Comments on: Raiders Recap–2008 Preseason Week 3 http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2008/08/raiders-recap-2008-preseason-week-3/ Drinking the love from her Holy Grail Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jersey McJones http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2008/08/raiders-recap-2008-preseason-week-3/#comment-9342 Jersey McJones Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:09:03 +0000 http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/?p=655#comment-9342 The greatest coach in Raiders history was not a disiplinarian. Pro football players are not kids, like college players. They're adults and need to be treated like adults (Coughlin learned that lesson - look at where it got him!). The key is picking players who act like adults - or at least like great ball players - on and off the field. Al Davis is the problem here. He learned all the wrong lessons from the Madden years. Madden could see through a rap sheet and find the inner NFL player. Davis sees only Vegas-rated top picks. The problem is Davis, not Kiffin. Don't get me wrong, Al Davis is a Founding Father of modern professional football, one of the most successful private institutions in the history of America, and he deserves all the respect in the world for that. But let's face it, the one continuing factor in the Raiders troubles over the years is Davis. As a Jets fan, I'll always love Leon Hess, but that doesn't mean I forgot what a fool he was sometimes when it came to football operations. JMJ The greatest coach in Raiders history was not a disiplinarian. Pro football players are not kids, like college players. They’re adults and need to be treated like adults (Coughlin learned that lesson - look at where it got him!). The key is picking players who act like adults - or at least like great ball players - on and off the field. Al Davis is the problem here. He learned all the wrong lessons from the Madden years. Madden could see through a rap sheet and find the inner NFL player. Davis sees only Vegas-rated top picks. The problem is Davis, not Kiffin. Don’t get me wrong, Al Davis is a Founding Father of modern professional football, one of the most successful private institutions in the history of America, and he deserves all the respect in the world for that. But let’s face it, the one continuing factor in the Raiders troubles over the years is Davis. As a Jets fan, I’ll always love Leon Hess, but that doesn’t mean I forgot what a fool he was sometimes when it came to football operations.

JMJ

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