Comments on: John Madden on Al Davis: “He was my best friend”

By: radrntn

radrntn — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:40:14 +0000

one for all , all for one…….The Raider Nation

By: jimmysee

jimmysee — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:13:05 +0000

To me, in his own time, Al Davis is up there with Curly Lambeau and George Halas in his importance to the league and to the game.

By: charger383

charger383 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:12:11 +0000

Hope to see John Madden back with the Raiders.

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:22:22 +0000

Amadeus says: Oct 10, 2011 4:54 PM

Now, suddenly he’s a genius. Obituaries always gloss over the bad, highlight the good. Yeah, he helped broker the AFL-NFL merger and in the golden years coached some good teams. But no one was giving him any accolades in recent years and all these glowing comments are nothing but hypocrisy.

Not suddenly a genius. Bob Costa didn’t gloss over anything last night. And Davis didn’t just coach some good teams, he built them. He wasn’t always successful, but nobody wins all the time, and you can’t succeed if you never fail. People like to say the NFL is a passing league now, but Davis had that figured out a long time ago. There is no hypocrisy in all these glowing comments. Maybe some relief, because everyone can relax now that the man is dead and can’t come back to take a chunk out of anyone’s ass, but he didn’t care what someone like you thought about him when he was alive, and he sure as hell doesn’t care now.

By: mypuppyfarted

mypuppyfarted — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:47:38 +0000

Al Davis was the best friend of so many. I’m sure guys like Jim Otto would say that about him, too. So would many of his former players and coaches. Did you hear Hue Jackson after Sunday’s game? The out of touch media and those who are bitter about some of the old feuds are the only ones who ever talked crap about the man.

By: ashman23

ashman23 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:08:07 +0000

Amadeus – really? An embarrassment? JaMarcus Russell was consensus number one pick – so it’s Al’s fault he’s a lazy good for nothing?

People still acknowledged his contribution whilst he was alive.

Sure the team has played bad (really bad) for a long time but don’t think for a second Al is now thought of as a legend just because he’s dead. Al even admitted he made mistakes.

By: hoggy301

hoggy301 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:02:18 +0000

I grew up on those old Raiders! (cliff branch, gene upshaw, Dave Casper ect. Those were the days!!! RIP big Al!!! We’ll miss you….

By: radrntn

radrntn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:22:20 +0000

nogoodell says:
Oct 10, 2011 3:07 PM
Where were all these nice comments when the man was alive???
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sad, but oh so true……

By: buzzbissinger

buzzbissinger — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:39:32 +0000

48 hours: Average shelf life of PFT commenters gutless cynicism

By: dladd79

dladd79 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:17:20 +0000

RIP to the great Al Davis. Just win baby!

By: arrruserious

arrruserious — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:02:51 +0000

raiderinpa says: Oct 10, 2011 4:01 PM

Would love to see Mark D. bring back Coach Madden in some form to help run the team… Next to Al, no other man is as ‘in tune’ with the history and legacy of the Silver & Black than Madden or shares a Davis-like passion for the Raiders…

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couldn’t agree more,Madden would make a great GM.

By: Amadeus

Amadeus — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:54:19 +0000

For the past 15 years, the Raiders and their owner were the biggest joke in the NFL. Al Davis turned senile sometime around 1990 and was an embarrassment to the league. He gave Jamarcus Russell $56 million and pissed away a lot of other money on bad deals.

By: dawsonleery

dawsonleery — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:53:22 +0000

I know he was 82 and wasn’t doing well but its Al Davis. I still can’t believe Al is know longer with us. Its sad.

By: tomsd1

tomsd1 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:50:49 +0000

While faltered in his later years, he was once a GIANT. Did it all from asst coach to owner, and brought the old NFL to it’s knees – by raiding QB’s – both in the NFL and having teams like the Jets pay the then unheard of sum of $400,000 to snag Joe Willie Namath.

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:36:21 +0000

Madden will have some involvment in the football side. Guaranteed.

By: JSpicoli

JSpicoli — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:34:49 +0000

You guys are high if you think no one said these sorts of nice things about Al before he died. Madden’s famous quote is that “If I had one phone call, it would be to Al Davis.”

Everyone showed respect except the secular media and youngsters like you that buy into everything they read on TMZ or see on “the Hills”.

By: blackdonnelly

blackdonnelly — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:27:06 +0000

raiderinpa: Your suggestion (scarily enough) could work.

By: blackdonnelly

blackdonnelly — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:25:19 +0000

About time we heard Madden’s thoughts on Al’s death. I wonder what The Shanarat and Lord High Muffer Kiffin have to say, or Chucky for that matter……

By: buzzbissinger

buzzbissinger — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:19:34 +0000

lovesmesomeme says:

So let me get this straight. A week ago he was a senile old goat who had lost touch with reality. Today he is a visionary and rebel who will terribly missed.

The difference is that the latter was always true; just losers like you wheren’t aware.

By: 1captain1

1captain1 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:04:35 +0000

Go to he!! Al Michaels and take your stupid pubic hair weave with you!

By: raiderinpa

raiderinpa — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:01:38 +0000

RIP Al!!

By: canadianhonky

canadianhonky — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:57:45 +0000

Love Madden but come on man… Best friends don’t let best friends wear those old lady sun glasses and fire coach after coach…

RIP Mr Davis.

By: lovesmesomeme

lovesmesomeme — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:53:01 +0000

So let me get this straight. A week ago he was a senile old goat who had lost touch with reality. Today he is a visionary and rebel who will terribly missed.

By: jcusa514

jcusa514 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:49:33 +0000

JUST WIN BABY!! go raider nation!!….this coming from a dolphins fan

By: fissels

fissels — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:48:48 +0000

Quite an honor for Davis to have Madden say that about him.
I agree with nogoodell, we never heard such things when he was alive.

By: mvp43

mvp43 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:37:09 +0000

Boom!

“It was one of those calls that you get in the middle of the night when you’re sleeping and it coulda been five or six o’clock,”

Boom!

By: packh8er

packh8er — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:34:32 +0000

BOOM, Ace is the place!

By: upyoursnfu

upyoursnfu — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:19:46 +0000

And Brett Farve is Madden’ biggest man crush

By: kmart0319

kmart0319 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:19:17 +0000

Citizenstrange: Turn in your man card

By: favreforever

favreforever — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:10:56 +0000

“Al doesn’t die”, Madden said ominously, and sure enough when the coffin was opened for viewing, it was empty.