Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
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Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Hardcover
A good, outsider's view of the Raiders in the 1970's. Good memories and VERY painful ones about the 70's Raider's always ending up as the doormats for the eventual Super Bowl winning teams....and their one SB win over a weak Vikings team.
The author included a line about Madden always being upset about having to go for field goals instead of TD's. That line was PURE CRAP...Madden NEVER EVER met a FG situation within the Red Zone that he didn't love, especially when he should have had the guile and killer instinct to go for the TD...he rarely, if EVER did and the Raider Badasses were made to look like candyarses. How many games the Raiders lost due in-part to Madden's lack of trust in his team to get the job done, we'll never know, but I suspect it contributed to at least two Super Bowl non-appearances. Thanks, John for the 1 Super Bowl...when the Raiders deserved AT LEAST two more in the 70's.
The author included a line about Madden always being upset about having to go for field goals instead of TD's. That line was PURE CRAP...Madden NEVER EVER met a FG situation within the Red Zone that he didn't love, especially when he should have had the guile and killer instinct to go for the TD...he rarely, if EVER did and the Raider Badasses were made to look like candyarses. How many games the Raiders lost due in-part to Madden's lack of trust in his team to get the job done, we'll never know, but I suspect it contributed to at least two Super Bowl non-appearances. Thanks, John for the 1 Super Bowl...when the Raiders deserved AT LEAST two more in the 70's.
