[RE] Al Davis

This is my response to Brandon's post about Al Davis passing away.

"This past Saturday Al Davis past away it is a great loss to the Raiders organization. In my point of view he was the best owner to ever live." 


I agree with Brandon one hundred percent on what he said about Al Davis, most people don't realize what he did for the game, most people only see the bad things he did later on in his life. Had he never done all the things he football would probably be one of the more boring sports, he came up with the idea of stretching the field by throwing the long pass and going for touchdowns instead of just first downs, he came up with the idea of moving the goal post to the back of the end zone so it would not interfere with the game.

Al Davis also took over the Raiders in 1963 and lead them to the greatest single season turnaround that still stands to this day. He became the team owner in 1966 and in 1969 he hired John Madden at head coach which many did not agree with because Madden was only 32 and was the AFL's youngest coach at the time. This turnout to be one of the greatest moves of all time because Madden never had a losing season in his eight years as a head coach. He also lead the Raiders to their first Super Bowl win in 1976 when they posted a 13-1 record and dominated the Vikings 32-14 in Super Bowl XI. Madden is now in the NFL Hall of Fame and  considered by some the greatest coach of all time.

He then hired the first ever Latino head coach, Tom Flores who went out and won the Raiders two more super bowls in which they dominated the Eagles in 1980 and the Redskins in 1983. So basically Al Davis was the best of all time.