Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But, what I find interesting is that when things are going well, Al Davis is the end-all, be-all. But when we suck, all you hear is “he is the cause for grief”. And I'm sorry, I do not buy for one minute "No one wanted to coach the Raiders." This is the NFL we are talking about. You mean to tell me that an assistant who has NEVER head coached anywhere in this league is going to turn down an HC job? Nope. That’s not flyin’. Davis said there was one offer and one turn down before Shell. I believe him.
As far as this system being outdated. Well, I cannot say it’s outdated, but we do not have the players up front nor the running attack to accomplish it. I do agree with you that our drafts have sucked in recent years. I think Woodson is the only one who lived up to the hype (for a while anyway). I do like Huff from what I have seen so far, but because he is a rookie, the jury is still out. In Washington’s defense a lot of 1st year corners jump route’s. This is something he can be coached out of. But, I think he will be a solid corner.
While I agree that Davis has made some mistakes, I do not believe he is the absolute problem with the Raiders. And I am not in “denial” either…lol