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And the victory will elevate the Raiders'' owner to the top of the league once again, where be can sneer at the commissioner''s design your own banners office and snicker at those who thought he had lost his fastball years ago. it was davis, and no one else, who put own together this unusual roster of youngsters and plus-30 stars. and it is he, and no one else, who saw in gruden''s replacement, spiderman bill callahan, the mettle of a championship coach. "you look at how al fixed up his roster with these older guys and you think, `this guy has gone off the deep end,''" says bills general manager tom donahoe. "but when you study these guys, they still could play. and to me, this is their last shot. they are supposed to be way over the salary cap next year. and he even changes coaches and they still make it this far. amazing."but of course, davis never has costume had much use for coaches. "he has always thought players win championships," says ron design your own banners wolf, the former packers general manager who started his nfl career under davis in oakland. "that is what he will think about all this." and that is why he own and spiderman let gruden bolt to the bucs last offseason, but only after extracting a king''s ransom: four draft choices and $8 million. monte kiffin looks like a sidekick to an old-time western movie star. his face is thin, lined and florida tanned, and he sort of crackles when he talks. he is nothing close to what you would expect costume of a premier defensive mind, but mister, can this man coach. he''s been at it 20 years in the nfl, seven with the bucs, a career assistant with gifts matched by very few of his peers.in a super bowl full of these dark and shining story lines, kiffin''s aw-shucks demeanor isn''t design going to command the room. but his schemes will envelop the raiders'' offensive coaching staff, for sure, in the days and hours before this championship game."they put you to an extreme mental test," says chris palmer, the texans'' offensive own coordinator. "what they do is not extremely complicated. but it is executed incredibly well by spiderman a lot of great athletes. you face a team with undersized linebackers but with overall tremendous team costume speed. they say speed kills. tampa is a perfect example."
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