AL DAVIS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Raiders Hall Of Fame In Plans With New Stadium
The Raiders are known for being a team that doesn't retire numbers but late owner Al Davis long spoke of having a Raiders Hall of Fame though the concept never materialized.
More important than a proposed Hall of Fame is that of a new stadium. The plans for both of those go hand in hand, according to owner Mark Davis, because where one goes, the other will follow.
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Mark Davis says there’s no beef with Reggie McKenzie after Zak Gilbert firing
Earlier this month Raiders owner Mark Davis fired team PR director Zak Gilbert reportedly for an SI article that was not favorable in the way it depicted his late father Al Davis. It was perhaps a gratuitous move, one that made many think, “Oh, here go the Raiders being the Raiders.”
One of the more interesting ostensible plot lines to come from the firing was that it possibly...
Mark Davis Says Firing Raiders PR Head 'Not At All' A Shot At GM Reggie McKenzie
Just about a week ago, Raiders owner Mark Davis, son of the late Al Davis, made some serious waves when he fired Zak Gilbert, Oakland's public relations director and an employee hand-picked by GM Reggie McKenzie.
Gilbert was reportedly fired because the younger Davis didn't like the way his father was portrayed in a Sports Illustrated article by Jim Trotter; Mike Silver...
Mark Davis: “The Raiders will be great again”
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis told the San Jose Mercury News that he won’t put up with anyone mocking his late father Al Davis or the Raiders organization.
Davis also claims that general manager Reggie Mckenzie’s job is not on the line after Davis recently fired their former media relations director, Zak Gilbert, who McKenzie hired last year.
“Not at all. Reggie understands...
Oakland Raiders: stir crazy after all these years
For the Oakland Raiders it’s “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Hey, we cribbed Simon and Garfunkel in the headline, why not CC The Who right now?
When Mark Davis inherited his Raiders team from his late father Al Davis, there was belief that things would change in the Black Hole. However, ownership is still cray. Their latest move was interesting one; let’s see if...
Colin Kaepernick came close to being the Raiders golden child
Former Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson played the game What If with Sports Illustrated’s Peter King.
Jackson spoke with King about the 2011 NFL draft in which the San Francisco 49ers traded up to pick quarterback Colin Kaepernick. “I think about it all the time, believe me,” Jackson told King on Sunday.”No question in my mind we wanted it to happen, and no question I...
Raiders fire PR director over SI article
On Saturday, the Raiders fired their Public Relations Director, Zak Gilbert, who had been with the team for just one year. Specifically, owner Mark Davis fired him.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
"Team sources say Davis was unhappy with a Sports Illustrated story that was published in April looking back on the team’s 4-12 season in 2012. The article, written by...
Oakland Raiders fire PR guy Zak Gilbert because of SI article
The apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree in the case of Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis. Davis, the son of the late Al Davis, decided to fire team PR director Zak Gilbert because he was upset with the way he and his father were portrayed in a recent SI article, according to the [...]
Raiders fired PR director over Sports Illustrated article?
Here’s something that sounds like it’s straight out of the Raiders’ vault of crazy stories. The team fired PR director Zak Gilbert on Saturday reportedly over a Sports Illustrated article published in April. You could probably see where this is going.
The piece, written by Jim Trotter, is an extensive portrait of the franchise as it attempts a return to glory. And word is...
Oakland Raiders did not have a full-time groundskeeper under Al Davis
The stories of how far behind the times the Oakland Raiders were in Al Davis’ later years are infamous. Last year, we passed along a story saying that new GM Reggie McKenzie asked the team to construct a modern-day “war room” for the NFL Draft because no such room existed at the team’s facilities. Now we’re learning that the team did not even have a full-time groundskeeper...
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