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Originally Posted by sltr
i don't disagree with that. my point was that even though he is a *hands-on* owner, the raiders have still shown up throughout the years, except for the last several seasons which, imo, can be attributed to his choices in coaches- primarily the fill-in callahan and the wtf were you thinking art shell, neither one is a youngster.
but come to think of it, the raiders are either flying high or in the toilet, lolz, rarely a middle of the road team.
either way, i've liked the raiders a lot ever since i went to college & worked in the east bay back in the day.
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Hands on owners almost never work out.
Jerry Jones thought he was smarter than Jimmy Johnson......then finally wised up and gave control to Bill Parcells, who built his current juggernaut. It remains to be seen how they'll do long term with Jerry as the official GM.
Dan Snyder finally seems to have wised up and is letting the football people run the operation...at least this year. His drunken sailor spending sprees didn't win Washington any playoff games.
The only hands-on owner who ever accomplished anything was Steinbrenner, but when you can spend twice as much as any other team, that makes it alot easier.
Unfortunately Raider fans are just gonna have to wait for Davis to die or at least become "officially" senile and lose control of the team.
I'm a Dolphins fan and my owner is the EXACT opposite of Al Davis. He's totally hands off....which is great when Don Shula or Jimmy Johnson are running your team, but really sucks ass when Dave Wannstedt or Cam Cameron are running your team.