OT: Cable out as Raiders Coach

[Deus Irae]

Filed to ESPN: Raiders informed Tom Cable they will not pick up the option in his contract. He no longer is the Raiders head coach.

Adam Schefter (AdamSchefter) on Twitter

The guy gets them to .500 for the first time since 2002, and his reward is getting the axe.

Gotta love Al.

 

[jah]

What else is Al Davis going to do?

 

[patriot lifer]

Dementia in Latin translates to swiss cheese of the brain.

 

[shmessy]

He had Seymour. How could he be fired??????

Lawrence Maroney's head coach got fired too this year????

Randy Moss got (soon to be) TWO head coaches fired in one year!!!!

Damn, Belichick knows what he's doing!

At least Lawyer Milloy's team "made" it to the playoffs.

In all seriousness, that team went 6-0 vs. their division which probably says more about the quality of the AFC West than anything else.

 

[mgteich]

Oakland was undefeated in their division.

Adam Schefter (AdamSchefter) on Twitter

The guy gets them to .500 for the first time since 2002, and his reward is getting the axe.

Gotta love Al.

 

[Deus Irae]

Oakland was undefeated in their division.

Yep. They were 7-5 after they decided on Campbell as the starter, too.

 

[ALP]

LMAO


hahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha


u gotta love Al, unless its ur team he owns

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

Why would ANYONE want to coach there now? What a joke of a franchise.

 

[Deus Irae]

Potential replacements that have been rumored as possibilities so far:

Hue Jackson, the current O.C.

Josh McDaniels

 

[Deus Irae]

LMAO


hahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha


u gotta love Al, unless its ur team he owns

I posted it in the thread about the Bengals keeping Lewis for another 2 years, but the league really needs to demand some minimum level of competence out of owners.

 

[Kontradiction]

Potential replacements that have been rumored as possibilities so far:

Hue Jackson, the current O.C.

Josh McDaniels

The only way I can see McDaniels going there is if nobody is giving him any bites as a coordinator somewhere else.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

offer them pick #33 for a 2012 first rounder plus a 2012 3rd rounder.

Nice doin' business, Al...

 

[shmessy]

Potential replacements that have been rumored as possibilities so far:

Hue Jackson, the current O.C.

Josh McDaniels

If McDaniels goes to work for Al Davis, I want to see that as a reality show.

 

[Deus Irae]

The only way I can see McDaniels going there is if nobody is giving him any bites as a coordinator somewhere else.

Well, given that the 49ers asked for permission to interview Jackson earlier today, my guess is that Jackson has the inside track for the job right now.

 

[Froob]

They should go hire Rob Ryan, one Ryan isn't enough. Would be really entertaining to watch the jets-raiders game next year. At least somebody in the AFC needs to hire that guy.

 

[Deus Irae]

Chiefs fans are loving it:

Awesome

The zombie strikes

Keep bringing Al that virgin blood. I want him to live forever.

The one guy who actually wanted the job and you fire him.

Football Cable out - ChiefsPlanet

Good stuff over there.

 

[patfanken]

It could be that Al thought the coordinators had more to do with the success of the team than the HC. SF was looking to interview Hue Jackson, so it forced Al to make his move now or potentially lose the guy he saw as the main reason for the relatively successful season.

I am just speculating, but that, at least, makes a modicum of sense.

 

[BelizePats]

Cable getting gassed came a year too late for us. They'll be back down to a 4-5 win team next year. .500 is an aberation which sucks because we only got the # 17 pick out of them this year. Next year the Raiders will be picking top 5-6, just like last year.

 

[Ring 6]

It could be that Al thought the coordinators had more to do with the success of the team than the HC. SF was looking to interview Hue Jackson, so it forced Al to make his move now or potentially lose the guy he saw as the main reason for the relatively successful season.

I am just speculating, but that, at least, makes a modicum of sense.

Actually, I heard it was a money issue. Cable was due a raise of 2mill I think.

 

[ausbacker]

I'm looking forward to when Al Davis moves the Raiders to Somalia, makes the team play as the pirates with their home ground an abandoned oil tanker off the African coast.