Al Davis fires Lane Kiffin using overhead projector
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Raiders owner Al Davis held a press conference on 9/30/08 explaining why he fired head coach Lane Kiffin. The moment which is hilarious was all done using an overhead projector which added to the comedy.
What a great owner. He loved his teams, his players, football, and his RAIDERS… he lost his player evaluation skills later in his years. But he was in his 60 & 70’s.
He was trash his last 20 years
This is the greatest press conference EVER
The overhead projector was the ultimate GFY to Lame Kiffin.
You gotta give Lane Kiffin credit for trying to stop AL Davis from drafting Jemarcus Russel who now hold the honor of being the biggest bust in NFL Draft history. That would of save years of heartache. If we did not take Jemarcus #1 in the 2007 draft, the Raiders could of had CALVIN JOHNSON who was taken # 2 by Detroit OR Adrian Peterson who was taken #7 . Imagine that. Al Davis was HORRIFIC in evaluating NFL Draft talent and making picks....especially in the 90s and 2000s.
Don't forget Fabian Washington over Aaron Rogers. Ugh.
I give him no credit for that. He needed to do HIS job, not someone else’s. He failed.
@@varsitycamplife Sure your absolutely right from an accountability standpoint. But if you are going to take that perspective then Al Davis needed to "do his job" as general manager and he failed because hes the one who selected and hired him.
@@mikemelanio9108 even though I interact with raider fan circles that venerate Al Davis, I see him for who he really was. A genius in the '60s '70s and '80s who tapered off into mediocrity in the 90s and then dropped down to just plain bad after that... Which is how he ended as an NFL gm. Bottom rung.
All that said, he deserves every bit of credit for a Hall of Fame career and a massive and critical impact on the sport. But when it's time to criticize Al davis, I'm not shy about it :-)
Biggest bust is still ryan leaf.... that's right folk JaMarcus Russell has better stats than ryan leaf...
I remember this. “Oh ho ho, he couldn’t wait to talk.” 🤣🤣
Gotta keep two things straight:
1. The once great Al Davis was bad at this point in his ownership.
2. Lane Kiffin deserved to be fired.
I remember seeing this press conference years ago . Al Davis is not someone you wanted to cross . I love Al Davis although late in his career there were some signings draft picks that were less then desirable . Our Raider LB Kirk Morisson had an interesting story about Jamarcus Russell it was on the Rich Eisen podcast .The offence coordinator was getting ready for a game and handed Russell an apparent tape of a few offensive plays and he asked if Russell would take a look at it to see what plays he felt comfortable running , following day coordinator asked Russell if he viewed the tape, Russell said ya I’m good to run all of those plays well it turned out they gave him a blank tape . But Al Davis strived to place a competitive team on the field to his last days .👍🏴☠️
90 percent of what you said is lifted word for word from an article written about JaMarcus Russell and has nothing to do with this video or al davis....
@@CtheDead209-zt8tj Did you see the Rich Eisen podcast interview of Former LB Kirk Morrison ? Did anything I stated can be construed as false info ? I know better then to believe the press although if a Raider player states it in a live interview the circumstances surrounding that issue I would say it’s legit .
Oh my God can people just drop this story already it's fucking annoying and it doesn't even matter anymore
Can't disagree with you. I just remember the go old days with Tatum and Atkinson Willie Brown and John matusak and Ted Hendricks Otis sistrunk I could go on and on
Just Win Baby Win!
An absolute NFL Legend.
R.I.P. MR. DAVIS
Trash owner
@@OMNIBAD shut up
@@OMNIBAD trash owner that won 3 Super Bowls huh?
Absolutely a legend 👏
Al Davis sounds like a mafia boss here: “That’s what I’m saying’ to ya”
Oh, there was only 1 Al Davies, and there will NEVER be another. RIP Al Davies.
He always reminded me of a don
Ha ha haha weak statement 🤣
Lane being right about Russell isn't the point, so let that go and stay on point, y'all.
Oh absolutely, he’s a train wreck.
I remembered this when it happened but had never watched it until now. Amazingly compelling video
Jamarcus Russell? Lane got that one right. I miss Al.
I read your be message wrong but you are right ha
We could’ve have megatron 😑
@@edgardoescobar1393 and possibly Aaron Rogers.
I've been following the Mighty Raiders since the GB game in 68, and I absolutely love big Al.
You weren't alive in 68 just stop...
@@CtheDead209-zt8tj Bwaah Haah Haah Haah!!! Fool I'm 66, born in 1955. Washington DC born and raised in 68 I was 13! My father's team was the Packers and although we lost, I was drawn to the Raiders because they dissed the pack, I had never seen a team slam them and step on hands, clothes line Bart Starr's neck, I saw my father worried and I loved it! That was the NFL-AFL Championship Game! It wasn't a super bowl, that word wasn't spoken until an interview with Joe Namath on the beach ⛱️ right before the jets and Colt's game! When Joe guaranteed a win the reporter, I don't remember his name, said that it's going to be a Superbowl! And the NFL liked hearing that so they marked it on the field! That was the first Superbowl. You can bet money on THAT, I was there, that's how it was.
I remember Al would speak maybe once every 2 years. It was a shut everything down and come listen. Al is gonna speak.
Yes for sure ... Al Davis was the boss
That's ♉💩, AL spoke to the team and coaches frequently both individually and in groups! Al had his stamp and input on all aspects of his team! Two years??? Bwaah Haah Haah Haah!!!! You don't know about Al or the Raiders!
@@moonchild3130 well, obviously you don't remember Al's weekend Saturday morning press conference brunches! Al Locasal would be there and in later years Amy Trask joined in.
@@moonchild3130 I've been following the Mighty Raiders since the GB game in 68. My blood runs Silver and my heart is Black 🖤
Al was right other than calling Jamarcus a "great player"
43:22 “how’s your mother?” Class act.
Al Davis is the Godfather of the NFL. But in his older years he dismantled a once Great organization. Still stuck with a losing organization. Sad but true
Josh McDaniels is next. Lol 🏴☠️
Why can’t Mark do this shit
I love Al, he was awesome. Al treated players like family
RN4L was still sharp. Yes, was wrong about Jamarcus. That is glaring.
But otherwise, spot on for the most part. I appreciate you. I am glad that in 2024 the raiders are hopeful, and resemble tradition.
Shouldn’t have drafted Jamarcus 😂
It was sad to see the decline of Al Davis.
We all get old I’m afraid. There was only one Al Davies, and there will never be another.
That’s all part of the human condition.
He declined but he's still talking football n his old ass is still talking raider football
@@questionitall3053 Everyone knows that. That doesn’t make it any less sad to see someone decline at an old age, though. He didn’t say it was unique, or strange, or surprising, or anything like that. He just said it was sad to see. I would assume that Scott knows that everyone gets old, as long as they live long enough. I don’t know the guy, but he obviously knows how to read snd write, at the very least, so you can tell he’s not brain dead or anything, just by that, alone. That’s really all the information you should need to be able to make the assumption that the guy understands how aging works in humans. People get old once they get old. Literally anyone who can spell their own name knows that. In fact, most people who can’t spell their own name, at least know that much. I’m sure there are people who exist somewhere, who actually don’t know that, probably, but I can guarantee you that none of those people can type out words and post them on TH-cam. He can do that, so he knows that people get old, clearly. He apparently thought it was sad to see, in this particular case, which is all he said. That’s no reason to think he’s brain dead.
@@johncronin9540 Everyone knows that. That doesn’t make it any less sad to see someone decline at an old age, though. He didn’t say it was unique, or strange, or surprising, or that it wasn’t “part of the human condition,” or anything like that. He just said it was sad to see. I would assume that Scott knows that everyone gets old, as long as they live long enough. I don’t know the guy, but he obviously knows how to read snd write, at the very least, so you can tell he’s not brain dead or anything, just by that, alone. That’s really all the information you should need to be able to make the assumption that the guy understands how aging works in humans. People get old once they get old. Literally anyone who can spell their own name knows that. In fact, most people who can’t spell their own name, at least know that much. I’m sure there are people who exist somewhere, who actually don’t know that, probably, but I can guarantee you that none of those people can type out words and post them on TH-cam. He can do that, so he knows that people get old, clearly. He apparently thought it was sad to see, in this particular case, which is all he said. That’s no reason to think he’s brain dead.
Miss AL Davis. 💯☠️😔
Me too. One of a kind
@Bennie Boy yea. He made the HOF by being a buffoon.
Yes for sure !!!!
Man, Al loves his people, players especially.
Al’s fingers are curved😂😂😂 Al loves Da RAIDAHSSSSSSSS😜😜
@@Pineemonkeys2ndchannel The ones that kiss his ass
That really stuck out to me. He's the anti-Belichick. It seems like if he formed an emotional bond with a player they were a Raider for life
Everyone who knew him says he was big on loyalty. If you were loyal to Al, he would stay loyal to you. However, if Al thought you’d lied to him, he would not hold back on expressing his opinion about them. This Lane Kiffin stuff is a prime example.
@@TheWorldRenownedHistorian Belichick is more complex than you think. He understands the modern game (free agency and a hard salary cap), and realizes that in his GM hat, you cannot be sentimental about evaluating players, and projecting what a player is going to do going forward, not based on what they had done in the past. It’s brutal at times, but it was the players who wanted free agency. This, however, doesn’t mean that Belichick has no loyalty toward his players, and former players.
Al is from a very different era, without free agency and a hard salary cap. In that era, you could keep a player for his entire career, and for life. The landscape changed in the NFL in the early 1990’s, and there’s a reason why Belichick was able to adapt to a new way of doing things, and was successful, and I think Al really struggled with that new method of operation, which likely played a role in the decline of the Raiders.
Al realized the value of public relations. You never lose in public relations...voluntarily.
My man! Miss Al and his love and passion for football. RIP MR. RAIDER
Al would have fired Josh Macd at mid season last year. Probably would have used a firing squad. Mac was the same dude he was in Den. But he wouldn't even be HC with Al. Rich B. and crew would have rolled into '22 with Mayock as real GM after '21's results.
Oh, there was only 1 Al Davies, and there will NEVER be another.
I watched this just to hear him speak tbh
Lane was 100 percent right about JaMarkus Russel
Blitz packages!
Thanks for uploading this!
Al was a cold piece of work , once you got on his bad side , it’s was IT’S BAD BABY !! As he declined in year’s do to his health , so did this organization, hopefully Mark can make it rise to success again , US RAIDER NATION FANS DESERVE IT AS WELL AS THE PLAYERS .
You only got on his bad side if you were a piece of shit. He had some bad luck with hires in his later years but still understood the game better than anyone
Mark is going to shove this organization to the ground
I went to the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Austin from 1990-1996. They would have the Raiders come for a week for scrimmages. I was 11 and a huge autograph hunter. Some guys are awesome and some are rude or just ignore you. When I was standing on the fence of the entrance to the field. I was so excited "Mr. Davis, will you please sign my football card of you?" His answer? "Get away from me you little shit!"
At first my feelings were hurt, but then I realized that's the most Al Davis-y stories I've ever heard! That memory had lasted far longer than an autograph would of.
Are you serious? He seemed like a guy who was fair to anyone who was respectful to him.
I lowkey wanna know what Kiffin's plans were with that #1 overall pick and what he would've done differently to put the Raiders on a different course
Kiffin, like 99.9% of Raider Nation wanted Megatron and was very public about it after his termination.
@@KennyKingJr oh man. that's the definition of brutal.
Megatron or Peterson would be the best option but we Raiders always make the what the fuck pick? Its time for change
He wanted Calvin Johnson. Which would have obviously been a much better choice. I say that with no disrespect to Al whatsoever, cause I love the guy.
Al Davis was the greatest mind in the history of pro football. The AFC Championship trophy should be renamed after him.
Al Davis talked to Mike Hamilton at Tennessee and said don't hire this guy. 🤦♂️ Al Davis was right.
Lol yeah he was so "right". JaMarcus Russell was a huge success😂
Just look at Lanes resume 😅
Can we call Josh McDaniels too, Fire his ass?
Great throwback! Makes me appreciate the 2020 Raiders a little bit more and how far the organization has come. Proper perspective. Good stuff Kenny #themanbehindtheshield
Rich, what do you mean by that. How far down we've come? we ruled the NFL, were the winningest team in team sport's! WTF are you talking about????
Lol the Raiders are a complete joke now, what are you even talking about.
Just win, baby!
Al wanted to hire Steve Sarkissian
Remember over head projectors ??? Lmao....
In school teachers had the little clear sheet of plastic they put on it lol
gotta love Al. dude was a true competitor. a legend.
Al Davis,The Man,The Myth, The Legend
I got the same jacket Big Al is wearing for Christmas maybe 8 - 10 years ago
the whole situation was a joke ,
you had a man who was not ready to be a head coach if men ,
you had a QB who had no ability to lead men as the figure head of a team and the most important player
an owner to old and stuck in his ways
a DC who did not play well with others like his dad .
what a total mess and joke
Kiffin is one of a kind ; as senior at Fresno, he quit as back up QB at morning
Practice and came back in afternoon as the Wr coach .
USC didn’t keep him long , still he is great
Offensive mind . He never try’s to be anybody’s friend . Not for everyone
do you have a clip of when the lights turned off at a conference ? that was spooky
Kiffins Krimson Korner.
Al Davis was what most owners are not when in his prime. A genius.
I just gotta ask was it a genius move drafting JaMarcus Russell? It's 2021 and the raiders still suck
@@moonchild3130 nah everyone does make mistakes but al made ALOT of mistakes none biased
@@moonchild3130 raiders were 2-14 in 2006 if I remember correctly...
There would be no pioneers like Robert Kraft or Jerry Jones, without Al Davis. He, like Jerry Jones, have done more for the NFL as a brand than anyone. To bad they could never compartmentalize their egos and allow football people to make football decisions. As an Owner you have to admit that the one common denominator in their years of ineptitude is their stubbornness that they are the most qualified to make the team better.
Oh absolutely. People criticizing him don’t know football
McDaniels reminds me of Lane Kiffin a lot!
It's the visor and square head
Al was only wrong here about that J Russell. Still no reas on for Kiffin to go rogue vs Al...yet Kiffin still has jobs since.
Mortenson .....
Fed EX’D Da Letter !
Documentation, management procedures “ I never got the letter “
BS - here is the copy ! How they do it in big league business .
Wait, he said he handed it to him a few seconds before that😂
Jamarcus Russell was Al Davis player no Lane Kifflin
Lane wanted Calvin Johnson . whoops 😅
This was live...wow what a dude!
Only Al Davis would do something as bizarre as this.
There was only one Al Davies, and there won’t be another.
Lane kiffin was a con artist and an unethical coach. He is just now learning how to be a decent human being. And he will probably fuck it up eventually
It was not bizarre, he was just telling you what happened. What's bizarre about telling the truth?
I love my Raiders
Someone explain to me the significance of the overhead projector. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand why it’s a big deal.
It’s just funny
He used the projector to show the letter he actually sent to Kiffin detailing why he was being fired to the press and the public. Also it was used to embarrass Kiffin.
This got picked up live on DC radio. There was just a point where the programming director decided "there's gold in this here hill." Mawtensen!
Great owner. Whatever happened with this issue? Did Lane get fired for cause and not get paid as this stated or did he win in court?
Jeez why such poor video, it was 2008, did they use same camera from for the moon landings
Back then there was laptops and over head projectors right ? 😂
Jamarcus Russell lol
Turned out big Al had Jamarcus ALL WRONG🤨🤨 shut da fuk up Allllll
Al Davis went to his grave thinking he was right about JaMarcus Russell... smh
LMAO
I must be blind, all I see is a blank screen behind him, no projector or images shown.
Al Davis was the reason the Raiders sucked. Same for Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones needs to get a GM that has good experience and same for a head coach and let them do their jobs and stay out of it. Same thing for my favorite team, Tennessee Titans, when Bud Adams was alive and running the Titans, we were horrible and then when he passed away his daughter took over and the whole Titans organization turned around for the better. We have a great GM and a badass Head Coach. We have made some bad moves like drafting Isaiah Wilson, not resigning Jack Conklin and not resigning Jonnu Smith to name a few. But we have done some very good moves like drafting Derrick Henry, seeing talent in Tannehill and getting him from the Dolphins, getting Bud Dupree, and giving Taylor Lewan a good contract that will hopefully keep him here for his entire career. #TITANUP #TITANSFAN #TITANS
Agreed. This is why the Pats have been so successful. Kraft hiring football people to handle the football stuff.
@@Modsnake98 they always do good in the draft, so does the Chargers for the most part and the Steelers. They can identify talent very well
Legendary press conference.
Too bad about 5 minutes was devoted to defending JaMarcus Russel pick!
Well Lane may have been on the right side of history here.
Al Davis single-handedly destroyed the Raiders in his later years.
Hmmmm I just think his old school style didn't match well with the new NFL and new type of NFL Head Coach. I'm a Dolphins fan and I remember as a kid when they were trying to push out the great Don Shula. It was just becoming apparent his hard nosed authoritarian way along with his philosophies on offense and defense were a thing of the past. As much as that hurt to realize
@@Shinobi33 that’s a very interesting way to look at it, as a raider fan I feel that Al Davis just had a chip on his shoulder the size of Mount Everest and was a very close minded person. In my opinion he just refused to adapt to what was around him and because of that the Raiders Organization and raider fans have suffered for a very very very very long time second only to the Browns. The old-school rough and tough way of being a raider was fading away and yes that really sucked but if you don’t adapt how can you succeed.
@@fernandocabanillas8133 I get what you're saying but the chip got him that Raiders franchise which was once an NFL empire. But time did pas him by. Regardless its time to move on. The NFL is better with the Silver an Black being Top Dogs again. And this is coming from a Dolphins fan
Cough...Josh McDummies...Cough
This is pure gold ! 😂
You had me at Jamarcus. You let Randy Moss go because of foot injury. AP was out there, Megatron was out there but hard headed Davis.
Commitment to excellence bro
Randy Moss hated being there! Kerry Collins wouldn't throw him deep passes because he said he wasn't open. Moss would have to tell him if my damn hand is up in the air I'm open!! Throw the ball!
I’m trying to think who AP is… Antonio Pierce? Adrian Peterson
@@CC-fo7tr ha sorry Adrian Peterson stud from Oklahoma. Marshawn Lynch, Dyrell Revis, list goes on. But oh well.
Could've had Aaron Rodgers also.
Muy memoria alto Maka " Projector~a"
Thank you Al Davis for JUST WIN....that is all that really matters in this material world we live in..RIP AL...
His fingers are creepy @ 5:44
crazy that we basically chose jamarcus over kiffin..not that kiffin was going to be anything special ,but crazy to look back on
R.i.P
Al Davis
Damn I remember this lol damn those were our worst years.
Al Davis has forgotten more football than most people know. That being said, he should've given Jon Gruden any amount, including part ownership of The Raiders.
Miss u Al I’m a raider 4 life
Crazy. It turns out Lane was right about everything.
And Al was right about Lane being a terrible coach, a bitch made fool and liar. Couldn’t cut it with the big boys so he ran back to coach lil boys
It's a shame this is how most younger fans remember Al Davis. He only became one of the worst GM's/owner's in the NFL very late in life. For a good 30'ish years, Davis was one of the best GM's/owner's in the NFL.
You should not have drafted Russell. Lane was right about that.
What would AL say about the raiders brass today?
Sucks that Al didn't have someone to tell him this is a bad idea.
Mark davis need to take some lessons.
As a lifelong Raiders fan. Mark Davis doesn't deserve to run an organization as fine and rich in history as the Raiders.
No one could have won with Jamarcus. lane was right about that
The RAIDERS could have been the NFL'S TOP DYNASTIES WITH MORE SUPER BOWL WINS 🏆 THEN ANY OTHER TEAM BUT WHEN AL DAVIS TURNED ON MARCUS ALLEN AND HUMILIATED HIM AND TRIED TO DESTROY HIS CARRER THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. THE RAIDERS HAVE NEVER WON A SUPER BOWL SINCE 🏈.
Turned out to be a mistake, would at least have been interesting to see what Lane could have done with that #1 pick and a bit more time
God bless Al. The question about his "Just Win, Baby" quote forgot about how it starts. "when you have great coaches..."
21:07 - 21:18
Lane Kiffin was right about Jamarcus Russell and Al was wrong.
Mike Taylor has been there forever!
Fascinating
Jamarcus Russell,😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dude fired Lane over Jamarcus. Al really believes in that mab
Al was definitely wrong about Russell.
But so right about Lane
TILL THIS DAY THEY ARE TRYING 2 DISCREDIT AND HURT THE RAIDERS.