How’s THAT for an original thought, eh?
I don’t know Lane Kiffin. I don’t know Al Davis. In fact, I don’t have strong feelings of any kind about anyone connected to the Oakland Raiders at all. I do know this much.
If you’re going to fire someone, have the decency to keep the sordid details out of the press. Calling a press conference in order to provide lurid details as to why you fired your coach is the kind of move that only the lowest of bottom-feeding scumsuckers would ever contemplate. As if the court of public opinion means anything when you have to prove to the league (if not the courts… stay tuned) that you “had cause” to fire a coach who won only 25% of the games that he has coached.
You needed a reason to fire Kiffin? Really?!? “Sucking” wasn’t good enough?
As for the “details” that Davis provided, only the most naive or gullible fan of professional football would be inclined to take Al Davis at his word. The same Al Davis who extorted the fans of Oakland only to move the team to Los Angeles, whom he tried to extort again a few years later. The same Al Davis who brought the concept of “Personal Seat Licenses” into the NFL? The same Al Davis who made more money suing the NFL than he did from being part of it?
We’re supposed to believe him over a football coach who wanted nothing more than to finish the season or have the balance of his contact paid off despite knowing that he would be canned any day now?
If Roger Goodell can suspend players for bad behavior and unethical conduct, why can’t he get rid of an owner that has done more to embarass the NFL over the last 40 years than he has to encourage it’s growth?
