http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/09/davisscary.jpg
^i hope this is a jack and coke
― you have been yellow carded by an actual referee (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
god watching this right now. al davis is the oldest man ever.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
omg "that's the first time i've let anyone go based on...based on......just a flat-out lie-uh"
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
he's like keef n' mick's dad-lookin old
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/insidebayarea
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
aw, total access just showed lane kiffin saying that davis's remarks were very hateful.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
asomugha is so over the raiders.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
"in the six years i've been here we've had five coaches."
sorry, not hateful, "hurtful."
asomugha says the players dug kiffin. al davis is like a cancer.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
(i said that part about davis, not asomugha)
bahaha
Davis answered Radich: "It's a good question. I don't know what he was doing, but he got me to fire him."
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i love that we got confirmation that the 76 yd field goal did actually irk davis!!
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
lol asomugha was just like, i'll level with you, i don't know tom cable from adam. i hear he's a nice guy.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
also, apparently in this press conference, davis listed all the best Raiders players by name? stay classy, oakland!
im sure this is blatantly obvious to everyone, probably even to al davis. none of the young guys remember davis' influence on the league + kiffin was like 33 and im sure beginning with this year he basically like talked shit all day about rob ryan (hardass who im sure lots of players don't particularly enjoy) and al davis
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
in my head i love the idea of lane kiffin playing xbox with nnamdi and justin fargas after practice and totally shitting on the whole organization
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Just saw the NFL.com clip and one word--yikes
Are Nnamdi's comments online anywhere?
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
HE GETS YOU THROUGH YOUR DREAMS PEOPLE!
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i was looking for a transcript of this online and i ran across the transcript from the press conference introducing art shell as head coach...
I want to make a point or two about him. Tradition, history, excellence, leadership is wrapped up all in one when you mention the name Art Shell. There is no question about that.
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's a longer video:
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43704
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:48 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Adam Schefter weighs in:
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
the longer video! holy shit!
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I always forget that Al is from Brockton. This begins to explain his insanity.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
lol i used to live next to brockton
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i think my favorite thing is that davis says the firing has nothing to do with kiffin's performance as a head coach.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
haha well obviously he doesn't hire people on that basis so why should he fire them on that basis
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
lane kiffin is holding a press conference tomorrow but somehow i think it will be less dramatic
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you think Al put on that giant Raiders jacket on his own, or does some assistant wrap it around his withered frame?
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
sometimes his mouth would just kind of collapse in an open position. i assume that's the least taxing posture on his waning lifesource.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
al davis and sarah palin need a talk show
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ahahaha YES
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
wow this is some next level shit
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
how do we know when he says "it was january of 07" that hes not talking about 1907?
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
omg what's with the gloves!?
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Here is an even better, longer video:
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43727
Obviously I am a little obsessed with this story.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
thank u poly
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
oh my god he projected the letter on a screen!
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
he is like conducting a lecture on lane kiffin is a liar!
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
wait, when he says, "no matter what you think of Al, you've got to love him," is he referring to himself?
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― horseshoe, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
haha omg yes
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
John Goodman is now coaching the Raiders or at least they should get him to play this dude in the TV movie.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
ha! there is a certain resemblance.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
guys my mind is kind of blown about all of this.
ok WOW i am just seeing this for the first time
i cannot believe that he used a PROJECTION SCREEN
my mind is kind of blown about all of this
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Too much to quote but wow at:"He sez does that mean I don't get paid? I sez, that's what I'm saying to you. I said, I warned you."
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
He makes these horrifying slurpy sucky sounds.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:40 (fifteen years ago) link
remunerationlolz at "it's based on cause... it's not necessarily based on performance" and at him arguing that he wanted to keep moss!
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:40 (fifteen years ago) link
and the awesome grand finally:"we let kerry collins go... he's driving tennessee pretty good right now... and uh... we'll get back. We'll be back, the raiders will be back; that's uh... I have unshakable confidence, the will to win"
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:42 (fifteen years ago) link
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080930/capt.6231e5a5a5384af6813b0920d62cb539.raiders_kiffin_fired_football_caps116.jpg
― cankles, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
the only way that that quote could be any better is if he had a picture of collins flash up on the projector
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 06:44 (fifteen years ago) link
this looks like a guy with his own cable access show, the lolhueg sweater, the projection screen behind him instead of the standard logo wallpaper, the shitty office depot desk lamp.
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
haha otm
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link
DR. GENE SCOTT LIVES (for another 5 years)
― David R., Wednesday, 1 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/01/al_david_tribute_collage_phixr1.png
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
is kiffin doing a press conference today?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
and will he being using powerpoint or just a laser-pointer?
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
he's using a laser floyd show
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
should be in a kitchen-style infomercial set
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Hard to believe this is the same team I remember from the '70s and '80s
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
KIFFIN: "Now, say you're in need of a few points, maybe three, but time's running out on the clock and you're 76 yards away from the end zone. What would be a good way of getting those three points?"
HOST: "Why, I don't know! It seems like you'd try to kick a field goal anyway, but that's just crazy, right?"
KIFFIN: "Absolutely not and here's why..."
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
At his own press conference today, Shanahan was asked about Davis, and he tried to make light of the situation.
“I was really disappointed, to be honest with you,” Shanahan said. “When you take a look at it, I was there 582 days. Lane Kiffin was there 616 days. So what it really means is that Al Davis liked Lane more than he liked me. And I really don’t think that’s fair. I won three more games, yet he got 34 more days of work. That just doesn’t seem right. Does it to you guys? No, really, think about it.”
After getting a chuckle from the media with that, Shanahan continued.
“I know the right thing to say. The thing I should have said is, ‘I haven’t had time to look at interviews and what really happened.’ But I think everybody saw the press conference. We’ll leave it at that.”
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Mr. Loose False Teeth about 1000% more after that quote.
― I'm the wire monkey, not the soft monkey (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
omar little you are a sneaky one. :D
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0810/nfl.fans.week4/images/ophd-12349-mid.jpg
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd rather remember Al Davis like this. http://perez-rogers.org/images/Oakland_Raiders/Oakland_Raiders_Super_Bowl_XI_Trophy_Al_Davis.jpg
― leavethecapital, Thursday, 2 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Does Shanahan have any advice for Kiffin on getting his money, a reporter asked, drawing laughs from his fellow journalists but not from Shanahan.
"Just take it out of his ass with interest every time you play him. Every. Goddamn. Time. From now until the skies darken and the seas boil. With interest.
Note, Mike Shanahan's Broncos are 21-6 vs the Raiders.
― rogermexico., Thursday, 2 October 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
daaaaaamn
― I'm the wire monkey, not the soft monkey (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 2 October 2008 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay so I fabricated the quote but the record speaks for itself plus Shanahan would clearly stab Davis to death if given the chance using nothing but beams from his eyes of pure hate.
― rogermexico., Thursday, 2 October 2008 02:10 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite thing ever is when tombot compared al davis to frank from Blue Velvet
― cankles, Thursday, 2 October 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Al Davis knows football -- it's just '60s and '70s football. That's what it is. He's thinking that Cliff Branch is outside and <Jim> Plunkett is dropping back and you can throw it 80 yards down the field -- deep ball, deep ball, deep ball.
-- Warren Sapp
― polyphonic, Thursday, 2 October 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Sapp even said that Davis would call in plays when Sapp was playing for the Raiders.
"I remember the first two weeks I was there, we played a preseason game. Somebody came up one time and said, 'We're going deep right here, dog.' I said, how do you know? He said, 'The phone just rang.'
― polyphonic, Thursday, 2 October 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, nice
― brownie, Thursday, 2 October 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
that presser is pure comedy. what're the chances that he wasn't speaking metaphorically when he said kiffin wasn't the guy he thought he hired?
― j.q higgins, Friday, 3 October 2008 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Friday, 3 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
He wanted Lance Kiffin or maybe Lance Bass.
― polyphonic, Friday, 3 October 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
or maybe he wanted that whippersnapper monte kiffin? allegedly, he's experimenting w/ a revolutionary defensive tactic...a blintz or somesuch!
― j.q higgins, Friday, 3 October 2008 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
3-4 crepe?
― David R., Friday, 3 October 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/24raiders_1_600.jpg
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
that presser is pure comedy. what're the chances that he wasn't speaking metaphorically when he said kiffin wasn't the guy he thought he hired?― j.q higgins, Thursday, October 2, 2008 8:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This still kills me
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 30 October 2016 03:44 (seven years ago) link
lol this thread
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 October 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link