What does Al Davis want?
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Does he want to “just win baby” or just be the feared boss? Check out what Michael Silver has to say….
As Al Davis prepares to fire another coach – today, at halftime of the Oakland Raiders’ game Sunday against the Bills, or whenever his lawyers tell him he’s suitably positioned to try to withhold the money he contractually owes – the loyal denizens of Raider Nation are being asked to believe, as always, that this is about an owner’s obsession with victory.
It is, kind of, only the winning that Davis wants so desperately has nothing to do with what happens on the football field. He wants to beat Lane Kiffin, the young man he unearthed 20 months ago as some sort of boy-wonder-savior, in a game of wills. He wants to beat down all his enemies: The city of Oakland, the county of Alameda, the NFL establishment that conspires against him, the officials, the media and the employees who dare do anything but kiss his aging butt.
He wants to win a never-ending game of Feel My Power; in this case, even if he has to sacrifice an entire football season to do it.
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