Well the Oakland's manager Al Davis died this week at the age of 82 years old. Davis wasn't always the friendliest or likable person. In fact not that many people liked him. Honestly, I wasn't too fond of him either, but you can't deny him of what he did for this league and the Raiders.
He has done so much for this league. Al Davis has been almost the maker of the NFL. He was a part of creating just one league. He was commissioner of the AFL before they two leagues merged. He was the main person pushing to make one league. He has been almost every job you could be. He was a scout, assistant coach, head coach, general manager, and a commissioner of the league. Im am not positive but I think he could be one of the only people that have done it all in the NFL.
The raiders in the past couple of years haven't been as good as people want and as they have been. Many people have blamed Al Davis. I didn't like him very much but he does know how to teach and coach the game. He was either the general manager or coach of the raiders while they won 3 super bowls.
"Commitment to excellence." One of Al Davis' motto for his life. He make all of his players strive for perfection no matter how good they really were. The Raiders were actually looking pretty good this year. They are 3 and 2, with loses coming at the hand of the Bills and Patriots who are both very good teams this year. The Raiders have a very good running game thanks to Darren McFadden. They Raiders have a chance to go deep in the playoffs and it's sad to know that the leader of the franchise for so many years won't be there to see them get back on top of the league. Al Davis said it best "Just win baby".
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