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Oakland Raiders Shoring Up To Fight Back!

April 25, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

If you like interesting movies, then you might have viewed Brad Pitt playing a character named Lieutenant Aldo Raine, the leader of the Basterds. Raine gave a briefing to several soldiers. The main message, as I perceived it, was "take no prisoners."
An application of this type of "shoring up" the Oakland Raiders so as to strengthen their passion and desire to win is what came to mind.
The movie is fantasy, but wisdom is embedded in the creative arts, if only you have eyes to see and ears to hear. I saw and heard something that I immediately applied to the Oakland Raiders.
In the last few days, the Oakland Raiders have been "shoring up" their defense. They are strengthening and designing a strategy for attack on the football field.
Now in moments of fantasy, I imagine a coach telling the team something that stirs up their passion to win the football war.
In the movie, Raine told his soldiers to scalp their enemies or opponents. He ordered them to leave signs of...

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