The moment Mark Davis took over for his father Al Davis as the Managing General Partner of the Raiders, Mark knew just what he wanted to do to bring the Raiders back to prominence – bring back Jon Gruden.
Al passed four games into the 2011 season, so Mark would have his first shot at trying to convince the man who last built the Raiders into a championship caliber team to return and give it another go.
Mark didn’t know it at the time, but it would be the first of many attempts he would make at wooing Gruden back to the Black Hole.