My father and uncles used to bandy about names like Jack Tatum, Ben Davidson and Ted Hendricks when discussing the intimidating play of the old Oakland Raiders. As for me, I've never been frightened by the silver and black (I am terrified of some of their fans however – particularly that guy who wears the Darth Vader mask with the spiked shoulder pads), and here's another reason why:
"The union has complained about the high level of intensity, player aggressiveness and fast pace of our practices and, as a result, has taken away the final week of our offseason program," said [first-year Raider head coach Lane] Kiffin, the NFL's youngest and least experienced head coach.
Massive amounts of cocaine will lead to higher levels of intensity, aggressiveness, and a faster paced lifestyle. What? Is it wrong to assume the whole Raider organization is on drugs? The players' union is probably right in this case, and they're just trying to protect the working-man. Although, I could be wrong; my views on labor relations have changed drastically since my Russian mail-order bride taught me about the "means of production". Plus, it's not like the the Raiders need the extra practice. After all, they've almost won 16 games in four seasons. -KD
(Note: The lovely Danielle Gamba used to be a Raiderette before she reveled her "means of production" – you can see the NSFW pics here.)
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Well… first off I applaud the work efforts so far put in by Mr. Kiffin and this organization in the offseason. Considering the absolute clusterfuck this organization has been since the Super Bowl debacle, any news that Kiffin has been working the players so hard the Union had to put an end to it is good news. Just like the military, they have to break you down before they can build you back up.
As a proud card carrying member of the Raider Nation, I am tired – tired – of hearing, seeing, and reading about the Silver and Black being one of the worst teams in the league. Especially when I'm living in the heart of Donkey country. It has been a nightmare to be in my local sports bar on Sundays, dressed in full regalia, only to be mocked and shunned by not only all of the other AFC West franchises with all of their successes, but by practically any other fan within earshot.
I hope this is a sign of an increase of production on the field. I hope this foretells of a return to glory. I hope it means a lot of things, because it's getting harder and harder to remind my fellow AFC Westers that we dominated their fucking ass during the first few years of this decade, and we were the last ones to even make it to the Super Bowl, let alone make it to the AFC Championship. Assholes.
Sorry for the rant. And I love my Raiderettes. Gamba is fucking gorgeous.
Well… first off I applaud the work efforts so far put in by Mr. Kiffin and this organization in the offseason. Considering the absolute clusterfuck this organization has been since the Super Bowl debacle, any news that Kiffin has been working the players so hard the Union had to put an end to it is good news. Just like the military, they have to break you down before they can build you back up.
As a proud card carrying member of the Raider Nation, I am tired – tired – of hearing, seeing, and reading about the Silver and Black being one of the worst teams in the league. Especially when I'm living in the heart of Donkey country. It has been a nightmare to be in my local sports bar on Sundays, dressed in full regalia, only to be mocked and shunned by not only all of the other AFC West franchises with all of their successes, but by practically any other fan within earshot.
I hope this is a sign of an increase of production on the field. I hope this foretells of a return to glory. I hope it means a lot of things, because it's getting harder and harder to remind my fellow AFC Westers that we dominated their fucking ass during the first few years of this decade, and we were the last ones to even make it to the Super Bowl, let alone make it to the AFC Championship. Assholes.
Sorry for the rant. And I love my Raiderettes. Gamba is fucking gorgeous.
and sorry about the double post. I mean business.
quit crying. raiders fucking suck and fuck raider nation.
BTW switzers – the actor in your avatar is a Raiders fan.
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Look under the "Sports Fan" heading.
im not tom hanks. who cares who he likes! have a good day rockgroin
some people like cucumbers pickled
and I thought I posted a lot…a nice stern "Yowza!" to that Raiderette.
Punch, I feel your pain (as a life-long Bucs fan, I know pain,) but I think the silver face-paint may be causing minor brain damage, or at the very least some short-term memory loss:
"… we were the last ones to even make it to the Super Bowl, let alone make it to the AFC Championship."
Denver. 2005.
i'm not quite sure what revisionist history you have subscribed to but uhm, wtf are you talking about the raiders domination? after elway and davis retired, they beat the broncos? wow! in the past twenty one years the broncos have been to five super bowls and won two. the raiders have been to one. the raiders won the AFC west in 2000, 2001 and 2002 (the ryan leaf era! brian griese! the best record in the AFC was 11-5!). that is, until the chiefs got priest holmes, dante hall and trent green; the broncos got jake plummer and portis (who, while terrible, was still an improvement over griese); the chargers were still terrible in '03 (despite it being LDTs breakout year) and then came out in '04. meanwhile the raiders have been the worst team in the entire league over the past four years. anyway, i hope the raiders get better too, it's boring watching the rest of the AFC West pound them six weeks out of the year…
'return to glory' indeed.
im a saints fan, so you all know my pain!!!
Hugh B:
My bad. I forgot that one.
Algiers:
We can talk eras till the cows come home. The fact is that the Raiders were #1 in the West in 2000, 2001, 2002. I'm sure that means squizat now but it meant something then. If it hadn't been for the Patriots and the NFL's hard on for them (yes, I'm talking Tuck Rule, it's bullshit, i'm still bitter. Bite me.) we would have won our 4th Super Bowl vs. uhm, lets see… 2 for the Donks, 1 for the Chiefs, and 0 for the chargers. And if we didn't have the ultimate misfortune of meeting our old coach in the last game of the 2001-2002 season, that would have been 5, FIVE.
I'm just sayin.
And oh yea, Fuck the Seahawks.
I also feel your pain as my favorite team drafted a hurt wide receiver and then a mormonite quarterback instead of Brady Quinn, which would have been the smarter choice, regardless of anyone's thoughts on Quinn.
Anyone else think Danielle Gamba has kind of a funky looking chatch?