst with no leadership. We have to use the franchise tag on Miller, we won't be able to sign Aso, Seymour and Miller to big contracts this year. Seymour will want a long term deal and were not allowed to franchise Aso. After that we will likely lose Satele and Barnes.
How do we replace 3 key lineman? Well, either marginal free agents or drafting. All of a sudden drafting a OLB to replace Groves isn't smart and we may have to just stick with him. Were going to have to draft a LG and center. Draft a CB later and sign someone if we can. We do have Jeremy Ware and Chris Johnson, neither are great but we are going to have to make sacrifices .
Without Miller we lose our whole passing attack, without Seymour and Aso we lose our leaders and the guys who make our defense what it is. Even though we are 8-8 and were almost in the playoffs we are still a joke cause of these types of moves. And because were about to be in the gutter as well
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AL is close to being the worst GM in the game history.
The only thing he has going for him is DB’s and a fluke pick here and there. We won’t have a real team until AL is gone. If I was Hue I wouldn’t be the head coach with all this stuff going on. Hue should only take the job if he has control over the coaching staff
We won’t have a real team until AL is gone
He’s what 88? He will take us to the grave or if he becomes bed ridden. He’s got congestive heart failure as well. So in all honesty he wont be around much longer, it all happens quickly with that issue. Hes going to seem fine until the last 2 weeks. It happened to my grandpa and a family friends grandpa.
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
2 years younger than when it happened to my family
At least hes going out with a bang
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
Where did you get this info?
He’s got congestive heart failure as well.
by Spirals galore on Jan 10, 2011 6:31 AM PST up reply actions
A family friend has the same doctor
We were talking about our grandparents then she said Al has it too
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
The doctor of your family friend may not be happy with your disclosure.
by Spirals galore on Jan 10, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
I cant really confirm
Just ear to ear, for all I know there lying or heard a rumor about it or something
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
Yeah, better keep that at the hearsay level.
by Spirals galore on Jan 11, 2011 6:40 AM PST up reply actions
No it's true, my waitress at Hooters in Virginia Beach said so also..
The cowards never started, the weak died along the way....
by BlackHeartSilverEyes on Jan 11, 2011 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Hearsay - please.
Quantity of sources doesn’t amount to authenticity. Although, having seen the guy, I won’t be surprised. The point I wanted to make is that doctors can’t just go and spread confidential info about their patients – patients often get pissed even if a doctor tells someone else they had a colonoscopy test.
by Spirals galore on Jan 11, 2011 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
You know....Free Agency HAS NOT STARTED YET.
You’re treating it like the end of the world. Let’s WAIT and see what happens.
In WHOEVER GIVES US THE WIN We Trust
by NFLanalyzerfromhome on Jan 9, 2011 3:47 PM PST reply actions
There is no silver lining.
Davis just threw our whole team’s progress down the toilet.
I’m still a Raider fan, but now without any expectation of anything good in the next 10 years if things stay the same.
John
RAIDERS - AS ROMA - CUBS - WARRIORS - MUAY THAI - HIP HOP
~R.I.P. Patrick Patterson~
by Ionnes on Jan 9, 2011 3:50 PM PST reply actions
i have faith in ware.
that if it comes down to it, and he puts in a nice offseason, he’ll be a solid contender if we dont sign anyone else at CB (maybe Brandon Carr,Lito Sheppard,), altough i would like to resign Routt
I know i don't know it all... its just what my parents call me
I don't mind a little...
but when will guys have enough with the Al Davis bashing. Where were all these people bashing Al in early 2000 when we were in the super bowl. Let the offseason play out and we’ll look at things then. As far as Nnamdi, the man has an agent too, maybe to resign him the first time around we had to make some concessions in his contract, I am sure everyone thought Nnamdi would take less snaps then last year. (Had he had taken more snaps the last year he would still be under contract. Agents get paid to work for the players.) For the people that want Cable still, he was due 5 mil and it just wasn’t worth the cost at this point.
Ps…either Al has all the control or not…so if he running it all as most say, then all the haters of Al need to take a step back and thank him for the draft last year….and if you aren’t gonna give him credit for that by saying others made the picks then he not in charge of everything, so get off his back like every decision is his. Its one or the other folks
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 9, 2011 4:47 PM PST reply actions
Doesn't matter. Fuck Al Davis. He's a POS owner now. When you are a certain age.... just stop man, stop.
It makes you look egotistical and selfish when you don’t want to hang the gloves up and you are old as fuck and you forget stuff and need diaper changes. Hey, we will all some day be like that, but this assole is doing more harm than good now. This isn’t the Al Davis of the old days you know son.
he's been the same forever
this stuff didn’t just happen over night….it is the same Al, it just hasn’t worked out for the moment…let the man have an offseason and we can judge. Lets rely on what we know,
1. Al doesn’t like losing
2. Al wants to get back to the Superbowl
3. Al owns the team
These are just 3 of a thousand reasons Al does things for the better of the team not for the worse. I mean just last year he traded for Campbell and hired Jackson so the man is still competent in my mind the team. Find me 1 owner who has never messed up, give the man his due
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 9, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
1. Al doesn’t like losing
So why drop our best player and a coach whos got us winning a lot more?
2. Al wants to get back to the Superbowl
And I want Kim Kardashian to be in my room right now, gotta have realistic expectations
3. Al owns the team
These are just 3 of a thousand reasons Al does things for the better of the team not for the worse.
In his own mind
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
sure.....
and as I stated before, in the early 2000’s when Al was the same were you spewing this venom or it was all good then. Cable had to go at 5 mil a year, lets face it he was the player’s friends not their coach. and as for Aso, he didn’t reach the contract goals, sorry we gotta move on and try to re sign him or we could talk about how much we hate Al for overspending and let Aso get away
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 9, 2011 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
That was 10 years ago
. Cable had to go at 5 mil a year, lets face it he was the player’s friends not their coach.
Why the hell do you say that? Just cause hes a player coach?
as for Aso, he didn’t reach the contract goals, sorry we gotta move on
The goals were crazy, it was for him to increase his fumlbes recovered for fumbles forced or something like that. Who the F makes that an incentive for the leagues best CB? That is just fn stupid
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
all he had to do was play more def. snaps
he only played 14 out of 16 games…who would have thought he would play less snaps…when they were signing the contract 2 years ago Al may have had to throw in these clauses because of the agent. the fumbles and the ints, were backups in case he didn’t play as many games, unfortunately no one threw at him so it was hard to improve those stats. But the snaps played should have been easier
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 10, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Back in the early 2000's Al had Bruce Allen as a GM and Gruden as coach
He hired Bruce because Al had been running the franchise (into the ground) himself and it wasn’t working out so well. They all worked together to build the last great Raiders teams of those days. Then Al trades Gruden to Tampa and Bruce Allen follows him there and they beat the team they built in the Super bowl. Since then, Al is back at the helm and predictably, we sucked for years again.
So no one was spewing venom at Al because he did have a GM, coach and staff on the same page. With Cable at least the team seemed to be coming back to being together at least, and Al had Cable to bounce ideas off of. That’s the reason for the last draft, Cable and the scouting dept. had Al’s ear and convinced him to draft the players we needed and Al still got Bruce Campbell and Jacoby Ford too. If it had been just Al we would have (at the laughter of all) drafted Bruce Campbell 1st and Jacoby 2nd
You can go on and drink Al’s Koolaid all you want, but the past is the best indicator of the future and old Al’s track record when on his own is shit and until he proves me wrong I’m gonna say we’re fucked.
If he does manage to, on his own, turn the franchise into a perennial winner, I write my mea culpa right here
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
by rambis64 on Jan 9, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes
And if you look at the previous glory years, he had Ron Wolf. Without a little help from his friends, oops, I mean indentured servants, Al has no one to temper his genius whims and he becomes mortal. Al knows more about football than probably anyone in the league but as SOB posted somewhere else, he doesn’t understand the modern fooball player. That…is a killer. Al has always needed help and the older he gets, the less he seems to want it and the more he surrounds himself with yes men like John Herrera.
Don't shoot, I'm a man.
+1
Funny shit
Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
by TheLyleAlzadoPunch on Jan 9, 2011 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
whose being realistic here
so really? its the players fault we’re where we are? name another team with a wirst record than us in the last 8 years combine. you cant. i use to believe Al just was a victims to risky mistakes. but come one you have to open your eyes. you say he makes mistake but arent oyu suppose to learn from them not repeat them? Al is a genius hes poraly coking sometihng up movie style but i really dont tihnk its for the better of the team. plain and simple
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
This is Al Davis in a nutshell.
Trust No One
Studies show stress can kill you, but don't worry about it.
That's a broad def
For example, it covers a lot of women who go from fitness fad to the next, believing they’d suddenly develop ballerina figures.
by Spirals galore on Jan 10, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
If that's what you are interpreting from it but your example is not a very good one.
A better example would be someone going on an Atkins diet and not working out at all and then when that doesn’t work going on a South Beach diet and not working out and again same results or lack thereof.
Trust No One
Studies show stress can kill you, but don't worry about it.
The ballerina-body obsession is what I meant
You can’t imagine the sales pitch these days (“now close your eyes and imagine the body you want to have…studies have shown that visualization, etc.”). I am not really familiar with dieting, but your example sounds good. The bottom line though – I am not sure these examples describe madness in the clinical sense.
by Spirals galore on Jan 10, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
No definitely not but my assessment of a man who seems to have drifted into dementia seems pretty fair.
Al Davis always has his hands on the defensive side of the ball assuming he knows the best way to attack is with a man to man. He never puts much emphasis on zone or blitz schemes and less on front seven help until recently with the past draft and the Seymour trade. The first year Gruden was HC he hired Wille Shaw as DC originally the secondary coach in New Orleans. He implemented mostly cover 2 and it worked as the team was ranked 3rd overall in defense, Woodson had his best statistical year here with 5 INTs and we doubled our win total even though we had David Klingler and a bunch of other no-names at QB. Al because he wanted to see more man coverage decided to fire Shaw and hired the mediocre Chuck Bresnahan who is currently not calling plays for any NFL at the moment. As far as the coaching, he never thought highly of this area either as none as far as I can remember have lasted longer than 4 years including Gruden after back to back divisional playoffs appearances. All the Al apologists will start with their argument of he has forgotten more than I will ever know about football but the key work they don’t seem to comprehend is forgotten.
Trust No One
Studies show stress can kill you, but don't worry about it.
CB Man works great if you have the personnel. Unfortunately, neither of our Safeties have the knack
and the drop off from #1 to #2 CB is so steep that #2 gets worked. We need to upgrade from Routt & Johnson (Ware may workout) … and we need a dominant – full package – Safety (one who can support rush & pass D (without being burned and arm-tackling and one who can stunt and blitz.
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"We had to get back to who we are, and that's physical and smash-mouth." - Robert Gallery 12/5/2010
by Sons-of-Blanda on Jan 10, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe, if we lose Nnamdi
we’ll be forced to play a different defensive scheme. Perhaps a Tampa 2 scheme or something that takes the pressure off of the CB’s and stops the run better. The one thing about zone is most everybody on “D” is facing the QB and more picks result from that fact alone, along with the CB’s and Safeties seeing that the play is a run sooner.
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
If that is the plan that I will call Al Davis a genius and thank him but I extremely doubt that is his plan.
Trust No One
Studies show stress can kill you, but don't worry about it.
No, probably just
more wishful thinking on my part than anything. I’d be happy if I thought Al had a plan.
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
A good QB just floods a zone and drills it in. Also, the Zone requires high football I.Q. and
most of our DBs are, well, they are gifted athletes.
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"We had to get back to who we are, and that's physical and smash-mouth." - Robert Gallery 12/5/2010
by Sons-of-Blanda on Jan 10, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I thought were going to say they were special.
However there are more defensive packages you can throw at a good QB if you can implement a zone blitz along with basic man coverage as opposed to say running man coverage about 95% of your plays and you never have to worry about dishing out $17 million a year to keep your corner happy.
Trust No One
Studies show stress can kill you, but don't worry about it.
It's innocent
Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? Happens to Mr. Davis all the time. Even when not switching rooms.
by golfswithglock on Jan 10, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Cable ran the draft last year
But Al makes personnel moves , he brought in Hue, he brought in Cable, he brought in Campbell, Cable drafted
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
ok
so we gotta give him a little credits is all I am saying…he can’t be that crazy.
Living down here in SD we could always have Spanos………puts all the profit in his pocket, and his teams have never won annnnnnyyyytthhhhiiinnnngggg
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 9, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
I give him some for Campbell and a lot for staying away from the draft
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
so Al is soooooooo in control
but we are to believe he backed off the draft totally…
Jacoby Ford, was the fastest guy at the combine, he was an Al Davis type guy even Mel Kiper knew it. I like what Cable did but lets not get carried away like he did it all with his football genius.
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 9, 2011 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
This "fit" will quickly pass. Cable was a father figure for many of the waifs now stamping the floor and throwing their stools
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"We had to get back to who we are, and that's physical and smash-mouth." - Robert Gallery 12/5/2010
by Sons-of-Blanda on Jan 9, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Ford was picked in the 4th round
Same with BCampbell, if Al had his way theyd have been picked earlier. Think of it like this, after every draft he usually comes out and says something about it. He didnt say anything this year…………..
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
maybe....
he didn’t want to have to use a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that his decision made sense.
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 10, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
why?
i give him credit for what he did a decade ago and so on, but i respected that guy until i found the news out. why the hell do you put a termination clause on incentives on a guy like Aso? did davis believe Aso’s play wasnt legit? lets get serious this is a joke
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
cant always blame Al
lets be serious, Aso has an agent too. People act like Al was questioning him, Al gave him the bank twice over, I highly doubt he wanted the clause but he probably had to put them in. That’s contract negotiations at its finest.
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 10, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
dude seriously, from Aso stand pint he saw that clause and just laughed and said ok bc of the money
its an easy task hearing it, but from Al’s stand point why even have that in a contract for this guy? i would keep him no matter what, or atleast trade him for a 1st round pick. seriously this is not a smart move in anyway and YES its Als fault. I blame him for this entirely, i blame the last 8 years now on himentirely i blame the horrible signings on him entirely. If Al is still a genius you can tell me what he’s done to that was beneficial to this team?
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
he did draft Aso and turn him into a corner
pretty sure that was beneficial, he also had a part in bringing in Campbell and seymour. Taking a chance and hiring a qb coach to be your o coordinator was Al decision (see Hue Jackson). Three years ago when Al was trying to re sign Aso he had to do anything possible. Nnamdi’s agent probably got the clauses put in, and with that said it will be Al who will work his hardest to get Nnamdi back. Its easy to pile on Al but I hope your ready to give him some credit once it all gets turned around.
by raiderrealist2023 on Jan 11, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
believe it i will, i respected him until i heard this news
i get what your saying with all that, but those decisions are so minute compare to the damage caused… its easy to pile it on on him, bc he does it himself. no one else has the power
ps. “no one man shud have all that power” -kanye west lol
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
Why is everyone freaking out about this?
I havent seen a trace of anything suggesting Aso wants to leave or that the Raiders dont want him back. Al paid him huge money once and will do so again. Not to mention nothing is gonna happen until a new CBA is created.
get seriouse man we literatly lost our best defensive player
i mean think about it hes turning 30 this year, he now has the green light to go to a winning team.
-he joked last year at the probowl with Derrell Revis saying oh they shud play together, hmm playoff teamsuperbowlwinning type defensealready now add him
-patriots have a rookie with 7 picks this season and that offense is getting youngerwith Tom Brady still winning MVPs no put aso in that defense SB?
-or hmm charles woodson went to the PAckers and his stats blew up, why not follow his mentor over
-or how about this now add Aso to the list of FA, Huff, standford routte, and now aso that 3 fourths of our dbs, let alone rich and everyone on our offense wo produces outside of mcfaddenare going to leave……were going to be terrible Aso doesnt owe a single thing with dumbass davis ontop im happy Aso can leave and hopefully finishes his career with a ring
seriously Aso is going ot get paid regardless
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
Huff isnt a FA
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
look it up bro
Raiders free safety Michael Huff noted in his Twitter account, "Looks like Nnamdi is on the market . . . so he’s a free agent. I’m a free agent and routt is a free agent. This is gonna be interesting."
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
All 3 will be back
Al loves his picks, and he takes care of them. Gallery will be back too, not so sure Al will fork out the cash for Bush though.
"We can't stop here... This is bat country."
Gallery will be back too,
Highly doubt it
But I dont see Bush back either
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
The fact is with all the dumb ass moves we just made and the onces over the last 10 years we will have to overpay everyone to stay
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
what? they'll be back?
you crazy, i want to dump rout, Aso is not coming back lets get realistic here. You tihnk were going to be the only team to offer that guy a high contract. and from the sound of Huff’s wording hes loking to stretch out hiscontract to be as big as possible to keep him and that would not be worth it. I would fork out for gallery, but for one of the most underrated gaurds in the league to stay with this team and get no recognition i doubt it. money talks but we arent the only team to offer that and there are other teams who have money and wins to offer
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
I think a sign & trade will be possible here !!
Because truefully, if we want back in the 1st round of the Draft, Bush is the best option !!! Especially if we talking about getting in the top 10 picks !!!!
Didnt he have an option though?
Contract option? Walterfootball has him under contract
Otherwise… SHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
I say just cut Routt, Satele and Barnes and Gallery at this point to keep Aso, Seymour and Miller and Huff
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
A clause in Nnamdi's contract automactically voids the contract
if Nnamdi didn’t better his numbers from last year in downs played, picks, fumbles recovered and sacks. Well he was hurt so he didn’t play as many downs and he had no picks, fumble recoveries or sacks, so the clause voids the contract and did. The clause also states that the Raiders cannot use the franchise tag on him either. So we’ll have to bid with everyone else to keep him.
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
Did anyone really want to pay a CB
16.8 million anyway? That is absolute insanity. We could get champ bailey for half that.
"We can't stop here... This is bat country."
Would Champ Bailey want to come here without
Nnamdi to play opposite of? Champ wants to leave Denver because of all the turmoil there. We are the picture of turmoil this off season.
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
So we’ll have to bid with everyone else to keep him.
We can offer money, others offer stability and money………not looking good
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
idk about that option but its probably a players option so its up to him
Success is not measuredby what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds...
-Orison Swett Marden
Mark Herzlich and Colin Kaepernich are playing now.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
formerly patriotguy2 ;)
Kaepernick is tearing up the BC defense.
The BC defense is top 10 in the nation. maybe top 5, not sure.
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
formerly patriotguy2 ;)
I don't see any of this as a disaster
Let’s be honest. This is not a very good football team. If it were, we’d be playing games right now. That being said, screw this roster. Highest payroll in the league and I get to watch 8 wins? Offensive line-minded coach and I get to watch a false start on 25% of the snaps? Let’s clean house. Start with Lechler and whoever else wants to lead by whining. Then on to our over-paid, franchise maiming corner. You won’t see anywhere near the money you were getting. Not from us, not from anybody. Don’t let this Nnamdi drama go on too long. I’m glad he had that crazy contract stipulation. Now with the CBA looming, we may get him for less. If we don’t, I’m sure we can fill the many glaring needs with the coin we’ll save.
You've got a point
it comes with a hard edge as usual, but I found illuminating, the NFL salary chart you posted on one of the other threads that showed out of the bottom 10 teams in salary paid, 8 of those 10 made the playoffs, and of the top 10 teams in salary paid only two of those 10 made the playoffs. That was extremely telling and shows we’re off in our approach to assembling a football team.
As far as blowing it up and starting over, I be all for that if we had Al, a GM and head coach that had a plan and were on the same page, like back when it was Al, Bruce Allen and Jon Gruden building a team, together and with a plan. If it’s just Al (as it has been) however, I’d probably be for building as we have been and wait til Al kicks the bucket.
Al needs help, but refuses to get any and surrounds himself with yes men like John Herra who tell him what he wants to hear instead of what he needs to hear. The truth, and that is the problem.
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
by rambis64 on Jan 10, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll miss Nnamdi
Mainly because when people took shots at my RRRAIDERS, right before I’d resort to swearing and name calling, I’d always point out that we got Nnamdi. We made Nnamdi. Farmed him. The other reason is because I’ll have to replace his fathead in my RRRAIDER ROOM. The upside to it is that they just got a sweet DMC stiff-arming a donk fathead.
by golfswithglock on Jan 10, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
He's not gone yet
but if he wants to stay, he’s gonna have to leave us money to sign other free agents, including some of our own. Kind of a “home town deal” as it were. DHB, Tommy Kelley and even DMAC need to similarly step up and restructure their contracts for the good of the team, so we can sign who we need, to get to where we need to be. As you stated before, we have the highest paid team and we’re not very good. That needs to change!
JUST DOMINATE BABY !!!
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