Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Al Davis dunk tank. Step right up and make a throw. Hit the target and the Raiders' 79-year-old owner will fall into a tank of silver-and-black Kool-Aid.
Two weeks ago, it was Tim Brown reflecting on his first day with the Raiders, when teammates supposedly told him Davis doesn't like black players from Notre Dame. Now it's cornerback DeAngelo Hall, who had one disastrous half-season in Oakland before the Raiders cut him loose.
Hall is prospering again (financially, anyway) in Washington, where the Redskins recently signed him to a 6-year, $55 million contract. Speaking to station WJFK in D.C., Hall also went into the Al Davis file and pulled out a whopper:
"Probably the funniest thing, I was pretty close to Lane Kiffin. - And after they fired Lane and were about to announce who the next coach was - I don't know if you guys saw this in the media world, but I was actually sitting there live, me and a couple other players there in the back. And [Davis] went through this whole spiel of what happened - and said our next coach is Tom Cable, he's going to be our interim coach. When everybody paused for Tom to come in, like a break-off, [Davis] goes to the media guide and not even whispering says, 'Hey, anyone got any information on this Tom Cable guy? I don't know where he comes from.' That's just vintage Al Davis. Making a move, not really knowing why, no real justification for doing it. But just saying, 'Hey, I want this guy, let's get him, I'll figure everything else out later.' And that's just how Al Davis is."
OK, I can guess your first reaction: Who is DeAngelo Hall to pop off about Al Davis when he took the money and played cornerback like Oprah Winfrey in 2008?
It's a fair point, but Hall isn't the only one to note that Davis was scrambling for information on Cable during that infamous, post-Kiffin press conference. He truly seemed at a loss to characterize his new coach. And I know for a fact that Hall was at the press conference. I talked to him that day, and he gave me some very nice quotes in support of the coach who had just been canned. In fact, I always wondered if Hall's loyalty to Kiffin was part of the reason he was released midseason, as opposed to merely benched.
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Posted By: scr (20/05/2009 10:33:35 PM)
Comment: this story is pretty pointless. would rather have heard bout the qb competition
Posted By: Loneraider78 (20/05/2009 4:32:14 PM)
Comment: LoneRaider78Loser, I'm sorry you feel that way about yourself. Being a loser is a mindset not who you are. If you feel like you're a loser because you're illiterate there are numerous programs designed to help people with your disability. When you say "Have fun this season watching your team get thumped. Long live Al Davis. Can't wait to see who he takes with the #4 pick next year." I can only assume you're talking to Raider fans in general, however, we don't give up on our football team as easily as you obviously have on your education. I wish you well in the pursuit of internet porn, your favorite flavor of ice cream, and learning to change the lint filter in your dryer before you burn your house down. Best wishes, Loneraider78.
Posted By: LoneRaider78Loser (20/05/2009 1:46:30 PM)
Comment: Have fun this season watching your team get thumped. Long live Al Davis. Can't wait to see who he takes with the #4 pick next year.
Posted By: Loneraider78 (19/05/2009 9:54:40 PM)
Comment: Wow "harrold", That's some sports take you got there. Let me rephrase. Datz sum sportz take ya got dare. Yeah, me gonna do dat wight now. I stop watchin da raidas and dat way da loosing stop fo me. Long wiv harrold!
Posted By: hey harrold (19/05/2009 11:59:08 AM)
Comment: if you want to filter out losing just stop watching da raidus...only raida fans r stupid enuf to keep buyin tix to watch the oakland clowns plaa...long live al davis
Posted By: KC (19/05/2009 11:10:11 AM)
Comment: Seriously, you wondered if Hall's loyalty to Kiffin is why he got cut? Are you blind, or did you never watch his horrible play? He repeatedly embarrassed himself on the field. Why put him on the bench when it was obvious he couldn't play at the level expected of him. He did the Raiders a favor, in that they found out what they had in Chris Johnson.
Posted By: harold (19/05/2009 9:49:31 AM)
Comment: I wish there was a way to filter out these 'hater articles from Raidernews.com- this guy is a wealth of criticism-
Posted By: JSpicoli (19/05/2009 9:29:57 AM)
Comment: Phil Barber is a tool. Stand in that corner you've painted for yourself tool. I'll watch the games.
Posted By: Al Davis Fan (19/05/2009 8:37:53 AM)
Comment: Long live Al baby, long live Al. I hope he lives to see 100. The Raiders will suck and be the laughingstock of the NFL as long as his heart is beating.
Posted By: Rick Faller (19/05/2009 8:09:50 AM)
Comment: So whats new? Anyone that wants Al Davis to assume room temperature has been popping of for over two decades. Nothing new about that! Same old tired news.
Posted By: mitchg233 (19/05/2009 7:23:39 AM)
Comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tk3L5l-EyU
Posted By: mitchg233 (19/05/2009 7:22:16 AM)
Comment: I registered especially to point out that the Cable incident is on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tk3L5l-EyU
and that this column is as lame as Davis is, which is VERY.
Posted By: uree clownee (19/05/2009 6:58:49 AM)
Comment: this article is retarded like the person who wrote it. Tim Brown story is rumor,likly not true, and loser Meangelo
hardly constitute
Posted By: mike scott (19/05/2009 6:53:44 AM)
Comment: this article is retarded like the person who wrote it. Tim Brown story is rumor,likly not true, and loser Meangelo
hardly constitute "lining up" what an idiot!
Posted By: Al Jr. (18/05/2009 9:47:56 PM)
Comment: Why is this news? This guy is the same guy who's currently making all the decisions and can't even recall critical background information on his new head coach?! Geez. If I or anyone else made a mistake like that we'd be at the very least demoted from our job. Not to mention the fact that Cable had been on the staff for more than a year! Wake-up Raider fan! Until Al is deemed insane and sent off to the rubber factory, the Raiders will never be able to recover from this mess.
Posted By: MeAngelo (18/05/2009 7:33:19 PM)
Comment: Come on Phil, Why is this even news? Eddie Royal's embarrassment of Hall last year speaks for itself. Hall can't cover, period.
Posted By: Loneraider78 (18/05/2009 7:13:44 PM)
Comment: Stop the presses! Deangelo Hall is running his mouth. No self-respecting Raider fan cares what that midget has to say. He should still be in college sharing a dorm with his "partner" Lance.
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