Al Davis puts pride before his team

The Oakland Raiders franchise has many issues under the surface and soon it will all fall apart, if it hasn’t already. Al Davis has a problem with his head coach yet again. Lane Kiffin is in his second year of coaching the Raiders and is being told to hand in his resignation. He’s being told to resign instead of Davis firing him because then Davis wouldn’t have to pay him the rest of his contract, which amounts to $4 million, and can hire a new head coach. But, Kiffin like any smart person wants to get paid what he’s promised in the contract and told Davis that the only way he can get rid of Kiffin is if he fires him. Then Davis will just write him a check and hire a new head coach to be Davis’ new pet for another year.

But, Davis is very prideful and would rather ruin Kiffin’s life and possibly his career before he’ll pay him a dime for not coaching. So, instead of thinking about his team that he is responsible for and hire a new coach he decides to make Kiffin’s life hell and won’t give in. Meanwhile, Kiffin doesn’t care because either way he’ll get paid since he won’t quit. He won’t have much incentive to work hard if Davis decides to stick to his guns and not fire him because Kiffin knows his contract won’t be renewed anyways. But, if Davis finally cracks then Kiffin gets paid the rest of his contract and gets to go to a better team like John Gruden did with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

What’s even worse is Davis’ little minions public relations director Mike Taylor and senior executive John Herrera are backing Davis and trying to make Kiffin quit. According to reports, Herrera took an espn.com column that hated on Kiffin and distributed to the press room in Alameda. Taylor is doing the same thing and is not supporting Kiffin whatsoever.

How does this look to the players of the team? These players are supposedly playing their hearts out on the field for a coach that could care less and an owner that cares more about money than a good team. It’s a surprise the team beat the Kansas City Chiefs with all this drama going on. And who is going to support a coach that no one liked in the first place except for Davis. Besides, all this started because Kiffin wanted to get rid of Ryan and now everyone seems to be turning on him.

The Oakland Raiders Franchise needs a smack in the face, or a kick in the butt will do too. That way it’ll wake up someone to see the real reason this fight is still even going on. It’s because Davis is so prideful that he won’t back down and his team is feeling the percussions of it. Davis needs to get rid of Kiffin as soon as possible if he wants his team to have an even small chance at the Wildcard spot this season. He’s the one that chose Kiffin in the first place and should be the one to pay for his mistakes, literally.

Raiders’ fans please speak up for your confused organization and tell them to get their heads out of their butts because your franchise is starting to smell. Someone has to have a heart for this team and actually care about it, but who will stick up for it?