The Raiders of the Lost Job...

                   Things had gotten so bad in Oakland that reports had surfaced that Al Davis drafted a letter of resignation for Kiffin to sign over the summer. Al Davis stopped communicating with Kiffin and by week three had told him that the Raiders were searching for his replacement. When he was finally fired in week four (by a FedEx'd letter - not even the courtesy of a face to face) nobody was the least bit surprised. The only surprising part is that Al Davis is trying to not pay Kiffin the money he is due on his contract.

                   The Raiders have fallen so far in a such a short amount of tim e. It was only about five years ago that they were one of the best offensive teams in football under John Gruden. Then Al Davis essentially traded Gruden to Tampa, hired Bill Callahan who dismantled the team and rebuilt them as a 4-12 team, fired Callahan and hired Art Shell who brought the team down to 2-14, hired Kiffin who brought them back up to 4-12, then fired Kiffin 4 years in to his second season. If this team is not a raging dumpster fire - I don't know what is.   

                    I understand that Al Davis was pivotal in the history of professional football. I know that without Davis we might not have the NFL as we know it today. But I also know that when a person stops being helpful and becomes a poison to their team and the league in general, something needs to be done. I don't know if Roger Goodell needs to step in and demand something be done to this team - but there is no way that Al Davis (while acting like a 4 year old with a plastic toy and looking like a Muppet made of leather) can bring this team back from the brink.   

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