Al Davis
Al Davis
Allen "Al" Daviswas an American football coach and executive. He was the principal owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football Leaguefrom 1972 to 2011. Under Davis' management, the Raiders became one of the most successful teams in professional sports. His motto for the team was "Just win, baby." Davis was active in civil rights, refusing to allow the Raiders to play in any city where black and white players had to stay in separate hotels...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 July 1929
CityBrockton, MA
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We must run the ball better. It's unbelievable. I thought one of our standards of gold this year would be our offensive line. We have some bright young players there. And we never did get the toughness, or what I would call the power running, that I thought we were going to get.
five past raiders
The past is now the past and we have five years to make the Raiders economically viable. We have to be able to compete.
fit super vision win
You have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl, I didn't feel the fit was right.
agreed fit passion super vision win
You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here. I just didn't feel the fit was right, and I think he agreed with me.
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Bill was a great friend, a brilliant performer and an exceptional man. I say this with great admiration and love that Bill becomes one of the people that I give the cloak of immortality. Time never stops for the great ones.
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At the end, he got his break with the networks, and he's done great with that.
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We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it ... I just didn't feel the fit was right, and I think he agreed with me.
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No one hit anyone. Yeah, people were yelling a little bit, you know, but it's part of life. The idea is to go and get something done.
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This puts entertainment officially on the map as a key market for the company.
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Just shred baby, shred.
decision way honest
Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can.
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Approximately four years ago, we were told that Jerry Rice would be a free agent and there were people who felt that he no longer could contribute.
country league
I love my country and I love my league.
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I'd like my next head coach to be winning oriented. We would consider anyone that we think is right.