Photo of the Year: ARGGGGGHHHHH MATEY!

Wow! Where do I even begin?

For those of you who don't know football, the man on the right, Al Davis, has been the owner of the Oakland Raiders for a really, really, long time. Normally he makes his public appearances with shades (hint: bring back the sunglasses). The Raiders pride themselves on their pirate, pillaging, plundering image. I vote that the grim reaper on the right, Davis, should just wear an eye-patch and call himself "Captain Davis."

The man on the left is Lane Kiffin, whom Davis hired to be his head coach last year when he was only 32 years old, younger than some of the players on his roster. After only one season, where the Raiders actually showed improvement by doubling their wins from the season before from 2 to 4, Captain Davis asked coach Kiffin to resign. If Kiffin resigned, he wouldn't get the three years and millions of dollars on his contract still owed to him. Kiffin said "if you want me out, you'll have to fire me" meaning, pay him what he signed up for. Hence, Kiffin, thinks that Davis is a joke (which he is) and he can't wipe that smirk of his face. He's toying with the senile bat who's too cheap to fire him, and instead makes petty threats via the media.

The two haven't spoken for weeks, and rumors have been flying that Kiffin will be fired any day now, despite the fact that the Raiders won their game last week on the road in Kansas City. It's absolutely bizarro.

Also, Captain Davis, aka Skeletor, is the general manager of the Raiders. I believe he is the only owner in the league that has no GM, which means he makes all the personnel moves (signing players, traders, drafts, and coaches). At the end of last season, coach Kiffin wanted to fire the defensive coordinator, Rob Ryan; Skeletor blocked it, and instead asked baby-faced Kiffin to walk the plank.

I have no idea how Captain Davis is in the Hall of Fame, espcially if Art Modell is not. But that's a discussion for another time, scallywags.