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Found January 10, 2012 on Thoughts from the Dark Side: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Al Davis,  John Madden
TEAMS: Florida Panthers,  Oakland Raiders,  Green Bay Packers

During Al Davis' long reign as the owner and managing general partner of the Raiders, he wore many hats. When he passed, he left his son scrambling to fill his shoes. He would need a general manager to help him but to do that he would need to reach out to the great minds of Raiders' past to get the right guy. Mark Davis has been a part of the Raiders for 48 years. During that time, he has gained a lot of insight into what makes an organization function. But there are no other NFL teams in this league that function like the Raiders. With the Raiders, his father was a library of knowledge about the NFL and the Raiders.There have been a few great minds that have come through the Raiders' organization that have taken some of the knowledge and insight with them. In particular John Madden and Ron Wolff. Both are retired and free to give advice based in their knowledge and they contributed in any way possible to making Mark's decision on a general manager the correct one...
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