Pk: Agreed. Sad as it is, Davis has become the problem for the Raiders. For me, it started with Marcus Allen (and the horrible job Davis did with Marcus) and culminated with the Gruden debacle. The team has not recovered and I agree that the downward slide will continue.
Afx: I think it’s a California thing (hockey not taking like it does in the Midwest and back east). My dad, mom and uncle were huge hockey fans, as were all my cousins, but I never really “got it”, largely because of the nature of the sport. I’m rabid about football and I have cousins in Wisconsin that are huge Packers fans, but follow NCAA and NHL even more closely and consider hockey waaaaay more important than football. I used to get into arguments over who was tougher, football players or hockey players. It came down, in several instances, to my cousins and I trying to knock each other’s teeth out. I don’t think we ever really settled the argument, either.
