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Is Fassel the new Raiders coach?
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Just when Oakland Raiders fans are given the false hope the team might be decent comes rumor that head coach Lane Kiffin could be gone as early as today.
Sure, Darren McFadden ran all over the woeful Kansas City Chiefs defense ... then again, JaMarcus Russell threw about as well as George Blanda could have so that’s a good reality check. As if the reality that Kansas City might not be as good as Sacramento State this year isn’t enough.
Sure, Darren McFadden ran all over the woeful Kansas City Chiefs defense ... then again, JaMarcus Russell threw about as well as George Blanda could have so that’s a good reality check. As if the reality that Kansas City might not be as good as Sacramento State this year isn’t enough.
Kiffin has been begging and pleading to be fired since training camp started in Napa. I sat in on a number of press briefings where Kiffin’s comments were ones that would have had players and coaches alike suspended by the team for that favored catch phrase, “Conduct detrimental to the team.”
Kiffin stood and repeatedly lamented the fact he did not have enough healthy players to have good hard practices.
Kiffin stood and repeatedly lamented the fact he did not have enough healthy players to have good hard practices.
He constantly stated he wanted something different, but the players brought in to camp was a decision he had nothing to do with.
He went as far as to remind the writers that the Raiders were not a very good football team.
He went as far as to remind the writers that the Raiders were not a very good football team.
Is this something any NFL head coach says during training camp to motivate his players?
Nope, this is what a coach says when he wants to roam the USC sidelines on Saturdays, waiting for a call from a team needing an offensive coordinator while collecting the rest of his paycheck from Al Davis.
Davis wants Kiffin to quit; Kiffin wants to be fired so he gets the rest of the money in his contract.
Meanwhile, there’s the man who was wandering the training camp sidelines, supposedly only there to check out how his son was doing working with the Raiders special teams players.
Jim Fassel.
What was Fassel — former New York Giants head coach (1997-2003), former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator and yes, a former Raiders assistant coach too — really doing in Napa during camp?
Was he the one smart enough to know Kiffin has no prayer of lasting the season, so a job as an NFL head coach would be coming pretty bloody soon?
I’m no NFL insider, I was just out there shooting videos for 17 days of training camp. What I did see was a team whose coach has very little control of who plays for him, a coach openly expressing more than just frustration, he was expressing a challenge to Davis to fire him.
He ramped up the challenge with the blasting of Davis and defensive coordinator Rob Ryan last week, once again using the media to argue his case that he can’t control this team.
Kiffin is baiting Davis constantly now.
Maybe that’s why McFadden ran so well. He was trying to run away from the infighting.
Can someone out there size Fassel for a Raiders polo shirt for his first press conference as head coach, please? Me might be needing it real fast.
Dan Ross is NapaValleyRegister.com’s Multimedia Producer. He can be reached at 256.2264 or dross@napanews.com
Nope, this is what a coach says when he wants to roam the USC sidelines on Saturdays, waiting for a call from a team needing an offensive coordinator while collecting the rest of his paycheck from Al Davis.
Davis wants Kiffin to quit; Kiffin wants to be fired so he gets the rest of the money in his contract.
Meanwhile, there’s the man who was wandering the training camp sidelines, supposedly only there to check out how his son was doing working with the Raiders special teams players.
Jim Fassel.
What was Fassel — former New York Giants head coach (1997-2003), former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator and yes, a former Raiders assistant coach too — really doing in Napa during camp?
Was he the one smart enough to know Kiffin has no prayer of lasting the season, so a job as an NFL head coach would be coming pretty bloody soon?
I’m no NFL insider, I was just out there shooting videos for 17 days of training camp. What I did see was a team whose coach has very little control of who plays for him, a coach openly expressing more than just frustration, he was expressing a challenge to Davis to fire him.
He ramped up the challenge with the blasting of Davis and defensive coordinator Rob Ryan last week, once again using the media to argue his case that he can’t control this team.
Kiffin is baiting Davis constantly now.
Maybe that’s why McFadden ran so well. He was trying to run away from the infighting.
Can someone out there size Fassel for a Raiders polo shirt for his first press conference as head coach, please? Me might be needing it real fast.
Dan Ross is NapaValleyRegister.com’s Multimedia Producer. He can be reached at 256.2264 or dross@napanews.com
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napathoughts wrote on Sep 15, 2008 2:50 PM:
NVR-Dan Ross wrote on Sep 15, 2008 4:58 PM:
the online silver and black report is moving on its site a belief that Rob Ryan has already been given the head coaching job and that Kiffin is out "
Phaider wrote on Sep 16, 2008 6:55 AM:
drager1 wrote on Sep 16, 2008 10:27 AM:
lainc8254 wrote on Sep 16, 2008 4:09 PM:
iswoki wrote on Sep 16, 2008 4:42 PM:
Jim Fassle *&%$ as a head coach! His players hate him and he has been one of the punching dummies of espn for years.
Kiffin is right when he says the players are old and he doesnt have the right personal-el on the field. You have Davis hiring his old football players who shoiuldnt be coaching these young kids futhermore you have Davis signing people like Walker. COME ON! Walkers is a washed up once good reciever who has off the field problems. You think Kiffin wants to work with that? The guy get beat up cause he want to party all night in Vagas. The guy cant even practice cause he's already dinged up. He rahter play when its game time but his off the field training doesnt apply to in game time.
Media has it all wrong! Kiffin is only bringing out a problem that has not be brought up publicly beofre unless the coach/player is released/retires. Davis is the problem and why the Raiders are not progressing.
Gruden took the Raiders from nothing to something then Davis fires him. The Raiders were not a factor until Chucky came to town, but Davis "Ego Trip Grampa" wasnt going to let him get the credit.
PFFT!!! Im sick of it! The reason I dont buy season tickets anymore. The reason I refuse to sport gear anymore. Not because I dont love the Raiders, but because I cant stand to watch Al drive this team into the ground anymore.
Al did his thing once upon a time but enough is enough! "
snnyjcbs wrote on Sep 16, 2008 6:45 PM:
Kiffin comes across as a whiner. From his game with the media needs to grow a pair and become a man. Ryan sounded more like a head coach at his press conference then Kiffin who is always looking to lay the blame on others.
Kiffin as head coach did not have his team ready to play on Monday Night. And Shanahan out coached the kid..
Kiffin has been a distraction since the off season. If his wish is to get fired I would say he is close. Davis could fire him for breech of contract and pay the kid nada.
I mean here is a kid that cannot put together any kind of a passing game, nada in 2 years of being on the job. Yet he has the time to sit around and come up with quotes to the media to undercut his players, coaching staff and the organization.
The guy has done nothing in the NFL, nothing and yet he wants to come across like an Al Davis or a Vince Lombardi. Hell at least 2 games last year were lost because of Kiffin. He handled the roster last year like a real rookie and how many players DID HE decide to bring in that have washed out.
I like the kid and if he would just grow up some and shut his mouth and do his job I think he will be a good coach ONE DAY.
Shut up and do your job or hit the road. "
ADark1 wrote on Sep 16, 2008 9:48 PM:
Go Raiders! "
dreluvwine26 wrote on Sep 17, 2008 10:55 PM:
Bring Eddy D back!!! "
realside707 wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:42 PM: