You only get one chance at a proper goodbye.
That makes Monday Raiders game at the Coliseum so strange.
While we’ve known for two years that the Raiders are going to leave Oakland, no one — not the fans, the media, an emotional Jon Gruden, or team owner Mark Davis — can say for sure if the Christmas Eve game will be the final Raiders contest at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum or in the Bay Area.
How do you say goodbye to a team like the Raiders under circumstances like these?
May I suggest that Raiders fans mark the possible exit with a proverbial kick to the rear, a (quite literal) raised finger or two, and some language typically reserved for officials?