"Davis in Desperate Gambler Mode"
More: https://m.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/davis-in-desperate-gambler-mode/Content?oid=12239076
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is being praised in some circles for acting decisively in firing head coach Jack Del Rio moments after Sundays loss to the Chargers ended a disappointing 6-10 season.
Lets call it for what it is: an act of desperation from an overleveraged owner with an astonishing lack of business acumen and a major case of buyers remorse.
If Davis moves his $2.4 billion franchise to Las Vegas under the current financial terms, he just might lose the team one day if hes unable to pay off the huge debt hes taking on. And judging by the moves Davis made last weekend, nobody is more aware of this alarming possibility than him.
The NFLs army of blowhard pundits have already begun talking up Jon Grudens football expertise as the Raiders possible new head coach. But theyre missing the larger point. Davis abrupt and classless pink slip delivered to Del Rio before hed even held his postgame press conference was made in the board room, not the film room. It was all about money, not football.