What's the difference between Fidel Castro and Al Davis? They're both stubborn/crazy dictators who seem to defy human nature by avoiding death and reigning in positions of extreme power for all eternity. Yeah... I'm not seeing much of a difference.
As harsh as this sounds, there's no stopping crazy Al Davis until well... he has a nice little visit with St. Peter. It seems like there should be someone (ANYONE) who can stop the antics of the craziest old man in professional sports. Al Davis is out of his rocker.
First of all, some one needs to let Al realize that he's not a coach. He shouldn't have the authority to decide what plays are made, how they're made, and who makes them. Of course yeah, he hires the coaches. But it's the job of the head coach to be the king of the team. Whenever a coach is brought in, 9.5 times out of 10, it is the head coach that chooses his coaching staff. Unfortunately for Lane Kiffin, he falls in that .5%. He didn't get that option, and now it's costing him his job.
Everyone in the world thought Ol' Al was crazy when he hired a seemingly inexperienced guy in his early 30s to take over one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. And now we think he's crazy to fire him. Yeah, so the Raiders look as good as a Bill Parcells in a swimsuit (eek), but hell, they do have a win on the season. That's more than what the Chargers could say after two weeks. Da' Raidas did beat a lousy KC team, but they played what appears to be a pretty good Buffalo team down to the wire. Look at their roster for heaven's sakes. They have basically a rookie qb and a true rookie rb. They're young and still in the process of rebuilding. And the players respect this "kid" they call "Coach." They want to play for him.
But Noooo, Al Davis gets in one little tiff and the noose is tied. It's only a matter of time before the floor comes out from undeneath Kiffin. Until Davis realizes this is not the same team (or the same game for that matter) the Raiders of the 1970s and 1980s played in, Raider Nation has little hope for a story that has a happy ending.
Davis hasn't been all so bad to Kiffin... at least in the past he wasn't. It was in fact Al who established Kiffin's career by hiring him as a no name. And now he'll do Kiffin a favor by firing him. When (it better happen soon, I'm sick of hearing it everyday on every radio/TV sports broadcast) Kiffin is fired, he'll leave the Al Davis regime a rich and relieved man. And believe you me, he will have a job.
And as for the poor bastard who takes Kiffin's spot, he and the city of Oakland will have little hope until Davis croaks.
... and the same goes for Cuba.
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