SAN FRANCISCO — On the day the Raiders fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr., linebacker Bruce Irvin tweeted a one-word, all-caps response. It was along the lines of “bullcrud.”
On Friday night, dressed to the nines and occasionally dabbing away tears, Irvin put his feelings just a tad more eloquently.
“I look at you not only as a coach but as a friend, as a father, as an uncle, as a step dad — as everything,” he told Norton in a moving tribute. “I just thank God for bringing us together. This is forever, man. I love you.