"I reached a point where I felt that the whole staff were fractionalized, that the best thing to do to get this thing back was to make a change, It hurts because I picked the guy. I picked the wrong guy." -Davis
Since being Head Coach starting in '07 Kiffin has got the Raiders 5 wins, and 15 losses. After a blow-out season opener loss to Denver Lane blamed coordinator Rob Ryan and Davis, saying it was "under their control" Owner Davis also said that Kiffin objected to the Raiders using the first pick last year for QB JaMarcus Russell.
"I didn't think it was any one thing, it was a cumulative thing,The pattern just disturbed me." -DavisThe last time in the NFL when a Coach had been fired so early in the year was 1989 when Davis fired Mike Shanahan after four games. Mike went on to become Head Coach of the rival Broncos and have a 21-6 record against the hated Raiders. Al has decided to make offensive line coach Tom Cable an interim Head Coach.
About the decision Cable had to say:
"This is in many ways a strange day,I have a friend who lost a job. That's difficult in this business but, as we know, this is a business. It is time for us to move forward and to put the past behind us. ... We have a good coaching staff here and a good football team here."
The worst team of the decade has been 20-64 since 2003, and I think it's time to stop firing Head Coach's and get a better Owner-it's not that hard to replace an 79-year-old arguably going crazy man.
Raiders coaches (since 1988)
Coach Years W-L
Lane Kiffin 2007-08 5-15
Art Shell 2006 2-14
Norv Turner 2004-05 9-23
Bill Callahan 2002-03 17-18
Jon Gruden 1998-2001 40-28
Joe Bugel 1997 4-12
Mike White 1995-96 15-17
Art Shell 1989-94 56-41
Mike Shanahan 1988-89 8-12
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