Blak4rest » Chargers http://blak4rest.com Sports Commentary, Media and Vegas Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:11:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 No Hand Jobs For L.A. http://blak4rest.com/2012/02/no-hand-jobs-for-l-a/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/02/no-hand-jobs-for-l-a/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:44:28 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=25251
Well if we’re to believe the Commissioner, the Chargers won’t be coming to L.A. anytime soon. You buying his bullshit?
Could you clarify your current view on the possible relocation of a team or teams versus expansion as the means to get a franchise to Los Angeles, if and when expansion is a possibility on what timetable would you see that and by how many teams would you possibly expand?
Goodell: “I don’t know what you mean about clarify. I will tell you that we have not talked about expansion in the league at all. It has not been on our agenda. It is not something that we focused on with our membership, and I don’t see that in the foreseeable future. We want to keep our teams where they are. We believe that it is healthier for the league in the long term. We’re working to get stadiums built – make sure to do whatever we can to be certain that those teams are successful in those communities.
So we will continue our efforts on that front. We have been successful there and we will hopefully be able to continue that.”
You’ve long held that you won’t do a deal in Los Angeles until it is the right deal for the NFL and the right deal for the city. There are 2 deals out there, competing sites. Is Los Angeles asking too much right now?
Goodell: “I don’t look at it that way. I look at this as a partnership. We’ve got to find a way to make it work for both parties, as you stated correctly. That’s my position. I believe that there’s a way to make the partnership work. We’ve proven it throughout the country where you can get stadiums built. They are great for the communities, they are great for the team and they are great for the League overall. You are seeing it right here in Indianapolis. We have a terrific facility here. They are now hosting the Super Bowl, and they’ll be on the global stage this Sunday. There are great things that can come from working together, compromising and finding the right solutions. Maybe not everyone is going to be happy but, at the end of the day, you can be successful.”

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    Wishful thinking. Our money is still on the stinking Chargers.
    AP

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    Before the Raiders even introduced new GM Reggie McKenzie today, they fired Coach Hue Jackson. Some have speculated that McKenzie will bring in Green Bay assistant Coach Winston Moss as head coach.
    CSN Bay Area

    ]]>     http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/different-hue-in-raider-nation/feed/ 0     When It All Falls Down http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/when-it-all-falls-down-4/ http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/when-it-all-falls-down-4/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:59:59 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24649

      Our favorite Chargers fan.
      As Sly would say, there’s a riot going on in San Diego. Check the readers’ comments that follow this misguided column. Worst, the UT embarrassingly brought in a former writer, who now works for Sports Illustrated, to pen a piece criticizing the deal. Oh doctor.
      Union-Tribune

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        Any 1 with a brain figured Norv Turner and/or A.J. Smith had to go after the Chargers missed the playoffs for the 2nd consecutive season, but the elevators don’t always reach the top in San Diego.
        N.C. Times

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          This would explain why Norv Turner was seen searching for him after Sunday’s 38-26 gag job.
          “To say I’m pissed off is an understatement,” said Raiders coach Hue Jackson after the Raiders choked against the Chargers in Oakland. “It didn’t look like a football team that was hungry enough to go out and win the AFC West title.”
          No it looked like another meltdown for the Raiders, who again set a record for penalties.
          Oakland Tribune

          ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2012/01/bolt-the-door/feed/ 0 So What Will It Be Raider Nation? http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/so-what-will-it-be-raider-nation/ http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/so-what-will-it-be-raider-nation/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:07:16 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24532

            Of course the Raiders are at the mercy of Tim Tebow against Kyle Orton and the Kansas City Chiefs, but they still must handle their business against the Chargers.
            Oakland Tribune

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              So who replaces Norv Turner when the Chargers pull the plug after this weekend’s regular-season finale in Oakland? Bill Cowher and Jeff Fisher have been mentioned, but we all know Cowher won’t be heading to San Diego without the club booting GM A.J. Smith too.
              Union-Tribune

              ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/dead-man-walking-3/feed/ 0 The More Things Change, More They Stay http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/the-more-things-change-more-they-stay/ http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/the-more-things-change-more-they-stay/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:37:11 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24338

                Lions 28, Raiders 27.
                Oakland can be 1 of the dumbest teams in the NFL. For whatever reason, the Raiders take pride in leading the league in penalties each season.
                Today, its defensive schemes, which has cost the club dearly this season, cost the Raiders again. How do you allow Calvin Johnson, who caught 9 passes for 214 yards and a pair of TDs, including the game-winner, get behind your secondary for a 51-yard catch with the game on the line?
                Oakland Tribune

                ]]> http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/the-more-things-change-more-they-stay/feed/ 0 Lew Bush: 1969-2011 http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/lew-bush-1969-2011/ http://blak4rest.com/2011/12/lew-bush-1969-2011/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:20:46 +0000 Forrest Lee http://blak4rest.com/?p=24180

                  The former Charger linebacker passed Thursday of an apparent heart attack. Bush was only 42. He became the 7th player of the Chargers’ 1994 Super Bowl team to die before the age of 45.

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