Al Davis. I used to love the Raiders until they moved to LA.

Al Davis, football pioneer and renegade owner of Oakland Raiders, dies at 82 - The Washington Post

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Davis may have been crazy but he was no fool. I don't get down with the black hole mania or the 'we are the kick-ass Raider nation' but I am sort of a Raiders fan. Fitting that a day after Al's death, they would win a sloppy game at the last second with an interception in the end zone securing their victory. JUST WIN BABY!

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

He was a pioneer. I don't remember who said it, but one quote that said it all was that he was a coach that owned a team rather than an owner who wanted to coach. I've always loved to hate the Raiders but (reluctantly) respected what he had done.

Bob Kraft (a MA kid like Davis) said that he was touched and honored when there was a moment of silence before last weeks Pats/Raiders game for his wife, Myra, who recently passed away from breast cancer. He said who ever would have thought that one week later he'd be doing the same thing a week later to honor Davis before this afternoon's Pats/Jets game.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

raiders teams of the 60's and 70's were the most exciting to watch.

always willing to go deep, to cliff branch and others.

and always full of crazy rebel drunkards and wild men, who managed to win a lot on sundays, often at the last minute. (george blanda)

the "snake", the "mad stork", "ghost to post", lester hayes and stickum, etc. lots of characters, who wouldn't be allowed into the regulated "product they are selling now.

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