so apparently this al davis press conference was legendary

did anyone watch it?

in any event thanking u raiders for quality entertainment!!

fuck no! they're talking about it right now; terrell davis was momentarily speechless. i guess he talked a lot of shit about kiffin?

lol "they" i mean the men on my tv.

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43076

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/09/davisscary.jpg

^i hope this is a jack and coke

god watching this right now. al davis is the oldest man ever.

omg "that's the first time i've let anyone go based on...based on......just a flat-out lie-uh"

he's like keef n' mick's dad-lookin old

http://twitter.com/insidebayarea

aw, total access just showed lane kiffin saying that davis's remarks were very hateful.

asomugha is so over the raiders.

"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.

(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."

i love that we got confirmation that the 76 yd field goal did actually irk davis!!

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.

also, apparently in this press conference, davis listed all the best Raiders players by name? stay classy, oakland!

asomugha says the players dug kiffin. al davis is like a cancer.

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

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

Just saw the NFL.com clip and one word--yikes

Are Nnamdi's comments online anywhere?

HE GETS YOU THROUGH YOUR DREAMS PEOPLE!

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.

Here's a longer video:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43704

i love that we got confirmation that the 76 yd field goal did actually irk davis!!

― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:48 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Adam Schefter weighs in:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43704

the longer video! holy shit!

I always forget that Al is from Brockton. This begins to explain his insanity.

lol i used to live next to brockton

i think my favorite thing is that davis says the firing has nothing to do with kiffin's performance as a head coach.

haha well obviously he doesn't hire people on that basis so why should he fire them on that basis

lane kiffin is holding a press conference tomorrow but somehow i think it will be less dramatic

Do you think Al put on that giant Raiders jacket on his own, or does some assistant wrap it around his withered frame?

sometimes his mouth would just kind of collapse in an open position. i assume that's the least taxing posture on his waning lifesource.

al davis and sarah palin need a talk show

ahahaha YES

wow this is some next level shit

how do we know when he says "it was january of 07" that hes not talking about 1907?

omg what's with the gloves!?

Here is an even better, longer video:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b43727

Obviously I am a little obsessed with this story.

thank u poly

oh my god he projected the letter on a screen!

he is like conducting a lecture on lane kiffin is a liar!

wait, when he says, "no matter what you think of Al, you've got to love him," is he referring to himself?

he is like conducting a lecture on lane kiffin is a liar!

― horseshoe, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

haha omg yes

John Goodman is now coaching the Raiders or at least they should get him to play this dude in the TV movie.

ha! there is a certain resemblance.

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

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."

He makes these horrifying slurpy sucky sounds.

remuneration
lolz at "it's based on cause... it's not necessarily based on performance" and at him arguing that he wanted to keep moss!

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"

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080930/capt.6231e5a5a5384af6813b0920d62cb539.raiders_kiffin_fired_football_caps116.jpg

the only way that that quote could be any better is if he had a picture of collins flash up on the projector

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.

haha otm

DR. GENE SCOTT LIVES (for another 5 years)

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/01/al_david_tribute_collage_phixr1.png

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/01/al_david_tribute_collage_phixr1.png

is kiffin doing a press conference today?

and will he being using powerpoint or just a laser-pointer?

he's using a laser floyd show

should be in a kitchen-style infomercial set

Hard to believe this is the same team I remember from the '70s and '80s

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..."

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.”

I like Mr. Loose False Teeth about 1000% more after that quote.

omar little you are a sneaky one. :D

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0810/nfl.fans.week4/images/ophd-12349-mid.jpg

I'd rather remember Al Davis like this.
http://perez-rogers.org/images/Oakland_Raiders/Oakland_Raiders_Super_Bowl_XI_Trophy_Al_Davis.jpg

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.

daaaaaamn

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.

my favorite thing ever is when tombot compared al davis to frank from Blue Velvet

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

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.'

ha, nice

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?

haha

He wanted Lance Kiffin or maybe Lance Bass.

or maybe he wanted that whippersnapper monte kiffin? allegedly, he's experimenting w/ a revolutionary defensive tactic...a blintz or somesuch!

3-4 crepe?

http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/24raiders_1_600.jpg

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

lol this thread