Jim Caldwell's open door policy to college coaches inspired by late great Al Davis
Posted: Sat Jun 6, 2015 8:43 pm
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Al lived and breathed football, which made the Raiders great then lousy. But can't question how much he loved the game.
“Some pro teams wouldn’t let you in. One team that I had heard would let me in was the Oakland Raiders,” Caldwell said this week. “Coach Davis let me come in, and he spent three days with me. He walked around with me personally. He took time with me, walked me around at practice. He never left my side at practice. We’d walk over there with drill work, go through it, and at night time he’d come back in at night and he and I would watch film from 10 o’clock at night until the wee hours of the morning. Three days in a row, and this was a guy who was running the whole operation.”
Al lived and breathed football, which made the Raiders great then lousy. But can't question how much he loved the game.